The music video was directed by Timur Bekmambetov, director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A performance music video of 'Powerless' featuring scenes from the film was released on Yahoo!, serving as the film's music trailer. 'Powerless', the twelfth and closing track of the album, is featured in the closing credits to the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Lyrically, the song is about a self-destructive friend or lover. It's also been described as a 'surging, slow-burning, classically Linkin Park anthem'. The Silver Tongue Online described the song as 'a foundation of busy percussion and electronica, a sweeping chorus and Coldplay-worthy bridge'. The song has a piano-based production and is described by Spin as having a 'electro-goth atmosphere like Bruno Mars on the most recent Twilight soundtrack'. 'Powerless' is a mid-tempo song that features a lock-step breaks, soaring harmonies and synthesizer whispers. The release included the 'Powerless' artwork and featured just the one track.

It was released on iTunes as a digital single from their fifth studio album Living Things on October 31, 2012, in Japan. Its working title was ' Tinfoil', which also served as the intro to the song. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. ' Powerless' is a song by American rock band Linkin Park.

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