Analysis Of The Poem ' Twenty One Pilots '

Twenty One Pilots is a two piece band that incorporates musical techniques from all genres to form their own sound. Their newest album, titled Blurryface, is a menagerie of songs that some may hate and others will love. According to Billboard Magazine, this album is “a hot mess (in a good way)” (Kamps 1). When I first heard the album, I thought that it was the one that was going to make Twenty One Pilots gain more fame. After a few listens, I discovered that many of the songs share similar theme of someone crying for help.

“Heavydirtysoul” is a great example of Tyler Joseph’s experimentation with mixing genres of music. This song starts the theme of a cry for help by portraying a person’s attempts to get help getting away from what is ruining their life by asking “Can you save my heavy, dirty soul for me?” The song also has the lyrics “Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit” which explains that Joseph keeps running from death, but we all know that eventually the dog will catch the rabbit.

In “Stressed Out”, Joseph doesn’t really mix genres in the timbre of the lyrics or the instrumentals. This song introduces Blurryface to this album’s underlying story. Blurryface is a character who embodies a person’s bad side. He manifests the self-loathing, fear, insecurities and doubts of a person. In the song, Joseph sings “I was told when I get older all my fears would shrink, but now I’m insecure and I care what people think,” This portrays a person growing up with anxiety