Josh you should direct. Josh: let’s throw water, leaves and debris at Tyler

josh: bro what takes you so long? tyler: you wouldn't believe me

From a little tricycle to a bike, Tyler has grown up so much! 👍

I know this wont be seen, but I wanna let you know that there are people who understand exactly what you are singing about, people who undergo the same struggles. Your songs mean the world to us.

I love the depiction of Tyler going through his cycle and storms while Josh patiently waits, dependably flipping the burger!

"Cause I feel the pull" - Backslide 2024 "I can feel the pull begin" -Fall away 2009

This is the canonical continuation of Stressed Out in my head. A song about running from and dreading responsibilities, and this one talking about accountability and accepting the past and moving on, accepting that though the world is daunting, knowing you need help is a sign of strength not a sign of weakness. I love this song

This might end up being my favorite TOP album with the way it's going so far.

music to my ears

Man every single one of the singles they've released for this album have been drastically different from the next. And that's kind of the case with every TOP album. Every song is so varied and different. It's like unwrapping Christmas gifts.

I think Josh at the end perfectly shows that your friends don't always know the storm that your riding through.

This is the most I've been affected by a ToP song since Blurryface dropped. I absolutely just love the emotion coming through this one while still maintaining the classic notes that they've always carried. STOKED for the album!!

This was an excuse for josh to just throw a bunch of leaves and debris at Tyler LMAOOO ❤

The role Josh decided to give himself in this video says a lot about his beautiful soul. Very nice video Josh! :)

"Now I'm drowning in logistics" hit me so hard, and idk why

The chorus to this song hits

CLANCY ON THE BIKE

Dir. Josh Dun Our life goals are finally complete.

enjoying this song is such a miraculous experience for me because it reminds me of one essential truth: the fact that I fear relapse or the undoing of progress shows that I HAVE MADE progress in my life. fear of losing my recovery just means that I love being in recovery. if this song was released 7 years ago when I first started listening to twenty one pilots, I wouldn't have liked it because there was no relapse for me to have, I hadn't made any progress in the first place. I am so grateful to have this music to reflect with

Man this song really reminds me of my ex. We accidentally discovered 21 Pilots during a road trip to North Carolina. Now all of their songs make me think of her. For two years after our breakup I was drowning in depression. Even though she cheated I still can’t get her out of my head but I’m doing much better. If you read this, Emily, keep your line. I learned how to swim and got myself to solid ground.

His name's Clancy and he cares what we think.

the callback to stressed out was so perfectly executed.

God the vocals are so powerful at 1:06. You have Tyler's main vocal but in the back you've got this really shrill falsetto that reminds me of a church choir for some reason and this vocal that's absolutely belting out emotion between the two

I would like to tell you something that has been happening to me with this song since it came out. I am a person with trichotillomania disorder, I mainly tend to pull out my eyebrows without realizing it because of my depression. This means that my appearance is never what I want and what I know I can achieve, and in many moments I can't even look at myself in a mirror. It's very frustrating to feel months of progress crumble due to an anxiety attack. From the first time I heard Backslide, I was able to interpret parts of the lyrics from a side of self-love. The pre-chorus "I don't wanna backslide to where I've started from. There's no chance I will shake this again" is helping and motivating me to keep going and not fall into the cycle again, and try to appreciate myself in the process. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. Sharing it, even anonymously, helps me a lot

i am absolutely in shambles. ten years ago tyler was 25 writing songs for 15 year old me. now he’s 35… writing songs for 25 year old me. excuse me while i cry

I can see everyone singing this chorus together, really loud, in a concert.

JOSH SHOULD ALWAYS DIRECT FROM NOW ON. ALWAYS. PERIOD.

I have been here for about 2 weeks now watching him get the bread still waiting.

The fact that the music video loops back to the beginning at the end is genius. Exactly how backsliding feels, you get so far and experience so much just to start it all again. edit: holy cow i have never gotten so many likes before thanks so much

