Heavydirtysoul
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Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Blurryface | ||||||||
Released | December 9, 2016 | |||||||
Format | Digital | |||||||
Length | 3:55 | |||||||
Time signature | 4/4 | |||||||
Tempo | 130 | |||||||
Key | G | |||||||
Composer | Twenty One Pilots | |||||||
Lyricist | Tyler Joseph | |||||||
Writer | Tyler Joseph | |||||||
Producer | Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun, Ricky Reed | |||||||
Label | Fueled by Ramen | |||||||
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Heavydirtysoul is the 1st track on the album, Blurryface as well as the 2nd song on the collaborative EP, TOPxMM
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.
The song was featured on the Madden NFL 16 and the WWE2K16 soundtracks.
The verses of this song are taken directly from Joseph’s “Street Poetry”.[1]
Versions
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Title | Releas | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Heavydirtysoul | Blurryface | 3:55 | 2014-2015 | 17 May 2015 | |
Heavydirtysoul Remix Ft. MUTEMATH | TOPxMM | 3:48 | Nov-Dec 2016 | 18 Dec 2016 | Heavydirtysoul, along with other songs from the Blurryface Era were re-recorded for the TOPxMM EP |
Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szE3DTbtqw8
Lyrics
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Lyrics meaning
Lyrics |
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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.
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. “Heavydirtysoul” reveals how Tyler thinks how he “didn’t lose his mind but he has a crazy mind to clean.” 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. In a 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.[1] |
all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website |