New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, acclaimed singer, songwriter, and activist releases a
Linkin Park coverfor Spotify Singles. grandson recharges the riffs of "
One Step Closer" with punchy production and glitchy electronics.
This special recording marks the first time the popular Spotify Singles program has dove into the catalog to celebrate a classic album: The 20th anniversary of Linkin Park's diamond-selling, groundbreaking debut album Hybrid Theory.
"I first heard 'In The End' when I was just a kid, illegally downloaded it off Kazaa when I was like ten and learned all of Mike's verses," grandson says. "Then 10 years later I played the Forum with Mike in front of thousands of people. Chester is an all-time great, and I could never try and sing like he does. We had to pitch the song down just so I could come close to hitting the notes in this song. I just wanted to try and pay homage and do this incredible song justice."
grandson is set to release his full-length debut, Death of an Optimist, on December 4ththrough Fueled By Ramen. The forthcoming album includes recent singles "Identity," "Riptide," (co-produced by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda) and "Dirty," which is currently climbing the Alternative
Radio chart.
Read more about "
Dirty" and the upcoming record via Substream:
https://substreammagazine.com/2020/09/interview-grandson-discusses-themes-on-death-of-an-optimist/
Check out grandson's recent feature on Dillon Francis' remix of
Oliver Tree's "[Cash Machine]." His other 2020 collaborations include works with X Ambassadors, phem, Dreamers, K.Flay, and Zero 9:36, and KennyHoopla.
Driving more than three billion streams since the program began in 2017, Spotify Singles was created to give artists an opportunity to record new versions of their own songs, and the songs of the artists they love. The Singles scope includes a unique version of each artist's own song (Side A) and a cover song of their choosing (Side B). To date, there have been over 300 Singles recorded as part of the program.
For grandson, music is more than an artform. It's his way of communicating the endless anxieties, fears, epiphanies and questions swirling in his mind, burdened with an overwhelming responsibility to 'do the right thing.' Using this moniker to anonymize himself, alternative singer/songwriter Jordan
Benjamin has struck a chord with millions of fans around the globe. A vocal spokesperson on some of today's most pressing political and social issues, grandson's most commercially successful single, "Blood // Water" (2017) currently has over 182 million Spotify streams, is Platinum in Canada and Gold in the US. From 2018 - 2019 grandson released his acclaimed
Modern Tragedy EP
Trilogy and has since collaborated with artists such as Dillon Francis, K.Flay, KennyHoopla and
Oliver Tree.
Later this December grandson will release his debut album Death of an Optimist, an overwhelmingly urgent call to action. grandson's activism also lives outside of his music, as founder of XX Resistance Fund, a charity that "amplifies the voices of activists who might not otherwise have as large a platform." The fund has previously raised tens of thousands of dollars while elevating awareness on issues such as gun violence. More recently, grandson has partnered with Defeat By Tweet, mainly working with marginalized communities in swing states, which is a key cause ahead of the US presidential election. With a sound best described as "a buzzsaw of righteous poetry" (Billboard), grandson has been heard in Riverdale, Marvel's Runaways, and UFC fight promotions. His track "oh no!!!" was featured as the soundtrack to Warner Brothers' Suicide Squadreveal trailer and in a recent cover story, Rock Sound called grandson "rock's new leader of the resistance."
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