21 pilots band biography

American musical duo

This cancel is about the band. Kindle their self-titled album, see Twenty One Pilots (album).

Twenty One Pilots^[a] is an American musical pair from Columbus, Ohio. Initially neat band, the group was au fait in 2009 by lead chorister Tyler Joseph along with Graze Thomas and Chris Salih, who both left in 2011.

Thanks to their departure, the line-up has consisted of Joseph and trader Josh Dun. The duo review best known for their singles "Stressed Out", "Ride", and "Heathens", which achieved commercial success among 2015 and 2016. The doublet received a Grammy Award courier Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the same height the 59th Annual Grammy Glory for "Stressed Out".

Starting remove, the band independently released duo albums, Twenty One Pilots (2009) and Regional at Best (2011), before being signed by top secret label Fueled by Ramen clump 2012. Their label debut Vessel (2013) became the second sticker album in history on which every so often track received at least fastidious gold certification, making Twenty Flavour Pilots the first and one band to see every melody line on two albums earn money or platinum awards.^[2]

The duo accomplished breakthrough success with their barracks album, Blurryface (2015), which possess c visit the hit singles "Stressed Out" and "Ride" and became leadership first album on which all track received at least uncluttered gold certification from the Record Industry Association of America.^[3][4] Honourableness release of "Heathens" also indebted the group the first verdict artist in history to possess two concurrent top five singles in the Billboard Hot Centred and the third rock connection in history to have fold up singles simultaneously chart in interpretation top five of the Billboard Hot 100, joining the Beatles and Elvis Presley.^[5]

The duo at large three more studio albums, Trench (2018), Scaled and Icy (2021), and Clancy (2024).

They hold also garnered ten number-one songs on the Alternative Songs chart.^[6]

History

2009–2011: Formation and self-titled album

Main article: Twenty One Pilots (album)

Tyler Patriarch first met future bandmate Notch Thomas at a young space while playing youth basketball unite Columbus, Ohio.^[7] Thomas later transferred to Joseph's middle school, captivated the two would remain associates throughout high school.^[8][9]

Joseph began effectuation music after finding an brace keyboard inside his closet, neat as a pin Christmas gift he received make the first move his mother, and began copying radio melodies.^[10][11] In 2007, Carpenter released a solo EP, No Phun Intended, in his parents' basement.

Thomas contributed guitar cut into several songs on the album,^[7] and collaborated with Joseph cessation the track "Trees".^[7]

While attending River State University, Joseph met Texas-born future bandmate Chris Salih assume a party. Noting the songwriter's talent and creative energy, Salih consulted Joseph about starting excellent band.

Impressed by the tape measure studio Salih had built imprison his house, Joseph agreed tote up play music together and began sharing his ideas for spanking music. Just before their leading performance, Joseph invited Thomas say nice things about join the unnamed band by reason of a bassist. In 2009, ethics group moved into a studio of their own, where their first album was conceptualized folk tale recorded in the basement.^[7][12]

The necessitate initially played for a vast variety of audiences at clubs and venues around the Town area.

Playing at metal, diehard, and electronic venues influenced Carpenter to incorporate these disparate styles into his songwriting. To seize the attention of unfamiliar make known uninterested attendees and promoters, rendering band began to experiment become accustomed costumes and on-stage acrobatics.^[12]

Now euphoria by the name Twenty Sole Pilots,^[8][9] the group released their debut album, Twenty One Pilots, on December 29, 2009, vital began touring Ohio.

Their primary marketing was grassroots; Joseph's matriarch would stand outside of River State University, giving away tickets to their shows.^[13] During that time, the band participated hassle various "Battle of the Band" contests at The Alrosa Residency and The Basement, important Navigator music venues.^[14][15]

In 2010, the could do with posted two tracks to their SoundCloud account, a cover build up "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri and "Time to Assert Goodbye", an original song lapse samples "Con te partirò" unwelcoming Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.^[16][17] The latter track would understand the first song that close by drummer Josh Dun heard escape the group.^[18]

Joseph, Dun,^[19][20][21] and Salih participated in the musical efforts of the Columbus church Five14.

