The song’s about their music and how it’s like chlorine. Chlorine, in small doses, cleans water and can even be healthy for you. Chlorine can be essential for survival in certain situation because it’s so good at cleaning water; however, the chemical is also poisonous and can kill you if you ingest too much. He is saying that his music is the same way to him. He needs it to survive (it’s a moneymaker, but also saves him psychologically and emotionally), but it can overtake him and kill him. “This beat is a chemical”. Without it, he would die. But too much of it can also kill and destroy him.
@@fayy6821 The creature is ned, it represent Tyler's creativity. The way he came and go and don't jump until he feel like he is satisfied of the pool, represent the way Tyler will not stop a song until he is satisfied enough of what he did.
Fayy the grey guy is name Ned. Tyler said in an interview that Ned is the one who sees if his music/creativity is good or bad. Which is why in the vid Ned kept refusing to go in because their wasn’t enough creativity until the pool was fully filled with chlorine.
Redd Ripper no it actually doesn’t represent creativity. Ned is a representation of the fans and people who consume his music. (Ned- Cute, but also can grow to be aggressive, noting how it grew horns.)
He is a great song writer with his lyrics and his voice is hella unique and clean, but i feel like his flaw as a writer (may not just come down to him) but i feel like 21pilot's whole sound is becoming overused, id like to see some new sounds from them, more experimentation
SHADOW COCK you gotta give them credit in that they’ve changed their style with every album Like with their self titled album it was slower and more orchestral Then vessel was electronic and more techno inspired Blurryface used so many different types of music as inspiration And then you know songs off trench So all in all they have experimented with their music
He's a great writer and he's great at coming up with good sounding shit and Josh is a great drummer. Their electronic stuff I can't really mention because I dont play that sort of stuff. But their bass and guitar playing is mediocre at best, technicality wise.
The little creature is named Ned and can represent a lot of different things. One of the most popular things is that Ned is a symbol for creativity and that we need to take care of it :D
No it’s actually the fans. Ned is us. Sorry but it’s the fans that Tyler feels pressure to keep happy. When he made “Blurryface”, fans were constantly criticizing it and saying it wasn’t good as “Vessel”. So he got us more music/chlorine (Heathens/Remixes) and that still wasn’t making us happy. So he left and gave us a ton of music/chlorine (Trench) and finally we were happy. It ends with him being exhausted and us sitting there expectantly and not really interested with the little music projects he gives us (Mexico City Remix/Berlin remix).
Tyler's talking about his love/hate relationship with writing. It started as (and still is) a coping mechanism for him. Now it's not just for him, it's for us too, so now it's become his job (Now you double as a paper-maker). Writing helps him to express, but writer's block and not being able to find the perfect words to do so makes him insecure. Chlorine is a cleanser, but also highly toxic (you in my life is like sipping on straight chlorine). Now Ned (the creature in the video) was introduce here not only to represent creativity (as it's been explained in other comments) but also to express their goofiness. They're super funny guys, but that doesn't really show up in their music because it's all mostly serious. They wanted to make it less serious here by having him show up. Actually, Ned is such an important part now that he has his own merch, even a funko pop. Cool thing about Ned's merch is that it is just him, there's no sign at all that it is related to twenty one pilots at all, so only us understand. It's made just for fans.
@@cyndimartin8051 You were supposed to text his Bayou and they were supposed to let us know. So far, I never got anything so I don't know if it came out or not.
Ned (the teletubby thing lmao) represents this idea of creativity and trying to take care of it and trying to please it. So they start filling up the pool, but ned is not satisfied until it is completely filled with chlorine (until it's perfect).
When the pool is fully filled with chlorine, meaning that Tyler's mind is now full of good things, Ned arrives, feels comfortable to approach and jumps into the pool; once inside it, he evolves (his horns grow), because keeping a positive mind develops positive emotions, feelings and sensations.
I've seen a few interpretations. The one I like best: The creature, Ned, represents Tyler's struggle with creating music. Feeding his creativity takes a toll on him mentally and isolates him. It poisons his mind by putting him into dark places that feeds his creative expression, but he does it because he loves creating music and connecting with his fans. The adverse effects on himself also put more pressure on Josh, his wife, and his family. The last few lines are him apologizing to those close to him and to God as the process also pushes him further from his faith and what he believes is most important. At the end, we see Ned look at Tyler and the empty pool - never satisfied.
I remember when I first heard this song. Fell in love on the first listen. I remember waking up early to listen to it while I did my homework. It’s still my favorite song by them
The Trench Trilogy: Where it at began (it’s a LOT of information so be prepared lol) It begins with the video Heavydirtysoul, which is the prequel to this trilogy. Tyler is stuck in his own dream that loops on forever and ever until he finally wakes up. In the video, Blurryface/Nico (same person, Blurryface is his fake name) is driving the car and is trying to run over Josh but fails and I’ll get into specifics later on. After he fails, he disappears and the car gets destroyed and the whole thing just repeats itself. Episode 1: Jumpsuit In the beginning of the video Tyler says along the lines of “time to wake up”. People in the clique (that I’ve seen) have made a theory that Tyler is talking to himself in order to wake up and head to Trench. Near the end of the video the people throwing down the petals are the Banditos, the good guys in this story. It was a distraction call for Tyler to haul ass into cover and get away from Nico but unfortunately he fails and gets captured by Nico and they go back to Dema. At the end of the video it basically starts at the end of Heavydirtysoul, Tyler finds his Jumpsuit and walks along the yellow lines. Yellow is a VERY important color in this story and I’ll explain a lot in the next section Backstory on Dema: Dema is basically a city that the Bishops control. They control everything and everyone by showing the townsfolk their insecurities making them feel depressed and worthless in a way. Fun fact: the Bishops can’t see the color yellow, yellow represents hope in this story and that’s why the Banditos wear the tape, to show that there is hope and there is a way to defeat your demons Episode 2: Nico and the Niners Basically like y’all said it was a rescue mission. If you noticed in the beginning Tyler has at least 5-7 yellow flowers in a drawer basically counting how many times he has escaped and failed. At the end he leaves his Jumpsuit as a message in Dema by saying it’s possible to escape, stop trying to be controlled by the Bishops. As Tyler and the Banditos are leaving Dema they head underground to their camp which leads us to Levitate The Final Episode: Levitate It’s pretty short and simple, they get Tyler back from Dema and celebrate. At the end Tyler gets captured YET AGAIN but if you noticed the two Bandtios watching Tyler get captured, one is scared out of his mind while the other just has a stone cold face and doesn’t bother to help. When the video was released there was a theory that that Bandito is a snake, helping the Bishops so Tyler can feel like he’s living in hell. Also when Tyler is getting dragged, you can tell from his face that he isn’t even phased by the fact that he’s going back to Dema, he’s been through it a lot and doesn’t seem to care. That’s basically the whole thing explained, I’m pretty sure if I’m wrong about something someone will correct me but yea there’s A LOT of backstory for this album and a lot more other stuff including Tyler's black neck and some more references and information about the videos and lyrics which have a lot of meaning.