This song is an internal monologue of self doubt and perseverance. The buns are coping mechanisms that we attempt to use or disregard right away, because they aren’t helpful enough. At the start of the video we see him throwing away an empty bag and going into the store, which he does again at the end, showing that he’s been in this loop for awhile, “tendencies on repeat” and through the whole ride home he’s having a mental battle thinking I cant let myself go back to my old ways look at all the progress i’ve made i’m not that person anymore, “I don’t want to backslide to where i’ve started from, theres no chance i will shake this again” feeling like theres no way we can survive it. As we grow up and face the same lessons it can be incredibly humiliating, he’s asking himself when he says “do you think that nows the time you should let go? its over my head” he entertains the thought that hes better off dead at this point since hes still struggling so bad, and hes talking to himself when he says “I shouldve loved you better” and “I’ll take anything you have if you could throw me a line” desperate for relief. Then we see him as a child running the lemonade stand, asking himself if hes happy and gotten his life together and hes able to pause for a moment of self reflection and trades coping skills- the bun for a cup of lemonade- which represents something that he loved doing as a child. He heads back out and starts spiraling again, but regardless he doesn’t give up, “strength enough for one more time, reach my hand above the tide” We have to surrender to the storm and all we can do is out best to keep trying, every moment of every day to not succumb. He could give up in defeat that the buns were soggy and destroyed but he turns around and goes back to get more and try again despite it. And lastly we all need people in our circle like Josh who will patiently continue to flip burgers while we get our buns in order, so we can enjoy the bbq of life together. At least thats how I interpreted it. |-/

I think the video simply shows our general tendency to backslide into our bad old ways, whether it's trying to get clean, kicking a bad habit, or getting out of that bad mindset. Sometimes we could feel this urge or pull (pre-chorus). We secretly fight these demons in our head (chorus) because we're determined to change something and we know this step of change we're doing is for the best (arrival at Josh's and buying again)

I am sitting here in full blown tears relating to this song so deeply on a personal level in my life and relationship and I cannot be more thankful for twenty one pilots to somehow always put my feelings into words and give it an upbeat tone and make it seem like what I'm going thru isn't that bad. While you're listening to them you are jumping bumping and jamming ... But getting a therapy session just singing out all your problems in a happy way. I am so in love with their music. ❤️ Thank you TOP for always being there for me

Tyler is a threat to the environment

Every new Twenty One Pilots album that gets released is like the soundtrack for that period of my life. I'm getting married this summer, so excited to have some new epic music to remember this time with

This new album takes it back, so good

Many people are correlating the lyrics in backslide to Fall Away, which is totally true! But what I find even more interesting is the correlation between this song and ‘Drown’ by Tyler Joseph. One of the verses in Fall Away was taken from this song. This song speaks to a relationship between Tyler and God, where he miserably fails over and over again. Honestly the strongest line in the song to me is ‘don’t wanna do this anymore’, speaking so strongly of the back and fourth of failure we often face with our relationships. Furthermore, the song implicitly is about drowning, which is what Backslide speaks of I.e, ‘waters over my head’, ‘reach my hand above the tide’, ‘throw me a line’. Another interesting facet is that Backslide questions whether or not the person will let him drown, and Drown states “Will you wash me? Will you drown me, please?’ Just wanted to say this, as sometimes we get caught up in the lore, and Dema, and the era, but it can be nice to take things at face value and appreciate the art that goes into a song, and consider it as a single body of art that can work just as well outside of the overarching story. I say all of this just to encourage those who feel lost and broken to feel reassured. I encourage you and assure that God is ALWAYS with you, and Jesus will always keep you from drowning. If you don’t know him, I encourage you to seek him; if you have questions, feel free to ask me. Psalm 34:18 - The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit

This clip feels like a "Post Mature" Stressed out clip. When you are young and have your problems, you miss childhood and gets stressed with how the world wasn`t what you wanted it yet you pursue your dreams, but this feels like you finally achieved your dream or got over that sad moment of your life...only to realize you still have problems, there are dreams that you couldn`t realize and your heads starts torturing you for it.

I gotta say I thought this song was ass but it really grew on me

I love how these guys have stayed genuine and make their own videos. Great direction, great music, great people!

TURNING BACK TIME TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS

GIVE IT UP FOR JOSH DUN THE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

This is so good that I wish I had friends to gush about how amazing ToP and thier new album is.

