Linkin Park - REACTION - Breaking the Habit

[@meganmccreary3936]

Mike wrote this for Chester kinda like a wake up call for his addiction. Chester had a hard time recording it. Everyone could use a friend like Mike at their time of need.

[@NJDEVIL91923]

Common misconception, Mike has said time and time again this song has nothing to do with Chesters addiction issues.

[@eliteiel9747]

@@NJDEVIL91923 Thats true, the song wasnt written for Chester, it was written for another friend. Infact Mike started composing the song before they even met eachother. When Chester heard it he related to it hard and indeed had a very hard time recording it and performing it. Thats also the reason why the song wasnt played for a while in their 2003 shows, the first time was smokeout 2003 and he was clearly extremely emotional during the performance.

[@evematice6104]

Chester was going though a lot of things, his depression, drugs and he was isolating himself. Mike wrote this and was inspired by Chesters drug use.Chester at first had a really hard time singing this. He said, he would sing two lines, start crying, have to leave the room, came back in and repeat. He said it was so hard to do. It hit to close to home. It meant a lot to him. RIP Chester. Miss you.

[@bakerkickass8388]

I swear Eve I find u in every single Linkin Park reaction lmao

[@evematice6104]

@@bakerkickass8388 Probably 😀

[@rhinestone04]

It wasn't inspired by Chester... Mike started to write this song before they even met, it was about his school mate. But it's true that it was hard for Chester to record, it took him many times to do

[@pcarts232]

@@evematice6104 😊

[@kiddosam8032]

This song always hit so much harder after Chester’s passing. RIP to a legend

[@forcetpg]

Breaking the habit is definitely one of their greatest songs, and for me one of the best songs of all time, because it has a really dang hard yet important message combined with a clear and true striking sound. Its a completely different type of music then the rest of the album it is in which makes it stand out even more and yeah, its just a beautiful song to listen to. Definitely a heavy one but incredibly beautiful

[@SweetAgonyX]

Breaking the habit was made back in 2003 btw and it was featured in the album “Meteora” also a fun fact joe Han (Linkin park’s DJ) directed this video

[@TheBlackEternalWings]

When I was younger, I always thought that Chester didn't intend to fall off the building in this video but the shockwave of the beat caused him to slip, didn't help that the overhead shots always made him seem closer to the edge of the building then he really was.

[@kristimarriner7673]

I’ve always taken this song as a suicide note. “ I don’t know how I got this way, I’ll never be all right” “I’m breaking the habit tonight”. Seems like everyone else seems to think the opposite, the person is turning their life around. Wish I could see it that way. Tough to hear it and I still can’t watch the video. 😢💔🥺

[@kenzieelton6126]

I agree, the " I'll never fight again " " and this how it ends" makes it definitely clear this person isn’t getting better.

[@4thsantacruz804]

LP for Life 🖤🕊️ Rip Chester 🤴🏼🤘🏼🎸🎧

[@seanmoore6504]

It is about suicide due to depression and dru abuse trying to deal with the underlying mental health issues. The telling clues here are Clutching my cure is a handgun. I lcok the door and try to catch my breath again. He is anxious about this decision to heal himself of something he admits he will never be alright from again. His "cure" is to end himself and his suffering with a bullet. We know it's a gun because of the bridge which is the emotional revelation to his plan. I'll paint it on the wall.... because it is all MY FAULT. I'll NEVER fight again... and this is how it ENDS. He intends to blow himself away. His blood will be on the walls from the suicide. He just wants the suffering to be all over because he has lost all hope. It's a very heavy song.

[@anchovies6223]

Good call

[@mageeaaron2624]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time!!! Enjoyed your reaction man!!! 🙏🏽💪

[@MarrWayne]

also Chesters favorite band was twenty one pilots theres alot of videos of him showing love to tem and singing their songs

[@SuffiReax]

Wow that is cool, I didn't know that

[@horizala]

Yeah, but this song came out wayyy before twenty one pilots did.

[@dumbguychannel445]

I think you have Twenty One Pilots mixed up with Stone Temple Pilots, which was Chester's favorite band that he briefly joined.

[@MarrWayne]

@@dumbguychannel445 no I know that part but there are a few videos of Chester ( such as him and Mike picking their favorite albums ) where Chester talks about twenty one pilots being one of his favorites. Not to mention him singing there song heavy dirty soul in a series of instagram stories. But I really ment to say they were one of his favorites not his like number 1 favorite

[@horizala]

@@MarrWayne you are right about Chester talking about top. But top came out in 2009 so anytime before that it’s impossible for Linkin park to show love to a band that didn’t exist.