The monster is Tylers creativity/perfectionism, the pool is his art, the whole time hes taki9ng a dry pool (with Joshs help) that represents a new project and filling it to appease his creativity, once its full he starts cleaning it to get the pool/song as clean as possible to appease the monster/creativity. Eventually its good enough, he enjoys it, then its just him and his mind alone again. At least that was my interpretation
Theory: Ned is the name of the white creature. What if Ned represents Tyler’s mental health because any mental health issue is a chemical imbalance in your brain. And what is chlorine? A chemical. What if this video is Tyler trying to be happy again? This could be why Ned is mostly white because white signifies purity but his mental health issue is still there hence Ned’s black eyes. Tyler feels like he’s finally getting there with help from josh/ he’s relying on him which is why josh does most of the work because that’s how Tyler sees him. When there is enough chemicals in the pool (Tyler’s brain) Ned jumps in which could signify his mental health being positive as both Tyler and Ned seems happy and relaxed. In the water Ned grows horns which means that the chemicals being balanced in Tyler’s brain causes Ned to become more powerful as Tyler has become happier. When the pool empties it could mean that Tyler’s mental health has become worse which is why it’s so dark in there and then Ned comes to show Tyler that there still hope for him. The black legs you see in front of the camera could be josh as Tyler could believe that josh has given up on him/ Tyler feels numb around everyone so they’re just black silhouettes. The cup given to Tyler by Josh could be medication for his mental health issue and he looks at Ned to see his opinion on taking medication but Ned doesn’t approve of it. Which is why the video ends with Tyler looking down at the cup. I believe that Ned thinks that Tyler can get through it by himself if he just believes enough.
When it comes to Twenty One Pilots, the whole album is a story. This particular one was like no other. It could takes days to explain it all.Those of us longing for music during their year hiatus that were paying very close attention were caught up in a secret webpage they released with hints of all kinds that the songs are about and alluding to. I have been a massive fan for a long while and I still have to listen, read repeatedly, watch videos etc. There is a guy on TH-cam called the Pop Song Professor - He is a big fan and literally disects every song and what he believes it means in a far more succinct way than I ever could - I highly recommend watching him for songs you have trouble putting together - in some cases you will hear things that make no sense to anymore but those involved in trying to decipher the clues they gave us over the break or the people who got filled in later - it is like nothing Ive ever seen a band do but it is their way of truly connecting with us as fans, giving us a challenge to emjoy together and it just serves to strengthen the bond between the fans as well as between us and Tyler and Josh. They are massively talented, so incredibly smart, their songs are always about something real, not like so many songs these days that are just about themselves, love(though they have a couple that Tyler wrote for his wife that are wonderful), money, fame etc... They touch lives on a real level and have droves of teens who credit them with making them realize suicide isnt the answer and that there is hope and a reason to stick around. I have 10 years on them but I admire them in a way that is so far beyond their music. They are literally changing the world, putting on shows for thousands and thousands of people with just 2 people while experts in music, other bands, show runners are constantly telling them that they put on 1 of the best shows they have ever seen. So proud to be a fan of these two amazing guys!!
Ned is a symbol of their fans, the chlorine signifies the music they both put out, at the end when he tries to hand the cup of chlorine to Ned, Ned doesn't want it because its only a little cup and not a lot. It's about how the fans aren't happy with just a little piece of music and they want the pilots to give them more before their happy. Hence when ned first came out and seen the pool half empty, he ran away because it wasn't enough, the boys then had to give more in order for him to be satisfied. I might have gotten some of this wrong but I heard it from a tweet.
Need to react to Goner it’s the outro to Blurryface, Jumpsuit off of Trench, or Legend off of Trench it’s the song Tyler wrote to his grandfather but never got to show him because he passed away before they were finished with the mixing.
ROFL.. my dude.. loved that look at the first sight of Ned! The song is so rich you'll have to listen to it again in Ned's absence to truly appreciate its quality. Especially the end part where Tyler is standing alone, it's so beautiful!
Speaking straight from the clique - We love u Layed, keep doing what you do and keep reacting to Twenty One Pilots. Tyler's wife is about to have a baby💙
Watching you react to some of my favourite songs, it’s almost like you’re giving me the opportunity to experience them for the first time all over again. It’s such a cool thing, thank you.🧡
I think the song is about creativity and what it means to him. His creative process. How it hurts and heals him. Chlorine is a poison, but it's functional use is that of a cleaner. So when he writes it hurts to deal with all his emotions, pain, and dark thoughts. But ultimately, in spite of that pain he is clean after. Having dealt with his feelings.
