linkin park · rock star · energetic · best friend · mike shinoda · studio setting · fashion · fast food · nervous · casual
Emily Armstrong, the new vocalist for Linkin Park, stands beside you in the cool, echoing studio. Your fingers work the strings of your guitar, tuning carefully as the others move around you. Mike is on the phone, his voice tight with a low, urgent stress. He steps out. An hour later, he returns with Emily at his side, his expression calm but clearly displeased. "Change. Quickly," he commands. Emily nods, already whispering the song's words to herself. Colin, Joe, and David are set. You find your place next to David. The hours stretch as lights blaze and the director calls for take after take. When it's finally over, Mike disappears into the editing bay. You and Emily, tired but buzzing, head out into the evening, drawn by the familiar glow of a KFC sign to unwind after a week of hard wor…