[@AmbblyPuff]

RIP sweet Chester.. his music was screams for help & we didn't even realize it til it was too late.. 😭

[@djsd007]

One of their best songs. Recommend " What I've Done" aswell; my favorite song of theirs.

[@jayrockhammer]

This song was Chester's favorite song and shakes me to the core hearing it after his passing. I'm in tears because the saddest part about this song is that it could be interpreted as breaking the habit of addiction. But when you watch this masterpiece of a music video Chester is showing us he broke the habit by jumping from the building breaking free of the pain because in the last chorus he says "I know I'll never be alright." Its goodbye. His spirit leaves him and becomes one with the other people struggling. It's like I can feel that spirit right with me now as I listen to it. Haunting, devastating, and their deepest darkest song.

[@mark-od5ky]

You know, this was the song which originally was supposed to be only as instrumental. It ended up being the only song band members couldn't perform at the Chester Bennington's farewell concert (Linkin Park & Friends) because it was too much for them.

[@NikhilSaini38]

The song is about suicide. How one when fed up with their destructive habits, breaks them once and for all.

[@lacyinmon1004]

Chester Bennington couldn't do this song live for awhile because he got too emotional because the song paralleled his life. The band wrote the song.

[@PenneySounds]

I've noticed a lot of reactors will do music videos from LP's first two albums and assume the upload date is the release date. Those albums came out before KZbin existed, so the music videos were put on KZbin years later.

[@WarKRyaZ]

I have listened to this song on repeat a thousand times and it took me years to realize that at the end of the song as Chester is saying 'Tonight' his voice becomes distorted as it fades away. It was due to the fact that it was the actual time he made the jump off the building in the music video.

[@livvyflynn9364]

Mike wrote the song, but the lyrics were quite different. Instead of "I don't know what I'm fighting for or why I have to scream" it was "I don't know what we're fighting for or why we have to scream". It was kinda more from Mike's perspective originally, but they tweaked it to be more personal for Chester. The first time they performed it live the crowd was silent, and by the end of the bridge, Chester was crying. Super emotional song for him. BTH was a Meteora song, but 'Halfway Right', a One More Light song, is what I like to call it's cousin. Kinda similar topics, super emotional. It was never played live, only for what I assume was the same reason BTH wasn't played live for a long while after the album came out.

[@Alpha_Xero]

Wich concer that chester crying when performing this song?

[@livvyflynn9364]

@@Alpha_Xero this one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5Wwd3esqLupZ9U

[@Alpha_Xero]

@@livvyflynn9364 thank you

[@iamario93]

This song came out in 2003. It was only uploaded in 2009.

[@OCRay1]

This song always reminds me of AFI. In the best way

[@andrewpratorius6865]

Chester spoke for a lost generation

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

This song was one of Chester's favourites (along with Papercut & Sharp Edges)

[@Watthexe0815]

Thank you 🙏 Chester was a big TOP fan, I’d loved them to do something together. Check out KZbin for Chester singing Heavydirtysoul and The Judge

[@anarchobaby]

I've been a fan of Linkin Park for about 16/17 years now, started listening to them super young bc my uncle was a fan, I remember borrowing his copy of Minutes to Midnight to burn myself a copy lol When I was 14 I bought a copy of Hybrid Theory, I'd only ever heard the singles off it so I was super excited, and jesus, that album spoke to me in ways I'd never experienced before. I was a depressed, chronically ill, abused, as-yet-undiagnosed autistic kid who got bullied and teased on a daily basis, I was actively self-harming, planning my suicide and just absolutely miserable. I cried myself to sleep every night. And after listening to HT, for the first time in my life I felt understood. I thought "wow, I'm not the only one that feels this way?", it was cathartic. I listened to it on repeat every single day for months, I was just in awe that someone was able to put all these sad, ugly feelings into words. I'll never be able to accurately explain the love I have for this band, and this album especially. Chesters death hit me like a truck, at the time I hadn't been an active LP listener (of their newer stuff at least) for about 5 years, but when I found out I just went home and cried for the rest of the night. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that this man, who understood what I was going through at the worst time in my life, was gone. Just like that. He helped me, and continues to help me, in so many ways. And he couldn't help himself. I think that's the scariest part, knowing that what he wrote and felt was exactly what I was feeling, came to such a tragic end. Like, yeah I'm doing better now in comparison to 10 years ago, but what if I still end up like him? What if I can't help myself in the end? It's genuinely terrifying to think about. But anyway omg complete tangent sorry, but this song just makes me feel how HT makes me feel, in terms of relating to it. Locking the door, knowing that this isn't right, etc. I have a lot of emotions rn lmao

[@misaelhernandez8698]

Great reaction. Breaking the habit will always hold a special place in my heart. For more Linkin Park songs with a similar feel: Leave Out all the Rest, Shadow of the Day, Roads Untraveled, The Messenger and Robot Boy.

