Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda & blackbear
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda & K.Flay
Mike Shinoda & Chino Moreno & mgk
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda & grandson
Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
“About You” is about Mike’s feelings on how when he tries to write a song about something other than Chester or his death, it could still be interpreted in that way.
In a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, Shinoda stated:
I was thinking, ‘God, I have all these ideas for songs that aren’t about Che...
[Intro: Mike Shinoda]
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
This is that gather 'round it and wonder where I found it
This is that wake up, make your agent have your tour re-routed
This is that drama comma pain and ain’t no way around it
'Cause somehow still it's hard to know what I can say about it
I buckled up, told myself to suck it up
I was scared to death to get up there and spill my fucking guts
I was saying pull your stupid self together buttercup
Get it crackin' Back in Black until you have 'em Thunderstruck
But
[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you, about you
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
No, there's not a single thing that I can say
Not a single solitary, every meaning changes shape
Even when there's no connection back to you in any line
All of a sudden it's about you and it gets me every time but
What the fuck is left to author anyway?
When I basically been writin' since the Raiders ran LA
I'm afraid that maybe I've said everything there is to say
Maybe I should make an exit while there're ways to get away
[Bridge: Blackbear]
Can't find the words to a memory
But these are just words to a melody
Find something that works, fits the symmetry
For only a quick broken remedy
And I'd give anything to choose
Pick out the words I bring home to you
How can I make do?
Put a smile on change my attitude
And even though it's not about you
Everything is all about you
All about you
[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you, now
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you now, ooh
Even when it's not about you, about you
All of a sudden it's about you, about you
About You was written by Mike Shinoda & blackbear & Aaron Harmon & Jordan Reyes.
About You was produced by Mike Shinoda.
Mike Shinoda released About You on Thu Apr 26 2018.
In an interview with Beats 1 Radio, Mike explained
I made multiple rap songs and then smashed them together. So if you listen to the track, you’ll hear multiple moods in the track, and then when it hits the–after the second chorus, from there out, it was me, and [blackbear], and a duo named BASECAM...