Unshatter

"Unshatter"
Song by Linkin Park
from the album From Zero (Deluxe Edition)
Recorded:	2024-2025
Released:	April 25, 2025
Length:	3:16
Writer:	Linkin Park
Label:	Warner Records
From Zero (Deluxe Edition) tracklist
From Zero (Intro) The Emptiness Machine Cut The Bridge Heavy Is The Crown Over Each Other Casualty Overflow Two Faced Stained IGYEIH Good Things Go Up From The Bottom Unshatter Let You Fade

"Unshatter" is the title of a song on the deluxe edition of From Zero and one of three new songs included on the release, with "Up From The Bottom" and "Let You Fade."

Background

In regards to new music, Colin Brittain in September 2024 commented that Linkin Park was already working on new songs that would possibly be released in 2025, saying, "There's also couple of songs that we haven't released yet that are may or may not come out next year, that we're still working on, they are really amazing." Just over a month later, at the end of October, between legs of the From Zero World Tour and just before the European shows in November, the band was posting various photos on social media at Mike's home studio. Mike included a video of Emily in the vocal booth in these series of posts.

Around the release of From Zero, Mike's comments about the album's length indicated the band likely had more songs from the sessions as well, saying, "By the way -- just to set your expectation, the "running time" of the album is not long. It's a compact little fireball. I wanted it so good and so concise that you'd want to listen to it multiple times in a row."

With the announcement of the deluxe edition of the album, the band's website said, ""Unshatter" was an early track we made while recording From Zero; Emily's huge vocal in the bridge was one of the moments that gave us an indication of what was possible together."

Mike and Emily sat down a few weeks before the band returned, in September 2024, and had a conversation that was recorded and released as "From Zero: A Conversation with Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong" on October 18, 2024. In this conversation, it was revealed that when Emily first started working with Linkin Park, some of the first demos she sang on were called "Unshatter" and "Vertigo," the latter dating around 2019. "Unshatter" was one of three demos mentioned in the conversation, the latter coming from a story they told about working on a song called "Breathing Underwater" around 2023 when Mike, Joe, and Dave brought Emily into a room and broke the news to her that they would be possibly playing some shows and would like for her to join them. "Unshatter" is one of the earliest tracks the band worked on with Emily.

On April 22, 2025, Mike posted a screenshot of his voice memos on his iPhone for "Unshatter", with notes dating back to December 2023 around the same time he was working on his solo track "Already Over."

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Unshatter	From Zero (Deluxe Edition)	3:16	2024-2025	May 16, 2025	Announced on March 27 for release on May 16.

Release

On April 21, 2025, Linkin Park posted that "Unshatter" would be released on Friday, April 25, 2025.

Live

"Unshatter" has not been performed live by Linkin Park yet.

Personnel

Linkin Park is

• Mike Shinoda
• Brad Delson
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
• Joseph Hahn
• Emily Armstrong
• Colin Brittain

Production

• Written by Linkin Park, Jake Torrey
• Produced by Mike Shinoda
• Co-Produced by Brad Delson, Colin Brittain
• Recording Engineering by Mike Shinoda, Ethan Mates
• Vocals by Mike Shinoda, Emily Armstrong
• Guitar by Brad Delson
• Bass by Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
• Programming by Joseph Hahn
• Drums by Colin Brittain
• Mixed by Neal Avron
• Assistant Engineering by Scott Skrzynski
• Mastered by Emerson Mancini

Lyrics

Album Version

And we'll never ever put it back together
I should've known better, you're lying

Maybe I made it more complicated than it had to be
Maybe I'm mistaken, but it's taking something out of me
Maybe I'm too patient 'cause I waited until now to see
Take what you say and I'll ruminate away reality

But we'll never ever put it back together
I should've known better, you're lying

Unshatter the picture I was tryna see myself in
Unshatter the promise that I could not believe
I don't know why we got so cold
But my chest is holding all my feelings
Unshatter me

I was waiting patiently, saving judgment for too long
When the hesitation would set the stage that I'd lose on
You were only aiming to pass the blame and, then, move on
You just turned the tables and made my right to a new wrong

And we'll never ever put it back together
I should have known better, you're lying

Unshatter the picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter the promise that I could not believe
I don't know why we got so cold
But my chest is holding all my feelings
Unshatter me

You don't know me
You don't know me
I don't owe you
You don't know me
You don't know me
You don't know me
I don't owe you, go
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything, go
You don't know me
You don't know me
I don't owe you anything, go
You don't know me
You don't know me
I don't owe you

And we'll never ever put it back together
I should've known better, you're lying

Unshatter the picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter the promise that I could not believe
I don't know why we got so cold
But my chest is holding all my feelings
Unshatter me

Gallery

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  From Zero (Deluxe Edition) cover