Tyler Upgraded from a tricycle to a bicycle 💀

As a son of a therapist, this is the most well crafted song I've seen about mental health. The term backslide used in the song is referring to the process of mental backslide, which is defined as when someone either fractionally or fully reverts back into old behaviors due to being stressed out. I thought this was a perfect connection between Stressed Out and this song because, in the song stressed out that was his old days, and in this song he’s now in his present days and is reverting and trying to resist mental backslide. At the very end Josh is standing there flipping burgers, I feel as though this represented as Tyler was struggling with his thoughts (and still is) Josh is there waiting for him patiently, supporting him (this can be represented as he is a torchbearer); the way they had Josh directed this was for that very reason. I feel as though the buns represent how people may disregard fighting the mental backslide, we can see this by how Tyler throws away the empty burger bag in the beginning and at the end goes back to the store to get more of the burgers which are representing his efforts in trying to fight the mental backslide. Starting from the beginning Tyler says “Rate race” I feel like is referring to the people just trying to live and survive; he then says “Tendencies of repeat” which is showing his old tendencies creeping back in slowly by the repeat of past tendencies. A couple lyrics later Tyler says, “Cause I feel the pull, water’s over my head”, the pull is representing his tendencies and past behaviors pulling him back in, and the water over his head means that it’s a strong pull that is basically inescapable, a couple seconds later her says, “Reach my hand above the tide”, this is him saying that he’s trying to resist the mental backslide that is drowning his thoughts out. While it cuts to the storm (which is representing how he briefly went back into darkness of his thoughts, this can be seen as he shakes his head to snap back into reality), he can be heard saying, “I’ll take anything you have” and “If you could throw me a line” is his desperate need for relief of his thoughts taking over. The lemonade stand is personally my favorite part of the whole song because of it’s intricity; I’m going to take a shot in the dark and say the little is Tyler's old self, seeing as how the song is about mental backslide and the child represents his previous self conversing with his present self asking him, “Are you doing good?” and “Did you solve all of your problems?”, Tyler responds with, “Accidentally uncovered a new one yesterday”, meaning that he uncovered a new problem again. This may also be a shot in the dark but, the burger being traded with the lemon represents him trying to use his efforts to fight back the mental backslide. After all of this he says, “What happened to what I brushed under the rug”, is him telling his past self (supposedly) that he has been brushing his problems under a rug (in his heart) and not trying to do anything about it. In the last part of the song we can see Tyler points to us in the crowd asking, “Do you think that now’s the time” and “You should let go?” I feel this was Tyler connecting with his audience basically asking do you think now's the time you should quit trying to fight the backslide. Finally, the last part of the song can be seen Tyler dumping the soggy burgers out representing his failed attempts to overcome backslide, but then he goes back to the store and gets more burgers which recommends that he is starting over again (I think this a connection to the lyric in Next Semester where in the song he says, “Start fresh next semester” basically showing how many times he is trying to resist mental backslide and won’t stop). This is the best song in their album so far because of the message saying “You shouldn’t give up on resisting the backslide, and instead keep trying until you overcome it”. Overall, this whole song is a masterpiece |-/

The switches between the storm and real life representing encroaching intrusive thoughts? Absolutely fantastic. I especially loved the touch of Tyler physically shaking his head to shake himself out of it, the amount of times I've caught myself trying to shake myself out of a spiral really made that one relatable.

This is Clancy’s Cut My Lip Absolutely amazing.

Clancy has grown so much and I love the stressed out comparisons

If you're reading this, I'm glad we're getting to experience this together. Keep your head up. It gets better.

"Strength enough for one more time" that hit home.

Люблю вас парни, всегда вовремя выпускаете песни, когда мне очень тяжело в жизни. Спасибо за ваше творчество ❤

Been listening to this song on repeat ever since release. This song personally hits hard and I haven't felt that in a while throughout the years of listening to this band :')

Love the way Josh chose to put himself here. He knows Tyler is struggling, and he patiently waits for him. He is his role model, a 'torchbearer' who guides him in the right direction

Josh cooked! Literally and figuratively

listening to this song i looking back and seeing how things used to be and how they are now, i felt happy and a little sad, i start listening a lot of TOP song when i had 13 years, in that time, i was fighting cancer, depression and suicidal thoughts, i always letting their songs playing, it helped me to stay alive, helped my wanting to stay alive even after i beat cancer. I have been though a lot of high and low, but i keep fighting with hope, now i have 20 years, trying to build the life that a dreamed of when i was younger, i am at my happiest, healthiest. i wouldnt make it without this songs, thank you and stay alive out there I-/

Tyler with a bike, you know the song will be a masterpiece

The Saturday line 💔💔 SAI, they could never make me hate you

Absolutely a certified hood bike classic

I remember when these guys we're cinematic famous when they made stressed out, ride, lane boy, and heathens. It's fucking awesome that they are still making epic songs like this one & saturday

People are saying this reminds them of stressed out. But the message of this song is likened to fall away.

I love how josh waits so patiently for Tyler to arrive that really is a best friend right there

“I used to be a champion of a world you can’t see” I love this line!! It’s so good!!

I'm so glad they are back

Man every single one of the singles they've released for this album have been drastically different from the next

stressed out throwback?