21 pilots has been a very positive experience for me and taught me quickly that "it's not all been done before" and like a breath of fresh air I have found a band that I actually want to see in person and I WILL!
What i love about this guy is that he is very abviously a hip hop artist and is surrounded with that culture, but will straight vibe with literally anything and always have something good to say. Appreciate you man😁
Twenty-one pilots write stuff with depth and meaning and use esoteric metaphors. And they have story arcs through their music. So it'd be rare or impossible for a person to understand some of their songs on first listen. Even with many listens it can be difficult or impossible if you don't know a lot of their other stuff. But this is a good thing. They write about the deep stuff of life and that stuff can be complex - for some more than others. By not dumbing things down their music connects with people who relate to their take on life. And as fans we feel a lot of investment and engagement with them. And we find that the more we delve into it the more rewarding it is.
Nathan Hunter yes. I am 99.9% sure on that too. (It’s cute and lovable but also agressive, noted by the growing horns, and extremely critical of what Tyler gives us.) A lot of this song is based on the backlash they got from fans when they released Blurryface. A lot of fans weren’t happy with it and said it was too commercial and not as good as Vessel. Notice the line “I’m so sorry I forgot you. Let me catch you up got speed. I’ve been tested like the ends of a weathered flag that’s by the sea.” Yeah that’s talking about his abrupt hiatus and why he had to do it. He was exhausted from touring and from being beaten down by fans who weren’t happy with the album.
@@karapankratz If I could create music the way he does, only then would I feel like I have a say in whether it's good or not. Their music is pretty much all I listen too. Each song has so much packed into it that it requires playback.
Love the intro! I'm always saying it with you! You already know what it is. It's your boy layedBak, with another reaction, another review another episode. Ayyyyyy TwentyOnePilots you up to bat, BAHH!
this is the best interpretation I read from another comment on there music video page: "Essentially Tyler is having to feed his creativity, which has taken the form of this creature called ned. His creativity relies on a large quantity of negative emotions. it cleanses and helps the creature survive but hurts tyler. The creature grows while he decays, it grows it's horns completely. In the end after emptying an entire pool the creature is hungry for more, it's an endless cycle to create music for tyler. throughout the music video tyler is clearly deep in the creative process since he’s wearing headphones and closed off from everyone and putting a huge workload on his friend josh to help handle his emotional weight."
The songs about how his depression is hurting him, of course, but also is what has allowed him to make music and become successful. “Lead is terrible in flavor” like having the suicidal thoughts, “but it doubles as a paper maker” in that he has used these suicidal thoughts to put out music
Love to hate the fight of the difficulties in life and in writing music. “Different lives I lead. My body lives on lead. (The last two lines may read incorrect until said)
The lil' dude's name is Ned. Ned represents Tyler's (the singer) creativity as a physical embodiment, and the video illustrates how Tyler has a love/hate relationship with his own creativity. Ned is a living metaphor for the proverbial “blank page” that stares up at every artist. Chlorine is the harsh taxing substance Ned feeds upon because chlorine can either purify or it can kill, depending on how you use it. This is the battle that Tyler is in with Ned, and you can clearly see that Ned is demanding, as Tyler and Josh have to keep going out and getting continually larger and larger amounts of chlorine to satisfy Ned to come out of his elusive hiding place in the corner of the yard. Once they have enough chlorine (having finally gotten a huge industrial tank of it that they had to totes struggle to roll up the hill), Ned comes out and jumps into the pool of chlorine. This represents Tyler's process of finally getting down to actually writing a song. You see Ned swimming in the pool and his antlers growing and becoming more dangerous and piercing. Then you cut to Tyler at the end of the pool, spent and exhausted from wrestling and fighting with Ned as you see Josh (his wet legs) walk across screen. Then Josh hands down to Tyler a cup of fresh water to replenish himself with. Tyler then offers some to Ned, too, as Tyler loves Ned (as Ned is a part of him), but water is not Ned's drink of choice so Ned declines the water, but remains hanging with Tyler as Tyler recovers, Ned's piercing antlers now having gone back down to cute lil' nubs again. Ned is checking on Tyler, as Tyler is also a part of him and Ned loves Tyler as well. It's a beautiful metaphor for creativity. A fellow VFX artist friend of mine built, painted, and animated Ned, BTW.
Here's a weird look at Ned (the "evil teletubbie"). As many people in the comments suggest, he represents Tyler's (the singer) creativity. Now notice how it steps out from behind a car door. Also note, that its a front driver's side door complete with sideview mirror. Lastly, note that Ned steps from the side that shouldn't open(the hinge). Payoff. It could tie into the white car seen in other videos. And that Ned represents the engine of that car. And that after blowing up, they had to take a bit to restore the engine to continue.
The “teletubby” is Ned. Ned is also called Nico. Nico is mentioned later on in the Trench videos. Ned is Tyler’s anxiety, depression, and music. He evolves in this video because is a human later on. In Jumpsuit and Nico and the Niners, he is the ‘enemy’. More people know more than this, this is just a snipbit of info. Thanks for reading if you do
Yessss you finally did it! I'm loving these 😁 just do every Twenty One Pilots song. Jk but you should do Fall Away or the "Ride" version featuring Mutemath!!
