joseph is not silent on human rights matter. he just did not tweet about it every day.
what his followers want him to do is lame, or not humanly possible, in my opinion. writing from your heart to talk about social issues while watched by million of people is hard. it’s not hard for people who don’t try really hard to ask if they are genuine.
it’s not hard to just speak on social issues. everyone who has a heart can do that. but do you really want to say the things you say the exact way you want to say it, or do you just do it because you feel like you are supposed to?
while it’s not a crime to stay silent, no excuses can be found for dragging someone who is silent on certain matters.
and … if you really care about human rights, you would definitely not put the focus on “posting a link”. it’s almost the cheapest and most convenient way to show the support for a cause and then you have no trouble. it would almost be like you don’t really want to talk about the issue. like really talk and think about the cause. not just show support for it.
calling out a white man for his race is racist by its definition. and i can see how white people project their guilt onto a public figure. it doesn’t make anything better.
white people have original sins. we all do. carry the weight, do whatever you can to savior yourself. just don’t give your weight to someone else. dont guilt other people.
and. respecting an artist means trusting him to convery his emotions in forms other than words like “black lives matter”.
Joseph’s Tweet read, “you guys keep asking me to use my platforms. feels good to dust these bad boys off.”, which apparently meant as a fire-back at his fans – they want him to use Twitter to raise social issues and he purposefully used it to pose and show off cool shoes.
It caused some huge blow-back. Huge fan of twenty one pilots, Theo (@sunnwillrise), showed anger immediately, calling his behavior “very VERY low and disrespectful in so many levels”. Information accounts of twenty one pilots, @topupdating, @topupdated, @TOPUPDATERS and @DiscordClique expressed their discontent as well. @topupdating replied the tweet with “dust off that notes app for your apology.” and posted a long thread directed at Joseph because he “hit a new low”; @topupdated said “If you don’t see an issue with any of @tylerrjoseph’s tweets, you are part of the problem.”
Joseph responded by posting a link to American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and discussed mental health issues but decided to defend his “platform tweet” by calling it “fantastic” and made it clear it was not an apology.
It upset followers again. @DiscordClique said text channels would be shut down until Joseph “explicitly state(s) … support of BLM”. @TOPUPDATERS said they will remain inactive until “an apology is issued”. @topupdating asked, “Whose side are you on?”
Joseph later apologized for hurting anyone and said the words “Black Lives Matter”.
twenty one pilots 得到 2020 年 MTV音乐录影带大奖两项提名，分别是最佳另类音乐人（Best Alternative，获奖作品为《Level of Concern》）和最佳家庭录影带（Best Music Video From Home，获奖作品为《Level of Concern》）。粉丝现在可以在 vma.mtv.com 进行投票，也可以在 MTV 网站查看所有题名作品。
2020 年七月刊《Alternative Press》现已发售，杂志对于 twenty one pilots 的采访内容也已公开。在这篇由 Jason Pettigrew 撰写标题为《勇者胜》的采访稿件中，乐队成员谈了疫情导致的演出及互动的中止对于音乐创作的影响，他们各自的私人生活，以及关于乐队下一篇章的想法。
