Chapter 444: It Is Our Duty to Restore the Glory of the North American Music Scene (8k)
"Yes! Our favorite is Zhou Yi-kun! We love him the most!"
"Look at this, look at this, we even bought all of Zhou Yi-kun's Chinese albums. I won first place in last year's campus festival by performing the song "Baby."
"What do you want to say about Zhou Yi-kun? The only thing I want to say is that I hope he can come to Japan to hold more concerts. But this is not easy, because Zhou Yi-kun's original concert plan was only in China."
"Warner, hurry up and get to work!"
"..."
In a random interview on an entertainment program on Japan's Asahi TV, when the JKs interviewed were asked about Zhou Yi, their eyes began to light up, and they all rushed to express their joy for their idol's great success.
Some people even took out their payment vouchers for the Zhou Yi album package launched by Warner (Japan) - it can be regarded as a promotion method for old albums in the past, allowing fans to buy Zhou Yi's full Chinese CD album or tape set at a relatively cost-effective price.
Of course, if you want to buy an English album, sorry, there is no, you can only buy it separately.
After all, the region in Asia most affected by Zhou Yi's Grammy effect is Japan - the sales of genuine albums are rising rapidly.
The second album "Forever Young" not only broke the record of the first album sales of Chinese singers, but also made Zhou Yi's total album sales in Japan directly break the historical sales record of Chinese singers in Japan - more than 4.1 million copies.
Before this, Chen Meiling and Ouyang Feifei, two Chinese female singers who became popular in Japan in the 1970s and married to Japan, always held the album sales record of Chinese singers in Japan.
Among them, Ouyang Feifei's album announcement record was 2.66 million; Chen Meiling's was 3.99 million. Considering the statistical error, it should actually be just over 4 million, the highest in the history of Chinese singers.
Zhou Yi did this with only two English albums.
Even according to this trend, it is not impossible for Zhou Yi's total album sales in Japan to catch up with or even exceed the rumored object Mariah Carey.
As the most popular American queen in the Japanese album market, Mariah Carey has sold more than 12 million copies of genuine albums in the Japanese album market so far. If single sales are included, the sales are more than 20 million, far exceeding Madonna Ciccone, Kylie Minogue, Whitney Houston and others.
Warner Japan has recently received petitions from Japanese fans, most of which are asking Warner to arrange more Japanese tours for Zhou Yi's future "Star" concerts so that these fans can see their idol.
Of course, it's not just Japan that is writing -
Fans in East Asian countries such as South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. are eager to have Zhou Yi hold a concert, and they keep writing letters to Warner to put pressure on them.
In addition, many fans in European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain are also looking forward to Zhou Yi's concerts.
The Star concert, which was originally only located in China, has now been turned into a world-class concert tour petition with the help of several waves of popularity.
However, there is still one place in China that still does not allow Zhou Yi to perform publicly - Taiwan.
"Fuck you! He dared to shout for equality in the United States, what will happen if he performs here?! I dare not imagine what he will shout then!"
In other words, Zhou Yi's influence is too great now, and they can no longer restrict the sale of his albums, otherwise they would have to restrict even the albums.
I regret it now.
If I had suppressed his album in the market when Zhou Yi was just starting out, I'm afraid I wouldn't have such a headache now.
The key is that a group of musicians who have recently emerged in Taiwan seem to have a close connection with Zhou Yi.
Let’s not talk about the group at the beginning of the millennium, let’s talk about the two who have emerged this year.
Lin Yichen, who has starred in many Taiwanese idol dramas and has become a phenomenal popular actress, was the actress in the MV of Zhou Yi’s song "Those Years". When she attended an event interview, she was inevitably asked about Zhou Yi.
"I did send a text message to congratulate Zhou Yi, but after all, there is a time difference between the United States and China, and we can’t talk on the phone for too long."
Compared to the past, Lin Yichen, whose cheeks have lost some baby fat, smiled very brightly when talking about Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi is a very good person, and I have always been grateful to him.
"The first play in my life was because the director saw my performance in the MV of "Those Years". If I hadn’t participated in Zhou Yi’s MV, I probably wouldn’t have this opportunity."
Talking about Lin Yichen’s smiling face back then, I don’t know how many female models and young actors secretly gritted their teeth.
