Next Semester: The Cycle of Mental Health - Twenty one pilots analysis/theory 

I see dema video, I click dema video

I WAS LISTENING TO TRAPDOOR RIGHT AS I CLICKED ON THIS AND WAS SO CONFUSED WHEN IT KEPT PLAYING

it's truly fascinating the lessons and stories Twenty One Pilots weave into their songs. I think that's what makes them so relatable and so fun to listen to. This is such an incredible song with a great story/message, and a great video explaining it!

Oh my gosh your interpretation of the different reactions Tyler has to the car passing him is genius! Especially when he's wearing the Clancy mask, I think in Overcompensate we learned that maybe Clancy has a tendency to be too confident and wants to push the boundaries of what is established to see how far it can take him. Waiting until the last moment before the car was to strike him not only shows facing the issues head on, but is, to me, a statement of "Try me, I'm not scared of you, see what I can do" Also, just gonna casually put the thought out there that a dangerous bend symbol is indeed a road sign, so he's consistently disregarding the warning signs and threats thar are on his way. The boys just love the symbolism of roads, cars, being a passenger (HDS, Taxi Cab) or in fact driving away (A Car, A Torch, A Death), and I love to see that motive continue in new ways.

13:52 man, that's insane, when wearing Clancy mask he's indeed in control, without any fear of the car. Also HDS reference, Fake You Out, Truce, the cycle repeating and time references... Dema, I'm so impressed by this analysis. Really. Top job. You said that you were proud of your Overcompensate analysis, but I think with this one you outdid yourself. Continue that pride. What I really love about twenty one pilots is that when I come back to these songs, these lyrics and music videos there is always so, so much more connections to their other tracks and the lore, so I can see how this one turned out to be one of the most difficult analyses. I initially didn't see so many references in Next Semester but you proved me wrong. 💜

I keep connecting this song to more and more stories I’ve interacted with throughout my life There’s a LOT of little AMVs in my head from this one More than maybe anything I’ve heard

Since you announced that you will be making this video, I’ve been looking forward to it. I’m glad it’s here and you got all my thoughts perfectly. This song is a masterpiece and I love it.

I really liked that analysis/interpretation, therefore take this comment as a humble gift for the almighty algorothm that posesses the power to extend the reach of the video thus it shall be seen by every clique member lol

What an awesome intro! What surprised me were caesura, sibilance conjunction and enjambent techniques as they are new for me. I think those are really interesting ones and it gave me a new point of view when it comes to anxiety and mental illness representation in lyrics. Your linguistic knowledge when analysing songs is a real treasure. By the way, what do you think about the comparison of these 2 songs from new album to first two songs from trench? I heard somewhere that they are kinda the opposite take. Jumpsuit video - being trapped by Nico, anxiety wins, Overcompensate - feelin in power, in control and able to escape. Meanwhile NATN video - dema don't control us, escaping dema, feeling in power, Next Semester - being not in control, being trapped by anxiety. First song from Trench and first one form Clancy give me the opposite feeling as well as second ones from both albums. Fantastic video as always, my favourite fictional city 💜 Thanks for posting 💜

Just saw this pop up we so back number one dema fan here!!!

20 seconds in and this is already art

wow, such a great video Dema, i cant believe how great you are at finding this stuff, these videos also help me in my english subject and poetry analysis, i am super grateful of your contributions to this community

Great video! I’m sorry if you mentioned this and I didn’t notice, but when you said that the yellow dashes divide life and death, I remembered the car that is about to hit Tyler is driving in the middle of the road, might mean stuff

"I bet the pilots will release a teaser by the time I upload this video" bro I wish, Next Semester has me SO hyped for what's next

holy crap TDCC mentioned 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

Great video! From the get go I interpreted the line "I prayed those lights would take me home, then I heard, hey kid, get out of the road" less as a direct suicide reference with an oncoming car, but more about the anxiety that comes with growing up. There's an element of daydreaming in the chours, looking deeply at the lights and praying they will take you home to me sounds like searching for a meaning. That daydreaming and naive attitude breaks when someone yells "hey get out of the road" as in saying "hey, grow up, touch the groung, the lights won't save you." That's why that line directly takes us out of the melodic and haunting chrous staright to the up-beat tempo of anxiety.

I see RU-vid notification I see new video I see dema I click

Your ability to digest the inner workings of this song is impressive. Thank you for breaking this down for people to fully understand the complexity of this song it is much apricated.

Firstly, I have to praise the effort you put in your videos: not only the analisys is super deep, crystal clear and always spot on, but also the editing is always getting better. That being said, I'd like to bring attention to the last lines: "Can't change what you've done. Start fresh next semester." In any type of recovery, there will be relapses. If you blame yourself too much for the relapses, you won't have the confidence to continue your path to recovery. So we need to learn to forgive ourselves, since we can't change the past, and focus on the future.

