Role Models

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My role models consist of many people, but my two top role models happen to be the two man band known as Twenty One Pilots that I may have talked a little bit about before. They also have a site that you can learn a bit about them, and buy merch, twentyonepilots.com. The two men in the band are named Tyler Joseph, who is the singer, and Joshua Dun, who is the drummer. When on stage they still inlcude the whole crowd, I've never been to a concert but everyone who's went say they treat us like friends who just haven't seen each other for awhile, they try to connect with us as much as possible, even if it's just on an emotional level. Their music is what inspires me to write my own and continue with music, and if I ever get to produce music I want to connect with the people who are my fans, friends, family and anyone I can as much as possible like they do. I've known people who have underestimated Twenty One Pilots before ever listening to them, but then loving them when they did. In fact, I was like that. I had heard of them but never listened to their music, I didn't know what the big deal was. But, when I started listening to them, they filled the hole of finding lyrics that are said well and connectable on an emotional level, because the singer himself struggles with depression and a few other things that he puts into songs, he's very wise and knows how to say things. Before them I had music I could connect to, but not so strongly. They seem like a band who I'll like 20 years from now and always be able to connect to.

I've never enjoyed songs without much meaning, so a lot of the pop music I've stopped liking since two or three years ago. I realized a lot of that music was a bad influence on kids because they talk about things that kids shouldn't be hearing 'til they are older, and rap music rarely makes sense because they make up words, and once again are talking about things inappropriate for half the kids listening to it these days. The fandoms/bandoms I'm in are often very nice, and the lyrics of the songs I listen to most often talk about life and the constant struggles you have. Twenty One Pilots is my favorite band currently because of their so relatable music that can help you through rough times, they do rap, but it makes sense and it has more meaning to it, and none of their music really have any swears. Their song Kitchen Sink is about how people can feel that nobody really thinks what you think, which is true. No one thinks exactly what the other person does, but so many people say they can completely relate to you, but everybody's baggage is different even if it seems similar. He also talks about doing things you want to do like writing or painting, even if it's not good or it's not the best, it still means something because you did it, and if it helps you then you should continue to do so, even if you don't get noticed for it. He takes his music and generalizes it so people going through similar things can listen and come up with their own meaning for it, even if we don't know exactly what he's going through,and those people struggling with anything like he does can listen to their music. All of their music has a different meaning to it depending on the album and the song. The album Blurryface is about a character Tyler and josh came up with. It symbolizes all of their insecurities and fears, and throughout the album, Tyler is two-faced, one of his faces is of course him and the other is this character, Blurryface. He tries to overcome Blurryface, but he has a bit of a twist. There are two versions of the ending song on that album, that song is called Goner. The video that has the slower version of it and is played on the accordion is about a minute and a half long, at the end you heard the beginning of the first song of the album, which could mean Blurryface won over Tyler and is a loop back to the first song. The second version is the version on the buyable album, which is played on the piano and is sad in the beginning but at the end he is singing as loud as possible and it ends happier, which people think means he won over Blurryface in that album. It's deep and interesting, and being the way I am it gives me chills and helps me relate on certain levels and interests me. If you could connect with any of these things, that's good, it was my intention. When it comes to music I could talk on and on about it because of the levels I relate to it on. And, since these guys make this type of music, I want to be a lot like them in the sense of connectivity.