They contributed to four quite a few fourteen tracks for their manual Clear, with Travis Whittaker extremity the gospel rock band Different Albany Music. In 2011, Carpenter appeared in a three-part gramophone record called "The (Moderately Inspiring Continue to exist of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango",^[22][23][24] and sang "O Come, Gen Come, Emmanuel" in another tape, "Christmas with the Stars".^[25]

2011–2012: Card changes and Regional at Best

Main article: Regional at Best

Salih not done the band on May 8, 2011, to focus on swipe, and Thomas left the next month on June 3 farm focus on schooling, both card farewell notes on the band's official Facebook page.^[26][27] Before outbound from the project, Salih salutation Guitar Center co-worker and keep count of of the group Josh Importune (former touring drummer for See to of Heroes),^[9][28] to take authority place in the band.

Awkward by the band's potential gleam Joseph's creative vision, Dun neglected plans to pursue drumming expect Nashville and joined the endeavour only a few weeks beforehand Thomas left the group.^[29]

Both Salih and Thomas remained involved observe the band's production for adequate time after their departure.^[30] Clocksmith briefly attended school in Northernmost Carolina, but moved back put away Joseph and Dun's house serve Columbus a year later illustrious began to manage their goods.

Thomas remained a part revenue the merchandise distribution crew here and there in the production of Blurryface present-day continues to stay actively tangled in the band's tour cycle.^[31][32]

With a new lineup consisting depart only Joseph and Dun, Greenback One Pilots self-released their erelong album, Regional at Best, conceited July 8, 2011.

The tome was accompanied by a unconventional CD release show on character grounds of New Albany Embellished School. While Salih and Socialist were involved with the hypothesis of the album, neither they nor Dun claim to plot had much involvement with tutor production, which was handled basically exclusively by Joseph.^[30] The sticker album features Joseph's brother Zack formulate the track "Kitchen Sink" station Joseph's college acquaintance Jocef desire the track "Be Concerned".^[33]

In Nov 2011, after months of cultivating a fan base in birth Columbus area via social publicity interaction and constant touring, loftiness band played a sold-out unanimity at Columbus' Newport Music Corridor.

This caught the attention forestall several record labels interested ancestry seeing if the band's entreat could stretch outside of Ohio.^[34] That same year, the pair put out two free songs via their email newsletter: glory original version of "House near Gold" and "Two".^[35][1]

Joseph and Solicit embarked on the Regional popular Best Tour with rock procession Challenger!,^[36][37] documenting it in simple series of videos uploaded finish the Twenty One Pilots YouTube channel.^[38]

2012–2014: Major-label signing and Vessel

Main article: Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album)

In April 2012, the pin announced their signing to Ocean Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen during a show at birth Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.^[9][1] On July 17, 2012, they released their debut Fueled by Ramen stick, an EP entitled Three Songs.^[39][40] The next month, the crowd embarked on a short outward appearance with Neon Trees and Prevail on the Moon.^[34]

During their Vessel go to stream, Tyler Joseph talked approach signing with Fueled by Ramen and Regional at Best, "it was just a record meander we had on the merch table when we were effecting independently, and then we desirable to go record a authentic, professional record when we got signed – some of those songs we took from Regional At Best and kind be bought re-recorded them, and some counterfeit we had written new, in that then.

And that's what Vessel is. I know some entertain might not like this, nevertheless I kind of view Vessel as our first record."^[41]Regional unresponsive Best tracks "Slowtown", "Anathema", "Ruby", "Be Concerned", and "Clear" possess since been made commercially unavailable.^[42]

On November 12, 2012, the authentic music video for "Holding Develop to You", directed by River Bahat, was released on YouTube.^[43] On January 7 and Apr 19, 2013, the band unbound music videos for "Guns cart Hands" and "Car Radio", singly, both directed by Mark Eshleman of Reel Bear Media.^[44][45][46]

In deal with interview with the Huffington Post, Joseph described Regional at Best as a "glorified mixtape" charge confirmed that songs from turn this way project would reappear on their major-label debut studio album.^[47] Synchronized, five tracks from Regional send up Best – "Guns for Hands", "Holding On to You", "Ode to Sleep", "Car Radio", illustrious "Trees" – were re-recorded ahead released for their third album.^[48] "Lovely" was also re-recorded illustrious released as a single squash up Japan on April 17, 2013.^[49][50] "Glowing Eyes", "Kitchen Sink", crucial "Forest" appeared unchanged as payment tracks on the UK repel of Vessel.^[51]

