Pesan Inspiratif Mike Sinoda di Lagu Happy Endings
Sepeninggal Chester Bennington, vokalis band Linkin Park, pada 2017 silam, bukan berarti aktivitas bermusik stop. Sang rapper sekaligus keyboardis Linking Park, Mike Shinoda misalnya, ia merilis single baru berjudul Happy Endings.
Lagu baru di bawah label Warner Records ini hasil kolaborasi Mike Shinoda dengan rapper Iann Dior dan penyanyi perempuan bernama Taylor Upsahl. Iann Dior sebelumnya dikenal dengan kolaborasinya bersama 24kGoldn untuk lagu Mood. Sedangkan Upsahl merupakan artis yang sedang naik daun, setelah sukses dengan lagu solonya berjudul Drugs, serta kontribusinya untuk lagu Dua Lipa, Good in Bed.
Happy Endings dimulai dengan petikan gitar yang diikuti vokal dari Mike dan Upsahl secara bersamaan, sebelum Iann muncul dengan bait rapnya.Dikemas dengan nuansa musik yang ceria, lagu ini berisi pesan agar kita tidak terlalu keras pada diri sendiri dalam menghadapi masa-masa sulit yang terjadi salam satu tahun terakhir.
Melalui lagu Happy Endings, Mike Shinoda berharap siapa pun musisi yang mendengarnya bisa terus memiliki harapan dan semangat menjalani hidup meski pandemi masih melanda dunia.
Sebelum merilis versi full lagu Happy Endings, Mike Shinoda telah merilis preview dari single terbarunya dalam bentuk klip berdurasi 75 detik, melalui saluran Twitch, beberapa platform media sosial, dan otoritas mata uang digital (kriptokurensi) bernama NFT. Mike Shinoda menjadi artis label besar pertama yang meluncurkan single barunya melalui lelang NFT (Non-Fungible Token).
Melalui lelang tersebut, Mike Shinoda memberikan kesempatan bagi penggemarnya untuk memenangi original print dari artwork single terbarunya, yang ditandatangani langsung oleh Mike Shinoda dan seniman kontemporer bernama Cain Caser.
Hasil lelang tersebut akan disumbangkan kepada sekolah desain bernama ArtCenter College of Design yang berlokasi di Pasadena, California, Amerika Serikat.
Lirik Lagu Happy Endings
Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
There I hold my head high
Get everything right, delusional maybe
Yo, this whole last year was a shit show
Just finding out now what I didn't know
Seems like each time when I get low
I place blame everywhere that it shouldn't go
And that's what keeping me up
Falling apart, man, I keep it a buck
You still act like I'm holding you up
I still feel like I'm totally nuts, so
Tell me what I should've said and I'll pretend to know that
Things come out my mouth that I should probably learn to hold back
Why do I expect to have the patience that I don't have
Over and over, expecting a different result, yeah
Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
There I hold my head high
Get everything right, delusional maybe
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings
Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh
Still, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
They're like, "Hey Mike
You can't keep kicking yourself for the things you say, like
There're some people that you could never make right"
And really do I wanna sweat shit? No
I don't know why I don't let this go
Hold it inside, let it take control
Tell me what I should've said and I'll pretend to know that
Things come out my mouth that I should probably learn to hold back
Why do I expect to have the patience that I don't have
Over and over and over and over and oh my God
Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
There I hold my head high
Get everything right, delusional maybe
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings
Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh
Still, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
I keep telling myself to stop carin'
'Cause they live for keeping me staring
And they'll drag it on and make me respond
To get more retweets and more sharing
I don't need the manager, no Karen
'Cause what's wrong seems so apparent
'Cause I'm too alive for bad fucking vibes
And I'm so damn sick of being stuck inside
Side, side, side, yeah
Hey, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
There I hold my head high
Get everything right, delusional maybe
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings
Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh
Still, at least in my mind
I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings?
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings?
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings?
If I'm pretending, why not write out the endings?