Damn! Shit luck!
If Lin Yichen's popularity merely revived Zhou Yi's past metaphysical name in China, then Wang Xinling's strong rise completely made people recall Zhou Yi's name of "Purple Star"——
On February 24, 2003, Wang Xinling, who finally graduated from school and ended her training career, was released by Avex Records with great expectations for her first album in her personal career: "Cyndi Begin".
The title song "When You" in the album became Wang Xinling's big hit in Taiwan. Taking advantage of the momentum of shooting Zhou Yi's MV, her popularity was directly comparable to Cai Yilin's hit single "Say I Love You" which made a full comeback in Taiwan in early March.
The rumors about her and the new No. 1 beauty in Taiwan, Lin Chi-lin, have added a bit of legend to the story.
"Cyndi, I heard that the reason you were able to star in Zhou Yi's MV "Big City, Small Love" was that you defeated Lin Chi-lin. Is this true?"
In early 2003, a model with a perfect figure named Lin Chi-lin succeeded in becoming the No. 1 beauty in Taiwan through a lot of marketing, advertising, and photo shoots. She squeezed out Xiao Qiang and became the No. 1 beauty in Taiwan.
As Wang Xinling became famous with her first album, someone dug out the fact that she lost to Wang Xinling in the competition for the actress in Zhou Yi's MV, which instantly set off a huge uproar.
There are so many people who have starred in Zhou Yi's MV and become famous.
Among the people who failed to be selected, only Lin Chi-lin succeeded in becoming famous by marketing her beauty and figure.
"I'm not very clear about this." Wang Xinling, who debuted as a Japanese-style singing and dancing idol, accepted an interview with reporters after a handshake meeting. When asked this sensitive question, he could only play Tai Chi.
"Then why did Zhou Yi choose you? Did you two really date in private back then?"
"Of course not, although I think Zhou Yi is indeed an ideal boyfriend."
"Including his fickleness?"
"So it's just an ideal, isn't it?"
Knowing that he couldn't escape Zhou Yi's question, Wang Xinling accepted all the questions, and while getting enough traffic, he also revealed in his words that Zhou Yi, who was not fickle, was his boyfriend.
And Lin Chi-lin, who was somewhat upset about not being selected for Zhou Yi's MV that year, was somewhat embarrassed when asked this question-
Others could at least say a few words when asked, but she had never even met Zhou Yi, and could only say that she really wanted to work with Zhou Yi if she had the chance to meet him in the future.
"Zhou Yi is on fire, and three more candidates for the king's wife have been added!"
"Celebration press conference! It was revealed that Zhou Yi celebrated in New York with two female models! 》
《Purple Star Shines...》
《...》
The headlines of the Taiwanese entertainment media these days are all about Zhou Yi's Grammy Awards and various female singers and actresses. Even the news of the suspected quarrel between the "Double J Love" did not make the headlines.
Cai Yilin, who was completely desperate, lay down.
Tired, destroy it, love it.
Even Chen Zeshan was persuading her to stop for the time being and not waste her energy.
Sometimes, no matter how hard a genius tries, he can't resist the continuous explosion of genius.
Chen Zeshan's words made Cai Yilin feel cold.
The only thing she can comfort herself now is that her comeback album "Look at My 72 Changes" has sold more than 100,000 copies, and the songs are popular enough.
"In terms of understanding pop music, I don't want to say that Zhou Yi has left all the singers in the Chinese music scene behind, but this is the fact."
Li Zongsheng himself also talked about what Zhou Yi did in the United States during an interview, and then smiled and admitted his shortcomings: "The development of pop music comes from the West, there is no doubt about that.
"When the Beatles and Elvis debuted, our domestic music scene didn't even fully understand what pop music is, what types it is divided into, how to do it, and how to integrate Chinese lyrics.
"For so many years, generation after generation of domestic musicians have been trying to improve the overall development level of the music scene and the public's musical aesthetics.
"We all know the gap between the domestic music scene and the European and American music scene, because we started too late, but the appearance of Zhou Yi broke my cognition..."
Luo Dayou, who had just finished a memorial concert in Guangzhou before the SARS outbreak in February, is now taking a walk at home. When he was asked about Zhou Yi on the show, he couldn't help but smile and sigh: "There is no doubt that Zhou Yi is a miracle.