I don't wanna get ahead of myself and say this is my favorite of the Clancy singles... but this is my favorite of the Clancy singles

Лучшая песня среди других синглов с альбома! Эх еще месяц ждать

Tyler the type of dude to take the USPS Oath

"Are you doin good? Did you solve all of your problems? Thanks for asking, in a way, but, Accidentally uncovered a new one yesterday" damn, that really hit me hard, exacty how i feel my anxiety rn

Can't tell you exactly why it strikes me.. but in Stressed Out he is "lower" because of the tricycle and he is wearing the red beanie, red backpack, and has red under his clothes. NOW in Backslide he is riding high with no red on his clothes, but he is using the red bicycle to get around. I am sure the symbolism goes much farther, but I wanted to add that to the conversation. (Not to mention the yellow stripes on the lemonade stand probably representing stopping by the banditos along his journey)

I'm still alive because of them, see you in London next year and thank you for everything

I'm in love with Tyler's voice 😍

I love how tylers lyrics can be interpreted in so many ways.

Clancy is 3/3 so far All hits, no misses

i can’t get this music video out of my brain omg. one of their best songs so far.

damn this guys voice is so good

"DIRECTED BY JOSH DUN" AAAHHH SO PROUD JOSH

I'm unsure if anyone else has mentioned/noticed this but I am going to say it too just in case. In the beginning of the cycle a man in a blue jacket is standing to the right of the door but when the cycle repeats again the man is standing to the left of the door. I think this represents that there is always hope in breaking the cycle. Although it feels like nothing changes from one repetition to the next small things do. Eventually with enough repetitions of the cycle, attempts to make this cycle different from the last, and small changes determined by chance, these changes will add up to become big enough to completly destroy the cycle in it's tracks. This is just my interpretation. I might be looking to much into it.

This song came out at such a relatable time in my personal life and it’s actually quite overwhelming to listen to at times but i absolutely love it.

First time hearing & watching.... Just finished joint, goosebumps fading, .....processing, all I know for certain is this song is something special.

This feels like a response to the fans who were wishing Tyler would go back to his previous struggles because they liked the music better then. EDIT: just to clarify those "fans" are wrong and horrible for saying that, but it is a thing that happened.

lemonade stand boy deserves awards for his performance

Deadlift workout music right here 💖 *a u t h e n t I c v i e w s * 💖 dun took Twenty One Pilots oFf 2 da big leagues and for dat I will always be super grate

Is it just me or does this sound better on the 2 watch

DIRECTED BY JOSH DUN WHAT A POWERFUL SENTENCE

The cycle The references The lore IM SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE FOR THIS THANK YOU

nobody doing it like them, incredible

love both of them they're so talented! can't wait to see them liiiiive!!!

I can already sense my summer hitting different with this album..

I feel like this was a mix of everything they’ve done, throwback to stressed out throwback to chlorine throwback to redecorate. I love it so much.

The role Josh decided to give himself in this video says a lot about his beautiful soul

