Two Faced

"Two Faced"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album From Zero
Format:	Digital
Length:	3:03
Live debut:	November 15, 2024
Writer:	Linkin Park
Producer:	Mike Shinoda, Colin Brittain, Brad Delson
Label:	Warner Records
Linkin Park single chronology Over Each Other (2024) Two Faced (2024)
From Zero 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

"Two Faced" is the eighth track from Linkin Park's eighth studio album, From Zero.

Background

"Two Faced" harkens back to Linkin Park's early sound, with a downtuned guitar riff, rapped verses from Mike Shinoda, a powerful chorus from Emily Armstrong, and a heavy bridge breakdown featuring scratching from Joe Hahn and Emily's screaming.

Mike described the song, "Two Faced was intended to be... the idea was to write something that would be pre-Linkin Park. Everybody thinks of Linkin Park like, we're here in 2024, what's this change, what's happening today? I wanted to remind them that there was a time in the band before we had ever met Chester, when me and my friend Mark were doing vocals. I wanted to do something kind of in that style, and that's how Two Faced started." After the song "Overflow", there is a Xero sample of the song "Fuse" along with a tape flip sound included as a transition to the next song.

Brad and Mike both wrote the guitar parts to "Two Faced" together.

When asked about comparisons to "One Step Closer", Mike said, "I think that comparison is funny, I see the similarities but it seems like a comparison made by people who don't know our catalog super well."

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Two Faced	From Zero	3:03		November 15, 2024

Music Video

The music video for "Two Faced" was directed by Joe Hahn and produced by WL Boyd. The features the band having fun performing the song on their launch stage that they used for their September 5 event announcing their return. It was filmed two days before the event, on September 3, 2024. Joe directed the band to get very close to the camera for many takes. The band performed the song at double speed for some takes to exaggerate their actions. The crew members working with the band on the show joined for a shot, which featured toward the end of the video. Emily hurt her knee during filming process. The whole shoot was done in 5 hours on an off day of rehearsals and was put together very quickly. Mr. Hahn said, "We had that stage that was going to go away right after the launch event, and I was like, 'This thing looks too cool to not shoot.'" The shoot almost didn't happen according to Mike, "because I wanted to stay focused on the launch and not get worn out by a long video shoot... but it ended up being a great time, and one of the best videos we've done."

Video Credits

Director: Joe Hahn
Producer: WL Boyd
Swartz/Boyd Productions

Production Supervisor: Danny Gomez
Director of Photography: Adam Evans
Asst. Camera: Eduardo Capriles
Gaffer: Lawrence Le
Key Grip: Nick Lombardo
Playback: Joe McGill
Prod Asst: Alexis Espadas
Wardrobe Stylist: Mark Holmes
Asst. Stylist: Meesh Daranyi
Asst. Stylist: Tiffany Puhy-Jenkins
Seamstress: Efi Green
Seamstress: Gulsen Kan
MU/Hair: Carolina Ballesteros
MU/Hair: Emily Zempel

Design & Direction: Thank You 92
Set Design & Creative Direction: Mike Carson
TY92 Team: Valtteri Laihanen, Emile Frederick

Lighting Designer: Celine Royer
Lighting Programmer: Tyler Santangelo
Screens Programmer: Michael Hankowsky
Screen Content: Sturdy
Laser Programmer: Seth Griffiths
Live Technical Direction: Earlybird Visual

Editor: Igor Kovalik
VFX: Thomas Moser
Color Grading: Adolfo Martinelli

Mosh Pit Crew:
Adam Casillas
William Chase
John Chidley
Ricki Cook
Abigail Dannewitz
Lorenzo Errico
Lucas Parr
Tracy Robar
Adam Ruehmer
Joe Skarz
Ben Young

Thanks to:
Jim Digby
Joe Skarz

Video Commissioner: Devin Sarno

Release

"Two Faced" was released on November 13, 2024 at 3pm PST alongside its music video. The band dropped the song and video by surprise, not giving any indication beforehand that the song would drop. From Zero was released two days later on November 15, 2024.

Live

Speaking to press in Asia in September 2024, Emily Armstrong said "Two Faced" is the song she is most excited to perform live with Linkin Park. She said that the track is "really fun live." Other songs mentioned included "Casualty" and "Overflow," saying "Those three, I think, were the ones we've kinda been talking about... like, really wanting to explore live. I think we're gonna do some rehearsals when we get home and, you know, put it into our live set." This came to fruition at the album release show in Sao Paulo, where the song replaced 'Points Of Authority' in Act 1 of the set. The song had a short extended intro from Joe, and the instrumental buildup to the bridge was repeated so Mike could rile up the crowd.

Variations

Type	Description	First Played	Last Played
Intro	Joe Intro	November 15, 2024	November 15, 2024
Bridge	Lengthened instrumental	November 15, 2024	November 15, 2024

Personnel

Linkin Park is

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

Production

• Written by Linkin Park
• 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 Rich Costey
• Assistant Engineering by Jeff Citron
• Mastered by Emerson Mancini

Lyrics

Album Version

Get right

Last time I was hanging by a thread
Trying to say I'm not but I'm in it over my head
That's when I figured out where it led
Beginning to realize that you put me over the edge
Your truth's not rigid, your rules aren't fair
The dark's too vivid, the light's not there
I start to give in, but I can't bear
To put it all behind, I run into it blind like

Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late
Counting to zero
Counting to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle

Last time you told me it wasn't true
And pointing every finger at things that you didn't do
So that's why I kept missing the clues
And never realized that the one that did it was you
Your truth's not rigid, your rules aren't fair
The dark's too vivid, the light's not there
I start to give in, but I can't bear
To put it all behind, I run into it blind like

Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late
Counting to zero
Counting to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Two faced

I can't hear myself think
Stop yelling at me
I can't hear myself think
Stop yelling at me
I can't hear myself think
Stop yelling at me
Stop yelling at me
Stop yelling at me

Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late
Counting to zero
Counting to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two faced
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Two faced