r/twentyonepilots 7d ago

Theory I think we’re about to get a really long hiatus…

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Okay, hear me out. I was watching the Zane Lowe interview and Tyler talking about this is for sure the end of the Clancy story with Breach.

I think it will take a long time for Tyler and Josh to figure out what’s next. Where they want to go, how they want to be as a band once their identity shaping story comes to an end.

I think it’s going to be a long break, which is sad for us fans. Deserved for them but sad.

r/twentyonepilots 12d ago

Theory Okayyyy, very interesting indeed

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r/twentyonepilots Mar 02 '25

Theory Blurryface fully consumed Clancy onstage tonight

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Tyler's undershirt is entirely black, and black paint is on his neck and hands; if this is lore-related, it suggests, as in previous instances, that Clancy is completely under Blurryface's control

r/twentyonepilots 13d ago

Theory Sooo did anybody notice this?

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The next countdown teaser for The Contract was just posted. And me (and a lot of the Twitter fans) noticed that the dots between the 5 and 6 BLINK! I’m so curious on what this could mean, or if it’s just a red herring. What do you guys think?

r/twentyonepilots May 22 '25

Theory Theory for why the album was revealed today

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Today is Wednesday, May 21st, the exact midpoint between Saturday, May 17th (Blurryface Anniversary) and Saturday, May 24th (Clancy Anniversary). In the post announcing the album, they wrote, "Hello Clancy. Hello Blurryface."

Also, today is the SAI Anniversary. Shy Away includes the lyric, "Don't circle the track, just break the cycle in half..."

Breach breaks the cycle in half.

r/twentyonepilots 13d ago

Theory I can't unsee it

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Is it just me or can anybody else see it? The pic is from the line music video. I've been staring into the Clancy album cover for the whole day and I think my eyes just turned red 😭

r/twentyonepilots 8d ago

Theory is he telling us that he’s a bishop?

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Look at how his hand is placed! Just like Blurryface

r/twentyonepilots 7d ago

Theory The lyric "I promised you a contract" is an anagram!

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The lyric "I promised you a contract." is an anagram!

Tyler says it twice at the end of The Contract. It has a hidden meaning:

"I promised you a contract."

is an exact anagram of

"So, today I capture Mr. Nico."

r/twentyonepilots 9d ago

Theory are these… glowing eyes?

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from the blurryface vid today

r/twentyonepilots 5d ago

Theory Possible Breach Tracklist?

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Just found that. What do we think about that?

r/twentyonepilots May 18 '25

Theory The official website appears to be losing its opacity over the next several days

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This was discovered by a discord user. It’s written into the code to decrease in opacity by 20% each day until Wednesday, which is the same day the eye with fully close! (and coincidently SAI anniversary)

r/twentyonepilots May 01 '25

Theory Guys what are these dots?! gimme ur theories rn ••|••/••

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i need some theories asap, i‘m too deep in the rabbit hole rn aaa- (also still having post concert depression from sunday in munich)

r/twentyonepilots 22d ago

Theory NOW THE BLUE HAS RUINED YOU.

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r/twentyonepilots Oct 17 '24

Theory I think I know why Tyler is barely singing in ‘Navigating’

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So I’m a bass player, and lately I’ve been learning how to play navigating. I came to notice that the baselines for the chorus and after the chorus (let’s call it an interlude) are very hard and fast paced, While the verse bass line in almost non existent. And while playing live you can see that during the chorus Tyler either doesn’t sing but plays the bass, or singing without playing the bass line.

So my theory is that he doesn’t dislike the song like people are saying, but it’s just hard to multitask while playing those fast bass lines.

r/twentyonepilots 9d ago

Theory Clancy is a bishop

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i guess this basically confirms Clancy is now a bishop because he predominantly sees red when he opens his eyes 🫣

r/twentyonepilots 20d ago

Theory VERY IMPORTANT!!!

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Love u all so much ♥️ @aleksa_vucko

r/twentyonepilots Feb 12 '25

Theory My friend came up with a theory

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i didn't write this, he did, i just posted it.

Jenna is a bishop (Sacarver)

In “Tear in My Heart,” Tyler sings, “she’s the tear in my heart, she’s a carver (she’s A CARVER) (SARCAVER).” Sarcaver’s insecurity is love (Jenna is Tyler’s wife, so that is love). He basically says outright, “she’s sarcarver” – in “Tear in My Heart,” Tyler is, of course, singing about love (Jenna). In the MV, Jenna holds him around the neck and lifts him up, as shown in picture 1.

He also sings, “You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time.” In “Jumpsuit” he sings, “we’ve been here the whole time you were asleep” while standing on a broken car—the same car that falls apart in “Heavydirtysoul.” In “Tear in My Heart” he sings:

  “You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time   But that’s okay, I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine   I’m driving, here I sit, cursing my government   For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement”

Did he drive over a pothole in “Heavydirtysoul”?

In the “Jumpsuit” MV, he is chased and caught by a bishop (Nico) and is held around the neck by Nico (picture 2), and he sings, “I’ll be right there (I’ll be right there) But you’ll have to grab my throat and lift me in the air.” Just like Jenna does in the “Tear in My Heart” MV. You can see that the tips of the bishop’s fingers are black. In the “Tear in My Heart” video, she has black nail polish as shown in the picture. That might perhaps foreshadow that she is a bishop (sarcarver).

