Twenty One Pilots have announced a new album ‘Clancy’ and shared the video for its lead single, ‘Overcompensate’. Clancy marks the Columbus, Ohio natives’ sixth LP – the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Scaled and Icy’ – will drop on May 17.
The musical duo, compromised of Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, have been teasing new music recently weeks, with all of the artwork across Twenty One Pilots’ digital platforms for their previous albums featuring strips of red tape covering the eyes on each cover on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. The and then released a trailer foreshadowing what’s to come, seemingly teasing a new character and location with Joseph narrating: “I am trapped, stuck in a cycle I have never been able to break. I want to believe this is the last time, but I don’t know for sure.”
Twenty One Pilots’s trailer saw Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun portrayed as escapees washed up on a new island called Voldsøy. A mysterious creature has also granted Joseph a “miraculous power”, where Joseph is seen reanimating a dead body back in the continent of Trench. Towards the end, Joseph dons a brand-new balaclava, announcing: “I am returning to Trench. I am Clancy”.
Check out the video for ‘Overcompensate’ – here.
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