"Chinese people are actually very weak in mastering English songs, because it is not our mother tongue.
"But Zhou Yi can not only grasp the essence of Chinese songs, but also the essence of English songs. In this respect alone, he is the best."
Due to the outbreak of SARS, a large number of people who were on leave at home were attracted to the entertainment industry. Various comments on Zhou Yi by Taiwanese musicians including Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng were frequently reported in the newspapers. They had to be refreshed every now and then to eat the melons to their heart's content.
Naturally, the praise from these two leading figures attracted a warm response.
In the mainland music scene, during this special period of staying at home, the competition in the field of TV dramas is extremely fierce. Co-produced TV dramas headed by "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directly grabbed the remote control in the hands of a large number of viewers. A few days ago, another "The Story of a Noble Family" came out of nowhere-
With the pension insurance-level song "Anxiang" entering the public eye with Chen Kun, Dong Jie, Liu Yifei and others, Sha Baoliang has become one of the few singers in the mainland music scene who can gain attention under the heavy pressure of Zhou Yi.
"When the petals leave the flower, the fragrance remains~" This line of lyrics quickly swept across the country with the launch of "The Story of a Noble Family", and "Anxiang" also climbed onto the popularity charts of major songs.
Although the most explosive news in March was the movement that Zhou Yi made in the United States, due to the fact that the audience of English songs in China is still not as good as that of Chinese, and the continuous popularity provided by TV dramas, "Anxiang" also defeated Huang Zheng and Yu Quan's "Running" and Zhou Yi's several English songs, and directly topped the Chinese chart.
However, when everyone thought that Zhou Yi, who was in the United States, would continue to compete with domestic singers in April with English songs, on April 1, 2003, a piece of news shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry at an explosive speed-
Hong Kong superstar Zhang Guorong jumped from the 24th floor of the Hong Kong Cultural Oriental Hotel at 18:43 on the same day without any abnormal behavior before, ending his life at the age of only 46.
"What did you say? Zhang Guorong is dead?!"
Qian Jiang, who was far away in the United States, widened his eyes in disbelief when he received the news, and his voice, which instantly rose an octave, made Zhou Yi, who was resting in the car, open his eyes and take away the sun hat covering his face.
"Okay, I got it. You arrange to send a wreath and a eulogy for Ayi."
After hanging up the phone, Qian Jiang saw Zhou Yi wake up and thought he was also awakened by shock. He couldn't help but sighed: "Chen Zeshan's news, Zhang Guorong jumped off the building."
As a middle-aged man who grew up in Hong Kong, he can be said to have personally experienced the years when Tan and Zhang competed for supremacy in the Hong Kong music scene. When he heard the news of Zhang Guorong jumping off the building, the emotions in his heart were self-evident.
The city of Houston before dawn was as foggy as Qian Jiang's mood at the moment.
The Zhou Yi team, who had just got off the plane, was taking a car to the pre-booked hotel to rest. Tomorrow Zhou Yi would start his own run in Houston.
"There is really no way to encounter depression. In this situation, he can only rely on himself to get out of it. It's a pity that he can't get out of it."
Arriving at the hotel entrance, Qian Jiang, who was filled with emotion, got out of the car first to open the door, and then accompanied Zhou Yi into the hotel, followed by a team with several times more security personnel.
Since the "fight for equality" on the 17th, Zhou Yi's travel security has to be doubled, and Warner is most afraid that some young or mentally ill gunman will shoot Zhou Yi - this is not without precedent.
The most famous one is Mark David Chapman, the gunman who shot John Lennon, the soul of the Beatles.
As for why this man wanted to kill John Lennon and whether he was really mentally ill, it has been too long and there is no way to know the original truth. The only thing Warner can be sure of now is to be careful.
Every event, every meeting, and every music festival must be strictly searched, for fear that Zhou Yi will die under the gun.
Warner only bought the press release that Zhou Yi was accusing the Beatles, but did not intend to let Zhou Yi end up like the lead singer of the Beatles.
"I'm afraid that the security of Michael Jackson's travel is just like this."
Zhou Yi got on the elevator, inserted the card to enter the room, and threw his luggage aside with a smile and teased Qian Jiang who was routinely conducting various inspections.
