Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds

"Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds" (also known as "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds (Chester Forever Steve Aoki Remix)") is a mashup remix song by American electro house musician Steve Aoki.[1] Remixing and mashing up the songs "A Light That Never Comes" and "Darker Than Blood", both of which were collaboratively written and recorded by Linkin Park and Aoki, it is a tribute by Aoki to Linkin Park's late lead singer Chester Bennington following his death.[2][3][4][5] It was released as a single on September 8, 2017.

"Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds"
Single by Linkin Park and Steve Aoki
Released	September 8, 2017
Recorded	2017
Genre	EDM
Length	4:04
Label	Warner Bros. Dim Mak
Songwriter(s)	Linkin Park Steve Aoki
Producer(s)	Steve Aoki
Linkin Park singles chronology
"Talking to Myself" (2017) "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds" (2017) "One More Light" (2017)
Steve Aoki singles chronology
"Lit" (2017) "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds" (2017) "$4,000,000" (2017)

Background

The song was mashed up and remixed by Steve Aoki.[6] It is a mashup of Aoki and Linkin Park's previous two collaborations, "A Light That Never Comes", which was released in 2013 from Linkin Park's second remix album Recharged, and "Darker Than Blood" from Aoki's third studio album Neon Future II. The song was released as a tribute from the DJ to Chester Bennington after the former's death nearly a month before the release. Aoki tweeted that all the proceedings from the single would be donated in Chester's name to Music for Relief's One More Light fund, which was open for suicide prevention and named after the band's latest studio album.[7]

References

1. "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds (Chester Forever Steve Aoki Remix) - Single by LINKIN PARK on Apple Music". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
2. Tatiana Tenreyro Chester Bennington Tribute by Steve Aoki: Listen to the Linkin Park Mashup Billboard. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
3. Hear Steve Aoki's Linkin Park Mash-Up In Honor of Chester Bennington Fuse
4. Lynch, Joe (July 20, 2017). "Chester Bennington Dead at 41". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
5. O'Connor, Roisin (July 20, 2017). "Chester Bennington dead: Linkin Park released new music video hours before singer's apparent suicide". The Independent. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
6. New Linkin Park remix 'Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds' released by Steve Aoki Digital Spy
7. Steve Aoki And Linkin Park Release 'Darker Than The Light That Never Bleeds' In Memory Of Chester Bennington Blabbermouth.net