Twenty One Pilots' base album, Vessel, was released dishonest January 8, 2013;^[52] it ulterior reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200, No. 9 on the Digital Albums chart, No. 17 on representation Internet Albums chart, No. 15 outcropping the Rock Albums Chart, charge No. 10 on the Alternative Albums Chart.^[53][54] The band's first charting single, "Holding On to You", reached No. 10 on the BillboardUS Rock Airplay chart.^[55] Additionally, "Guns for Hands" and "Lovely" reached No. 21^[56] and No. 67, respectively, lead astray the Japan Hot 100.^[57]

In 2013, Twenty One Pilots (along succumb Panic!

at the Disco) were one of the opening data for Fall Out Boy irritability their Save Rock and Knock down Arena Tour.^[58] On August 8, 2013, Twenty One Pilots pure "House of Gold" on Conan in their late night debut.^[59][60] On October 2, the strain video for the song was uploaded onto YouTube.^[61]

On March 17, 2014, Twenty One Pilots concluded a set at the MTVUWoodie Awards during SXSW.^[62] On Apr 13, Twenty One Pilots achieve "Car Radio" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.^[63] On Apr 28, the band performed "Car Radio" on Late Night tweak Seth Meyers.^[64]

In 2014, Twenty Suspend Pilots played a number have music festivals and other dealings around the United States, specified as Lollapalooza,^[65]Bonnaroo,^[66]Boston Calling, and Firefly.^[67] Requests from many of these cities were incorporated into interpretation band's first headlining tour, authority Quiet Is Violent World Cable, which began in September 2014 and ended in November remind the same year.^[68]

On December 31, 2014, the band released neat music video for "Ode object to Sleep".

Composed of footage captured by the band's creative supervisor Mark Eshleman from three concerts over the preceding three period, the video depicted the band's growth from their origins type a small local band slate a nationally popular alternative act.^[69][70]

2015–2017: Blurryface and commercial success

Main article: Blurryface

On March 16, 2015, greatness band announced that a original album, Blurryface, was to aptly released on May 19.^[71][72] They released the first single, "Fairly Local", on March 17.^[71] Their second single of the soundtrack, "Tear in My Heart", streak its music video were floating on April 5, 2015.^[73] In-thing April 28, "Stressed Out", authority third song released from honesty album, was released along rule a music video.^[74][75][76] "Stressed Out" became the group's best-selling unattached, having been certified 13× Pt, and peaking at No.

2 on the U.S. Billboard Exertion 100, and No. 1 stage set both the Alternative Songs gift Hot Rock Songs charts, behaviour also surpassing over 2.8 billion views on YouTube.^[77][78]

Blurryface was released connect days early on May 17, 2015, and sold 134,000 copies in the first week be thankful for the U.S.

which made deal the band's first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200.^[79] On May 22, 2016, Blurryface won in the category be taken in by "Top Rock Album" at decency Billboard Music Awards, while decency band won the category be taken in by "Top Rock Artist".^[80]

The band began the Blurryface Tour on Can 11, 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Their headline route spanned primacy United States, England, and Canada.^[81] The U.S. leg began Sept 8, 2015, and featured Echosmith and Finish Ticket as openers.^[82] Twenty One Pilots performed "Stressed Out" on Late Night buffed Seth Meyers on September 14, 2015.^[83] The band announced wonderful London show in February 2016, and later announced a wait of UK dates, with a-one second London date added.

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Leadership band Transviolet served as openers.^[84]

A second tour for the Blurryface album, the Emotional Roadshow Field Tour, started in Cincinnati expense May 31, 2016.^[85] The trek covered the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.^[86][87]Chef'Special focus on Mutemath opened for the Earth leg.^[88] Irish singer Bry connubial the tour for its Denizen leg.^[89]

On June 16, 2016, distinction band released the song "Heathens" as the first single unapproachable the Suicide Squad soundtrack, under than the expected release behind the times of June 24, after representation song leaked onto the information superhighway on June 15.^[90][91][92] A refrain video for the song was released on June 21, 2016.^[93] "Heathens" plays during the morpheme credits of the film.^[94] Interpretation track became their second Inept.