Okay I have a crazy theory: Red tapes suddenly appeared covering eyes on Vessel, Blurryface, Trench and SAI, but not on Clancy. What if they add the red tape after the full album comes out? Maybe not exactly the moment everything comes out but like a day or a week after, so we can try to figure everything out. If Clancy dies, they might add the tapes. This music video might actually show Clancy's death because: 9:43 cars drive on the right side of the road. In the video we see Tyler jumping to the left twice, then once to the right and then once with a mask to the left. Could this mean he jumped into the car? Clancy under the mask was someone else, someone dead in the video for Overcompensate and the Clancy mask just so happened to appear after he jumped to the right. Maybe they actually link together? What if the whole album's gonna be a big puzzle with a smooth transitions into other songs on the album, just shuffled? Would this explain all the music videos? What if they create one giant movie if this is true? Very unlikely, but if this comes out somehow to be the truth, it would make Clancy the coolest album of all time It sounds ridiculous I know, I am probably onto nothing, but maybe? If you see any flaws feel free to inform me I could very easily miss something obvious

When you mentioned that the ending of the dema lore would end with the cycle repeating I realized what if the 14th music video could be a different ending like if one ends on a we broke the cycle and the other ends with it repeats

Yoooo its finally hereee 🫠🫠

Wow! It seemed so straight forward every time I’ve listened to it, but you always seem to find another angle to view it and I find myself amazed at both your level of attention and Tyler’s skill when writing it!! There’s always another level!!

Love your video’s❤

beautiful

This song is quickly becoming an all time favorite of mine.

I love that you started with Trapdoor!! That song was a huge inspiration when I was in high school

This is the best analysis you’ve ever put out. This is saying a lot considering that everything you make is amazing. You can absolutely continue the pride you gained from overcompensate. Your work improves with every video and I look forward to your posts every time you say you are working on one. Thank you for making my day brighter with every video.

Definitely my favourite so far I hope the rest of the album will be just as good 🥲🤍🤍

Please don’t stop making content lol, the clique needs you.

this is , again, such a fantastic video!! this gave me so much more insight into this beautiful song. thank you so much for breaking it down for us ❤️ so excited to see where the band takes us next

This video is FANTASTIC! You inspired me to make a video on Next Semester too, and I quoted you in it. Thanks for everything you do |-/

They do need to pay you bc you have a huge amount of talent at interpretation of their lyrics and music videos and its wild. I love your videos they always open my eyes to new perspectives which i love. I love that the majority of tøp songs are able to be interpreted in so many different ways and can even change meaning to a specific person throughout different sessons in their life. Ps i think youre right and we will get new music this week!! And im excited to see your video on that as well as all the rest of the clancy album

Thank you for spending so much time to release these so detailed and informative videos! I always look forward to your content and I love to compare your theories and thoughts to mine! Keep it up!!❤

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Next semester reminds me of my crippling social anxiety, I know that’s not what it’s about but I’ve had rlly bad anxiety and then an adult mid forties took a jab at me not talking much and I’ve kinda been a shit show since 😅

Dema you never tire of impressing me with these analyses. Another excellent video!

I love this video! Your interpretations of the songs & MVs are always so good. I fear for you on May 17th, though, when all the videos drop, lmao. I think what's great about Next Semester is that it's just as understandable at face value as it is after a deep-dive. With the knowledge from Tyler that it's about a panic attack, the cyclical structure of the song feels, to me, like someone reliving a traumatic moment (i.e. a panic attack) over and over, trying to find a way to make this major weakness into a strength or maybe to overcome it was a way to PROVE your strength. "Hey kid, get out of the road!" feels like the moment Tyler was snapped out of that moment, and so it's where the memory ends. Next Semester in general also just FEELS like a panic attack. You feel it start to come on, and then it explodes and you're freaking out, everything is chaos, and maybe you're dying??? But you get a few moments of clarity before it starts to die down and then you're just exhausted, numb, and maybe crying just a little (a lot). It's a seriously relatable song to me with all the interpretations in mind, but the cycle of mental health & suicide theory definitely hits the hardest being someone who regularly struggles with suicidal ideation. Again, fantastic video. Wishing you luck for May 17th! Don't be afraid to reach out if you need help with those videos lol, this community would totally back you up.

I felt a wave of emotions after listening to next semester, I was like “goddamn this is explaining what I’m feeling right now”

I have always loved them. They understand me so well.

Another thing supporting the panic attack is how Josh, Tyler, and the audience continue to get way sweatier and out of breath

Another point to cars representing mental illness could be the bishop driving the car in one of the music videos (I forgot which one) and also car radio

such a great analysis, loved the parts where u discussed the literary and poetic devices in the lyrics!!

Who needs ela when I have all these definitions and big boy words in theory videos for my favorite band?

this is a great analysis, nice job 👏🏻 now I’m really curious what’s the next single gonna be. also all of the MVs dropping on the day of the album release is fascinating. can’t wait to see how it goes.

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you, young lady, are a very smart person. i respect you and you got a new sub here :D thank you for clearing it out for me, why this song hit me so hard while my friends didn't understand me cuz I couldn't explain my feelings. you described everything i went through while listening to it, i couldn't find my words, but you found them ! much love

Sorry I'm a little late, but I'm here watching this amazing video right now, and you never disappoint ❤

LETS GOO NEW VIDEO!!!

If this all ends in the car I'm going to riot

8.5/10 for me. Lyrics were never my strong suit and especially when it’s about topics such as Death. I’m only familiar with any words that go along with the words listed: bishop, dema, vialism, trash the dragon, Nico, Josh Dun, not done, the air begins to feel a little thin, etc., etc.

Interesting how he literally “bows out” of the video, with the secondary meaning of “bowing out” (of life? of the cycle?). Another thought I’ve had is that “can’t change what you’ve done” could mean that Tyler is telling himself and anyone listening that if one dies by s******, you will not be able to undo it, and that “next semester” would be in the next life, whether the afterlife or reincarnated. Stay alive. ❤

Nice

Great analysis!!! Well done!!!

I have a new theory based on your overcompensate analysis, which I find very credible. I kept asking myself in what way this whole danger of overcompensating thing would relate to Tyler's psyche irl. Because after all the whole dema lore represents Tyler's psyche. So why would it be dangerous to stand confidently against mental illness? I personally think, next semester gives a hint regarding this problem. The line: "can't change what you've done ". Maybe it implies that the real goal is to accept dema, accept your past, stop denying what you've done. Accepting this part and living on while healing it instead of splitting your own psyche in good and bad. In many songs Tyler's talks about him denying himself and what he's done... so I think accepting the past could be a way of breaking the circle. Idk if that makes any sense and sorry if my english isn't good lol. Thanks for your video's dema❤

this is an amazing analysis 🤌🏻💋 chefs fuckin kiss

Another amazing analysis 😳

I'm with you, next semester 10/10 stay alive |-/

Dema I’m totally not on Reddit looking for a guy that looks like Tyler I’m totally fine 🥲 I LOVE THIS VIDEO OMGGGG. I imagine if the car had a face it would be looking confused as Tyler is playing his uke calmly

John New Zealand approved video

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I love this song so much. This was a super cool analysis! I wish I could do that…

You can't just start the video with Trapdoor. You're going to make me cry 😭

14:05 In support of your theory, notice how the car is driving on the yellow, in the middle of the road. It's never given any mind through the video, but cars aren't supposed to do that. I think Tyler VS the car has a deeper meaning. Also, I can see some religious symbolism in this song.

thank u fren

So is there really something that happened with a car in Tyler’s past? A Car a torch a death, taxi cab, fake you out, car radio, lane boy, ride, heavy dirty soul, every trench music video, the outside, overcompensate, and now next semester all have a vehicle or road reference. Imagine that guy didn’t swerve no top music 😭

I'm just glad I watched this video 🥹

5 minute gang

Yeeee

Having an English literature a level really comes in handy when analysing there lyrics 😭

FINALLY OUT

I wonder who the person is that said “Get out of the road”

This was deep wow. But a good video

I love how even though tøp songs are very dark they all have hopeful undertone hehe migraine (I’m having a lot of fun)

Trapdoor!!!!!❤❤❤

What editing software do you use?😊

Correct me if I’m wrong but shouldn’t there be ten bishops? Why is it called Nico and the Niners, not Nico and the Eight?

Still doesn’t explain what happened at his Kitchen Sink 😭😭😭😭😭

Stay alive, friend

Been listening to ‘em since 2015 lol almost ten years time flys😢

I already loved the song but after this I got a few chills listening and love it more now

this is the best analysis i have watched by far, i was so blown away like every 5 minutes, its so crazy how many different types of language Tyler uses to tell us stuff and really showcase the big meaning of the song. like the sibilant sound and the more structural techniques when writing songs. it amazing that your able to showcase that with details and examples in the songs, as well as linking it to other songs they have created and the rest of the clancy album. then your able to use that info to make educated guesses on next lore and the rest of the album saying that its going to be about the cycle and how he breaks it. your actually amazing at this and i love your work. i would have never gotten this deep into the story/lore in my life so thankyou for blowing up my mind. @Good_Day_Dema @Good_Day_dema 💛❤💛❤💛❤💛❤