Mike Shinoda teams up with K.Flay in video for Make It Up As I Go

By Scott Munro
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Mike Shinoda shares video for his new single Make It Up As I Go featuring singer/songwriter K.Flay - track taken from his solo album Post Traumatic

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has released a video for his new solo track Make It Up As I Go.

The song kicks off his solo album Post Traumatic, which arrived back in June via Warner Bros. Records, with the song and promo featuring American singer/songwriter K.Flay.

The pair previously collaborated on a track that was due to appear on Linkin Park’s One More Light, but was never released, with Rolling Stone (opens in new tab) reporting that Make It Up As I Go was originally intended to be a ballad.

K.Flay told the site: “I don’t know if I’d call it an urgency, but Mike had a real sense of purpose. I just got the sense he wanted to make things, and I totally get that. 

“I think in the face of all types of uncertainty, it can be affirming and beautiful to make stuff.”

Shinoda previously shared videos for the tracks Crossing A Line, Nothing Makes Sense Anymore, About You and Running From My Shadow (opens in new tab).

Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic (opens in new tab)

Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic (opens in new tab)
Post Traumatic is Shinoda’s first material since the death of his Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington and features tracks including About You and Running From My Shadow.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro

Scott looks after and updates Louder’s online buyer’s guides and also scouts out the best deals for music fans from every corner of the internet. He's spent more than 28 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014, where he wrote extensively about rock, metal, prog and more, before moving to the eCommerce team full-time in 2020. Scott has previous written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky.