🚨PALADIN STRAIT EXPLAINED || The End? (Twenty One Pilots Clancy Analysis and Breakdown) 

Videos Referenced: Explanation of Vultures: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ECmNP2wdxq8.htmlsi=uzS_jl6h2oS0LOKn Explanation of Neon Lights: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HEdHZ03TzJY.htmlsi=ORtalLncaBKIzvtQ Explanation of 25: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DfN6CDAxH3w.htmlsi=igxOnZeq1IUeBPlW

What if the real Clancy is the one seating down the shore and he's not there, and he is just singing the song thinking how he could defeat Nico and imagining how the battle would happen, like "Just a glimpse of visual aid, Of you on the other shoreline, Waitin', expectations that I'm gonna make it" (this part could be about Nico waiting or maybe the banditos waiting Clancy on the other side) like Clancy isn't sure if he's ready to fight Nico and then he's on the shore thinking about it. And it would make sense the fact that maybe he is seizing someone else to get to nico and to be sure he's ready, and in the final moment of the MV of Paladin strait when he open his eyes I got the feeling that now Clancy knows he's ready. And what makes me think that this is accurate is that he tweeted about the shows not being the final battle, the shows will be he preparing for the real battle with the banditos(that in the shows will be us the clique) and after the tour is over either we will be getting another song or the double album.

a theory that i have about the minute of silence in the song and not the video, i believe that it’s actually a moment of silence like at war funerals. typically 30 seconds of silence is used to represent one life lost, and it being one minute long could mean that two lives will be lost. this could imply that not only will Nico die, but Clancy too. “we’ll win but not everyone will get out” really hits different if that’s the case

I feel like the minute of silence is for the fallen banditos and glorious gone

Multiple Clancys in the Banditos: he’s just a copy according to Blurry

He's keeping his eyelids up NO MATTER WHAT

🔥At the very very end of the song, last 3 seconds...it truly sounds like another start to a song. It sounds completely unrelated and intentionally cut off.🔥

Can we confirm that we are seeing Julie and Michael now as Glorious Goners instead of Banditos? Did they not make it out with the others? BTW, thank you for breaking things down in such a simple and wholesome way with positive conotations even when you feel frustration or disappointment. You are a breath of intelligent air in a world full of snark and complaints. Thank you for giving this old gal a place to visit knowing she can count on a quality analysis! Bravo young man!

For the shot of the neon lights making out a word, I'm pretty sure it says "E UP 8325", the first part referencing the very well known phrase "East Is Up" while 8325 is referring to the pages from the Clancy Digital Remains booklet pages, which when pieced together made a password that got us the Paladin Strait MV Teaser.

The battle scene and the secret door reminded me of a few lines in Morph, There's no above or a secret door. What are we here for if not to run straight through our tormentors

Your reference to 1984 was really interesting. In reminds me of Clancy in his apartment during the Nico and the Niners video. The dark, lonely apartment really reflects the book. Clancy also has a desk where he keeps the yellow flowers from his escape attempts. This is very similar to how Winston keeps things illegal things in his own desk. I'm convinced the connection is on purpose, which isn't exactly super surprising, given that the story is also dystopian. Also, side note: I think George Orwell would ponder a while over the lyric from Bandito: "I'm still not sure if fear's a rival or close relative to truth."

In the live chat for the premiere the band chatted "|-" instead of "|-/" implying its not over yet. Tyler also tweeted recently that the live shows were not the final battle but a "reminder of why we fight before we do" impkying the final fight will happen after the world tour

1:28 2 Layer Black Kendo Jacket

Ive seen a few potential theories about what haopened to the 'rebel red' rebellion within the city. the general consensus is that they will disrupt Nico by saing Tyler, just like how he saved them from the horrors of vialism. Nice video dude! The concise explanation is really appreciated and definitely makes it a lot easier to go back on points of the MV.

RU-vidr Perligo did a video talking about the bird noises in isle of flightless birds. That song says it’s the climax. And then how migraine talks about an island too. Maybe the cycle started before we even knew it? Either way love the band, love the music, and all of y’all

Hello, my friends from "bandito camp" and I came up with a theory Clancy deceived the bishops like fools, but how? Let's pay attention to the fact that the real Tyler/Clancy has a scar on his nose. This scar essentially hints at the lore: "Hey viewer, check the lore has arrived!" But there is another explanation for this! Remember the clip for "Overcompensate"? Throughout the clip, Clancy walks around without a scar, and sometimes without a mask. The real Tyler/Clancy uses the “seizing” move! Everything we saw during the clip was just a narration from Tyler’s point of view; in fact, he was using the corpse (or vessel) of some noname! To remain anonymous, the vessel wore a mask the whole time. We only saw a picture from the narrator Tyler, where he appeared cool without a mask and without a scar. At the end of the clip, we see the real Clancy/Tyler moving away from the “seizing” state, and he has a scar on his nose. So that's what all this is about, and it explains the events in the "Paladin Strait" video where Clancy/Tyler does the same thing, fooling the bishops. And that's the irony! What does Niсo say? "Hello Clancy." But in fact, there is no Clancy there! Another suspicious point from the "Paladin Strait" video is the horns. Why is Tyler whittling them? The theory that he was preparing a replica of the horns, a fake in other words, to make everything look natural. The real horns in the hands of Tyler/Clancy, who is in a state of “seizing.”

