{"id":68320,"date":"2021-03-12T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=68320"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:13:36","slug":"mike-shinoda-shares-new-video-for-single-happy-endings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/03\/mike-shinoda-shares-new-video-for-single-happy-endings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Shinoda Shares New Video For Single, &#8216;Happy Endings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Linkin Park\u2019s\u00a0multi-platinum GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer\u00a0Mike Shinoda\u00a0reveals the music video for his new single \u201cHappy Endings\u201d featuring\u00a0genre-bending, platinum-selling artist\u00a0iann\u00a0dior &amp;\u00a0Arizona pop disruptor UPSAHL. \u201cHappy Endings\u201d is available HERE\u00a0via\u00a0Warner Records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directed by\u00a0PIX3LFACE\u00a0[A$AP Rocky, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Saint JHN], the video\u00a0oozes with\u00a0throwback\u00a0vibes and nineties-style cartoon animation, some hand drawn by Shinoda himself. Against its sunny Downtown Los Angeles backdrop,\u00a0Shinoda\u00a0rhymes with hunger and heart as\u00a0UPSAHL\u00a0sings\u00a0the unshakable hook between emotive bars from\u00a0iann dior. With its kinetic editing and intimate closeups, the visual bottles the song\u2019s upbeat spirit with just the right amount of tension and release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_28874\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vit9ZYPl-cs?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Happy Endings (feat. iann dior &amp; UPSAHL) [Official Music Video] - Mike Shinoda\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vit9ZYPl-cs\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHappy Endings\u201d took flight right out of the gate. Impacting major markets coast-to-coast, it stands out as the #1 Most Added Song at Alternative Radio in the USA. In the UK, it\u2019s been played over 100 times at UK radio and is currently playlisted on Kerrang! And Absolute Radio. It\u2019s also been played numerous times on BBC\u2019s Radio 1, with support from both Jack Saunders and Dan P Carter. Making headlines, Shinoda recently spoke to Input Magazine about the groundbreaking launch of \u201cHappy Endings\u201d through an NFT on Zora. Additionally, he sat down with frequent collaborator, longtime friend, and legendary producer Rick Rubin for an episode of the \u201cBroken Record\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month, Shinoda paved the way for \u201cHappy Endings\u201d via social media, Twitch, and cryptocurrency authorities. Teasing out its impending arrival in groundbreaking fashion, he became \u201cthe first major label artist to launch a single via NFT auction.\u201d The 75-second clip immediately piqued interest among fans and tastemakers; the final top 10 bidders each received an original print of the single artwork signed by Shinoda and contemporary artist Cain Caser. Proceeds from the auction benefitted ArtCenter College of Design. Coin Telegraph, The Telegraph and Music Tech Future discussed Shinoda\u2019s embrace of NFTs and was the featured interview on The Needle Drop\u2019s Twitch channel with Anthony Fantano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shinoda has spent the better part of the past year creating brand new music with fans and teaching production live each morning on Twitch, and, in recent weeks, producing tracks by fans\u2014a dream come true for the artists, mostly found on social media. Both Spin and Forbes chronicled his \u201cDropped Frames\u201d series; Alt Press described it as \u201cunlike anything he\u2019s ever done&#8221; and mxdwn added, \u201cThe album is unique and definitely stands on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned for a lot more from Mike Shinoda very soon. Stream and download &#8216;Happy Endings&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/mshinoda.com\/happyendings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linkin Park\u2019s\u00a0multi-platinum GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer\u00a0Mike Shinoda\u00a0reveals the music video for his new single \u201cHappy Endings\u201d featuring\u00a0genre-bending, platinum-selling artist\u00a0iann\u00a0dior &#038;\u00a0Arizona pop disruptor UPSAHL. \u201cHappy Endings\u201d is available HERE\u00a0via\u00a0Warner Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,640],"tags":[27110,14928,77,370,1945],"class_list":["post-68320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-happy-endings","tag-mike-shinoda","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hLW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37161,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/mike-shinodas-post-traumatic-is-a-sad-album-yet-serves-as-a-catharsis-for-linkin-park-fans-as-much-as-for-him\/","url_meta":{"origin":68320,"position":0},"title":"Mike Shinoda&#8217;s &#8216;Post Traumatic&#8217; Is A Sad Album Yet Serves As A Catharsis For Linkin Park Fans As Much As For Him","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"17\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Post Traumatic\u2019 by Mike Shinoda, is a sad album. 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