As the copper smelting scandal intensified, the king of modern pop music, whose global album sales were second only to the Beatles and had exceeded 340 million copies, was close to being ruined.
In order to prevent the emergence of radical psychopathic gunmen to cause trouble for him, and perhaps to prevent himself from being plotted against by those capitals hiding behind the scenes, Michael Jackson's security level has reached an extremely exaggerated level.
"Then you are better than him. After all, you are a business card-level person. Those big capitals will not touch you, and even want to beg you to join, such as Sony, which has always wanted to take action against Michael Jackson."
After a thorough inspection, Qian Jiang smiled and stood still, with his hands on his waist and took a breath.
Since Zhou Yi has confirmed that he will continue to cooperate with Warner as a partner in Greater China in the future, he naturally does not need to hide it for fear that Zhou Yi will run away with other companies.
"He has too many copyrights. If he only has the copyrights of the songs he wrote, he won't be targeted, and he may even be very popular."
Zhou Yi fell on the soft sofa and stretched comfortably.
People are multifaceted.
It is true that Michael Jackson is the king of charity pop, but his greed and greed to buy other singers' copyrights through various means have also been criticized.
The Beatles, with global album sales of over 400 million, the highest sales in history, he has the copyright, and even holds up to 90%, which made Paul McCartney, a Beatles member who also wanted to buy back the copyright, so angry that he cursed MJ for being an idiot and a son of a bitch.
You should know that Michael Jackson first bought the copyright of the Beatles because of his friendship with Paul McCartney. Later, when he tried to buy the copyright again from the copyright owner, he stabbed him in the back when Paul wanted to unite the band members to lower the price, and bought the copyright at a price just slightly higher than Paul.
Since then, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson have never had any contact, and their friendship has ended.
Elvis Presley, with global album sales of over 300 million, the third best-selling in history, he also has the copyright;
He himself is the second best-selling in history, so he naturally has the copyright, and then he also has the copyright of Bob Dylan...
The value of the copyrights of those top singers, groups and himself combined after the millennium is estimated to be as high as one billion US dollars, and this is not counting that these copyrights are actually increasing in value every year, and they also provide him with various cash flows.
As for the company he partnered with Sony, he also automatically received 10-30% of the revenue from the copyright of other singers' songs according to the terms of the contract. In addition to the dividends of his shares as a shareholder of the company, Sony not only worked for him for free, but also had to pay him back.
Sony did not think about reconciliation with the King of Pop at the beginning. We are partners. I can support you as a storefront, but at least you don't have to be so ugly and let me pay you back. After all, you have made so much money. I, a big company, have to save face when I come out to mix in the world.
But several negotiations ended in bad mood, and Sony simply turned the table over.
Zhou Yi will have to learn this lesson himself. He doesn't want to turn the table over with Warner. After all, Warner can help him solve many problems, and he happens to be a person who doesn't like trouble.
Besides, his ambition is not big. As long as the copyright written by his hand is his own, it is enough. This is one of the sources of "pension" in the future.
As expected, there are not many singers as considerate as me~
After shamelessly flattering myself, Zhou Yi, who was about to take a shower and have a good sleep, and go to the Rockets stadium to meet Yao Ming tomorrow, had just put down his phone when Qian Jiang grabbed him——
"There is one more thing. Microsoft came to you."
"?"
"Your PPT."
When talking about this, Qian Jiang's expression on his face was not tense: "They praised your PPT, and they have always wanted to further expand their market influence in China, so they plan to have a special cooperation with you."
"Cooperation?"
"Please authorize or purchase this PPT. They plan to cooperate with our country's drug control policy, delete some overly bloody parts and some clips mentioning 50 cents, and only keep the harm of drugs, and then promote it for free."
"..."
Zhou Yi opened his mouth in surprise.
Microsoft, you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, also did it?
"No, if they delete 50 cents, how can I sell it? Tell them that I can license them for 1 dollar for 10 years if they keep 50 cents' image. If not, 50 cents is also fine." Zhou Yi immediately objected.
Qian Jiang helplessly held his forehead: "Ayi, is there a possibility that Microsoft, as a commercial company, will be sued for using 50 cents' personal image without permission?"
"Microsoft is afraid of this?" Zhou Yi's tone was contemptuous, with a scumbag vibe who knew the law and broke it.