This is the most twenty one pilots song theyve made since trench

The rain only exists in his head, but it still affects the outside world, as the burger buns are soggy at the end. I think this is symbolism for how mental illness affects how a person can function on the outside, even if the problem starts on the inside of the mind Also, I think the flowers on the tree are some sort of trigger, and sends Tyler into a bad mental state. I relate to that because seemingly innocuous things often can trigger my depressive thoughts, and like how the music video portrays it, it just darkens everything around me. When he says "it's over my head" I think is a submission to the hopelessness and helplessness that comes along with it As someone who is learning to grow and trying to get better, the fear of "backsliding" is so real, and this is my favorite song on the album so far. It's just so relatable for me "I don't wanna backslide to where I've started from There's no chance I will shake this again 'Cause I feel the pull, water's over my head Strength enough for onе more time Reach my hand abovе the tide I'll take anything you have" I relate this to my suicidal thoughts, and how if I return to how I was when my depressing thoughts were so heavy, there is "no chance " I'd be able to make it out again. And the chorus continues this with Tyler saying he can get out of the waters just "one more time" before drowning. The flashes of light, particularly in the chorus probably reference his attempt while standing in the road, as illustrated in Next Semester. It's like the thoughts trigger and he remembers where hew as at, and everything is dark a nd scary again. It's such a difficult place to be in . I wonder if the actual lyrics is "strength enough for all of one more time" (it would fit the rhyme scheme all of rhyming with above on the next line, don't even get me started on Tylers lyrical genius). He says something in between enough and for, but doesn't really enunciate it. If that lyric is the case I really worry about his metal state, because if he doesn't think he can conquer these feelings again I fear the worst could happen. As a song writer myself, sometimes I hid words a bit because they're really just for me, I wonder if it's a case of that " If you could throw me a line I should've loved you better Do you think that now's the time You should let go? It's over my head" I relate to this part, as it looks like Tyler is just begging anyone to give him anything to continue. I have been in that place of desperation searching for absolutely anything to hold on to. He is almost condemning the people around him for not helping him more, as they are letting him go, right as he needs their support and the water is getting back "over his head " The I should have loved you better line really hits home for me, as I recently got out of a relationship and it was all my fault, and the regret I have for that. She was really good for me, and I just wasn't what I needed to be, and it's my fault that the people I love runaway from me. My therapist thinks this is thought distortion but I'm not so sure. As someone who recently deconstructed and lost their faith, I also interpret this as a cry to god. At the peak of my depression, I was begging for any sign that a god was there looking out for me. "Do you think that now's the time you should let go? " represents the idea that god is letting him go. He didn't give me anything, and it just hurt to have that part of my life decimated. I don't know what kind of god who has the power to help someone in their darkest hours and just chooses not to. "Rat race, place to place, adding weight Tendencies on repeat, innit? Benefit from a shoe with no lace Take the seat with the crease in it" For me, this is where I'm at now. Running in the rat race of capitalism trying to find a job and get my life back together. Everything seems to stay the same, every day repeats itself. The line about the shoe with no lace and the seat with a crease to me represents accepting the fact that the world isn't optimal to live in, especially for people with mental illnesses, but we have to make do with what we have. "I don't mind if it's lonely I don't mind if it's fair I don't care, you control me Leading me anywhere" To me, this is just completely giving up one's autonomy. I have been at that point where I would just do anything, let anyone tell me what to do and then do that. In my head, nothing mattered, so doing anything, even self destructive things, was justified because I would just follow where the wind took me not caring about the consequences. Also the lyrics of not minding that life isn't fair and that he's lonely, is a way of accepting the current situation. Almost apathetic to it. At 1:55 Tyler briefly rides with no hands, perhaps symbolizing this sort of reckless behavior. I guess I'm just gonna go through all the lyrics, because this song just speaks to me. "Bad place, on a hundred-dollar bass Kinda wishin' that I never did "Saturday" "Is that a stain? You should change" Are you doin' good? Did you solve all of your problems?" Thanks for asking In a way, but accidentally uncovered a new one yesterday What happened to what I brushed under the rug? I used to be the champion of a world you can't see Now I'm drowning in logistics" I think the whole 2nd verse is about how popular the band became, and how with all this success, the thought patterns haven't really gotten better, the problems have just changed or morphed into new ones. This is so relatable to me, as I think whenever I solve some problems new ones always arise. The stain to me represents both mental illness and creative freedom, as some people want the band to change their style to become more popular. This speaks to me personally, as it's as if people around me expect me to change and behave as if I don't have any reason for behaving as I do. It's like they just don't get it. To me this is perfectly represented in the video as Tyler pays for his lemonade with a burger bun. He has the money for it, as shown at the end when he buys buns for a 2nd time. It doesn't really make sense, but in tyler's mind, the bun represents so much so it is more than a cash payment. At the beginning wee see Tyler throw away something in the same manner a t the end, suggesting that this isn't the first time the buns got soggy , nor will it b e the last. This push and pull of mental illness is all but routine. I wonder if the Saturday line is referring to that maybe Tyler thinks he sold out some creative integrity for a more traditional pop sound in Saturday. I think that is a constant theme from his songs, the push between what's popular and what Tyler wants to create. I love the ending so much, because Tyler realizes he needs to go back for new buns, and Josh isn't upset. He doesn't go away, he waits for him. I think this shows how if you can find a true friend, they will help weather the storm with you, no matter what it is, or how often it happens. He even checks his phone, which I presume is to c heck and see if Tyler messaged him, he didn't expect him to be gone that long I'm not sure, just thoughts from a depressed person (edit: I appreciate everyone's kind words. I am doing okay right now mentally.)

josh dun hitting us with the good cinematography

I genuinely hope he’s okay. Although his music is great many of his lyrics genuinely feel very dark. They have for years. Would hate to lose him young like we did with Chester Bennington. Hope he has plenty of people he trusts in his life is all. Yes, music can be used as a healthy way to cope, but it can also be a big cry for help. It’s hard to tell these days….

I feel this is a very strong candidate for my next favorite song from 21 pilots!!

The few, the proud, and the emotional

Tyler: How about you direct this time? Josh: Alright, but only if I get to grill a burger in the video

Jeez the good old days 😪🤘🏼

I've seen this about 8-10 times in the past 3 weeks, and I don't know what but there's just something about this video that gives me goosebumps everytime I watch it

Being someone that always have struggled with self esteem , hearing the lines " i shouldve loved you better do you think that now's the time?" Really does hit home