▁fiction ," ▁said ▁F ink , ▁whose ▁song writing ▁expanded ▁to ▁a ▁" st rik ingly ▁visual ▁style ," ▁inspired ▁by ▁cinema . ▁The ▁process , ▁F ink ▁felt , ▁ex ert ed ▁a ▁tang ible ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁he ▁approached ▁lyr ics ▁on ▁Last ▁Night ▁on ▁Earth . ▁The ▁album , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁band ' s ▁prior ▁two ▁efforts , ▁is ▁a ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁aut obi ography , ▁and ▁tells ▁short ▁stories ▁in ▁song . ▁For ▁example , ▁" W ild ▁Th ing " ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁ 1 0 - min ute , ▁rich ly ▁detailed ▁ep ic ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁Street ▁Hass le , ▁before ▁F ink ▁bo iled ▁it ▁down ▁to ▁its ▁five - min ute ▁ess ence . ▁The ▁track , ▁another ▁instance ▁of ▁F ink ' s ▁cinema - in sp ired ▁song writing , ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁" T win ▁Pe aks ▁feel ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁commercial ▁success ▁of ▁Last ▁Night ▁on ▁Earth , ▁the ▁band ▁tou red ▁extens ively , ▁including ▁three ▁separate ▁tre ks ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁" There ▁was ▁a ▁week ▁where ▁we ▁did ▁Japan , ▁Australia , ▁Canada ▁and ▁Chicago ▁in ▁eight ▁days . ▁And ▁I ▁hate ▁flying ," ▁remarked ▁F ink . ▁ ▁Singles ▁ ▁" L . I . F . E . G . O . E . S . O . N ." ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁as ▁the ▁first