Watch Linkin Park’s Carpool Karaoke episode filmed days before Chester Bennington’s death
It's an emotional watch
Last updated 16th Oct 2017
Linkin Park have premiered their Carpool Karaoke episode that was filmed just six days before Chester’s death in July.
An emotional watch, the 23-minute video sees Chester, Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn and comedian/actor Ken Jeong drive through the street of Los Angeles and belt out Linkin Park anthems like ‘Numb’, ‘In The End’ and ‘Talking To Myself’.
Laughing throughout the bittersweet video, the four also sing tracks including by Outkast's ‘Hey Ya’, Red Hot Chili Pepper's ‘Under The Bridge’ and Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing’.
At one point Jeong pleads to join Linkin Park, saying “My humble pitch is just I can join the group... maybe? Maybe?” Laughing at The Hangover star’s suggestion to change the name to Linken Park, Chester says: "Nice, so you just come in and you take over the band? I love it! Finally we have some leadership!”
As they continue their journey through the streets, Jeong ask how Bennington came up with his trademark "scringing" (scream/singing) style, saying: "It's a funny thing.
"We were in the studio and working on a song and Mike was just like, 'Do you think you could scream this thing?' Then he was like, can you just do that all the time, forever, on every song? I was like, yeah, I guess!"
Chester then gives Jeong a tutorial on how scring before telling the actor “this is probably the greatest day of my life.”
Elsewhere in the clip, Chester spoke about the joy he gets from talking to his children about their dreams, opens up about the woeful jobs he had when he was young and he reveals his love for Dungeons and Dragons.
Before the poignant video starts, a message on the screen reads: “With the blessing of Chester's family and his bandmates, we share this episode and dedicate it to the memory of Chester."
Linkin Park’s Carpool Karaoke episode was originally filmed exclusively for Apple Music, however Chester’s family and the band made it available for every fan on the planet to watch it by streaming it on Facebook.
In August, executive producer James Corden said that the episode would only see the light if Chester’s family give the go ahead, explaining: “We will navigate it as delicately as possible and just adhere to whatever wishes (Chester’s family) would want because I don’t think there’s any other way we could deal with it. It’s a tragedy.”
Chester’s widow Talinda personally thanked Corden for the gesture at the time and last week she confirmed the entire family have given it their blessing.
You can donate to Linkin Park’s One More Light Fund right here.