I'm holding on Why is everything so heavy Holding on, so much more than I can carry The lead single from Linkin Park's seventh album finds lead vocalist Chester Bennington singing about feeling the emotional weight of problems that are "stacking up" and "unnecessary." It's a song that many looked to after his suicide on July 20, 2017 to help explain what he was going through.
The song features guest vocals by Kiiara, whose hit single "Gold" peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. Kiiara was the first woman to feature on a Linkin Park studio album track. (Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart did contribute to the live version of "Castle Of Glass"). The band first discussed incorporating a female vocalist on "Heavy" in a video they posted to their website. "It could be interesting to maybe experiment with the vocals on the chorus," Linkin Park's DJ Joe Hahn said. "Like bringing in a female vocalist to add harmony could be cool. I don't know if those are good directions, but just something that feels out of the box for us could give that dynamic it needs."
Kiiara tweeted that she "learned more in a 7 hour linkin park session than i have in the past 2 years."
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