How Twenty One Pilots Write A Melody | The Artists Series S1E4 

I really enjoy your approach. Even music that does not resonate with me is art. That art is the reflection of someone's inner self. The music that resonated with me as a kid made me feel understood and normal at a time when I felt awkward and misunderstood. I see that happening now with my children. Two of my daughters are teens, ones loves TOP and another MCR because it gives expression to their innermost feelings. These are not my favorite groups because they do not resonate as much with me at this point in my life. But parents need to learn that music is not always, in fact not usually, a medium that intends to send dark messages to our kids and ruin them. It is rather one soul speaking to another through an artistic medium. Music is the search for clarity, for meaning, for comfort, for hope. Your analysis of how that happens from a more objective point of view, will hopefully not only be a good mental exercise, but also serve to break some barriers, especially among the older set who tend to ignore or dismiss what is really resonating with their kids and grandkids. The fact is, its just easier to be lazy and not try to understand. As life changes, so do musical choices. We follow and listen to that which best resonates with our soul at the time. Parents should learn what their kids are listening to and why. They may find out more about their kids through those choices than they will through direct communication. Thanks again for the channel. Great analysis.

Oops I guess I'm an angsty teenager...

if your looling for deep twenty one pilots songs listen too taco bell saga

Thank you for talking about popular music in an intellectual way. A lot of people dismiss artists like Twenty One Pilots because most of their fans are angsty teenage girls. They say TOP is garbage because this target audience can't POSSIBLY enjoy good music, and that's why [insert genre here] is soooo much better. That's also a reason that angsty teenagers like TOP; their interests are dismissed by a lot of people, and Twenty One Pilots seems to hear (and respect) them.

What a wonderful video, not at all judgemental, with a genuine interest in their music and an important message at the end. And I kind of expected him to make fun of their "angsty teenager" fans but he actually took this serious wow thank you so much, I'm gonna subscribe

'Popular' songs make me feel like I'm not good enough, I'm not rich enough, I'm not old enough, I haven't experienced enough. twenty one pilots make feel like I mean something, know that I have a purpose, that I'm loved. Listening to them, I feel safe, like I'm going to be okay.

This is so so interesting. I've seen a lot of "theories about twenty one pilots songs/music" and it just doesn't seem like those people really research the facts. Not only do you provide really interesting facts, you also look at the music in a different, more emotional way. You don't prejudice anything or anyone. You understand the purpose of their music; it's not just there to entertain others and make the band more well known, it's there to help others. Thanks for making this video.

I think twenty one pilots makes me stay alive, and reasons I should stay alive

You should do a video about Panic! At the Disco :D

Twenty One Pilots have fans from all age groups not just little girls......which there is nothing wrong with that at all. I just want to say their fan base spans a lot further than that if you just look around. l-/ stay alive

"Sundays are my suicide days" isnt a reference to actual suicide. Tyler is a Christian. This line refers to something Paul wrote about in many of his books. Dying to your sin. It is a metaphorical suicide.

I honestly thought this was a really good video! It's so difficult to find people who can speak about this band professionally, while also appreciating and respecting them as musicians. I see you've done your research, and I've learned a lot more than I anticipated. Very well done and thanks for the video!

i'm curious if they keep this things in mind when writing or if all of this just happens naturally for them

I remember Tyler telling us fans to use the energy, the depressive and dark energy that sadness brings, and direct it to something else. Create

this video is a piece of art and should be on a museum for future generations to contemplate

thank you for such an intellectual video. twenty one pilots' lyrics have made me think, and have allowed me to get to a better place in life. they make songs about things that nobody wants to talk about (anxiety, depression, all that dark stuff) and put it in the spotlight. they really are two amazing guys.

Do "How Drake's ghost writers write a Melody" next.

angst teenager: realist, fascination for death, self-critical *me* whoops I also really love this video it helps give even more meaning an understanding to their music than what I already have. ❤|-/

Been waiting for this! Thank you❤ And please change the description of "21pilots" to "twenty one pilots" because some clique members will be triggered 😂

Do Mariah Carey please! She wrote the melodies and lyrics for most of her hits and follows a template with a number influences. :)

Panic! At the disco please!! I really enjoyed your video ^^

"The band calls their fans the skeleton cleeeeke." I died.