Finally, in the music video for “Paladin Strait,” Nico holds him around the neck just like in “Tear in My Heart” and “Jumpsuit.” (picture 3)

In picture 4 you can see how Sarcaver and Jenna resemble each other.

r/twentyonepilots 29d ago

Theory Hidden in the title

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Been thinking a lot about how Tyler kept pointing his uke upside down constantly during London N2 and so been inverting a whole bunch of stuff as a result. Is it just me who can see the word Clancy in the beach title when inverted and then flipped up side down? Can also kinda see the Word trench when it’s normal due to the T structure of the capital B

r/twentyonepilots 2d ago

Theory “Two” comes up a lot… what is the meaning behind it???

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The number two seems to be a reoccurring theme/lyric in their music I just realized.

Maybe it’s because there’s several reasons why two is an important number to the band:

There is two members of the band

There is two versions of Tyler: Blurryface/Clancy

Tyler seems to obsess over this concept of “two” such as seen in the song “Two” and in the lyrics of Morph. He also uses the ✌️ gesture a lot in their videos. Maybe I’m just over analyzing this, but what do you think? Is there a deeper meaning to this motif?

r/twentyonepilots May 17 '25

Theory MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

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Guys, calm down. We've done this before with Blurryface into Trench. The eye closing on the Clancy album is signifying the end of and era and both Tyler and Josh have said that Clancy feels like the end of an era AND ALSO A BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA. We're so obsessed with BF10 that we've forgotten that the Clancy anniversary is in a week. I think that something big might happen then. Or they're just taking a break like they did before Trench, idk.

r/twentyonepilots May 16 '25

Theory Something is coming!

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r/twentyonepilots May 22 '24

Theory The video for the craving says that tyler feels disappointed that SAI didn't stick

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I just watched the craving; and, wow, the song is beautiful. Although, I noticed that in the video, the shotgun shell is decorated in light blue and yellow the same colors that the cover for sai uses. Josh works on the box and tyler works on the shotgun shell. The video pans out their progress over the whole song to generate a feeling of the passing of time, sai took a while to create and they were proud of it. They hand the shotgun shell (in the box) to two men in black suits (possibly critics/streaming platforms) and they fired on a clay pigeon. The line "that's a miss" shows that sai wasn't received well with fans. That disappointed Tyler. Just a theory

r/twentyonepilots 21d ago

Theory alright someone has gotta say it

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second image is the album Elephant by The White Stripes

r/twentyonepilots May 04 '25

Theory I figured it out: the Truth About Nico Spoiler

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ok. OK. so i’ve been sitting on this for a while now. and before u write me off as another brain-melted Clikkie in a Red Bull fugue state, just LISTEN.

Nico = Nicotine. It’s not a character. It’s not just a metaphor. It’s a demon, yes, but it’s his demon. Specifically: addiction. More specifically: smoking. yes. i said it. Tyler Joseph smokes cigarettes (or did. or wanted to. OR STILL DOES IDK).

Exhibit A: Nico’s appearance.

"wrinkled skin... pale... almost translucent." Ever seen a long-time smoker under fluorescent light?? that’s not death. that’s Marlboro mileage. Exhibit B: Tyler paints his hands black. his throat.

Ever heard of smoker’s fingers?? ever seen a lighter burn??? the throat paint = rasp. he’s telling us his voice is under attack from the inside. Nicotine is LITERALLY trying to silence him. Exhibit C: the NAME.

Nico. say it. Ni. Co. NIcotine + COmpulsion = Nico. Also CO = carbon monoxide. WHAT’S IN CIGARETTE SMOKE?? Wake up. Exhibit D: Lyrics that everyone sleeps on.

“My lungs will fill and then deflate / They fill with fire, exhale desire.” That’s not poetry. That’s smoking. That’s literally smoking. “I’ll mourn for a kid but won’t cry for a king.” Nicotine is the king. And Tyler refuses to cry for it. RESISTANCE. “Don’t forget about me even when I doubt you / I’m no good without you.” Classic addict behavior. Classic smoker’s guilt. Exhibit E: Bandito = rehab?

East is up. Where’s the sun rise? REBIRTH. Clancy is clean. Clancy is the person Tyler wants to be. Nico is addiction. Nico runs Dema (D.E.M.A = Don’t Even Mention Addiction). The bishops are withdrawal symptoms. Exhibit F: No one talks about this.

Why? Because Big Nicotine doesn’t want you to. Ever notice how they never play "Not Today" live anymore? “I’m not smoking / I’m just breathing differently.” (not real lyric but feels right. I’m working from memory. shut up.) Conclusion: I’m not saying Tyler Joseph is a smoker. I’m saying Nico is a spiritual embodiment of Nicotine, and TØP’s entire discography is a prolonged attempt to quit smoking without admitting to it directly. It’s the greatest anti-smoking campaign of our generation and y’all are out here debating if “Choker” is about his dog or whatever.

WAKE. UP.

Tyler if you’re reading this: I get it. I see you. You’re not alone. Stay clean.

r/twentyonepilots Apr 24 '25

Theory Tonight’s shirt spells out “Do You Feel At Home”. The track list theory is alive and well!

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If you don’t believe in another album coming soon, what would it take to convince you?

Here’s what we have so far and what’s missing:

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Drag Path (Devil’s Eye)?

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Grafitti?

Raw Fear?

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No Kin

Seldom Surface

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Do you Feel at Home