Twenty One Pilots: Being Real Is Key To Keeping Fans' Trust

Interview from 2015 finds the Twenty One Pilots bandmates struck by the success of their ‘Blurryface’ album and determined to keep faith with the legions of fans that just discovered them.

At Lollapalooza 2015, Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots spoke with the Chicago Chapter about the creation of their album Blurryface, released earlier that year. Subsequent to the interview, the album's single "Stressed Out" won them the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance GRAMMY at the 59th GRAMMY Awards. "When we did hear that the album was No. 1, neither of us knew what that meant at all," said Dun. "Our visions and dreams just had to do with us just kind of playing music, sort of ignorant to all the numbers, charts, and things like that." Both are awestruck by the army of fans that now awaits whatever they do next, but remaining real is their strategy for keeping that trust. "These songs are me," said Joseph. "These songs are exactly what I've wanted to say and the way that I've wanted to say them."

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