#but these albums. these ARE me. essential

[n3on-graveston3s-calling]

You are 100% correct in this but also bc I think at first, the concept of the album went over a lot of people's heads. The whole concept was essentially how high functioning depression can look to someone on the outside-

The first song is literally Tyler reacting to "What if I lost everything I loved in my life?" and it's about that weird period of grief where you sit in denial and try to pretend that everything is fine, everything is okay- when it ISN'T.

Unlike previous albums where the music would fit the tone of the lyrics, SAI was about the "mask". Fake happiness. [ Also Propoganda from Dema but that's the lore side of things ]. Choker comes from the term "choking" in basketball. You have to make a decision, you have to do something, and if you mess up- you choked. That is what Choker is about- those times in life where you know that you could have stepped up, you could have done something more, but you didn't, and how that experience can haunt you.

The lyrics and music is fun and bubbly ( aside from No Chances, lmao ), until we hit Redecorate, which is the final song on the album and Tyler explains during an interview with Apple Music:

"I had a friend of mine whose son passed away and they would keep his room the same way that he had left it. I remember thinking how crazy powerful a story that is, and how it makes me wonder, like, ‘What will people do with my stuff?’ It can actually bring you back down to earth, make sure that you don't make any horrible decisions. I'm realizing now how difficult it is to talk about, but this song is really important to me. I love the messaging of it, and I hope that our fans hear what it is I'm trying to say in it. Because it is a bit delicate, but it's one of my favorite tracks and it's pretty powerful if you let it."

Twenty One Pilots' songs are geared to make you THINK. They've said this time and time again- their music is meant to make you think about different subjects and to hit deeper. And that's the beauty of it.

ill say it.

scaled and icy was good.

the haters are just wrong.

[mortalfollies]

9 Favourite Albums - Choose 9 & then tag 9 people! Or you can do nine singles or EPs, whatever lol.

Tagging @cactus-bag @catsafari25 @labyrinthal @sleeeepy-demon @retourne-toi-eurydice @belladonnafey @scorpius-rising @cry4judas @atuans @nicey-sandokan @evyes no obligations feel free 2 ignore

Albums listed (and me rambling) under the cut

TIME - ELO: my mum's favourite album that i first Properly listened to when i was 13. it's just the best sci-fi concept album ever....i love you jeff!!

13 Tales of Love & Revenge - The Pierces: sexy indie duo, most known for the song Secret, which isn't even in the top 5 of the best songs of the album. a treasure from when i was 11, and just figuring out i like girls.

Greatest Hits - The Eagles: again, my mum's interests becoming my own. it was really hard to pick between this and Long Road Out of Eden, but ultimately the greatest hits r that for a reason.

Laurel Hell - Mitski: my fave mitski album, heat lightning is underappreciated!!! and yeah just. its about solitude. recognition but not in the way you wanted or expected. emotional rollercoaster. im not eloquent enough to describe it and mitski does it better in under 2 minutes anyway.

Strange Trails - Lord Huron: again another hard toss between this and long lost but st wins out purely bc the transitions rule, and meet me in the woods + the yawning grave make me crazyyyy. so happy i got to hear those live in jan. lord huron is like what if a cowboy was also a ghost. thats the only way i can describe it.

Electra Heart - Marina and the Diamonds: i am not immune to music i heard at 12 years old. shame she's never made anything as good as this again.

Are We Having Fun Yet? - Black/Colin Vearncombe: another one of mum's. She found this guy when someone at Sanity was playing the album over the store speakers. loved it ever since, and introduced it to me. wistful ballads, jazzy touches, a little bit sexy.

Coyote Stories - The Crane Wives: this was a 2016-18 discovery maybe? i just know i was in school. im into folk indie i cant help it.

Wasteland, Baby! - Hozier: shout out to afro-elf for posting about movement n the whole ep, which is what spurred me to actually try this dude's music. and now i love him. but wasteland baby is immaculate: no skips, he roars in some songs and is as gentle as drizzle in others.

[mifhortunach]

so tired / jay mccaroll

[weallpartyatybcpatricksfuneral]

sorry but rat a tat is the thesis of save rock and roll actually you guys just don't like Courtney Love

[website-com]

recently someone on tiktok said 'hey lets comment on random thirst traps and say 'you look just like a character from x movie!' (i forgot the name, the original one had one). like as a fun joke to invent a fake movie from the 80s.

i dont need to point out the obvious comparison here (it was far less organised because it was more about pranking people than pretending the movie was real), but it turned out to be a MARKETING STRATEGY for someones album.

[care666bear]

I want more selfies!! I love the horny posts but you're just too pretty, need to see you smiling and laughing, makes my heart lighter!

awwww wait you mean it? 🥺 I’m melting. so I actually debate with myself about this bc I think y’all are annoyed if they aren’t horny posts but I do have some cute pics & I do enjoy posting stuff I feel cute in - rather it always being scandalous I guess!

[a-s-levynn]

Fighting to forgive yourself for being you

[jakeperalta]

I never really got it when people would talk about getting the ick but alas. now I do

[a-very-zilly-gooze]

if you love me you will listen to how to build an ocean: instructions by dirtbag boyband @bearsintreesofficial at least once.

[dumbcloud]

[thisselflovecamebacktome]

Happy 'I wake up and it's October. The loss is yours.' month to all who celebrate.

[cyber444angel]

started making tapes recently :’)

[honeyvenommusic]

alright bc i’m tired of it being crickets in The Home Team tag and these bangers = self-care to me so

y’all know about heavy pop yet?

[cleoselene]

I don't know if I can properly describe how Of the Moment this album was

I was just out of high school and a goth club kid when it came out, a real Tampa goth heading to The Edge and The Castle in Ybor City (The Castle is more famous but imo The Edge had a better DJ), and I had grown up on a steady diet of Madonna but drifted into my goth/electronica club kid phase

and then one of my dorm mates, the biggest Madonna fan I've ever met, got this CD and holy shit. Madonna got the culture better than any other pop star I've ever seen

and listening to this album while you're high is as close as it gets to feeling like being in the '90s again

underrated track:

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: June 1

"Easy Come, Easy Go” by George Strait