Linkin Park sends Trump a cease & desist for using their song in a campaign ad

[rebeljean]

Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music. A cease and desist has been issued.
- LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 19, 2020
The song “In the End” was featured in the background of the video, which included images of Trump and excerpts from his inauguration speech. Twitter removed the video

Comments

[fromyourashes]

how dare he? and it's been THREE YEARS? three years???

i honestly still can't listen to any of their music. it's still too heartbreaking.

fuck trump, as always.

[gimmemoarjosh]

Same. I just can't do it. :(

[chocobeans]

Same After his death, I had to stop listening to their new single at the time. It hurt and still does.

[fromyourashes]

i tried listening to that one a few times, but every time - i cry. it's terrible.

[willardwright]

The theft is nothing unusual for him, but...

...he used "In the End" in his own advert? An advert about himself? Did his entire team just not hear the lyrics?

[wowsolovely]

For real the only lyrics I remember is “it doesn’t even matter” like this is your choice?

[willardwright]

The chorus goes:

"I've tried so hard
and got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter..."

And there's also this, for example:

"Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart"

Like... well, it's certainly accurate (except for the part about trying hard), but it's hardly a victory anthem.

[lady_rosier]

It's always surprising what emotions people connect with songs. I heard the Leonard Cohen version of Hallelujah at both a wedding and a funeral, lyrically it doesn't fit either occasion and is bordering hard on the inappropriate side for a wedding tbh.

[gorlplz]

[somthingshinyy]

I still think of Chester often. Can't believe it's been 3 years already :(

[tifag]

The twitter comments about Chester's death being a hit were so gross coming from people that probably have never listened to a Linkin Park song in their entire life.

[trueloveisrarex]

I still remember a user here feeling the need to announce that they thought Chester killing himself was selfish, and it had only been a few hours since the news dropped

[jellycar]

jfc i think i remember this

[trueloveisrarex]

it was like a few pages in the post, but they have a default icon and they consistently give awful takes