赶在 2020 年新年来到之前，乔什与未婚妻 Debby Ryan 秘密结婚，泰勒·约瑟夫也与妻子诞下一女。乐队原本计划以莫斯科 2020 年夏季演出为 Trench 时期画上句号，但这一演出不得不向后推迟一年。
2020 年初开始的冠状病毒全球大流行对于音乐产业造成巨额损失；对于 twenty one pilots 这样的乐队来说，目前面临到的停顿让他们重新反思一切；包括周边商品销售以及粉丝见面会在内的基本粉丝互动都被暂停；出于对约瑟夫新生女儿免疫系统的保护，两人的排练也被搁置。约瑟夫只能用 Apple Watch 与采访者聊了目前的状况；他的手机损坏了，但是零售店关门导致他没法修理手机。
谈到隔离期间的生活，乔什称他感到很幸运现在他拥有家庭录音室，可以随时演奏。《Level Of Concern》的工作让他很忙碌 – 「每当我从泰勒那里得到一些东西，然后坐下来在我的鼓上按下『record』键，并试图做出一些很酷的东西时，我都会很兴奋。」另外，因为年龄增长以及隔离期间活动减少，乔什担心重新回到演出的时候，他的体能可能会不够。
采访者提到《Level Of Concern》使用恋情作为疫情的隐喻，而非具体描述疫情下的状况；采访者好奇这是有意的还是无意的。约瑟夫解释说，这首歌的缘起在于他的母亲评论说，「你知道吗，我很需要一些更加鼓舞人心的东西来分散我的注意力。」因此他决心快速地创作一首歌然后把它发行出去。他将目前发生的疫情与一个人追求某人却没有得到回应时候的感受相对比 – 他刚认识目前的妻子时，她没有当即对他有好感。他说，对于处于那样场景当中的人来说，确实会感到好像世界停止了转动一样。
《Level Of Concern》听上去比他们的以前作品更加有流行风格。约瑟夫解释说，他写歌的习惯是先写出最简单的、最粗浅的一个版本，然后在此基础上加工，使它变得复杂起来。时间因素不允许他过多地来回修改，所以最后歌曲听上去很简单、很直接。约瑟夫说，他希望这首歌能够提醒别人关注音乐产业的幕后工作者，通过像 Crew Nation 这样的机构为他们捐款，维持他们的生计。
采访者向乐队提问，要求他们回答他们一起在音乐事业当中最享受的一件事情。两人都同意答案是 2012 年在哥伦布纽波特音乐厅的演出。当时乐队还没和 Fueled By Ramen 签下唱片合约。
他说道，
「我们都穿着红色的衣服。有那么一刻，我可以看出观众在意我们的表演。多年来第一次，我们办成了一场让许多人参加而且支持的演出。也许他们知道一首歌。也许他们只是我们的朋友。那是我们第一次在演出中演像《Holding On To You》这样的歌曲。我们演了这首歌，而人们在意我们的表演。我记得我只是在想，我不能相信人们会在意。这让我感觉很不真实。我一直都在意。我不知道其他人是否会像我一样在意这些歌，在意这场演出，在意这个乐队。在这里，他们是我第一次看到人们会在意这个乐队和这些歌曲。光是这场演出就给了我很多信心和保证。」
在 SWMRS 乐队主唱 Joey Armstrong 被控不当性行为后，多名 twenty one pilots 粉丝指控 Josh Dun 的堂兄弟 Bob Long 和高中朋友 Trevor Loken 通过网络对未成年女性进行骚扰。这些指控在 Twitter 和 Reddit 上面引起了不小的反响。
@DlETTHC讲述了她被 Josh Dun 高中朋友 Trevor Loken 骚扰的经历。她说，在 2017 年，她在脸书分享了自己会去参加 tour de columbus 巡演的消息，而 Trevor 通过乐队的脸书专页找到了她；她们开始交谈。据称，开始谈话内容看上去没有什么伤害性，但后来他对她说一些类似于「你在这个年纪算很性感了」的话。她说，她当时 17 岁，而他 32 岁。但在当时，因为他是 Josh 的朋友，所以她就信任了他。他告诉她，到了俄亥俄州的时候，可以到他家里去住，他们可以睡一张床。他会喝醉了发信息给她，求她发裸照给她，并且暗示如果她从了，就会给她人脉关系。
根据网络上面的信息，Trevor Loken 是居住在俄亥俄州的一名设计师兼摄影师。根据网页快照的信息，他的业务包括网页设计、平面设计、建筑摄影、美术肖像。在网页设计栏目，页面引用了 Jordan Dun 的推荐语，称赞他设计的网页。截止今天（7月22日），他注销了 Facebook 账户，但 Instagram 账户依然保留。其现已下线的网站上面留下了 +1 (614) 507-0380; trevor@trevorloken.com 两个联系方式。
@acoustichype 发推讲述了类似的故事。在 Facebook 上面，Trevor 请求和十六七岁的她相见，称赞她「漂亮」，说自己想亲吻她，请她传裸照给他，请她去给他当模特。她还指控 Josh Dun 的堂兄弟 Bob Long 在她 15 岁时不断「开玩笑」和她谈恋爱，并且在聊天当中使用露骨的言语。
i have a story about one of josh’s friends grooming me and continuously flirting while i was very openly underaged and he was i. his thirties but give me a while to be ready to show
Bob Long (Josh Dun’s cousin) & Trevor Loken (high school friend of Josh) both groomed me on multiple occasions in attempt to gain my trust & manipulate me. I don’t have many screenshots as this happened in 2017-2018 through my deactivated Facebook account. pic.twitter.com/2I45vPO5br
twenty one pilots 在数天前宣布了将在 2020/6/12 美东 12:00 在 YouTube 举办一场直播活动；Tyler Joseph 表示，他希望以这个活动作为一个「载体」达到与追随者连接的目的，来填补发片后无法通过巡演与追随者进行沟通的空缺期；他认为追随者会喜欢他们准备好的内容，但保证不会与新的音乐作品有关。
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谜底揭晓。在多次使用密语在 Twitter 进行预告之后，twenty one pilots 于美东 5/29 九点发行了新歌《Level of Concern》歌词录影带；乐队邀请了纽约动画师兼插画家黑比诺·伊奇万达迪（Pinot W. Ichwandardi）及其家庭成员于疫情隔离期间使用了多台 80 年代 Macintosh 电脑、绘画板和 3.5 寸软盘，在这些具有年代感的设备上面逐帧效法音乐录影带的各个场景，制作出这一特别的歌词录影带。
室外现场版《Level of Concern》单曲现已在各个平台上架。twenty one pilots 于《吉米·法伦今夜秀》首演了这个版本，Tyler Joseph（主唱、贝斯）连同 Josh Dun（鼓、背景人声）、Simon Jefferis（贝斯、背景人声）、Paul Meany（背景人声，键盘）、Jesse Blum（萨克斯）以及 Ned（吉他）。
