In My Head

"In My Head" is a single by Mike Shinoda and Kailee Morgue from the Scream VI soundtrack. It's one of two songs Mike wrote for the soundtrack, the other one being "Still Alive" performed by Demi Lovato.

Background

At the end of 2022, William Sherak, producer of Scream VI, reached out to Mike and asked if he would be interested in producing any music for the movie, bringing up Demi Lovato as another artist they were reaching out to. Coincidentally, Mike already had plans to work on a song with Demi, which led to Mike producing two songs on the soundtrack: "In My Head" and "Still Alive".

When asked about how he goes about writing songs for movies, Mike said that "If I'm gonna write a song, I'm gonna write it for me first", emphasizing that it was important for him to write without it needing the context of the movie. He went on to contrast the process for "In My Head" with a song like "New Divide", which was featured in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack, where Mike riffed on concepts from the movie when writing the song. For "In My Head", Mike wrote the beat first, which he considered to be darker than most tracks he's done in recent years. He revealed that the lyrics are about intrusive thoughts and how distracting the chaos of day-to-day life can be.

Tracklist

Digital Single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	In My Head	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:52

Spooky Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	In My Head (Spooky Version)	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:53
2	In My Head	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:52
3	In My Head (Slowed and Reverbed)	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	3:24
4	In My Head (Sped Up)	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:33
5	In My Head (Instrumental)	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:52
6	In My Head (A Cappella)	Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey	2:52

Music Video

On March 10, 2023, Mike released a visualizer for "In My Head" on his YouTube channel. The video was directed by Jacky Lu and made using the Kaiber AI model.

To celebrate Halloween, Mike released a visualizer for the "Spooky Version" of "In My Head" on October 26, 2023. The video is the same as the original, but played in reverse and with extra filters and editing added by Black Balloon LLC.

Artist Name: Mike Shinoda, Kailee Morgue
Song Name: In My Head
Directors: Jacky Lu
Record Label: Warner/Chappell Music

Versions

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

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
In My Head	In My Head Already Over (Spotify Fans First Exclusive Vinyl) Evolution Of Mike Shinoda The Crimson Chapter EP	2:52		March 10, 2023	Features vocals by Kailee Morgue.
In My Head (Spooky Version)	In My Head	2:53		April 28, 2023	Original version with dissonant note in the chorus.
In My Head (Slowed and Reverbed)	In My Head	3:24		April 28, 2023
In My Head (Sped Up)	In My Head	2:33		April 28, 2023
In My Head (Instrumental)	In My Head	2:52		April 28, 2023	Official instrumental version.
In My Head (A Cappella)	In My Head	2:52		April 28, 2023	Official acapella version.

Promotion

In an interview with KROQ promoting "Lost", Mike Shinoda revealed that he had a new solo track being featured in Scream VI. On March 4, 2023, Mike posted a video on Instagram of him and Kailee Morgue watching Scream and getting a call from Ghostface. Over the following weeks, the two posted more videos together in the studio talking about Scream and teasing the song. Mike would later upload 3 behind the scenes videos of him and Kailee working on the song in the studio to his YouTube channel.

Mike talked about how using a widely recognized character like Ghostface in marketing comes with a lot of rules and conditions. When he would use Ghostface in promotional material for "In My Head", the studio would send him specific voice clips and video footage that he had to use.

Personnel

• Vocals: Kailee Morgue, Mike Shinoda
• Writer: Mike Shinoda, Jake Torrey
• Producer: Mike Shinoda
• Masterer: Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
• Mixer: Manny Marroquin

Lyrics

(In my head)

Let it begin
Push it away, but it's pulling me in
Try to pretend
I'm not aware when I do it again
I know the signs
I see the pattern in front of my eyes
Something inside me opens up wide
Stretching and coming alive

I can't stop it when it starts
Trying not to fall apart
Building up until it all goes dark

In my head
I can feel it getting closer
In my head
Breathing heavy on my shoulder
And I'm trying to fake it
But there's no way to escape it
In my head
Buried underneath the noises
In my head
There's a million little voices
Saying "You'll never make it
And there's no way to escape it"
In my head

Coming around
Thoughts are intruding, I'm pushing them down
Stopping it now
Blocking out, in fact I'm blocking it out
Holding too tight
Kidding myself, turn a wrong into right
Thief in the night
I've been the one putting gas in the lights

I can't stop it when it starts
Trying not to fall apart
Building up until it all goes dark

In my head
I can feel it getting closer
In my head
Breathing heavy on my shoulder
And I'm trying to fake it
But there's no way to escape it

'Cause I'm swirling in the panic of
A shaking confidence
No, I don't have an answer
When the questions don't make sense

In my head
I can feel it getting closer
In my head
Breathing heavy on my shoulder
And I'm trying to fake it
But there's no way to escape it
In my head
Buried underneath the noises
In my head
There's a million little voices
Saying "You'll never make it
And there's no way to escape it"
In my head

Gallery

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  Official Cover

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  Kailee Morgue Cover

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  Mike Shinoda Cover

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  mikeshinoda.com Background Image

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  "Out Now" banner

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  "In My Head" billboard at Coachella 2023

External Links

• In My Head (Visualizer): YouTube
• In My Head (Spooky Version): YouTube