"It is indeed the case at present."
"Then change the request, not just as a PPT case display of drug prevention propaganda in China, but also for the world."
With the mentality of being disgusted no matter what, Zhou Yi proposed another solution: "If you agree, 50 cents will be authorized for 10 years, if you don't agree, forget it."
It's useless to just publish it in China, and 50 cents himself can't see it. Are you trying to get me a special supply for the country?
"......Okay, I'll take someone to talk to Microsoft later, but I don't think it's likely to succeed."
As he spoke, Qian Jiang put out a few more contracts: "Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, the contracts with Apple and Nokia have all been negotiated, sign them before you go to bed."
Yawning, Zhou Yi took it and flipped through it, and signed his name after confirming that there was no problem.
As expected, due to the addition of the ladder clause, Apple's iPod endorsement fee was greatly reduced to only 3 million US dollars for four years, but the ladder clause for song sales...
If Zhou Yi sells 800,000 digital songs on the music store within six months, Apple and Warner Zhou Yi's share will be reduced to 2:8 in the future.
Sell 1 million songs within six months, and the share will be reduced to 1:9 in the future.
Sell 3 million songs within six months, and Apple will give Zhou Yi an additional bonus incentive in the form of bonus conversion, and the incentive part will be 40% of the sales volume above 3 million copies.
It can be said that Apple has shown its sincerity in order to win over Zhou Yi, a top superstar. Of course, Jobs also thought it was very difficult.
You should know that his initial goal was to sell 1 million songs within six months, which would be a success, and it would be a super success that would allow him to open champagne and dance in front of Amazon.
This is a gamble.
He is greedy for Zhou Yi's popularity and the increase in fame and market influence it brings, and his role as a benchmark in the industry. Zhou Yi is greedy for the online music purchase market that no one has yet tried, and for squeezing Apple's wallet.
Apple originally wanted to sign a five-year contract, and even add some money, but Zhou Yi refused.
Others don't know, but he knows that after the second half of 2007, monthly subscription or free streaming services will officially go online to impact the Apple music market, and there will be no need to cling to Apple at that time.
However, when he turned to the next contract, Zhou Yi was stunned: "Nokia 20 million for three years? Damn, are they taking the wrong medicine?"
For a giant like Nokia that has no worries about sales, he thought that 7 or 8 million US dollars would be enough.
"Motorola, Ericsson and Samsung intervened after your new album topped the charts on the 17th." Qian Jiang's eyes were almost narrowed into slits with laughter.
After the 17th of last month, Zhou Yi's personal reputation had a qualitative improvement in a short period of time, which directly attracted several other mobile phone giants - each of them offered 1,800,190 yuan, which almost made Nokia's negotiation team suffer a cerebral hemorrhage.
Originally, they could get a bargain by watching the spokesperson who was about to be signed ascend to fame, but now, instead of getting a bargain, they might be taken advantage of...
So he decisively offered 2,000 yuan and planned to sign Zhou Yi first.
"Samsung can actually give a bit more. This one is from Samsung, 23 million. Don't you have an improper relationship with that little princess of Samsung? Consider it?" Qian Jiang knocked over another contract.
"Relationships are relationships, but the promotional resources of Nokia, a global hegemon, are not comparable to Samsung mobile phones." Zhou Yi didn't even look at it.
At his point, when signing a global contract, it's not about money, but the strength of the channel promotion ability.
Even though Motorola's love letter can still jump around now, Nokia will be a real global hegemon in the next few years. No one can help it. It has promotion channels in Africa.
No matter how awesome Samsung is, can it sell mobile phones in Burkina Faso?
If Samsung has that ability, he doesn't mind taking it.
As for Armani's global endorsement, this is the least suspenseful. In order to show sincerity, Armani added one million after the 17th, 11 million US dollars for three years, simple and clear.
Soon, after Zhou Yi signed the three contracts and started activities in Houston, Warner officially announced Zhou Yi's endorsement situation in three days with three major brands at a rate of one per day, and stated that three grand signing ceremonies will be held for Zhou Yi in the next three weeks.
In contrast, 50 Cent was exhausted and didn't get any endorsement.
You know, when he was selling his inspirational personality, there were actually endorsements that came to him for negotiation, but now everything is gone.
