In fact, they didn’t even produce a portrait of him at all, returning only mugshots of criminals who shared his name. The results didn’t exactly paint a portrait of a superstar in the making. Not too long ago, Tyler Joseph would occasionally perform a Google self-search out of curiosity. There’s more to twenty one pilots than meets the eye or ear… Over the next 96 hours on the road, as K! travels with Josh and Tyler from New York to their Ohio hometown, it’s time to set the record straight. Such talk of their eclecticism has informed the bulk of the discussion so far, but obscured both the men behind the music and their message. “I don’t think Josh and I are doing anything that’s intentionally trying to replace what’s already established!” Tyler emphatically told Kerrang! in May (K!1570), denying allegations that twenty one pilots are co-authors of Fall Out Boy’s manifesto to fundamentally change the DNA of rock’n’roll. Yet, for some, the biggest rock phenomenon of 2015 simply don’t rock enough. Indeed, in the past six months, twenty one pilots have arguably become the most successful band since the Beastie Boys to dissolve the boundaries between rock, hip-hop, punk, dance, pop and. It’s an understandable reaction, really, considering the past six months has seen twenty one pilots not only score a Number One album in America with their fourth album, Blurryface, but also a UK tour that sold out so quickly they immediately had to book another much bigger one for 2016. “It’s something Josh and I dreamt about.”īeside him, Josh – TØP’s drummer extraordinaire/occasional trombone player – nods so hard in agreement you half expect his head to pop off. “To experience crowds and environments like this every night is…” says frontman/multi-instrumentalist Tyler, before stopping abruptly to process their biggest U.S. As the queue builds, the pair are sat backstage trying to get a handle on what the hell is going on. Yet at the heart of this story are two unassuming, soft-spoken guys: Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, aka twenty one pilots. As soon as she’d seen her favourite band play here just last night, she immediately started lining up again for show number two, sleeping on the streets to guarantee the best view of the biggest musical success story of 2015. New Jersey native Darleny is in this queue for the second time in 24 hours. For the hardcore fraternity sardine-packed up front, even this isn’t enough. Some have their necks and hands slicked in black paint some have their eyes smeared in red eyeshadow others don a balaclava or a skeleton onesie. The line may be comprised of people of all different ages and backgrounds, but they’re all dressed in the same regimented fashion. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.In the shadow of the Empire State Building, a mammoth queue is forming outside New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Would I just change what I've told my friends? 'Cause if you stick around, I'll sing you pretty sounds And what we want we know we can't believe
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