I don't know, maybe I'm of the school of thought of when you're really good at something, lean into it.
It's fine to experiment a bit. That thousand suns album was a fun one off. They didn't hold back on the experimentation and some of it worked.
After that I don't think they knew what Linkin Park music was any more and settled for bland/mid music that was neither here nor there.
If they wanted to no longer do nu metal then hang up the mics and retire the band name. LP has an association with a particular sound and the fans were more excited for the unreleased old tracks coming out than their last album because that sound is why they became fans in the first place.
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