Levitate (Twenty One Pilots song) explained

Levitate
Cover:Levitate_Single_Cover.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Twenty One Pilots
Album:Trench
B-Side:Nico and the Niners
Label:Fueled by Ramen
Prev Title:Jumpsuit / Nico and the Niners
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:My Blood
Next Year:2018

"Levitate" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots. The song was released as the third single from their fifth studio album Trench on August 8, 2018.

Composition

"Levitate" is a rap rock song which also contains elements of hip hop and trap with psychedelic synths, electronic beats and fast-paced lyrics.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It opens with the outro of the previous track on the album, "Jumpsuit". The song contains a reference to the lyrics of their song "Car Radio", where Tyler Joseph raps "I got back what I once bought, back in that slot I won't need to replace" in response to the chorus lyric from the 2013 song, "I ought to replace that slot with what I once bought, cause somebody stole my car radio and now I just sit in silence."[8] The song was described by Rolling Stone as a "minimalist" track where "Joseph raps over warbled synths and Dun's primal pummel". He delivers a complex sequence of cascading rhyme schemes in quick succession metered to the up-tempo cadence of the track's beat in an insistent yet effortless manner that matches the propulsion of the pummeling rhythm.[9] It has a tempo of 93 beats per minute and a duration of two minutes and twenty-five seconds.[10]

Release

The song was first leaked onto the music platform Tidal on August 7, 2018, only to be quickly removed.[11] This was accompanied by a leaked track listing for the album.[12] The song was subsequently released via Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show as the day's "World Record".[13]

Music video

The song's music video was released on August 8, 2018. The clip concludes the storyline from the two previous singles to start a new one and was directed by Andrew Donoho, who directed videos for the previous Trench singles.[14] The video shows Tyler Joseph having his head shaved and rapping the song in a torch-lit mountain retreat filled with the rebel "Banditos" before being grabbed by one of the bishops, the leaders of Dema.[8]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Trench and Twenty One Pilots' official YouTube channel.[15] Twenty One Pilots

Additional personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Levy . Piet . October 21, 2018 . Twenty One Pilots pull out all the stops at explosive 'Bandito Tour' show in Milwaukee . October 22, 2018 . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  2. Web site: August 9, 2018 . Twenty One Pilots try to replicate 'Blurryface' success, release third new track on upcoming album . 2020-05-26 . USA TODAY.
  3. Web site: Janes . Theoden . June 13, 2019 . Concert review: Was that really the best Twenty One Pilots could do? (TBH, probably.) . The Charlotte Observer.
  4. Web site: Dylan. Yadav. Twenty One Pilots Play With Trap In 'Levitate'. August 8, 2018. September 15, 2018. Immortal Reviews.
  5. Web site: August 8, 2018 . Twenty One Pilots premiere new track "Levitate"; reveal "Trench" track list . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190220202149/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/8/8/twenty-one-pilots-premiere-new-track-levitate-reveal-trench.html . February 20, 2019 . September 15, 2018 . ABC News Radio.
  6. Web site: Twenty One Pilots completes trilogy with music video for "Levitate" KFOG-FM. 2020-06-12. www.kfog.com.
  7. Web site: 2018-09-14. Twenty One Pilots release four singles for their album Trench. 2020-06-12. The Review.
  8. Kaufman . Gil . August 8, 2018 . Twenty One Pilots Light Their Torches For Battle in Frenetic 'Levitate' Video: Watch . September 8, 2018 . Billboard.
  9. Twenty One Pilots Join Brooding Bonfire in Video for New Song 'Levitate'. Reed. Ryan. August 8, 2018. Rolling Stone. September 8, 2018.
  10. News: BPM for Twenty One Pilots - Levitate on songbpm. LLC. Blendist. September 8, 2018. September 8, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164651/https://songbpm.com/levitate-twenty-one. dead.
  11. Web site: Has Twenty One Pilots' Album 'Trench' Leaked? Yes.. Farrell. Paul. October 3, 2018. Heavy.com. December 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003195719/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/10/twenty-one-pilots-trench-leaked/. October 3, 2018. dead.
  12. Web site: Twenty One Pilots release final video 'Trench' trilogy, drop new song "Levitate". Casteel. Beth. August 8, 2018. Alternative Press. December 29, 2018.
  13. Web site: twenty one pilots on Twitter. August 8, 2018. Twitter. en. December 29, 2018.
  14. Twenty One Pilots Join Brooding Bonfire in Video for New Song 'Levitate'. Reed. Ryan. August 8, 2018. Rolling Stone. September 8, 2018.
  15. Trench. Twenty One Pilots. 2018. Fueled by Ramen.
  16. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. July 23, 2018. September 8, 2018.
  17. Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2018. Billboard. December 4, 2016.

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