Q:我想问一下 Rob 没有加入这个新项目，而 Colin 成为新的鼓手。

shinoda：Rob 曾经对我们说过，我猜是几年前的事了，他想在自己和乐队之间拉开一些距离。我们明白这一点——这已经很明显了。他开始出现得越来越少，接触也越来越少，我知道球迷们也注意到了这一点。Hybrid Theory 的重新发布和 Papercuts 的发布，他没有出现任何事情。所以对我来说，作为朋友，这很伤心，但与此同时，我希望他做任何让他开心的事情，显然每个人都祝他一切顺利。

我和 Colin 做过会议——我在 2021 年左右遇到了他，当时我收到了与几位不同作家的会议邀请，Colin 是房间里的人之一，我立即与他一拍即合。他在现场表演中打鼓，鼓是他的第一乐器，但他会弹吉他、贝斯和键盘，他还负责制作和混音。我们看待音乐的方式相似，都是从零开始，我真的很喜欢和他一起工作，来回交流想法。我不知道这些歌曲是否会发行，但我们和孙子 Bea Miller、Sueco 一起做了一些事情——只是一起进入房间制作东西。然后当 Linkin Park 开始制作东西时，无论我们要做什么，我们都会想，“哦，Colin。我们正在制作东西。你应该过来。

I wanted to ask about Rob not joining this new project, and Colin becoming the new drummer.

Shinoda: Rob had said to us at a point, I guess it was a few years ago now, that he wanted to put some distance between himself and the band. And we understood that — it was already apparent. He was starting to just show up less, be in less contact, and I know the fans noticed it too. The Hybrid Theory rerelease and Papercuts release, he didn’t show up for anything. So for me, as a friend, that was sad, but at the same time, I want him to do whatever makes him happy, and obviously everybody wishes him the best.

I had done sessions with Colin — I met him around 2021, when I got an invite to a session with a couple of different writers, and Colin was one of the guys in the room, and I immediately clicked with him. He’s playing drums in the live show, and drums are his first instrument, but he plays guitar and bass and keyboard, and he produces and mixes. We have a similar way of looking at music, of starting from scratch, and I really enjoyed working with him and bouncing ideas back-and-forth. I don’t know if any of these songs are going to be released, but we had done something with grandson, Bea Miller, Sueco — just getting in the room together to make stuff. And then when Linkin Park started making stuff, for whatever we were going to do, it was just like, “Oh, Colin. We’re making stuff. You should come over.”