I don’t know much about Ned, the teletubby dude, but I’ve heard some things that I agree with. The thought I have heard is that Ned is like their record label. When they start out it’s just them doing their thing, and the water is murky and it’s not a lot, but it’s theirs. I also assume Tyler’s drinking water out of the cup in the beginning. Ned, the record label, doesn’t want what they’re making. So they buy chlorine, which is poisonous to them, but they do it to satisfy the label. It isn’t enough, so they buy a huge tank. When all the water is pretty much taken away or at least completely cleaned out from the massive amount of chlorine, that’s when Ned jumps in, that’s when the label is satisfied. When all their original stuff is gone, and all that is left is something that poisons them, something they don’t want. But they have to satisfy their label. At the end the chlorine is gone, the pool is empty. And I assume Tyler’s once again drinking the water, what he needs and wants. He offers Ned a sip, but Ned (the label) doesn’t want it, because it’s not clean, it’s not chemical, it’s not like a machine made, commercial, nonhuman product. I think you can see this when he talks about his rebel red growing, which could mean his fanbase and money, while he decays. He also says his body lives on lead, also poisonous. This could mean pencil lead, writing songs. He says it’s terrible in flavor, but it doubles as a paper maker. It’s his money, his job. He doesn’t like the writing, but he has to continue. Now, this could be a retelling of something old, or something current. Maybe it’s an explanation of the hiatus. Maybe it’s all wrong, I’ve seen people saying Ned is his creativity, which I know nothing about. This is just what I’ve heard and what makes sense to me. Love the content, btw (especially tøp). Keep it up
Not sure if you’ve figured it out since this was played in 2020 but their albums tell a story with each video I was blown away when I first started listening to them and now I can’t stop. Their beats, songs and his vocals are fire. Definitely #1 across the world. I like watching these reaction videos
Believe me ned is a mystery to us too. Ned is Tyler's creativity, it needs to be perfect for him to like it. Also chlorine can be healthy in small amounts but too much can kill you /harm you
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Isle of Flightless Birds
LayedBakDFR Kitchen Sink if you haven’t already
Jumpsuit
Cut my lip!!
The song’s about their music and how it’s like chlorine. Chlorine, in small doses, cleans water and can even be healthy for you. Chlorine can be essential for survival in certain situation because it’s so good at cleaning water; however, the chemical is also poisonous and can kill you if you ingest too much.
He is saying that his music is the same way to him. He needs it to survive (it’s a moneymaker, but also saves him psychologically and emotionally), but it can overtake him and kill him.
“This beat is a chemical”. Without it, he would die. But too much of it can also kill and destroy him.
Colin Blumer so what’s with the little grey guy? I love this song but never really understood the video
@@fayy6821 Ned(name of the little guy) is like his(Tyler's) inspiration
@@fayy6821 The creature is ned, it represent Tyler's creativity. The way he came and go and don't jump until he feel like he is satisfied of the pool, represent the way Tyler will not stop a song until he is satisfied enough of what he did.
Fayy the grey guy is name Ned. Tyler said in an interview that Ned is the one who sees if his music/creativity is good or bad. Which is why in the vid Ned kept refusing to go in because their wasn’t enough creativity until the pool was fully filled with chlorine.
How would too much of doing music kill and destroy him?
NED the alien thing represents the lead singer’s creativity and how he can’t do something without it being perfect or clean in this instance
Redd Ripper no it actually doesn’t represent creativity. Ned is a representation of the fans and people who consume his music. (Ned- Cute, but also can grow to be aggressive, noting how it grew horns.)
Ned is cute
Awesome!!
Neuro-Expansion Device
karapankratz “Ned represents this idea of creativity and trying to take care of it and trying to please it... or appease it.”
Tyler is mad gifted. His song writing, that voice
Calling him gifted is insulting his talent imo.
He is a great song writer with his lyrics and his voice is hella unique and clean, but i feel like his flaw as a writer (may not just come down to him) but i feel like 21pilot's whole sound is becoming overused, id like to see some new sounds from them, more experimentation
SHADOW COCK you gotta give them credit in that they’ve changed their style with every album
Like with their self titled album it was slower and more orchestral
Then vessel was electronic and more techno inspired
Blurryface used so many different types of music as inspiration
And then you know songs off trench
So all in all they have experimented with their music
He's a great writer and he's great at coming up with good sounding shit and Josh is a great drummer. Their electronic stuff I can't really mention because I dont play that sort of stuff. But their bass and guitar playing is mediocre at best, technicality wise.
@@hrithiksingh8829 how
you know the music is good when he looks like he be smellin somethin bad
That threw me off the first time i watched him
Right he looked like he smelt somethin dirty and I was ctfu 💀
@@jameschrest563 same 😂😂
there’s a term for that and it’s called the Stank face
Loool funny shit
LayedBak : *Straight up vibing*
LayedBak : *sees Ned*
LayedBak: *Conusionnnn*
Grace Talbot 😂
@SA COBALT the little monster dude
@@gracetalbot correction* "little teletuby sh*t"
@Yoda _ *confusion i spelt it wrong sorry!
@@gracetalbot just edit your comment then lmao
The little creature is named Ned and can represent a lot of different things. One of the most popular things is that Ned is a symbol for creativity and that we need to take care of it :D
He's baby
No it’s actually the fans. Ned is us. Sorry but it’s the fans that Tyler feels pressure to keep happy. When he made “Blurryface”, fans were constantly criticizing it and saying it wasn’t good as “Vessel”. So he got us more music/chlorine (Heathens/Remixes) and that still wasn’t making us happy. So he left and gave us a ton of music/chlorine (Trench) and finally we were happy. It ends with him being exhausted and us sitting there expectantly and not really interested with the little music projects he gives us (Mexico City Remix/Berlin remix).
@@karapankratz okay, I just read that it was never spoken about what Ned truly meant. I just found out that there was many different meanings
@@karapankratz god so fucking toxic, there is no clear given definition, just let people interpret it in whatever way makes them happiest
Tyler's talking about his love/hate relationship with writing. It started as (and still is) a coping mechanism for him. Now it's not just for him, it's for us too, so now it's become his job (Now you double as a paper-maker). Writing helps him to express, but writer's block and not being able to find the perfect words to do so makes him insecure. Chlorine is a cleanser, but also highly toxic (you in my life is like sipping on straight chlorine). Now Ned (the creature in the video) was introduce here not only to represent creativity (as it's been explained in other comments) but also to express their goofiness. They're super funny guys, but that doesn't really show up in their music because it's all mostly serious. They wanted to make it less serious here by having him show up. Actually, Ned is such an important part now that he has his own merch, even a funko pop. Cool thing about Ned's merch is that it is just him, there's no sign at all that it is related to twenty one pilots at all, so only us understand. It's made just for fans.
Great explanation. Good job, fren.
I love this explanation...and now I need to find the funko pop Ned ;)
@@cyndimartin8051 You were supposed to text his Bayou and they were supposed to let us know. So far, I never got anything so I don't know if it came out or not.
LayedBak: **Confused by Ned, the teletubbie thing.**
Me: **Laughs in Dema**
I feel like so little people get the real story and just listen to Stressed Out and Ride.
*laughs in bandito council*
I'mma leave this comment on 69 like
@@et_foreverv1260 ...
Nice.
Me
Ned (the teletubby thing lmao) represents this idea of creativity and trying to take care of it and trying to please it.
So they start filling up the pool, but ned is not satisfied until it is completely filled with chlorine (until it's perfect).
Never
Ending
Depression
Holy. Shit. That. Is. Deep.
Do tear in my heart ,it s so beautiful.He wrote it for his wife.
Алексей Сальнов and smithereens :)
@@a.xdri0440 yea its cool to
No the fuck he didnt?
When the pool is fully filled with chlorine, meaning that Tyler's mind is now full of good things, Ned arrives, feels comfortable to approach and jumps into the pool; once inside it, he evolves (his horns grow), because keeping a positive mind develops positive emotions, feelings and sensations.
Damn that's cool how do u know that
Google!😂 plus there's like a whole world and characters inside their albums so I try to keep up as much as I can with their stories
just wait till he founds out about the whole Dema conspiracy
Wait the what? I’m very new to 21 pilots
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I'm intrigued
Špela Orel oh god. It’s just... it’s so much shit to explain.
I need a explanation seriously.
Clique where u at??
Can u pls react to live lounge or some of there songs live
Like so he can see
Yes! Live lounge or TOPXMM (Mutemath sessions)
Yeah TOPxMM is so good!!
th-cam.com/video/laLjSp3XC7A/w-d-xo.html a few of us linked the storyteller performance in the pinned comment
2:30 *confused head bopping*
Lmao yes
Yes my favourite trash or pass series!
Quick detail about this song:
The atomic number for Chlorine is 17 (periodic table)...In this song Tyler starts singing at second number 17 :')
Is it a coincidence or a fucking big iq idea
@@ddeityy big fucking iq idea my man
exploding brain
🤯
WOW🤯
Literally any song: starts
Laydbak: "they're gonna flip this! I can tell."
He's not wrong. They always do.
I've seen a few interpretations. The one I like best: The creature, Ned, represents Tyler's struggle with creating music. Feeding his creativity takes a toll on him mentally and isolates him. It poisons his mind by putting him into dark places that feeds his creative expression, but he does it because he loves creating music and connecting with his fans. The adverse effects on himself also put more pressure on Josh, his wife, and his family. The last few lines are him apologizing to those close to him and to God as the process also pushes him further from his faith and what he believes is most important. At the end, we see Ned look at Tyler and the empty pool - never satisfied.
FINALLY
another Twenty one pilots reaction
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I remember when I first heard this song. Fell in love on the first listen. I remember waking up early to listen to it while I did my homework. It’s still my favorite song by them
The Trench Trilogy: Where it at began (it’s a LOT of information so be prepared lol)
It begins with the video Heavydirtysoul, which is the prequel to this trilogy. Tyler is stuck in his own dream that loops on forever and ever until he finally wakes up. In the video, Blurryface/Nico (same person, Blurryface is his fake name) is driving the car and is trying to run over Josh but fails and I’ll get into specifics later on. After he fails, he disappears and the car gets destroyed and the whole thing just repeats itself.
Episode 1: Jumpsuit
In the beginning of the video Tyler says along the lines of “time to wake up”. People in the clique (that I’ve seen) have made a theory that Tyler is talking to himself in order to wake up and head to Trench. Near the end of the video the people throwing down the petals are the Banditos, the good guys in this story. It was a distraction call for Tyler to haul ass into cover and get away from Nico but unfortunately he fails and gets captured by Nico and they go back to Dema. At the end of the video it basically starts at the end of Heavydirtysoul, Tyler finds his Jumpsuit and walks along the yellow lines. Yellow is a VERY important color in this story and I’ll explain a lot in the next section
Backstory on Dema: Dema is basically a city that the Bishops control. They control everything and everyone by showing the townsfolk their insecurities making them feel depressed and worthless in a way. Fun fact: the Bishops can’t see the color yellow, yellow represents hope in this story and that’s why the Banditos wear the tape, to show that there is hope and there is a way to defeat your demons
Episode 2: Nico and the Niners
Basically like y’all said it was a rescue mission. If you noticed in the beginning Tyler has at least 5-7 yellow flowers in a drawer basically counting how many times he has escaped and failed. At the end he leaves his Jumpsuit as a message in Dema by saying it’s possible to escape, stop trying to be controlled by the Bishops. As Tyler and the Banditos are leaving Dema they head underground to their camp which leads us to Levitate
The Final Episode: Levitate
It’s pretty short and simple, they get Tyler back from Dema and celebrate. At the end Tyler gets captured YET AGAIN but if you noticed the two Bandtios watching Tyler get captured, one is scared out of his mind while the other just has a stone cold face and doesn’t bother to help. When the video was released there was a theory that that Bandito is a snake, helping the Bishops so Tyler can feel like he’s living in hell. Also when Tyler is getting dragged, you can tell from his face that he isn’t even phased by the fact that he’s going back to Dema, he’s been through it a lot and doesn’t seem to care.
