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Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Clancy’: All 13 Songs Ranked
Twenty One Pilots released their seventh studio album, 'Clancy,' here are all 13 songs ranked.
The Columbus, Ohio duo of singer/guitarist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun are fans of expansive world-building who’ve cooked up an alternate universe filled with evil empires, oppressed subjects and mysterious forces across a series of albums featuring more hidden clues than Taylor Swift’s Easter basket. As the beat picks up on this six-minute journey (which ends with more birds and a hidden uke-strummed coda seemingly wrapping up the Clancy saga), the lyrics come into focus as they reveal a tale deeper than a literal death-defying swim to safety and security. The album’s bull-rush first single initially bops along on Dun’s crisp drumming before down-shifting into a less hectic pace, as Joseph rhymes/toasts lines larded with Clancy mythology references to the “bend symbol,” the “prodigal son” and bowing “to the masses.” It’s of a piece with the kind of shout-along crowd-pleasers that inevitably become an integral part of the all-are-welcome, high-energy 21P live experience.
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