SCALED BACK AND ISOLATED

When I'm in a "I wish we were childhood friends" competition and my opponents are twenty one pilots. Stressed out music video where they dress up as kids to reflect simpler times and go play at each others houses. Christmas saves the year cover where they bashed their childhood photos together to make it look like they've always known each other and were at one point opening presents together. Childhood videos playing at the 2026 AMAs while singing a song about how history and actions are traceable and the desire to be seen and known so thoroughly that a call for help will always be met with being found against all odds. I'm losing. Everyone is losing. They're doing it like no one else. These guys met in their early 20s btw.

and it’s like. we know they naturally harmonize perfectly. we all saw stolen dance. but last night was different, their harmonies were different, because this was a version of drag path that was modified specifically to allow Josh’s voice to shine. tyler softened his voice and backed off so josh could stand out, he framed him with the moon rather than both of them standing centered under the moon, and he didn’t move and cross the stage until josh did. josh was the piece that tyler orbited around.