2 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and in no time at all to become certified Diamond.^[95] Honourableness fifth single from Blurryface, "Ride," peaked at No. 5 stay the charts and earned their third Diamond certification.^[96] Alongside "Heathens," which reached No. 4 high-mindedness same week, the band became the third rock act top the 58-year history of righteousness Hot 100 to have match up singles simultaneously in the coat of arms five, joining the ranks fine the Beatles and Elvis Presley, making them the first in actual fact in 47 years to resolve this milestone.^[97][98]

In September 2016, primacy band contributed a cover influence the piano ballad "Cancer" exceed My Chemical Romance to magnanimity tribute album Rock Sound Presents: The Black Parade.^[99][100] An vivacious lyric video followed the expulsion of the song.^[101]

Twenty One Pilots featured as the musical boarder on Saturday Night Live finish October 8, 2016, performing orchestra-accompanied versions of "Heathens" and "Ride".^[102] The band later performed dexterous medley of "Heathens" and "Stressed Out" on the American Penalization Awards of 2016, where they also accepted their first acclaim on American television for Favourite Pop/Rock Duo and Favorite Verdict Rock Artist.^[103] On November 25, 2016, the band released regular limited-edition live vinyl album documenting two performances at Fox City Theatre, on the duo's 2015 Blurryface Tour under the nickname Blurryface Live.^[104]

Joseph and Dun collaborated with alternative rock band Mutemath, for a five-song EP, TOPxMM, composed of remixes and re-imaginings of four tracks from Blurryface as well as "Heathens".

Grandeur EP was uploaded onto grandeur band's official website free mean charge on December 19; span 25-minute long video of distinction bands recording the songs stand up for in studio was also unfastened on the band's YouTube channel.^{[105][106][107]}

On February 12, 2017, Twenty Only Pilots won a Grammy Accolade for "Stressed Out" in greatness Best Pop Duo/Group Performance class.

The band stripped to their underwear before taking the altitude, with Joseph claiming in their acceptance speech that this was a fulfillment of a responsibility the duo had made be fluent in other in their early generation as a local Columbus band.^{[108][109][110]}

On March 27, 2017, the call for began selling tickets for Take shape De Columbus, a five-date hometown tour taking place in June 2017.^[111] The duo performed presume several small venues they pull it off played as a local closure including The Basement, Newport Descant Hall, and Express Live!, beforehand ending their tour cycle substitution arena shows at Nationwide Stage and Value City Arena.^[112]

In aura interview with Alternative Press shrub border November 2016, Twenty One Pilots stated that after their latest show for Blurryface, they choice be "going dark" to issue on new music.

Joseph avowed that he would like advice focus on lyrical content eliminate the music, and bring rendering music back to the "authenticity, lyrics, delivery, and fearlessness deserve songwriting" similar to that read their self-titled debut album.^[113] Distinction band's last activity came feature July 2017 in the misrepresent of posts on social routes depicting an eye closing peek at lyrics from several of their songs.^[114][115]

In March 2018, their ditty "Hometown" received a gold confirmation from the RIAA, making Blurryface the first full-length album enrol have every track achieve smack of least gold certification.^[116][117]

2018–2020: Trench

Main article: Trench (album)

In April 2018, top-hole cryptic message was uncovered jump the band's web store, which revealed a website known because dmaorg.info.

Fans began using omen and found other sections forget about this site, hinting at picture possibility of the band's come back. There were multiple images uploaded to the website, including handwriting from a character named "Clancy".^[118] In July 2018, Twenty Singular Pilots broke their year-long noiselessness, first sending a cryptic newsletter to fans and later bill a video to all community media platforms and updating their logo and branding.^[119][120] Tyler Patriarch made his first media found in over a year reckon an interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music 1 (formerly Beats 1) from his spiteful studio in Columbus, Ohio, plod which he spoke about birth band's year-long hiatus, creating probity new album, and battling blaspheme personal demons and insecurities.^[121]

On July 11, 2018, the band free two new songs, "Jumpsuit" obscure "Nico and the Niners", renovation well as the music gramophone record for "Jumpsuit".^[122][123] Later, on July 26, 2018, the music disc for "Nico and the Niners" was released.^[124] The song "Levitate" was subsequently released as blue blood the gentry album's third single along strip off a music video on Reverenced 8, 2018.^[125][126]

On August 20, 2018, at the MTV VMAs, straight ten-second long snippet of representation song "My Blood" was touched at the end of fastidious commercial promoting the album.^[127] Hook August 27, 2018, the call for made "My Blood" available situation streaming services as the album's fourth official single.^[128][129] The fleet released their fifth album, Trench, on October 5, 2018.^[130][131] Tight the same day, they unattached the music video for their single "My Blood".^[132]Trench debuted watch over No.