'Twenty One Pilots doesnt shy away' he predicted it

Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran and now Twenty-One Pilots!💃🙌Really hoping Bruno is next!🙏

Do EMINEM please

Thank you so much!! I absolutely love these videos. I'm trying to implement this stuff as much as possible to expand my horizons. I'd love to see you cover Grace VanderWaal. She's only 13 and somehow her songs speak to everyone. She seems to have a very different sound from every other pop star and I'd love to see you dive deeper into how she does it! Thanks again, these are really helpful :) I'm looking forward to the next one.

Do John Mayer, the legend himself

Urgh - I hate this categorizing music for the sake of marketing stuff ...

im kinda sad cause im the only kid in my class that has dark humor

Please do Paramore!

whoever has made twenty one pilots one of or their only reason to stay alive i am with you stay safe, stay strong, stay alive, stay street xx

twenty one pilots want us to stay alive, there are no rules to that.

Please do Alt-J !!! That'd be so interesting!

Angst or depression being catalysts for creativity is brought up in the Trench song Nico and the Niners "I'm lighter when I'm lower, I'm higher when I'm heavy."

Do Gorillaz!

Guess I'm an angsty 57-year-old. Fortunately.

Great video, thank you! I hope you make one on Ryan Tedder :) Did you hear his latest song, No Vacancy?

This is actually really well put together. Your calm voice meshes well with the over all theme of the video, and sets a great base tone just from the first few words spoken. Its quite obvious that you like TØP, and put a lot of work and care into cultivating this video. Over all it was an absolute joy to watch, and I will definitely be checking out your other (hopefully) high quality content. As a member of the clique I as expecting the some of the (sadly) low res. content that we of the clique produce, just from the thumbnail alone, in the end I was pleasantly surprised. My only from of critique *is* the thumbnail, it looks very bland and clickbait-y which is the exact opposite of hat the actual content is and gives the wrong message. Anyways, I should probably get going to your other content. See you friend, and Stay Alive |-/

Please do Lana Del Rey!!

Twenty Øne Piløts is the reason why I'm alive |-/

with tyler the simplest things have a really deep meaning to it

"How would you attract to these angsty teens...dark humor" Me: TRUEEE

Helping people to stay alive and fight inner demons is such a good reason to write some music, right? Thank you so much, please keep bringing us your accurate point of view - made my day.

how does this video not have more views! This will definitely help when I'm trying to play certain songs on my clarinet! Thanks!

Wow I'm the living breathing definition of your interpretaion of an Angsty Teen

4:06 this makes me very uncomfortable

1:05 *TRIGGERED*

I just love their stuff. I feel like the darkness and lightness contradicting each other is a direct metaphor for who we are externally vs internally. The contradicting darkness and lightness of their music makes me feel a mix between hopefulness, vulnerability, and sympathy (like someone having sympathy towards me). It makes me feel like I'm not alone in what I'm going through and that someone is there for me. It's quite unlike anything else and has gotten me through some of the worst times of my life. So many of their songs make my start crying so much, and I love it because it actually calms me down.

The mean reason why I love tøp: It's not like other songs. Whatsoever. It's not about love, drugs, break ups, or sexual actions. It's about your psyche and thoughts that harass you. It makes you realize that you're thoughts are the point of view in your own life. As if you're the secondary character. ...or not idk it really puts you in that perspective. or just me. it gives me a rlly good set of mind but it's also a v dark place.

I have a new found respect for 21 Pilots thanks to this video and advice.

JOHN MAYER

Twenty one pilots is by far the best non metal band. they are so freaking expressive and poetic.

I love these boys.|-/

I just uploaded a cover of truce lol

Lana del Rey, maybe?

Wow! This is a great video, not only about the music of 21 Pilots, but also about making music in general. You really inspired me when you said: "music doesn't care if you are broken". There is something so comforting about knowing that great music can come from the best and the worst of times. It's always there for you and won't desert you. Thanks man! You made my evening!

Do Panic! at the disco

I was depressed and suicidal some years ago, i'm 15 and Tøp helped me so much through it all. I started listening to them in 2013 so it's some years ago but I still love them both so, so much. I now want to live my life all thanks to them.

Milky Chance please :)

Dude: "Is it just a couple of songs you hum on your way to work?" Me: No it's every song that makes me sob in class going over math homework that I didn't do bc of tHIS BAND

panic! at the disco please!!

Amazing video!! Thank you :D I might be a peculiar 21Pilots fan, because I am not an angry teenager. I guess the difference is my attraction to them does not lie within the lyrics or the message, but simply within their music, I really love their sound, the changes, the emotions that their music creates!! PS: On the other side I have been an angry teenager many years ago, so maybe the music brings that back in me :P

"Life indeed has an undertone" I loved that part. Great vid!

you should do a video about Porter Robinson. He started off as a generic EDM act that was destined to fade into obscurity and indeed he did for a good 2 years. Out of nowhere in 2014 he released a full length album which was unlike anything released at the time. his new sounds sparked an innovation in EDM and loads of artists are trying to copy his sound now. He's created a whole concept and world for his music and it would fit perfectly with your channel

It's funny how I love TOP and I'm 24. I'm not angsty, but something about them just CLIQUES with me. ;) See what I did there? But yeah, I needed this band when I was a teenager.

Twenty one pilots is my favorite band and changed/saved me in many ways. I really just found out so much about myself.

I think you missed a point in terms of their changing image, in Fairly Local there's a line that goes "Tomorrow we'll change the beat/ to avoid yesterday's dance." I feel this shows they don't want to become boring or just follow one formula, as doing, or watching or listening to someone doing the same thing over and over becomes boring

I don't like the term angsty! People like to use it to describe fanbases like this and dismiss the talent of the artists behind those fanbase! You summarized everything very well but the term angsty teenager is not the major fanbase of twenty one pilots

JOHN MAYER!!

Another great video. Its criminal that it only has 3.6 thousand views!

I have no idea if Bruno Mars has written any sings on his own, I know he has co-written songs, but maybe it would be interesting to analyse his writting if there *are* songs after all that are entirely his own. Just a suggestion though, I don't know how that could be made possible

“Twenty one pilots don’t shy away” I know this was released 4 years before the song but this felt intentional lol

The 'angsty teenager' realist, fascination about death, self-critical aaaaannndddd there i am!

i haven't enjoyed a video this much in a long time!! this was extremely interesting and i can't stress enough how thankful i was to hear the note i first expected in Migraine after all these years lol and, do you think you could maybe look more into how Melanie Martinez writes her songs?

make The 1975

fella said “shy away”

Kendrick lamar

Kendrick Lamar ! Please please please. Love to get your take on Kenny.

could you please do lana del rey?

PLEASE, do a Max Martin one! He's written for both Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, as well as Ariana Grande and many more that people are requesting. And don't be afraid to make longer videos - your content is top quality! :)))

mgk or logic

Yeah when he says “I wish I didn’t have to rhyme everytime I sang” he didn’t rhyme

When he said "kleek" I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I know that's how it's actually pronounced, but it made me cringe.

I am so surprised, that I've found something of this quality here on youtube, you gained a subscriber, good work From a skeleton clique member P.S. your voice is perfect

Lol wut, Twenty one pilots is punk?

Thank you so much! Do Bruno Mars, please)))

Please do Mariah Carey. She's one of the most prolific singer-songwriters, and has even crafted a modern Christmas classic. Give us some insight into her timeless melodies.

SWITCHFOOT!!! Would be the most amazing band to do for this!! They have so many extremely diverse songs and have won Grammys! They are my favorite band and I would love to learn more about them through the lens of your insane music knowledge!

Twenty one pilots are actually a Christian. Search Lord of Glory by twenty one pilots.

I appreciate that you actually do your research to truly understand them and their music

0:32 Twenty Øne Pine nuts

30 Seconds to Mars... next... plz... !!!!👍👍👍👍👍

Do panic! At the disco next 😁

Please do How Panic! At the Disco writes a melody 🎼

Just referencing something for myself to practice my incapable hearing.. 4:12 ... 4:21

Holy crap, I’m a 41 yr old angsty teenager.

What's weird is that I think their songs sound normal since I listen to too much J-Pop and Vocaloid XD

They are the only hope for music today, they are actually different and unique from all the other garbage popstars. Their lyrics actually mean something and they have actual TALENT. Wow I haven't seen that in a while.

Aww, I love your message at the end. It's very inspirational and beautiful. Even if you too sometimes feel sad know that life has a hopeful undertone. Best wishes and sending a lot of love from another SkeletonClique member!

i hate 21 pilots but i don't know why