An Open Letter to the Skeleton Clique (Twenty One Pilots’ Fan Base)

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Dear Skeleton Clique,

We are slipping.

Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun use their many talents to send a message of hope and community to those who feel hopeless and alone. The band’s mission is for this message to reach those who struggle (usually with depression, since this is the struggle they (specifically Tyler) understand best), in hopes that it will also help the listener overcome the obstacles they share. They do send other messages, but this is the most immediate and by far the most important.

When a fan base selflessly rallies around this kind of mission and message for the sake of helping others to stay alive, it’s unspeakably beautiful and actually lifesaving. When that same fan base selfishly rearranges its priorities to put fan-status ahead of the mission, it’s unspeakably ugly and detrimental to everything it stood for to begin with. It isolates the message from those who genuinely need it most. It’s an ego-driven, life-threatening mentality.

Twenty One Pilots Album Release Day!

Twenty One Pilots released their new album Blurryface last night (May 17) two days before their original May 19th release date, proving once again that they care like woah about their fans. Like woah, folks. They dropped one of the most heart-wrenching, emotional, damn-I’m-so-proud-of-you-guys videos I’ve ever seen to announce it:

Snag the goodness on iTunes, AmazonMP3, and/or Google Play.

Analysis: twenty one pilots – Fairly Local

The overall message of the twenty one pilots catalog has always been clear; essentially that there is hope despite the bombardment of darkness from our culture, our fellow human beings, and most often, our own heads.

twenty one pilots – Blurryface, out May 19th on Fueled by Ramen

twenty one pilots announced on Facebook that their second studio album since joining Fueled by Ramen will be dropping May 19th. The album is called Blurryface, and it’s looking awesome already.