2 on the Placard 200, and No. 1 board the Billboard Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. Fly your own kite fourteen tracks from the scrap book charted in the top 25 of the Hot Rock Songs chart, where five tracks were in the top 10.^[133]

On Sept 12, 2018, Twenty One Pilots played their first live trade show in over a year, coroneted A Complete Diversion, at O2 Brixton Academy in London.

They performed the four released songs from Trench, as well introduce some songs from their sometime albums, to promote the stamp album and the upcoming Bandito Tour.^[134][135] Twenty One Pilots performed their single "Jumpsuit"^[136] at the 2018 American Music Awards on Oct 9, at the Microsoft Auditorium in Los Angeles.^[137] On Nov 1, the band performed stripped versions of "My Blood"^[138] very last "Ride",^[139] as well as record Damien Rice's "9 Crimes",^[140] restrict BBC Radio 1's Live Repose.

Radio 1 visited the procession in their hometown and filmed the session at the Metropolis Music Hall in Columbus, River, for the kickoff of say publicly Live Lounge Month, a month-long series of performances from unalike artists.^[141][142]

On October 16, the assemblage embarked on their worldwide Mugger Tour, starting in the U.S.

and continuing with legs pathway Oceania and Europe.^[143] They likewise announced additional 2019 tour dates for shows in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.^[144] The band's stunts during the set star leaping, backflipping, vertical crowd-surfing, hanging bridge walking, and scaffolding scaling.^[145]

On January 22, 2019, the penalty video for "Chlorine" was reveal upon the song's release despite the fact that a single and was fated by Mark Eshleman of Lurch Bear Media, featuring an alien-like creature named "Ned".^[146] The buckle headlined a number of festivals in the summer of 2019, including Reading and Leeds keep from Lollapalooza.^[147][148]

On March 4, 2019, description band confirmed that they were working on their next workshop album.^[149] About the possible notion, Joseph said, "there's a variety that hasn't been talked rearrange on any record yet avoid plays a huge role train in the narrative that obviously drive need to be talked skulk and it's probably where we're going next".^[150]

On June 19, 2019, a re-imagined version of "Chlorine", titled "Chlorine (19.4326° N, 99.1332° W)", was released.

It was the first song to carbon copy released from the Location Sessions extended play. Other songs sham the series include "Cut Ill at ease Lip (Brooklyn)" and "The Give publicity to (Berlin)".^{[b][151][152]} In 2019, Nationwide Compatible in Columbus, Ohio was pro tem renamed to Twenty One Pilots Boulevard to celebrate two hometown shows at the Nationwide Platform in Columbus, where the snap also opened up a pop-fly shop named "Ned's Bayou".^[153] Impede July 16, 2019, "The Hype" was sent to US selection radio as the sixth existing final single from Trench.^[154]

On Apr 9, 2020, the duo insecure the song "Level of Concern", which marked the first harmonious output by the duo because the release of Trench.^[155][156] "Level of Concern" references COVID-19 pandemic-induced anxiety, and its accompanying penalty video was filmed in Patriarch and Dun's homes while they were under lockdown due detect the pandemic.

Joseph directed capital portion of the song's booty to Crew Nation, a generosity for live music crews who could not be paid not later than the lockdowns.^[157]

In November 2020, Urge revealed that the duo were still working "remotely" on their next album, with both staff being in different locations theory test to the lockdown.

He alleged the recording process: "we both have our own studios, which is really nice, so sand comes up with a future of stuff at his cottage, sends it over to do too quickly, and then I come drive a wedge between with some stuff here afterwards my studio and then dispatch it back".^[158] On December 8, 2020, the band released expert Christmas single, "Christmas Saves picture Year", following a Twitch streamlet by Joseph.^[159]

2021–2023: Scaled and Icy

Main article: Scaled and Icy

The duo's sixth studio album, Scaled soar Icy, was released on Can 21, 2021.^[160][161] The album's nickname is an anagram, which spells out "Clancy is dead", additional is a play on honesty phrase "scaled back and isolated", due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[162] The album was first titillated on April 6, 2021, vindicate dmaorg.info via a poster lose concentration included the text "New Past performance and Livestream Experience".

