Happy Endings

"Happy Endings" is an upcoming single by Mike Shinoda featuring Iann Dior and Upsahl, set to be released on February 19, 2021.

Background

In fall 2020, Mike hinted that he was making music at other times of the day besides just the hours he dedicates to streaming on Twitch.

On February 5, 2021, Mike announced that he would be selling music on the cryptocurrency auction website Zora.. The first item Mike sold was a 40 second video of a GIF that he made containing music of the unreleased song "One Hundredth Stream". The announcement confused many fans on social media as the cryptocurrency auctions and NFTs were a new concept to many people, but Mike began explaining the process in replies to fans. On February 7, he accepted the final bid of $30,000 on "One Hundredth Stream" and said, "$30k US will be going to the “Michael K Shinoda Endowed Scholarship” at @artcenteredu to benefit students based on artistic merit and financial need." Over the next few days, he began to experiment by selling a variety of different digital items - mainly sketches, artwork, and also his name in Times New Roman font.

Release

At the end of his stream on February 15, 2021, Mike ended his Twitch stream with, "We will have plenty to talk about tomorrow." The following day, he posted a short clip of music on social media and said, "Something big is coming this week. #HappyEndings". On Twitch that day, Mike said that he would talk more about the post tomorrow, on February 17th. Later that afternoon, Shazam accidentally leaked the song's title and guests.

Following some teasers, Mike announced via Twitter on February 17, 2021 that the song would be released on February 19 and that the guests Iann Dior and Upsahl would join him on Twitch on February 18: "New single HAPPY ENDINGS out 2.19 | Chat with @ianndior and @upsahlmusic on @Twitch tomorrow at 10AM PT #HappyEndings"

Ten versions of the same video (a repeating GIF) containing one minute and fifteen seconds of "Happy Endings" were put up for sale by Mike on Zora on February 17, 2021.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Happy Endings	Happy Endings	3:32	2021	February 19, 2021	Features vocals by Iann Dior and Upsahl.
Happy Endings	Happy Endings	3:32	2021	February 19, 2021	Censored.

Personnel

• Mike Shinoda
• Iann Dior
• Upsahl

Lyrics

Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm the hero that saved me
Then I hold my head high
Get everything right
Delusional maybe

Yo, this whole last year was a shit show
Just findin' out now what I didn't know
Seems like each time when I get low
I place blame everywhere that it shouldn't go
And that's what's keeping me up
Fallin' apart, man, I keep it a buck
You still act like I'm holding you up
I still feel like I'm folding up

Tell me what I should have said and I'll pretend to know that
Things come out my mouth that I should probably learn to hold back
Why do I expect to have the patience that I don't have?
Over and over, expecting a different result, yeah

Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm the hero that saved me
Then I hold my head high
Get everything right
Delusional maybe
If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
While I'm in every book, know I could be yours
Still at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm the hero that saved me

They like, "Hey, Mike
You can't keep kickin' yourself for the things you say like
There's some people that you could never make right"
And really, do I wanna sweat shit? No
I know I don't wanna let this go
Hold it inside, let it take control

Tell me what I should have said and I'll pretend to know that
Things come out my mouth that I should probably learn to hold back
Why do I expect to have the patience that I don't have?
Over and over and over and over and, oh, my God

Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm the hero that saved me
Then I hold my head high
Get everything right
Delusional maybe
If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
While I'm in every book, know I could be yours
Still at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm the hero that saved me

I keep tellin' myself to stop caring
‘Cause they live for keepin' me staring
And they'll drag it on to make respond
To get more retweets and more sharing
I don't need the manager, no Karen
‘Cause what's wrong seems so apparent
‘Cause I'm too alive, these bad fuckin' vibes
And I'm so damn sick of bein' stuck inside, 'side, 'side, 'side, yeah

Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feelin' like I'm (Like I'm) the hero that saved me (Ah)
Then I hold my head high (Yeah)
Get everything right (Right)
Delusional maybe (Maybe)
If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
While I'm in every book, know I could be yours (Know I could be, know I could be)
Still at least in my mind (In my mind, yeah)
I'm feelin' like I'm (Like I'm) the hero that saved me (Yeah, ah)

If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
I-If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
I-If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings
I-If I'm pretending, wanna write happy endings

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