UG Studios session 'Addict With A Pen' by Twenty One Pilots

A UG Studios session with Twenty One Pilots. This is an acoustic version of their song "Addict With A Pen".

[maisyxx]

I just feel the need to point out that josh looks just as emotional as Tyler does and he really is just as important as Tyler is to this band

[entcmbed]

poor Tyler. He looks like he's on the verge of tears the whole video. This must be hard to play live.

[serenityclark]

I CAN SEE TYLER STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS EMOTIONS CONTAINED IM LITERALLY CRYING

[summerbarnett]

The way he sings feels so...raw. it almost feels like we should look away, like we're intruding on something so deeply human and personal that it's almost wrong to watch. But we need that. We need someone to create something--some piece of art that's almost disturbing in it's rawness, so we can face our own humanity too. That's what twenty one pilots has done for us. They've given us a mirror in which we can more easily view those parts of ourselves that we want to forget, but must not, and through that process, we begin to heal. Their music isn't just music anymore. It represents us--all of us, as humans, as people who've been broken and who've failed and who still find something within themselves that urges them to press on, even when the desert's dry and we've nearly forgotten what we began for.

[drummerboy]

For some reason it wasn't til this video that I realized how important Josh was to the band. Like Tyler always said Josh made the band who they are today but I always thought "yeah, hes a great and tight drummer, but there are so many other good drummers too". But just seeing the emotion Josh puts into his playing and the unspoken chemistry between the two... You can just feel that these two were meant to play music together.

[graceputnam]

the opening notes to this are just as powerful as a g note to me

[iCalJIngTechnology]

i could watch this on loop until i die. i haven't been in the clique that long, but twenty one pilots has already made my life more tolerable. stay alive frens ( ]|||-

[zuzi]

You know it's serious stuff when Josh is not pulling funny faces.

[ScisaacFisaac]

It looks like Tyler's walking a thin line between getting really into the beat of the song, and breaking down into a sobbing fit.

(Edit: three years later, after growing up a bit and going through a few things, I get it. That's exactly what's happening.)

[chaosdrop]

I read a lot of comments that say they cried while listening, and I can't help but feel left out. I know I started to tear up the first time I heard this song, but I never cried. And as I listened to it more, it almost feels like this is the song. And by the song, I mean THE SONG. The song that can be mine, and is mine. I don't know how, but I just feel so collected and put together when listening to it. Like I wasn't scrambling in my mind for words to describe a feeling that I didn't even know, and still don't know. But now I don't care that I don't know, because someone else does. And he put it into so many words that were just right. Just the right amount. This band isn't just a band. It's an emotion. It's the feeling of understanding. It's a family.

[RitzToInternet]

I literally only found Twenty One Pilots 2 weeks ago and I've never been able to connect so easily to a band! They are genuine and feel they speak on such a personal level!

[jiakas_]

nobody realizes how hard it is to play the piano while rapping/singing, especially the thing Tyler plays. you gotta appreciate how good he is at what he does

[samantha]

his voice and his words can make me feel so open...

[libby]

I'm not crying you're cr-
Ah who cares, we're all crying

[graciebarton]

me: this is a beautiful and deeply moving performance

my brain: *wadur*

[abizadddy]

you can see Tyler trying to hold himself together. and you can see Josh glancing at tyler every once in a while

[TheWebkinztimberwolf]

this is heart breaking. Tyler looks like he's gonna cry throughout the whole video.

[meghanhammett]

You can tell in not just Tyler's but in Josh's eyes too the lyrics meant something to him

[_taxi.cabb_]

You can just *SEE* the tears in Tyler's eyes. This must be so difficult for him. You could also just hear his trembling voice like he was going to break down. I just want to give him a hug!!!💚😢

[jammiebear]

Part of me wants to close my eyes and take in all the words but part of me just wants to watch them play.