Near the end of the video, the skies turn dark and it begins to rain, and the band performs in the downpour until the end of the song, where the rain stops and the camera pans away from the tower, showing the wasteland where Shinoda had rapped in is now a lush Greenland. This platform is in front of a door in the shape of a trapezoid. During the time Mike raps his verses, Chester stands atop a platform with gargoyles on the edges. The portions where Mike Shinoda raps take place first in a wasteland with thorny vines sprouting out of the ground, surrounding him and shattering into dust, (first verse) and then grass and plants sprouting up around him (second verse). The band performs atop a giant statue that looks to be Egyptian, which has a 'winged soldier' on top of it, which is similar-looking to the 'winged soldier' on the cover artwork of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory album. The music video takes place in a fantasy setting and uses massive CGI animation. Performing on a studio stage allowed Hahn and Cox to set off water pipes above the stage near the end and drench the band. Although the background for the "In the End" video was filmed in a California desert, the band itself performed on a studio stage in Los Angeles, with prominent CGI effects and compositing being used to create the finished version. The music video for "In the End" was shot at various stops along the 2001 Ozzfest tour and was directed by Nathan Cox and the band's DJ Joe Hahn, who would go on to direct many of Linkin Park's future videos (the two also directed the music video for " Papercut"). It contains live tracks of "Papercut", "Points of Authority" and "A Place for My Head", "Step Up" (originally by the early Linkin Park precursor Hybrid Theory that appeared on Hybrid Theory EP), "My December" and "High Voltage". On March 27, 2002, the single was released in Japan as a 7-track CD called In the End: Live & Rare. A DVD version of "In the End" was also released which includes an audio version of "In the End", " Crawling" music video and four 30 seconds interviews. They differed in tracks and cover color: the "Part 1" cover is yellow and the "Part 2" cover is red. The single CD was released as a "Part 1" single and a "Part 2" single. ( April 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The music video of the song, directed by Nathan Cox and the band's turntablist Joe Hahn, featured the band in a fantasy setting.Īhead of the release for the 20th anniversary reissue for Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park released a demo version of "In the End" as the second single from the re-release of Hybrid Theory on October 1, 2020. It was remixed on Reanimation as "Enth E ND". Chester Bennington, the band's lead vocalist, initially disliked the song and did not want it to be included on Hybrid Theory. "In The End" has become one of Linkin Park's most recognizable and signature songs. In June 2021, it became the first nu metal song to surpass one billion streams on Spotify. It ranked at number 121 in Blender magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born. It also reached number one on the Z100 top 100 songs of 2002 countdown. The song reached the top ten on numerous worldwide music charts and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, the band's highest peak on the chart, as well as their first song that peaked within the top 40 in early 2002, making it a sleeper hit. "In the End" also achieved mainstream popularity, and was a commercial success upon release. "In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, with most reviewers complimenting the song's signature piano riff, as well as noting rapper Mike Shinoda's vocal prominence in the song. It is the eighth track on their debut album, Hybrid Theory (2000), and was released as the album's fourth and final single. " In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park.