About the birds space on the original song, Routines In The Night explains it: So beautiful the space between A painful reminder and a terrible dream Just like in this storyline, when he reminds everything he's fighting for which can cause some pain, and the terrible dream that he lives while finding Nico. Also a real event I experiment before sleep, that one minute between my thoughts taking away my life and the nightmares I have all night long.

I think it might be implied that the citizens from the Overcompensate mv were the ones who escaped and brought Torchbearer the Clancy mask to give to Clancy once he was at the Bandito camp

Bro I love your theory videos so much they’re so professional and easy to follow. Hyped for this analysis

Do you guys think it's a coincidence that the audio for "Chlorine" matches almost perfectly with the Paladin Strait video?

The bird noises in the song actual have a rlly cool purpose. Because of the extra minute the song was extended, nico says hello clancy at exactly 6:25. Another crazy refrence to june 25th.

A theory bc im bored: The "way in they will never suspect" is being used in the PSMV. Overcompensate Tyler is seizing PS Tyler, that's why when nico is smearing him he can open his eyes. My prediction is that if there is something to follow, PS tyler will fall to the ground (just like the kid at the end of overcompensate) and the real fight will happen between the army of red banditos (?) (idk what to call them lol) with Overcompensate Tyler vs the seized dead people that nico controls. (I'm just throwing it out there so that in case something like that happens I can say I called it lmao)

Quick Jumpsuit correlation theory: "I'll be right there, but you'll have to grab my throat and lift me in the air if you need anyone." This lyric was all I could think about during the closing sequence. What I'm thinking is "I'll be right there" infers that Clancy is not there, at the top of the tower with Nico. But he will be. Nico knows that the Clancy he has in a chokehold is a decoy, and is mocking him with "Hello, Clancy." Almost to say I see that you are a coward hiding behind a copy. Clancy WOULD "swim the Paladin Strait," but he can't... he has to actually finish things with Blurryface. I realize that, likely, not an ounce of this is true - but it's fun to think and pretend.

Great content as always. My only comment would be your stating that the torchbearer was the mastermind behind what happened in the Outside; actually, we know now that he was never there. The real torchbearer hasn't seen Tyler/Clancy since the Levitate music video. All SAI videos AND overcompensate were the two other torchbearers that Clancy made up in his head to help. Tyler mentioned in the livestream that there are three, but only the bandito one is real, which we learned in Navigating.

The zombies neon lights spell extra 6/25

It seems that there are parts of the teaser video that are missing from the music video, and vice versa which makes me think there is a “full version” coming where we will see the events after Clancy opens his eyes.

Great videooo thanks Jake

When Clancy stared into Nico's eyes I remembered a quote from Nietzsche: "And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you". Chills.

Always enjoy your lore explanations and theories! Also being a camera gear nerd I appreciate your professional setup! What camera, lens, lights, mic, and editing do you use? Just curious!

The bird sounds were to extend the song long enough to 6:25, where Nico says “Hello Clancy.” That’s not really needed in the video, because the video doesn’t need to hype us up for 6/25 like the album would have.

There is a video by a person named ScaredandIcy, and he/she explains that there are birds in paladin strait, and in good day. this created a theory in my head that clancy is a cycle, and not a cycle to blurryface, but a cycle to sai. there are birds in the intermission of paladin strait, which could leave room to start the song good day since the birds sound similar.

I’m thinking the moment of silence might be significant during the live show. Knowing these guys, they do everything for a reason, so there’s gotta be some kind of significance to it.