Some fans of 50 Cent were still indignant about this, but they were angrily criticized by Zhou Yi's fans-
"You hip-hop singers who are involved in pornography, gambling and drugs still want endorsements? Can you take a piss and look in the mirror? Endorsing pornography, gambling, or drugs?
"Eminem has been famous for so long and doesn't even have a high-level endorsement. Don't you know what's wrong with a high-quality idol like Spike having a high-quality endorsement? ”
“Spike is willing to fight for equality, but your idol only fights for pornography, gambling and drugs. Ugh! Disgusting, despicable!”
“Who has a ticket to the Houston Rockets? Please sell me one. Thanks. It is said that Spike will go to the Rockets home court this week to support his compatriot Yao and will also be a guest.”
“Add me xxx to buy tickets…”
“…”
In the one-sided verbal battle, with saliva and spit flying everywhere, there was a ticket selling message that was seen by Taylor Swift who came to Houston to meet with the company’s musicians.
Taylor Swift, who is only 14 years old, is already the height of an adult woman. After chatting with the temporary assistant arranged by Sony’s record company RCA, the white strong man from Tennessee couldn’t help but hold his forehead—
“If you want to go to the Rockets home court to meet Spike, I can help you arrange it.”
“?” ”
Taylor Swift, who has always wanted to debut but has been asked by the company to wait and hone her skills, slowly asked a question.
“The company just doesn’t want you to debut so early. They think you should wait another four or three years. It’s not good to get involved in the entertainment industry too early. And although you have talent, you are still immature and need time to grow. It’s not that we don’t want to support your entertainment activities.”
“…”
Taylor Swift can’t help but want to lose face when she mentions this broken company.
Sony is extremely evil!
What do you mean by good for her? Does she need to be trained for her talent? !
Do you know what a genius is?
Look at Spike, he has never studied music properly, but he made it to the US from China as soon as he debuted.
How do you guys understand the world of geniuses like us?
She wanted to escape, but Sony's reputation was there, so she hesitated and didn't escape this year.
With this in mind, Taylor stayed in the company honestly, waiting for the reserve agent who was taking care of her temporarily to help her find channels. Out of boredom, she picked up a newspaper on the top of her desk -
New York Daily News: "It is our duty to revive the glory of the North American music scene!"
An extremely exciting and inflammatory headline made Taylor Swift confused.
What the hell?
Take a closer look——
"On April 1, the new Billboard charts showed that all ten songs in your album have entered the top 20, and six of them are in the top 10, which has caused many reporters to hype up the North American music scene's defense war to attract attention."
Houston, a lounge at an event.
Seeing Zhou Yi looking at the newspaper with a strange look in his eyes, Qian Jiang said in amazement: "Your image in the North American music industry is already a big devil. If you really let your ten songs occupy the top 10, they will be too embarrassed.
"Besides, they actually want to squeeze your song off the top of the throne."
The social veteran Qian Jiang easily grasped the psychology of those European and American scum: "In order to avoid the accident like 50 Cent this time, they selected Linkin Park from our same company and made him the leader to fight against you. "
Zhou Yi couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.
Lincoln Park, like Zhou Yi, is a member of Warner, and they follow the rock style, which is just right for Zhou Yi.
They made their official debut in 2000, and their first album sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Their second album "Meteora" was officially released on March 25 this year. The response is very good, and the rankings of several singles are rising rapidly.
Especially the song "Numb", which sounds really awesome, and it is also the one with the fastest data increase.
This made the media, including newspapers such as the New York Daily and the Washington Post, Smelled a business opportunity --
Yes, business opportunity.
As a newspaper, they first need to attract attention and sales.
Linkin Park sings rock and roll, and there is no black material like 50 Cent. There are Asian members in the team, which is enough to reflect equality and will not be accused of racial discrimination by Zhou Yi;
The songs are cool, the record is traceable, and they are also owned by Warner like Zhou Yi, so maybe they can provoke them to fight and both lose.
Isn't this the best sword?
In order to avoid Warner's rejection, this group of people also gave Linkin Park a compliment in advance --
"Revitalize the North American music scene, it is our duty!"
However, no one has ever asked Linkin Park for their own opinions from beginning to end...
"Huh?"
When asked, Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, was confused: "Let's go fight Spike?"