Less than 90 seconds into our interview with Mike Shinoda, the musician has hopped out of the frame of Kerrang!’s Zoom call. His now-empty desk chair swivels, before he quickly returns with his favourite guitar – the very same guitar that conjured up Linkin Park’s classic 2007 single What I’ve Done, and Mike’s 2023 banger In My Head, which featured Kailee Morgue and was included in the Scream VI soundtrack. The same six-stringer is also responsible for the 46-year-old’s excellent new solo track ALREADY OVER – which was not only written and sung by Mike, obviously, but he also single-handedly performed every other instrument on the song, too. Oh yeah, and recorded it all himself. “It was just so organic and natural,” he grins, still holding the guitar and clearly full of gen...