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== Background ==
== Background ==
“''Heavydirtysoul''” opens with a genre-bending flurry of raps and industrial beats. It sets the tone for the rest of the album as an exploration of the ''Blurryface'' character created by singer [[Tyler Joseph|''Tyler Joseph'']].
The lyrics of “''Stressed Out''” are told in the first person, with the story being told by both the character Blurryface (a representation of Tyler’s insecurities) and an anxious Tyler feeling intense childhood nostalgia. The song is primarily about a wish to regain the innocence and carefree nature of childhood, before insecurities (i.e. Blurryface) existed.


The song was featured on the ''Madden NFL 16'' and the ''WWE2K16'' soundtracks.
It was released on April 27, 2015 as the third single from their second studio album, ''Blurryface''. In February 2016, it managed to reach number two on the Hot 100, becoming their first single to reach that height.


The verses of this song are taken directly from Joseph’s “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6R5KQ8b4lQ&t=1s Street Poetry]”.<ref name=":0">https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-heavydirtysoul-lyrics</ref>
The music video features [[Josh Dun]] and [[Tyler Joseph]] riding big-wheels and hanging out in their childhood bedrooms, suggesting a state of crippling nostalgia and perhaps even arrested development.
 
On April 30, 2021 ''Stressed Out'' was certified Diamond by the RIAA, their first Diamond certification<ref>https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-stressed-out-lyrics</ref>


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|In a nutshell, “Heavydirtysoul” addresses how, although Tyler seems strong, he’s emotional and has depressing thoughts in his mind that he wishes weren’t there and how he wants to be saved.
|''Rike'', who did the design of the Blurryface album, said this about the Blurryface concept based on his conversations with Tyler:<blockquote>Blurryface isn’t that black and white. There are more layers to him than described. He can either be represented as sad, angry, evil, or deceptive. He has a tendency to draw you in, but only to pull you down. ''Tyler mentioned a vision of his mutilated face, and all of the dread associated with the elusive enemy. There is something vague about him, and something that cannot be completely described.'' No matter what your interpretation of Blurryface is, it’s safe to say that he remains something that we try to hide, and not show to the outside world.</blockquote>
When Tyler sang this song live, he didn’t get the type of positive reaction that he was hoping for. Because of this, he felt like he let his fans down and needed to rework the song for the band’s live performances. So, in a successful attempt to fix this, he changed the first verse to this:<blockquote>I wish I wrote a different song no one’s ever heard
 
I wish my mom would just admit she’s sick of every word


Music is Tyler’s way to deal with his problems, and throughout the 2015 album ''Blurryface'' he tells us he might not be alive if he didn’t do so.
Overplayed, overstayed, it was a smash hit


“''Heavydirtysoul''” reveals how Tyler thinks how he “didn’t lose his mind but he has a crazy mind to clean.”
Funny how overplayed songs sound like crap


A bigger purpose of the song is how people look up to him. The entire song compares himself to a gangster, or looked up figure in some people’s lives, whether it has a good or bad correlation. Usually, people think of role models as strong people, but the song is about Tyler and how people look up to him, but he’s not a hero. He’s a person who has feelings and expresses them.
I was told our true fans don’t like this song


In a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzd5UcEgR_o 2019 interview], ''Andrew Donoho'', the music video director, explained that the car falling apart symbolized the self-destructive nature of the ideas expressed in “''Heavydirtysoul''” and that similar to the car exploding after Tyler jumps out people need to put off such a mentality before they self-destruct completely. The wordings, like “heavy” and “dirty,” of the song and its title inspired the use of a car for the director.<ref name=":0" />
But I hope they sing along, I hope they sing along<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXMuC7o2fY</ref> <ref>https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-stressed-out-lyrics</ref> </blockquote>
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| style="text-align:center;" |all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the [https://genius.com/artists/Twenty-one-pilots Genius] website
| style="text-align:center;" |all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the [https://genius.com/artists/Twenty-one-pilots Genius] website
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