That’s basically the whole thing explained, I’m pretty sure if I’m wrong about something someone will correct me but yea there’s A LOT of backstory for this album and a lot more other stuff including Tyler's black neck and some more references and information about the videos and lyrics which have a lot of meaning.
Very good explanation. I hope he sees this
Thats the thing with concept albums. Its not straight forward so it may be harder to understand what he is talking about.
The monster is Tylers creativity/perfectionism, the pool is his art, the whole time hes taki9ng a dry pool (with Joshs help) that represents a new project and filling it to appease his creativity, once its full he starts cleaning it to get the pool/song as clean as possible to appease the monster/creativity. Eventually its good enough, he enjoys it, then its just him and his mind alone again.
At least that was my interpretation
You reacted to “the hype” and didnt see the alien in the crowd 😂
Theory:
Ned is the name of the white creature.
What if Ned represents Tyler’s mental health because any mental health issue is a chemical imbalance in your brain. And what is chlorine? A chemical. What if this video is Tyler trying to be happy again?
This could be why Ned is mostly white because white signifies purity but his mental health issue is still there hence Ned’s black eyes.
Tyler feels like he’s finally getting there with help from josh/ he’s relying on him which is why josh does most of the work because that’s how Tyler sees him. When there is enough chemicals in the pool (Tyler’s brain) Ned jumps in which could signify his mental health being positive as both Tyler and Ned seems happy and relaxed.
In the water Ned grows horns which means that the chemicals being balanced in Tyler’s brain causes Ned to become more powerful as Tyler has become happier.
When the pool empties it could mean that Tyler’s mental health has become worse which is why it’s so dark in there and then Ned comes to show Tyler that there still hope for him. The black legs you see in front of the camera could be josh as Tyler could believe that josh has given up on him/ Tyler feels numb around everyone so they’re just black silhouettes. The cup given to Tyler by Josh could be medication for his mental health issue and he looks at Ned to see his opinion on taking medication but Ned doesn’t approve of it. Which is why the video ends with Tyler looking down at the cup. I believe that Ned thinks that Tyler can get through it by himself if he just believes enough.
evil telly tubby 🤣
We were all confused when we first saw Ned. He’s great though. He represents Tyler’s creativity and how he is a critic to his own creativity
Your face when you saw Ned!!! 🤣🤣🤣 He’s totally adorable! 💕
Teletubbies!!! 😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂 Had me cracking up frt!!!! Love this song!
You should watch a LIVE version of this. We all sing “Can you build my house....” at the end. Such a moment.🥺🔥👍🏻
When it comes to Twenty One Pilots, the whole album is a story. This particular one was like no other. It could takes days to explain it all.Those of us longing for music during their year hiatus that were paying very close attention were caught up in a secret webpage they released with hints of all kinds that the songs are about and alluding to. I have been a massive fan for a long while and I still have to listen, read repeatedly, watch videos etc. There is a guy on TH-cam called the Pop Song Professor - He is a big fan and literally disects every song and what he believes it means in a far more succinct way than I ever could - I highly recommend watching him for songs you have trouble putting together - in some cases you will hear things that make no sense to anymore but those involved in trying to decipher the clues they gave us over the break or the people who got filled in later - it is like nothing Ive ever seen a band do but it is their way of truly connecting with us as fans, giving us a challenge to emjoy together and it just serves to strengthen the bond between the fans as well as between us and Tyler and Josh. They are massively talented, so incredibly smart, their songs are always about something real, not like so many songs these days that are just about themselves, love(though they have a couple that Tyler wrote for his wife that are wonderful), money, fame etc... They touch lives on a real level and have droves of teens who credit them with making them realize suicide isnt the answer and that there is hope and a reason to stick around. I have 10 years on them but I admire them in a way that is so far beyond their music. They are literally changing the world, putting on shows for thousands and thousands of people with just 2 people while experts in music, other bands, show runners are constantly telling them that they put on 1 of the best shows they have ever seen. So proud to be a fan of these two amazing guys!!
Ned is a symbol of their fans, the chlorine signifies the music they both put out, at the end when he tries to hand the cup of chlorine to Ned, Ned doesn't want it because its only a little cup and not a lot. It's about how the fans aren't happy with just a little piece of music and they want the pilots to give them more before their happy. Hence when ned first came out and seen the pool half empty, he ran away because it wasn't enough, the boys then had to give more in order for him to be satisfied. I might have gotten some of this wrong but I heard it from a tweet.
3:36 literally my reaction to any twenty one pilots music video
My reaction to house of gold was simular
"SlipKnot Spit It Out Live At Download 2009". That energy is crazy! Can't wait for your reaction!
Next Reaction: Twenty One Pilots - Bandito
This is my favorite song of theirs right now.
@@robertburroughs5929 I'm feeling Legend and Leave The City rn
How has this not been done yet? It's one of their best songs.
Great song. I agree he should react to this.
Glad twenty one pilots reactions are finally back!
My favorite song off the album. Good pick.
You can tell he was about to pause the moment the monster hit the water/beat dropped, but continued straight through in awe.
Need to react to Goner it’s the outro to Blurryface, Jumpsuit off of Trench, or Legend off of Trench it’s the song Tyler wrote to his grandfather but never got to show him because he passed away before they were finished with the mixing.
Jumpsuit would be Sick
ROFL.. my dude.. loved that look at the first sight of Ned! The song is so rich you'll have to listen to it again in Ned's absence to truly appreciate its quality. Especially the end part where Tyler is standing alone, it's so beautiful!
