Linkin Park: New Video Showcases AI’s Strengths In Animation

This is why the Hollywood unions are scared.

I’m not sure I can accept a new Linkin Park frontman that isn’t Chester Bennington. We are nearing the six-year anniversary of the legendary singer’s untimely suicide and I’m really not over it, but this helps.

The track, “Lost”, which is slated to come off of the group’s upcoming reissue of Meteora to celebrate 20 years since that record’s release, is the first song we’ve heard with Chester’s vocals since the singer’s passing and, even with the song having been recorded as a demo 20 years ago, sounds very contemporary and has me eagerly anticipating the re-release entitled Meteora20 that will feature the original tracklist, Live in Texas, previously unreleased live performance at Nottingham, England in 2003 Live in Nottingham 2003, LPU Rarities 2.0, Live Rarities, Lost Demos, and three other previously unreleased content surrounding the album such as a documentary and other live concerts released on DVD.

The video was produced with web3 studio Shibuya XYZ with direction by Maciej Kuciara and pplpleasr with animation from Alasdair Willson, Andrew Hawryluk, Colby Beckett, Daniels Gulbis, Egor Mark, Kim Ho, Torell Vowles, Toros Kose. Illustration was provided by jun._.ka with AI production coming from Kaiber, Jacky Lu, and Sagans.

Regardless of which side of the debate you are on as it concerns AI, to quote Ron Burgundy, “Don’t try and act like you’re not impressed”.

Meteora20 releases April 7th.