Man… your videos are life 🔥 Stay Alive Bro

I think the reason the birds aren't in the video is because the story in the song by itself is different from what's shown in the video. The song itself is about leaving Voldsoy to get back to Trench, and then the birds plays while he wakes up on the other side. But the video starts with him having already crossed the straight.

i just wanna point out that when u listen to the album in a loop, it feels like the end of Paladin and the intro of overcompensate feels seamless. and since the audio and melody of the intro is not used in any other place of the song, it could be to continue to the first song in the next album or extended release to signfy the the next leg of war on dema

The first part of the neon lights make out the word dema but the rest I don’t know

Thanks for the explanation video I honestly think we could get one more song but the only thing that is kind of making me think this is legitimately the end in the intro to the music video where it shows the title of the song it says from the album Clancy none of the other songs have said from the full album Clancy until paladin straight music video at least not to my knowledge I could be wrong

Looking forward to this one!! 😜

Jackets 100$ on “jacket junction”😂

The next song in the album starts in the last couple of seconds of the video. I need to go listen to self titled and RAB to see if it sounds like anything on there. I think they are going to rerelease some of those songs along with additional new content

I think the birds were for the MV release. When the MV was being premiered you tube put everyone in the countdown screen and it was him on the cliff with 1:30 countdown and it was only the birds and a few cords... I think it was just for the countdown.

I think the minute of birds was so that the listening party hosts would have enough time to turn off the album and end the party without spoiling the end.

If you flip the neon lights upside down it looks like 'more25'

The neon that makes up a word flip it upside down and from the left side normally looks like 25

Can you compare and contrast Routines in the Night with Fairly Local. I decided to look at them side by side and already found a bit. I'd like to see what you think.

I personally think that the multiple Clancys is a result of a production error. I think they wanted to make the Bandito army look bigger but only had so many actors so they just copy and pasted a couple times in the background, hoping people wouldn’t notice (unaware the clique always looks for hidden details in the background like these).

i think whatevers gonna happen on the 25th possibly will include the rebellions on the inside, the people from the overcompensate mv. In the digital remains there is artwork of dema burning, and i think that we might see the final moments soon.

The minute of birds is just to hide the last part of the song for first time listeners as a surprise. I am 36 - back when we only had physical CDs, some artists would hide songs like 5 minutes after the end of the last song. You’d never know it’s there unless you keep listening. I can think of Alanis Morissette as an example of someone who did this on her Jagged Little Pill album. The music video doesn’t need it because everyone has now heard the ending.

At 2 am😭😭

I'm curious about the three blinks of the bishops (right after the seized vultures). There's a lyric about blinking in kitchen sink but I'm not an expert on TØP lore so there might not be any relevance.

Does anyone know how the “zombies” got out of Dema? They start in Dema as they come out of the graves, but in the next shot they are outside of the walls ready to face the Banditos. I’m confused

If you look at the torch pattern upside down it looks like "trees" but I also see 25 at the end. Idk

I think the message in the neon lights are MORE25 (if you turn it upside down)

3:20 it kind of says JUNE25 but upside down

Did anyone catch Clancy was holding the antlers like the SAI symbol in the beginning

You didn’t mention Clancy up on the cliff seemingly doing the same motions as Josh in the fight. This seems like it could mean something.

Notice that Clancy doesn’t have the mark on his nose in this video. I wonder what that could mean.

I had this theory the other day, I tried posting it on Reddit but they didnt let me, I dont know why. SO. In the SAI Era, we learned Clancy is dead and we all took it as, the character Clancy is dead but what if, the album Clancy was dead. Maybe they already had an album in the works after Trench and it was gonna be Clancy, but then pandemic hit, and then SAI happened. So fast forward to now, Tyler saying Clancy is gonna be the most lore heavy but we have heard the album and its like HALF, so what if, all this time that Tyler was saying Clancy is dead its was referring to the album and now he saying that this is the more lore heavy album is because its a double album? Now with the ending of the MV of Paladin Strait, I feel more inclined to this theory. SO TECHNICALLY, he didnt lie, this is the most lore heavy album because its gonna be a double album that will be like an epic ending for the album, but the other set of songs needed more time to be fleshed out so they released part 1 as a full album and then next year we get the truly FULL album with all the tracks and all the ending. Side note: Can you imagine the last album of the story being called NICO. So we get like a clashing album cover? With the Pilots on one Side and Nico on the Other. Man that would be SICK. but just my opinion.

1:29 you can make it with a black jacket and some red duct tape.

What if the Bishops are blinking in Morse code when they seize the vulture?

"a complete diversion, we'll win but not everyone will get out"

Nice breakdown. I'd like to think this is not the end. While it would make sense if it ends with a cliff hanger, as mental health struggles can be life-long, I'd like to think Tyler breaks the cycle. That would give hope to so many. If Tyler can break free, so can I. We all need a super hero to guide the way and save us. Josh Dunn and Tyler Joseph are that for so many, I'd like to see a happy ending.

I kinda liked the little Easter egg of him literally moving sideways through the battle ala Mulberry Street.