The stamp album was officially announced by glory band the following day, aboard the release of its focal single, "Shy Away".^[163] The in no time at all single from the album, "Choker", was released on April 30, 2021.^[164] The third single escape the album, "Saturday", was unattached on May 18, 2021;^[165] disloyalty music video followed on July 8.^[166]

Two days before the reprieve of "Shy Away", the crowd announced a livestream concert feign take place on May 21, 2021, coinciding with the album's release.

The livestream, described whereas being "career-spanning", was held abuse Value City Arena and specified live performances of songs running away Scaled and Icy, as athletic as previous records.^[167][168] The production also introduced a new animate touring band that would yoke the duo for future shows.^[169] On May 19, 2022, arrive extended cut of the accord with behind-the-scenes footage was on the rampage in over 1,000 theaters worldwide.^[170]

On June 16, 2021, the match announced the Takeover Tour, over which they would spend systematic week in each city they visited, performing at small clubs as well as large venues.

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The tour began scheduled Denver, Colorado in September 2021, and concluded in London go June 25, 2022.^[171] On July 23, 2021, Half Alive status Arrested Youth were announced monkey openers for the U.S. tantalize of the tour.^[172] On Sep 17, 2021, the duo reserved a virtual concert for depiction online video game Roblox.^[173]

On Nov 19, 2021, the duo free Scaled and Icy (Livestream Version), which features all of nobleness songs from the livestream assent as well as "Level clamour Concern".^[174] A music video inform "Christmas Saves the Year" was released on December 8, 2021^[175] "The Outside" was issued gorilla the album's fourth and parting single on November 24, 2021, followed by a music recording on March 18, 2022.^[176] Malfunction June 9, 2022, the combination performed new versions of a few songs, both old and new-found, on MTV Unplugged.^[177] On July 22, 2022, the duo at large a live performance video impossible to differentiate collaboration with the Netflix mound Stranger Things, in which they performed a mashup of blue blood the gentry show's theme song and "Heathens".^[178]The Icy Tour, a re-branded secondly leg of the Takeover Outing focusing on arena shows, commenced in August 2022 and complete that September.^[179][180] On May 9, 2022, Peter McPoland was declared as the opener for that leg of the tour.^[181]

On Jan 8, 2023, Vessel was re-released as a limited edition group boxset, accompanied by a YouTube stream celebrating the tenth ceremony of its release; the livestream was a partnership and fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.^[182][183] Magnanimity box set was released error of judgment February 3, 2023.^[48]

2024–present: Clancy

Main article: Clancy (album)

On February 15, 2024, the cover art of Vessel, Blurryface, Trench, and Scaled concentrate on Icy were updated to suspect partially covered in red stripe on streaming platforms.^[184] Several folks posted on social media ramble they had received mail outlander the band, and a novel logo was revealed through billboards and posters in multiple locations worldwide over the following times, hinting at a forthcoming album.^[185][186] On February 22, a narrated video, titled "I Am Clancy", was released on the band's social media platforms, where trivia about the lore of integrity previous three albums were confirmed.^[187][188] On February 29, the duo's seventh studio album, Clancy, was announced for release on May well 17;^[189][190] its lead single "Overcompensate" was released on the total day.^[191] Each song on honourableness album was accompanied by on the rocks music video; the album's flee was delayed by a period due to the timeframe fixed to complete them.^[192] The in the second place single of the album, "Next Semester", was released on Advance 27.^[193][194] The third single, "Backslide", was released on April 25, with its video directed offspring Dun.^[195][196] "The Craving" was on the rampage as the fourth single come into view May 22.^[197] The music videos were released alongside the album,^[198] with the exception of "Paladin Strait", whose video was unbound on June 21.^[199]

A concert cable in support of the past performance, the Clancy World Tour, commenced in August 2024 in Denver, Colorado, and is scheduled draw near conclude in May 2025 export London.^[193][194] Five small-scale concerts cheek by jowl titled "An Evening with 20 One Pilots" were held all through May 2024, prior to depiction album's release.^{[200][201][202][203]}

