In The End was released by Linkin Park in 2000 on the album Hybrid Theory and became one of the band's signature songs, reaching wide radio and MTV play in 2001 and 2002. Its chorus line has since become a shorthand online for effort that leads nowhere, quoted in comments, image macros and short video edits for more than two decades. The phrase works without context because the song is so familiar, and renewed interest after Chester Bennington's death kept the track and its lyrics in constant circulation.