3:22 to me it looks like it says “Swim”

3:17 I think it saysEast Is Up

Another thing to note that I just noticed is that when clancy opens his eyes, they are not red or yellow so he isn't under nico's control!! |-/

Tyler has a song away from the ba d where he constantly mentions 24 no 25

Personally I think the zombie neon lights spell out DEMA it's slightly wonky. Not perfect at all but that's what I see

6.28 length of the Paladin Strait= 28th June for one final track?👀

Why did I get notifications 9 hours late?

Personally I think that zombies are placed in the shape of „zombie” word, but I’m not sure and that seems too easy

The Clancy album will be also known as the falsetto album to me. Paladin Strait needed a bit more punch and aggression. It was a bit too soft rock folky for me. Wish it had way more grit, like Jumpsuit or Levitate. What are your thoughts?

It's Tyler! Seized by Clancy.

I hope its not over yet

What is that jacket I want it more pls

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I guess that zombies lined up so they created message that says: "June 25", you need to screenshot the moment and rotate so you'll see the message! I'm not actually sure about that but im confident that there's "25" number, it has special meaning to twenty one pilots!

I kinda wonder if Overcompensate takes place after Paladin Strait.

Are Blurryface and Clancy part of Tyler? Tyler (Not Clancy) is making combat movements in the video possibly the Blurryface side of Tyler controlling the Zombies.

Im pretty sure 6/25 means June 25, which would be tomorrow Tuesday, if not then oh well...

Does Tyler only drop one set of the antlers? I really can’t tell what happens with his right hand?

I KNEW THIS SOUNDED LIKE 1984 😭😭

Not sure if this has been discussed but how much of this is AI-generated? Tyler on the cliff...looks very AI to me.

Wouldn't it be something if Tyler/Clancy is no longer afraid. Josh ran in "the front door" to help defeat Nico. Then, back in the real world, days later, we see Ty/Clancy and Josh walking into their house, and in the tree is a vulture with yellow eyes watching, waiting, anticipating the insecurities to creep back in.

Clancy moves away from the fight “a complete diversion”!!! “We’ll win but not everyone will get out”

7:25 cat sighting

About the theory of the MV´s of Clancy album don't having the full length album on the beginning of the song, have you guys realized that in the SAI era, every MV has the full length album thing except for Saturday MV, that just say "From the Album Scaled and Icy", could mean something, could mean nothing lol. But got me thinking ngl. And just that line in Backslide " kinda wishin that I never did Saturday" got me thinking even more, but like I said, could mean something but at the same time could mean nothing

Can someone tell me why Clancy wears red tape now instead of yellow?

Maybe the real Clancy were the friends we make along the way

Hi , I hope you get a second to check this out in paladin strait mv at 3:12 found trash and I believe a vulture or possible Phoenix. In the middle where the sun looks like it's making an eye, beside tyler on mountain. Also, same mountain scene but at 3:41 think, lol..near here, on far right side in bright yellow looks like numbers 124. Finally, tyler appears to be pointing to this sun, and in last scene, outside the window is blue sky? But wasn't it dark with torches, lightning, and I'm wondering if he's implying they waited until just before dawn and now the sun's up when Nico has Clancy, Clancy also still has the rope on his hip? Anyways, just wanted to share and hope you find amazing discoveries! Thanks for all your efforts

I need thoughts... Ill morph to someone else... morph to clancy??

I'll try to be there and please dont forget about me Luke 😢 Still waiiting for you to invite me to the discord or to help me get my ban lifted. Thank youu.

Bro I love your hair its too good

In the thumbnail photo you can see a 2nd Clancy mask standing behind a girl. I this that could play with the lyrics from morph, “he goes by Nico, he told me I’m a copy” maybe there’s a second Clancy coming to help the 1st, or potentially the torchbearer? I think Morph could have some connection

this is rpobably reaching, but m as to why there is 4 Clancys total, including Tyler. Three lights are lit, but the fourth one´s out. the three have their face uncovered whereas Tyler cover his face with a mask as in the light that is out. but im probably reaching :D

I love this content. But if i may add my opinions im a bit disappointed that theres no representation of him actually swimming the paladin strait. I expected maybe him teying to escape any him struggling and fighting the clashing waves. Some deep cinematography. The song is called Paladin Strait yet theres no showing of him eveb in water. Lol idk. Maybe im just reaching. Even still i love this song and video.

Someone gave the theory that this is a reoccurring lucid dream/nightmare for Tyler and Clancy is is “avatar” in this nightmare. The birds in Paladin straight signal morning approaching but he’s gotta stay asleep a little bit longer to get to Nico. There’s more to it and need to find this persons name to give credit for this theory but it makes so so much sense.

3:19 I can't see it either, but it looks like the word "erase"

Tyler seized Clancy. It's Tyler. Clancy didn't have black hands. I created this world to feel some control. Destroy it if I want.... Nicole has no control over Tyler. It's like the Neverending Story.

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