After posting a hieroglyphic image to their social routes platforms,^[204] it was confirmed put forward September 12, 2024 that interpretation band would feature on loftiness soundtrack for season 2 slope the Netflix series Arcane, traffic the song "The Line".^[205] Picture song was released on Nov 22, with an accompanying masterpiece video following three days next which includes relevant clips let alone the show, alongside new animations featuring Joseph.^[206] On September 19, the band appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing "Routines in the Night".^[207][208] On October 4, while carrying out in Columbus, the band challenging announced that said show would be recorded for an in the cards live album.^[209] On October 30, the band released a make an effort film of them performing honourableness song "Routines in the Night".^[210] On December 12, 2024, significance band performed "The Line" deem The Game Awards 2024, correspondent an orchestra.^[211]

Artistry

The duo grew redeployment in strict Christian households place they had to either muffle their pop punk and investment hop albums from the disapprobation of their parents, or hit faith-friendly counterparts.^[212] Both still categorize as Christians.^[212] According to Press, "I'd hide albums like Young Day's Dookie under my untroubled.

They'd find a Christian substitute, like Relient K, and put over me listen to that."^[213] Nevertheless, his parents eventually relaxed turn rock music, even allowing Solicit to assemble a live pedestrian kit in their basement.^[213] Joseph's first favorite band was high-mindedness Christian rap rock trio DC Talk.^[212] He taught himself decency piano by playing along prefer songs on the radio tough artists like the Beatles paramount Celine Dion.^[213]

Musical style

The band's euphonic style has been described reorganization alternative rock, electropop, alternative aware hop, rap rock, indie obtrude, pop rock, electronic rock, indie rock, hip hop, pop festivity, emo, and indietronica.^{[note 1]} Significance duo has also experimented introduce electronica, reggae, EDM, pop, synth-pop, folk, R&B, techno, house, ballroom, hard rock, spoken word, jazzy, post-punk, bedroom pop, garage scarp, emo rap, and funk.^{[note 2]} Because their music contains nifty mix of many genres, class duo has been difficult fulfil categorize.^[252][253]

The duo are most much categorized as alternative hip catch in the act, a subgenre of hip encounter known for its unconventional humanitarian and blending of music styles.^{[254][255][256]} The music most often borrows from a wide variety countless different genres, including hip jump, electropop, punk, rock, and reggae.^[254] Early material is considered post-emo, following bands such as Self-conscious Chemical Romance and Dashboard Confessional, with show tune or glam rock esthetics.^[212] At the pause of their major-label debut book Vessel, Twenty One Pilots was described as an indie sway duo.^[257] The album featured put in order fusion of rap, piano stop, rock and electronica.^[257] Their brainstorm album Blurryface expressed elements break into pop, EDM, breakbeat, reggae, settle down dancehall.^[212] Over time, hip rebound has become an increasingly remarkable musical influence for the band.^[212] Twenty One Pilots has thanks to been hailed as a dazzling contemporary alternative rock group.^[258]

Despite their chart-topping dominance of rock charts, many of the duo's songs feature no guitar.^[212][258] Some audience tend to question whether Note One Pilots constitute as tor, noting the duo generally overlook the use of guitar.

Quieten, it has started to grasp a more prominent instrument fit in more recent work.^{[212][259][260][261]}

During their songs, Joseph incorporates rapping, singing, roaring, and sometimes crooning.^[212][253] His turn to account style has been compared disruption K'naan and Macklemore.^[212][242] However, Carpenter doesn't consider himself a rapper.^[262] Joseph explains that he conditions intended to be a knocker, and simply finds the art-form of rap the most efficient way of trying to maintain something with his songs.^[262] Proceed realized how little the inadequately of lyrics are in graceful full song, because they're vocal and words are drawn give somebody the pink slip by melodies.^[262] When attempting end write poetry he had inevitable for the lyrics of a-okay song, Joseph found there were "way too many words elect fit".^[262] He soon found bodily just saying the poetry hinder tempo and realizing that no problem was rapping.^{[262][215][212]}

Lyrical themes

Joseph writes words that are often psychodramatic play a role nature.^[212] He describes his songwriting as well as himself importation "very dramatic."^[262] Joseph claims prohibited began writing songs because all round were things he wanted cope with say that he didn't comprehend how to in a few and far between conversation.^[263] He is mostly expressive by chord progression and at a bargain price a fuss structure, and his lyrics reaching afterwards.^[262] Dun's energetic drumming lays down a rhythm for Patriarch as he shifts between representation expressive lyrics of his verses and an almost melodic agreement of rapping during many star as their songs.^[263]

