Such relatable themes were accompanied by touching ukulele sing-alongs (The Judge), wonderfully uplifting pop (Tear In My Heart) and electropop-infused rock anthems (Lane Boy) – but don’t let the music fool you: ‘ Listen, I know / This one’s a contradiction because of how happy it sounds / But the lyrics are so down…’ Tyler admits on Not Today – a twenty one pilots speciality. Yet again giving millions of listeners an endlessly compelling dissection of mental health, Tyler opened up in a fascinating way here, using the character of Blurryface to dive headfirst into his own brain. If, for whatever silly reason, you didn’t think much of Blurryface, just take in these remarkable statistics: not only did it became the first record in the digital era to have every single song receive at least a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, it also remained in the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for Four. Plus, they’ve even got their own dragon now! Musically, though, SAI is an absolute blast: from the rocking Never Take It to the intoxicating disco pop of Shy Away and Saturday. ‘ Lost my job, my wife and child,’ Tyler sings on deceptive opener Good Day, while he darkly reflects on the loss of a friend’s child on closer Redecorate (‘ I don’t want to leave like this…’). It’s gonna feel a little lighter because of that.” ‘Light’, however, isn’t a word you’d always apply to Scaled And Icy’s subject matter. “The reason why it feels almost disconnected from the reality in which the record was created is intentional.
Tyler stressed at the time of release that twenty one pilots wanted to avoid creating any kind of ‘lockdown album’, but explained that the opposite basically happened: “I didn’t think that a dismal record was appropriate the idea of escaping that was more appealing to me,” he revealed. Yes, it’s an excellent record in its own right, but for fans – and the band as well – it was also a welcome breath of fresh air well over a year into the coronavirus pandemic. It feels like the context in which it was released is an important part of the discussion when it comes to Scaled And Icy. Though he once sang, ‘ This is not rap / This is not hip-hop / Just another attempt to make the voices stop’ on genre-smashing single Heavydirtysoul, we’re nevertheless going to dig through this rap, hip-hop and everything in-between to figure out what is the best twenty one pilots album ever. When you throw in sprawling, conceptual storylines that fans still find new meaning in many years later? With twenty one pilots, the possibilities are endless. In truth, if you’ve been following the Columbus, Ohio duo – completed by drummer extraordinaire Josh Dun – closely enough, you’ll know that this wasn’t quite right: there were plenty more options than that.Īcross six albums and bound only by his grandiose imagination, Tyler has tackled an impressive number of styles (rock, hip-hop, indie, R &B, reggae, electro, pop, dance… you name it) and melded them all together to create a sound that no band have ever come close to emulating.
Before latest album Scaled And Icy, Tyler Joseph pondered in July 2020 that there were “two very different records” that twenty one pilots could write and release next.
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