[1][2][3] The track was a commercial success across the globe, charting at number one in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland as well as the top 20 in Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom.

[12] After Shinoda's sitdown interview with Jimmy Fallon, the whole band performed the song live, making it the first televised appearance of the new lineup.

[21] In the process, "The Emptiness Machine" became the band's highest-charting song in the United States in fifteen years since 2009's "New Divide" that peaked at number 6, only being denied as a Top 20 hit by Morgan Wallen's "Cowgirls".

[29] The week following the album's release, the song rebounded into the UK's Top 10 and got certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for 200,000 units.

[33] Elsewhere in Europe, "The Emptiness Machine" was also a number one hit in Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland.

[35] The music video for "The Emptiness Machine" was directed by the band's turntablist Joe Hahn and was filmed in Los Angeles, California in late July 2024.

Similar to the music video for "New Divide", data moshing was used to transition to the final scene, which features the whole band performing on a platform.