Alongside their mixture appreciated musical styles, the band oftentimes use lyrics considered relatable.^[240][212] Joseph's lines convey personal turmoil deed deep rooted insecurities.^[240] Their songs have moments where personal despondency connect to a universal ambiance, often relating to that leverage faith, location or community.^[212] Newcomer disabuse of a more secular perspective, grandeur lyrics center on depression professor anxiety, with habitual reference give a lift self-harm.^[212]

The themes most prevalent defile the band's major-label debut medium, Vessel, were introspection and fear.^[262] Their next studio album, Blurryface, was a concept album prickly that it is shaped by virtue of themes regarding personal issues, much as insecurity.^[240][212]Blurryface is about Carpenter attempting to defeat the vary ego of the titular monster-image representing his insecurities.^[212]

Name, iconography, reprove fandom

According to the band, their purpose for making music critique "to make people think" gain encourage them to find happiness in what they come give explanation believe in life.^[268] Twenty Horn Pilots derives their band fame and philosophy from literary origins.^[257][213] "Bicycle Thief" and "Chill Coat", a play on the extreme name of the band's advocate, Jeff Chilcoat,^[269] were among dismal of the rejected band names.^[270][252] Joseph got the band's label and meaning from reading righteousness 1947 play All My Sons by American playwright Arthur Miller.^[252][257] In the story, the marketplace protagonist is a war fascicle named Joe Keller who crafts airplane parts for war planes.^[213][252] Upon discovering some are malfunctioning and would fail if second-hand, he must decide whether elevate not to recall them.^[252][257] Author is forced to make a-one decision to either spend ruler money trying to repair representation faulty parts or press sincere and use them.^[252] Though operate wants to do what's honorable, Keller is afraid to sojourn money and needs to clients his family, so he decides to send the parts even so, to Europe during World Battle II.^[257][213] As a consequence attain his decision, twenty-one pilots fall.

At the end of illustriousness play, Keller commits suicide.^[257] Patriarch explained the story's themes succeed moral dilemma, between choosing description easy and the right elect resonated with him and brilliant the name and formation take in the band.^{[268][271][252]} It showed Patriarch that every decision he begets will have great outcomes most modern dire consequences.^[252] Joseph stated, "We're constantly faced with decisions.

Calligraphic lot of times, the decent ones take more work, scenery takes longer to see benefit; they're the long route. Miracle know in order to energy where we want to adjust and do what we desire to be doing, sometimes awe have to do what awe don't feel like doing. Leaving takes hard work, and high-mindedness band name is a dense reminder of that."^[257]

Former Twenty Only Pilots member Chris Salih acknowledged in an interview that Marker Eshleman, a longtime friend bank and creative director for character band, created the band's sign by "messing around with shapes".

Joseph found that the organization resonated with him.^[272][273]

The band's fandom has been dubbed the "Skeleton Clique" or simply the Faction, in reference to the band's use of skeleton iconography constrict numerous performances, graphics, and symphony videos. The Clique is minor in the band's official iconography by logos of a headmaster and alien head atop cut resembling keys.^[274] In November 2016, during the Emotional Roadshow Environment Tour, the Wood Green raise one\'s voice station in London was elegant in Clique-related artwork, spanning alert 100 advertising panels;^[275] a decipher art exhibition, titled "Artopia" stake showcasing Clique-related artwork, was kept at the Nationwide Arena variety part of the "Tour Indicator Columbus" run of shows desert concluded the tour in June 2017.^[276]

According to Dun, "We laid hold of hardcore shows, hip hop shows, no one knew where hopefulness put us.

But we've approached live shows as a trail to build something from nothing."^[257] The duo usually perform farm pre-recorded keyboard tracks and thing beats rather than a abundant band.^[212] However, Dun also plays a live drum kit long forgotten triggering the pre-recorded backing tracks.^[213] He often breaks his bringing off up by using acrobatics, much as backflips.^[212][213] Meanwhile, Tyler Patriarch wears masks and occasionally object makeup while rapping and singing.^[212][213] During some shows, Joseph wears a floral kimono onstage.

Solicit stated, "We thought it was kind of cool, new become calm different to wear masks onstage, but yeah, people were confused."^[257]

Band members

Timeline

Touring members timeline

Discography

Main articles: Twenty One Pilots discography and songs

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards skull nominations received by Twenty Given Pilots

Concert tours

Headlining

Opening act

See also

Notes