[@trevors1989]

The song came out in 2003 not 2009

[@mihaigheorghe4169]

Good reaction ! Like in "waiting for the end reaction" I said, you do very well that you point the most important aspects af the song. Keep it up !

[@antonioauditore1877]

Linkin Park pretty much inspired Twenty one Pilots Also this song actually came out in like 2004. Just the music video was uploaded in 2009.

[@sadiekincaid5310]

​@MrVesanique2the song was released on March 25 2003 but the music video wasn't released until June 14 2004 as the final single for Meteora. It was uploaded to KZbin in 2009.

[@Danny_Inflames]

Cada vez que escucho esta canción me rompe el corazón😢😢💔💔💔

[@MrAirDrop]

this song was released 2003 by the way

[@SL-oe6tj]

Mike wrote this song and it is not about Chester. Chester related to it so much and it caused so much pain that he couldn't perform it at first. Mike has talked about this in interviews.

[@Fubbernutt]

I highly recommend When They Come For Me. It’s so delightfully weird and experimental. It doesn’t sound like their normal stuff.

[@windowstyle1616]

Only this lyric came true in his life word by word.Why not people talk about lyrics.but its the main attraction of linkin park. But you got this a little bit bro.

[@whatiwasgoingtosay]

Mike wrote it, originally with slightly different lyrics. Chester might have been involved with rewriting the lyrics. But it was not uncommon for Mike to write a song from Chester’s perspective, knowing that he would sing it. And I just have to say they’re reminiscent of Twenty One Pilots in the way Led Zeppelin is reminiscent of Greta Van Fleet. 😂 LP was hugely influential on a lot of current music.

[@tarar1998]

Great song, great review. I Miss knowing there will never be new linkin park songs

[@kiki0girlify]

the animators who did Kill Bill made this music video

[@lpGUNNEandRMAGGOTj]

it was made in 2003. It's from the album ''Meteora'', you should check it

[@MrInuhanyou123]

The animation for this was done by gonzo studio so yeah anime lol

[@yarugizen]

That video posted in 2009, but not made in 2009.

[@magicman-gp7kk]

Loved all your Linkin Park reactions. If you want another good song try The Catalyst it's from the same albums as Waiting For The End.

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

Actually, this song was released in 2003

[@aswanthr5043]

LP love❤️.

[@Pilutta100]

You know how much I love ToP, and I spent my 30s with Linkin Park. Who will I spend my 50s with? MCR! Found the answer myself becaude spent 20y with them so far., I'd like to continue that journey. Yay

[@Maple837]

Great reaction Danny..!!

[@frodobaggins6450]

This music video is my fav. Please do Crawling next.

[@pedrociambrignoni8986]

hello bro sakudos from argentina, i give you a couple of linkin park epic songs to review 1 lying for you 2 papercut 3 qwerty live japan 4 faint live 2007

[@testimusicali6445]

Buenos Aires?

[@pedrociambrignoni8986]

@@testimusicali6445 sii

[@testimusicali6445]

Yeah i see what you see> the parallel to twenty one pilots. Which hence the concern for Tyler.

[@dbzwarrior4321]

This song came out in 2004

[@jonahbangert8825]

Please more linkin park

[@אורארגמן-מ2ט]

LINKIN PARK - LOST NEW SONG BY CHESTER R.I.P

[@Arctica88]

Not that it matters that much but, Breaking the habit was actually recorded in 2003.

[@Odeliya460]

Mike write the song and Chester sing it

[@heresheis2063]

Please react to a LP live performance especially this song The one in red square or milton Keynes was awesome.

[@evasecchi88]

Great!

[@Lustawaii]

Sou de Portugal muito bom 💔💔😖💔

[@AKABOSS1219]

Pls react to one step closer its a amazing song!

[@omamero]

Could you check out losing grip by Avril Lavigne?

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Video isn’t too relative, it was about Chester’s drug habit

[@Bibo_Official]

Pls React to Easier To Run And papercut

[@shanebesore6706]

Check out Watsky

[@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths]

are you regarded???? this was not made in 2009 lmfao!!