Though hardcore Linkin Park fans have known about She Couldn’t since it was leaked online back in 2009, on August 13 the band officially released the Hybrid Theory-era track to coincide with that album’s huge new 20th anniversary edition. And this throwback has left Mike Shinoda to do some reflecting, taking to Instagram to post his thoughts on the song 20 years on from its initial inception. “She Couldn’t is one of the earliest demos we made when Chester [Bennington] joined the band,” he explains. “Two things stand out about the song, to me: Read this: The first reaction to Linkin Park’s previously unreleased song, She Couldn’t “1.) The programmed beat and focus on synth sounds and vocal loops (rather than heavy guitars) foreshadowed a future of the ...
