Music video Ĭhester Bennington has confirmed in an interview that a music video will be shot for 'Powerless'. says the song is 'certainly bigger and bolder than the majority of the album's songs, but it still doesn't shake you to your core like I wish it would'. It was used in a commercial promoting the second season of the NBC show Revolution, following the usage of 'Roads Untraveled' in a commercial promoting the first season.īillboard lists 'Powerless' as an example 'of why Linkin Park remains vital while its nu-metal compatriots have more or less fallen by the wayside'. Bekmambetov screened the film for the band, who reacted positively to the film, and believed that the band had a song that would fit into the film hence, 'Powerless' was chosen. The music video was directed by Timur Bekmambetov, director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A performance music video of 'Powerless' featuring scenes from the film was released on Yahoo!, serving as the film's music trailer. 'Powerless', the twelfth and closing track of the album, is featured in the closing credits to the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Lyrically, the song is about a self-destructive friend or lover. It's also been described as a 'surging, slow-burning, classically Linkin Park anthem'. The Silver Tongue Online described the song as 'a foundation of busy percussion and electronica, a sweeping chorus and Coldplay-worthy bridge'. The song has a piano-based production and is described by Spin as having a 'electro-goth atmosphere like Bruno Mars on the most recent Twilight soundtrack'. 'Powerless' is a mid-tempo song that features a lock-step breaks, soaring harmonies and synthesizer whispers. Problems playing this file? See media help.

A 59 second sample of the chorus and the outro of the song.

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