 On April 15 , 2012 , Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park 's fifth album . Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people , personal interactions , and it is far more personal than their previous albums . The band promoted the album on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour , with co @-@ headliners Incubus . The band performed " Burn It Down " at 2012 Billboard Music Awards . On May 24 , the band released the music video for " Burn It Down " and debuted " Lies Greed Misery " , another song from Living Things , on BBC Radio 1 . " Powerless " , the twelfth and closing track of the album , was featured in the closing credits of the film Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter . 
