The music video for "Ride" was released on May 14, directed by Reel Bear Media. Between the 11th and the 14th the band toured the UK. On May 4, 2015, the band posted a YouTube video streaming the audio of the album's 6th track, " Lane Boy", and released " Ride" seven days later through the same media both were also singles, being released on the 4th and 12th, respectively. The third single, " Stressed Out", was released on April 28 with a music video. On April 6, the band released the second single of the album, " Tear in My Heart", with an official music video released through YouTube. The band released their new single " Fairly Local" on the same day accompanied by its music video which premiered on official Fueled by Ramen YouTube channel. The band's fans crashed their website attempting to pre-order the album. On March 17, 2015, the band announced the album's title, track listing and release date. I especially like the idea that you can “take him out.” Release
Incorporating the Blurryface character as another “layer” both figuratively and literally, was perhaps my favorite finishing touch. Add in the patterns, and the narrative behind them, and something began taking shape. The idea, simple in nature, seemed to be iconic enough for the album cover.
Tyler showed me nine dots, and his idea for making the nine dots resemble the bars logo. This way, the fans have the ability to create their favorite band’s logo correctly, and spread the word throughout their online lives. Introducing the new Twenty One Pilots symbol: |-/. Instead of a solidified logo, I thought that we should give the fans their logo. The first step in rewarding the dedicated fan base was to sacrifice the established bars symbol for the simple symbol that fans often included in their social media profiles and comments. On the creation of the new logo Rike writes: Rike's various designs and typography for Blurryface Coinciding with the release of the album, Rike shared the ideas and journey behind the artwork on Blurryface, as well as the new branding for the band. Jabari Jacobs provided photography.īrandon Rike was charged with artwork creation and branding for the band's second album. Rob Gold was the art manager, while Josh Skubel was in charge of packaging production. According to Joseph, he "represents all the things that I as an individual, but also everyone around, are insecure about." Joseph wears black paint on his hands and neck during his live shows and music videos for the album, to represent Blurryface, saying: "Very dramatic, I know, but it helps me get into that character."Īrt direction and design was done by Brandon Rike, Reel Bear Media and Virgilio Tzaj. The album is named after a character the band created called Blurryface.
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While on tour the band had a portable recording studio that allowed them to lay down ideas. Following the release of their third album Vessel (2013), the band toured extensively in support of the album worldwide.