There are still some things that can be looked at in an objective way, however, and I'll look into them later.Īnyways, I've been on Reddit for a while now and whenever I stumble upon any post related to TØP, I usually like to read the comments as well. Let me start off by saying music is subjective, so I cant complain about people not liking their sound.

I'm a big fan so I may be biased but feel free to challenge me if I'm being delusional:

So say what you will about Twenty One Pilots, but you can't deny that they're a rare breed these days. New rock bands are basically non-existent on mainstream music charts, if not for Twenty One Pilots and Imagine Dragons (though they haven't had a hit in awhile either.) We can talk about Tame Impala until we're blue in the face, but the fact is they don't get Top 40 radio play and by the way that's not really a band anyway. Most mainstream music these days is based around a single person, not a band.

Most mainstream music these days is based on samples or session musicians.įor most mainstream music these days, going on tour would consist of a lot of backing tracks or the musicians on stage would be no-names that had nothing to do with the creation of the music. Most mainstream music these days lacks melody. What I just described is incredibly rare on the charts (in 2020.) It is even rarer for an act like this to have multiple hits, the only other one I can think of is Imagine Dragons. They also go on tour and play the songs that way. The sections alternate between quiet and loud. There are clear vocal melodies that follow a verse/chorus structure. One plays drums and the other plays whatever amplified instrument is essential for that song - bass, electric guitar or keys. But both of those bands broke through at the turn of the millennium. Yes, Coldplay and Maroon 5 still have hits. I know some people are going to hate me saying this but.Twenty One Pilots is one of the only new rock bands to have mainstream success in the past ten years, and are therefore they are currently carrying the torch for the entire genre.

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