Up From The Bottom

"Up From The Bottom"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album From Zero (Deluxe Edition)
Recorded:	2024-2025
Released:	March 27, 2025
Format:	Digital
Length:	03:03
Writer:	Linkin Park
Label:	Warner Records
Linkin Park singles chronology Two Faced (2024) Up From The Bottom (2025)
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

"Up From The Bottom" is the title Linkin Park's single from the deluxe edition of From Zero in 2025.

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, ""Up From the Bottom" was created in between tours this year, infused with the electricity of those first shows back after a long hiatus."

Mike Shinoda said upon the song's release, "Up From The Bottom is here. In between tours, the band got together at my studio. As we listened to demos, everyone kinda agreed we didn’t have the song we needed. As we talked, I scribbled notes. When everyone went home, I started piecing things together at the piano. For days, I obsessively pulled at threads of unclear ideas, until a special one began to reveal itself. One of the most satisfying things I get to experience is the moment when I play a new song for my band—knowing it’s unfinished, but confident it’s going to be special. A huge thank you to my bandmates for their ideas, inspiration, and stellar performances on this one—and to Joe Hahn for yet another insane video."

The next day, he added in response to a fan saying that he writes good bridges to songs, "A couple years ago, I was having a conversation with friends about how songs keep getting shorter...it's such a shame because the bridge (or anything that happens after chorus 2) is your opportunity to reward the listener, or to surprise them"

On April 1, 2025, he talked about the bridge of the song on Twitter, saying, "For my music engineers out there: this part took a lot of tinkering. I think it was a keyboard part first, then Emily sang it, then I chopped and effected that (listen for the Melodyne octave-up bits!), then Joe took that sound and scratched / transformed it on turntables"

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Up From The Bottom	From Zero (Deluxe Edition)	3:03	2024-2025	March 27, 2025	Announced on March 17 for release on March 27.

Release

After the first leg of the 2025 From Zero World Tour in Mexico and Asia, the band released a new LPTV episode on March 5, 2025 chronicling the tour and included at the very end a clip of Mike and Emily in Mike's home studio, beginning a teaser campaign for a new song. Emily was singing the line "sometimes it feels like" before the video ended.

On March 11, the band continued their live video releases from the tour and released a video of "Overflow" live in Monterrey, Mexico on February 5, 2025. During the song, a pop-up appeared in the top right corner saying "Up.MID" and linking to download.linkinpark.com where fans could download a MIDI file titled "Up." The link to the image for the song and the direct link for the file both said "UFTB."

On March 14, Linkin Park posted a full band photo from the recording studio, with the caption "Up from the bottom." Band members leading up to this social media post also posted on their own socials variations of the word "up", with Mike saying "what's up" and Colin saying "who's up."

The band confirmed the release of the new song on March 17, with a longer clip of Mike and Emily recording vocals for the first and second verse of the song, followed by a teaser of a new music video at the end of the clip. The release date was announced as March 27. Since it was announced on the day of the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles which the band was attending, Mike Shinoda tweeted, "If you have any questions about the new song or tour, feel free to direct them to @iHeartRadio today. Maybe we'll answer them at the #iHeartAwards2025 red carpet today." He followed up with a few answers on Twitter, saying, "a few answers: -we're not performing today, -no we're not wearing suits, -the new song is called Up From The Bottom, & Em, Joe, Colin and I'll see you in a few hours."

Live

"Up From The Bottom" has not been performed live by Linkin Park yet.

At the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025, Emily and Mike said that Linkin Park would be performing it live.

Several weeks before the tour kicked off, Phoenix said, "We haven’t gotten to play that song in the live setting yet but I'm so stoked about how this song is going to fit in the set and add to that overall experience."

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 Neal Avron
• Assistant Engineering by Scott Skrzynski
• Mastered by Emerson Mancini

Lyrics

Album Version

Inside, it feels like I been barely breathin'
Feels like air is runnin' out
Inside, I'm stuck here starin' at a ceilin'
You put up to keep me down, down, down, down, down

Wakin' up without a name
Open up my eyes, knowin' nothin' is the same
Circlin' around a drain
As I realize that there's no one else to blame

You keep me waitin' down here, so far below
Starin' up from the bottom, up from the bottom
I try escapin', but there's nowhere to go
Starin' up from the bottom, up from the bottom

Each time I hold my fist inside my pocket
Hold my breath until I'm blue
Feels like a knife pushed deep inside a socket
Bristlin', listenin' to you, you, you, you, you

Wakin' up without a name
Open up my eyes, knowin' nothing's gonna change
Circlin' around a drain
As I realize that there's no one else to blame

You keep me waitin' down here, so far below
Starin' up from the bottom, up from the bottom
I try escapin', but there's nowhere to go
Starin' up from the bottom, up from the bottom

Everybody out, that devil is coming
Poison on his lips, and his words mean nothin'
Cold like a mountaintop, father never loved him
Mama said he's bad enough times that it sunk in
Everybody out, that devil is comin'
Promise you the world, but he's always bluffin'
Before you even know it's a trap, you're stuck in
He's gone like a ghost, already off runnin'

You keep me waitin' down here, so far below
Starin' up from the bottom, up from the bottom

I try escapin', but there's nowhere to go
Starin' up from the bottom, gotta get out of here
Up from the bottom, gotta get out of here

Gallery

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  From Zero (Deluxe Edition) cover
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  LPTV Teaser for "UP.mid"
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  download.linkinpark.com page for "UP.mid"
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  Linkin Park in the studio
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  Mike in his home studio recording the song, shown on LPTV
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  Emily in Mike's studio recording the song, shown on LPTV
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  Mike Instagram story from October 2024 of Emily recording vocals in his studio