Lost in the Echo

Lost in the Echo
Linkin Park
publication	19th October 2012
length	3:25
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , synth rock , rap rock
Author (s)	Linkin Park
album	Living Things

Lost in the Echo (dt. Lost in the Echo ) is a song by American rock band Linkin Park . It is the first song on the Living Things album and the second single on the album. In Great Britain the publication took place on October 19, 2012.

Background and composition

Lost in the Echo was written by Linkin Park himself and produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin . It was recorded in March 2012. In the same month Rolling Stone magazine mentioned the title for the first time. In the making of the album it became known that the band originally used the working title Holding Company for the song .

From a stylistic point of view, Lost in the Echo takes up the rap and rock elements of the first two studio albums, Hybrid Theory and Meteora , although the music is much more electronic.

Music video

The official lyric video was released shortly after the album was released. It is the third after Burn It Down and Lies Greed Misery .

The regular music video celebrated its premiere on August 29, 2012 after the release was announced three days in advance and a countdown was started on the homepage the day before. It was directed by Jason Zada . The video is interactive and can only be viewed on the official website. By synchronizing with a Facebook account, personal photos are incorporated into the video from there. Mike Shinoda explained that the album has a lot to do with you and me , so the idea of creating something for the video that is also very personal and linked to memories was a fitting one. It felt very appropriate for the song.

The video takes place in a post-apocalyptic time in which photographs no longer exist. A man enters a destroyed building with a briefcase, opens it and takes out photographs, which he then distributes to numerous people. These photographs show personal pictures from the Facebook account. The people who look at these photographs react extremely emotionally and ultimately crumble into dust.

reception

Lost in the Echo was generally well received by music critics. Loudwire's Chad Childers described Lost in the Echo as darker and more powerful than its previous single Burn It Down . He also compared it to previous work by the band. Billboard's Jason Lipsutz praises bubbling synthesizers quickly turning into cracking guitars.

Charts

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	68 (1 week)	1
United States (Billboard)	95 (1 week)	1

Remix

The KillSonik Remix was released on several records. It was first released on October 19, 2012 as the B-side on the Lost in the Echo single CD . This only appeared in the UK. On February 1, 2013, the remix was also released on the Castle of Glass single CD. Since March 22, 2013 it has also been available on the Australian Tour Edition of Living Things . The most prominent appearance of the KillSonik Remix, however, only appeared on the remix album Recharged , released on October 25, 2013 .