Neds (Tylers creativity) grows the more Tyler feeds it but it makes Tyler weaker from all the effort he’s putting into it
I think that creature is so freaking cute😂 and i absolutely get mesmerized by the singing in the end of the song💓💓💓
Speaking straight from the clique - We love u Layed, keep doing what you do and keep reacting to Twenty One Pilots. Tyler's wife is about to have a baby💙
FINALLY 😭 this is my favorite top song of all time... balled my eyes out at them performing this live when i saw them in pittsburgh
More twenty one pilots songs to react to: Heathens, Doubt and Fairly Local
Yeah! Heathens pleaseeeeee
Your appreciation for music is contagious. Thanks for all you do
Yes yes yes !!!
twenty one pilots-Chlotine ♡♡♡
Watching you react to some of my favourite songs, it’s almost like you’re giving me the opportunity to experience them for the first time all over again. It’s such a cool thing, thank you.🧡
Hell yes we out here! Gimme that heart b ;)
Kinda hope he doesn't give you one 😂
BLΛME lmao same @Rory
I think the song is about creativity and what it means to him. His creative process. How it hurts and heals him. Chlorine is a poison, but it's functional use is that of a cleaner.
So when he writes it hurts to deal with all his emotions, pain, and dark thoughts. But ultimately, in spite of that pain he is clean after. Having dealt with his feelings.
I just have to say I always love your intro it’s so relaxed and good vibes
Jonas Janse agree
Coz he laid back😅
brian kaaya ayyyyee y’all know the vibes
Same man same
21 pilots has been a very positive experience for me and taught me quickly that "it's not all been done before" and like a breath of fresh air I have found a band that I actually want to see in person and I WILL!
This song is great it's much darker then you would think it's about suicide and suicidal thoughts
Saw them in concert. Tulsa 2019. Best concert I have been to in 40 years. They rocked.
FUN FACT: the song starts at 00:17 and the atomic number of chlorine is 17.
What i love about this guy is that he is very abviously a hip hop artist and is surrounded with that culture, but will straight vibe with literally anything and always have something good to say. Appreciate you man😁
"They good at these flips and shit."
Twenty-one pilots write stuff with depth and meaning and use esoteric metaphors. And they have story arcs through their music. So it'd be rare or impossible for a person to understand some of their songs on first listen. Even with many listens it can be difficult or impossible if you don't know a lot of their other stuff. But this is a good thing. They write about the deep stuff of life and that stuff can be complex - for some more than others. By not dumbing things down their music connects with people who relate to their take on life. And as fans we feel a lot of investment and engagement with them. And we find that the more we delve into it the more rewarding it is.
I've always thought Ned was representing us, in that Tyler pours Chlorine out for us but it's not enough and Ned wants more.
Nathan Hunter yes. I am 99.9% sure on that too. (It’s cute and lovable but also agressive, noted by the growing horns, and extremely critical of what Tyler gives us.) A lot of this song is based on the backlash they got from fans when they released Blurryface. A lot of fans weren’t happy with it and said it was too commercial and not as good as Vessel. Notice the line “I’m so sorry I forgot you. Let me catch you up got speed. I’ve been tested like the ends of a weathered flag that’s by the sea.” Yeah that’s talking about his abrupt hiatus and why he had to do it. He was exhausted from touring and from being beaten down by fans who weren’t happy with the album.
Yes I completely agree
@@karapankratz If I could create music the way he does, only then would I feel like I have a say in whether it's good or not. Their music is pretty much all I listen too. Each song has so much packed into it that it requires playback.
That's Ned its Tyler's creativity in physical form
LMAO he was like it’s been awhile and that’s how the song starts
Thanks for doing a reaction to my favorite band on my birthday!!!! I love you!!!
Happy birthday 🎉
@@LayedBakDFR thank you so much!!! Appreciate you fam 💯
Yes I’ve been waiting for this
Love the intro! I'm always saying it with you!
You already know what it is. It's your boy layedBak, with another reaction, another review another episode. Ayyyyyy TwentyOnePilots you up to bat, BAHH!
I call his facial expression “the confused stank face”
this is the best interpretation I read from another comment on there music video page:
"Essentially Tyler is having to feed his creativity, which has taken the form of this creature called ned.
His creativity relies on a large quantity of negative emotions. it cleanses and helps the creature survive but hurts tyler. The creature grows while he decays, it grows it's horns completely. In the end after emptying an entire pool the creature is hungry for more, it's an endless cycle to create music for tyler. throughout the music video tyler is clearly deep in the creative process since he’s wearing headphones and closed off from everyone and putting a huge workload on his friend josh to help handle his emotional weight."
Hey bro, can you do an EDEN reaction? Do forever//over. It’s a good one.
RegHex holy shit good to see an actual EDEN fan
straras hell yeah, he’s awesome
Yees pls
The little guy is his innocence “hide you in my coat pocket” he throws it aside and “I’m so sorry I forgot you”
Makes sense
Bugzy malone ~ moving
Disappointed you’ve still not heard this banger
Another uk rapper and probably one of the best
Right it's about the writting process of his music. I love that little tubby🥰
You need to do “March to the Sea”!!
Chlorine is my favourite song by them. That end change is just so good and beautiful.
more twenty one pilots songs to react to: bandito, leave the city, truce, fairly local, heavydirtysoul
The songs about how his depression is hurting him, of course, but also is what has allowed him to make music and become successful. “Lead is terrible in flavor” like having the suicidal thoughts, “but it doubles as a paper maker” in that he has used these suicidal thoughts to put out music
Love to hate the fight of the difficulties in life and in writing music. “Different lives I lead. My body lives on lead. (The last two lines may read incorrect until said)
The lil' dude's name is Ned. Ned represents Tyler's (the singer) creativity as a physical embodiment, and the video illustrates how Tyler has a love/hate relationship with his own creativity. Ned is a living metaphor for the proverbial “blank page” that stares up at every artist. Chlorine is the harsh taxing substance Ned feeds upon because chlorine can either purify or it can kill, depending on how you use it.
