More actions
"About You" was released as a pre-order track for Mike Shinoda's debut album Post Traumatic. It features a verse from Blackbear, who had worked with Shinoda on the track "Sorry For Now" off Linkin Park's seventh studio album, One More Light, and additional production from BASECAMP.
Background
When talking about "About You", Mike said that no matter what he wrote about, people would think it would be related to Chester. That's the feeling that inspired the track.
He told Rolling Stone, "I was thinking, 'God, I have all these ideas for songs that aren't about Chester or what happened. So I wrote a song about feeling that moment of writing songs. Because not every song is about him and about what happened."[1]
Tracklist
Digital Single
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1 | About You (feat. blackbear) | Mat Musto, Mike Shinoda | 3:26 |
Music Video
The music video for "About You" was shot during Mike's trip to China in April 2018.
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
About You (feat. blackbear) | About You | 3:26 | 2017-2018 | April 26, 2018 |
|
About You (feat. blackbear) | About You
Post Traumatic (Clean) |
3:26 | 2017-2018 | April 26, 2018 |
|
About You | Post Traumatic - Instrumentals | 3:26 | 2017-2018 |
|
Live
"About You" was debuted live at Mike's first ever solo show. The song had an extended intro where Mike sang into a vocoder and was shortened, ending before the bridge, and transitioned directly into "Over Again".
Variations
Last Updated: January 12, 2020
Type | Description | First Played | Last Played |
---|---|---|---|
Intro | Vocoder Intro | May 12, 2018 | September 8, 2019 |
Outro | Transition to "Over Again" | May 12, 2018 | September 8, 2019 |
Alternative | Shortened (No Bridge or Ending) | May 12, 2018 | September 8, 2019 |
Promotion
Personnel
- Written by Mike Shionda and Matthew Musto
- Produced by Mike Shinoda, Jordan Reyes, and Aaron Harmon
- Vocals by Mike Shinoda and Matthew Musto
- Mixed by Manny Marroquin
- Mastered by Michelle Mancini
Lyrics
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
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
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
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, cause
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' not about you
Everything is all about you
All 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 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, 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 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
Gallery
External Links
- About You (Music Video): YouTube
References
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-opens-up-about-life-after-chester-bennington-628689/ Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Opens Up About Life After Chester Bennington
- ↑ Post Traumatic Clean Version - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, October 31, 2018