This is the battle that Tyler is in with Ned, and you can clearly see that Ned is demanding, as Tyler and Josh have to keep going out and getting continually larger and larger amounts of chlorine to satisfy Ned to come out of his elusive hiding place in the corner of the yard. Once they have enough chlorine (having finally gotten a huge industrial tank of it that they had to totes struggle to roll up the hill), Ned comes out and jumps into the pool of chlorine. This represents Tyler's process of finally getting down to actually writing a song. You see Ned swimming in the pool and his antlers growing and becoming more dangerous and piercing.
Then you cut to Tyler at the end of the pool, spent and exhausted from wrestling and fighting with Ned as you see Josh (his wet legs) walk across screen. Then Josh hands down to Tyler a cup of fresh water to replenish himself with. Tyler then offers some to Ned, too, as Tyler loves Ned (as Ned is a part of him), but water is not Ned's drink of choice so Ned declines the water, but remains hanging with Tyler as Tyler recovers, Ned's piercing antlers now having gone back down to cute lil' nubs again. Ned is checking on Tyler, as Tyler is also a part of him and Ned loves Tyler as well. It's a beautiful metaphor for creativity.
A fellow VFX artist friend of mine built, painted, and animated Ned, BTW.
Get more Twenty One Pilots, it's my favorite band
Love your videos bro. Its so cool to you see you vibe to 21 Pilots, my favorite band of all time. Thank you
Was literally just listening to this :)
Also does anyone know if 911 is on Spotify?
Fayy yes it is
Adventures Of Chris thank you!
Here's a weird look at Ned (the "evil teletubbie"). As many people in the comments suggest, he represents Tyler's (the singer) creativity.
Now notice how it steps out from behind a car door. Also note, that its a front driver's side door complete with sideview mirror. Lastly, note that Ned steps from the side that shouldn't open(the hinge).
Payoff. It could tie into the white car seen in other videos. And that Ned represents the engine of that car. And that after blowing up, they had to take a bit to restore the engine to continue.
This song is just quality! So underrated
Dude I have been subbed to you since 200k now look at you 1.5M you are killing it!
I hope everyone is having a beautiful day
"CHLORINE" = mini hit
Como lo pense cuando lo escuche por primera vez
Clicked very fast!!
Thirty-Six Autømøbile Drivers i love your username lmao
badbøys4L thx love yours too! 😊
Same
The “teletubby” is Ned. Ned is also called Nico. Nico is mentioned later on in the Trench videos. Ned is Tyler’s anxiety, depression, and music. He evolves in this video because is a human later on. In Jumpsuit and Nico and the Niners, he is the ‘enemy’. More people know more than this, this is just a snipbit of info.
Thanks for reading if you do
React to Asking Alexandria - Let It Sleep
His name is Ned LMAO
Yessss you finally did it! I'm loving these 😁 just do every Twenty One Pilots song. Jk but you should do Fall Away or the "Ride" version featuring Mutemath!!
You should react to kitchen sink by twenty one pilots. Best song lyrically.
Yesss
It’s so poetic 🥰
I don’t know much about Ned, the teletubby dude, but I’ve heard some things that I agree with.
The thought I have heard is that Ned is like their record label. When they start out it’s just them doing their thing, and the water is murky and it’s not a lot, but it’s theirs. I also assume Tyler’s drinking water out of the cup in the beginning. Ned, the record label, doesn’t want what they’re making. So they buy chlorine, which is poisonous to them, but they do it to satisfy the label.
It isn’t enough, so they buy a huge tank. When all the water is pretty much taken away or at least completely cleaned out from the massive amount of chlorine, that’s when Ned jumps in, that’s when the label is satisfied. When all their original stuff is gone, and all that is left is something that poisons them, something they don’t want. But they have to satisfy their label.
At the end the chlorine is gone, the pool is empty. And I assume Tyler’s once again drinking the water, what he needs and wants. He offers Ned a sip, but Ned (the label) doesn’t want it, because it’s not clean, it’s not chemical, it’s not like a machine made, commercial, nonhuman product.
I think you can see this when he talks about his rebel red growing, which could mean his fanbase and money, while he decays. He also says his body lives on lead, also poisonous. This could mean pencil lead, writing songs. He says it’s terrible in flavor, but it doubles as a paper maker. It’s his money, his job. He doesn’t like the writing, but he has to continue.
Now, this could be a retelling of something old, or something current. Maybe it’s an explanation of the hiatus. Maybe it’s all wrong, I’ve seen people saying Ned is his creativity, which I know nothing about. This is just what I’ve heard and what makes sense to me.
Love the content, btw (especially tøp). Keep it up
Day#1 of trying to get layedback to react to STARSET, “My demons” or “It has begun”
Clark
👏 STARSET deserves way more attention!
Hell yeah!
YESS STARSET
Great reaction man! Your one of my favorite TH-cam reactors!! I've checked out your song 🔥🔥
React to stressed out
Not sure if you’ve figured it out since this was played in 2020 but their albums tell a story with each video I was blown away when I first started listening to them and now I can’t stop. Their beats, songs and his vocals are fire. Definitely #1 across the world. I like watching these reaction videos
Pls listen to fairly local next :D
I’ve been watching you for a while now and just wanna say loving the vids and everything you do!
Believe me ned is a mystery to us too. Ned is Tyler's creativity, it needs to be perfect for him to like it. Also chlorine can be healthy in small amounts but too much can kill you /harm you
I missed ur reactions of them. Was rewatching ur other ones earlier
HeavyDirtySoul
He already did