Jumpsuit (song)

"Jumpsuit"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Trench
B-side "Nico and the Niners"
Released July 11, 2018
Format
Genre
Length 3:58
Label Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Heavydirtysoul"
(2016)		 "Jumpsuit"
(2018)		 "Nico and the Niners"
(2018)
Music video
"Jumpsuit" on YouTube

"Jumpsuit" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots. It was released on July 11, 2018 as one of the singles from their fifth studio album Trench (2018), alongside "Nico and the Niners".[3] It is the band's first original song since "Heathens" in 2016.

Background

On July 6, 2018, the band sent an email of a closing eye with the words "ARE YOU STILL SLEEPING?"[4] Three days later, they returned to social media for the first time in their year-long hiatus, posting a clip of the official video for the song inside of an opening eye.[5] The next day, they posted another clip from the official video playing a muffled version of the song inside a nearly fully open eye.[6] On July 11, the song was finally released along with its music video.[7]

Composition

"Jumpsuit" is an alternative and hard rock song that lasts for a duration of three minutes and fifty-eight seconds.[8] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderately fast tempo of 127 beats per minute.[8] The song is composed in the key of B minor while Tyler Joseph's vocal range spans one octave and three notes, from a low of D4 to a high of G5.[8] The song was described by Rolling Stone as having "distorted bass guitar, crisp drumming and dark washes of synth" with front-man Tyler Joseph's vocals building from "a near-whisper to a full-throated scream, to an atmospheric falsetto."[9] Idolator described its sound as alternating between "semi-acoustic and hard rock".[10]

Music video

A music video for "Jumpsuit" was released on July 11, 2018.[10] It was directed by Andrew Donoho, who had previously directed the music videos for the duo's songs "Heathens" and "Heavydirtysoul". The video was filmed in Thórsmörk, Iceland.[11] On July 12th 2018, the music video for "Jumpsuit" surpassed "Heathens" for the most YouTube views in one day for the band.[12]

The video starts out with the car from the "Heavydirtysoul" video still smoldering, before suddenly catching fire. Lead singer Tyler Joseph jumps onto the car and tells the viewers that they've been here the whole time, they were asleep, and it's time to wake up. The scene then cuts to a valley where Joseph is seen laying unconscious in a stream of water, he wakes up and observes his surroundings when mysterious people in yellow outfits appear upon the clifftops of the valley watching him. As he makes his way through the valley, he is pursued by a red hooded figure on a white horse who upon catching up to him smears black paint on his neck. Following this, he is seen following the red-hooded figure on the horse in a trance-like state. The people in yellow throw yellow petals at the hooded figure and Joseph, breaking him out of his trance and disorientating the bishop's horse, allowing him to run away. However, Joseph falls and is captured by the bishop. The video ends with cutting back to the original scene, with Joseph opening the back of the flaming car, grabbing a yellow jumpsuit and putting it on before walking away.

Reception

Spin was critical of the song, finding the lyrics and backstory confusing, and feeling that its progressive rock inspired song structure would not catch on as contemporary pop music.[13]

Commercial performance

"Jumpsuit" debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 21, 2018, with 11.4 million airplay audience impressions, 5.2 million U.S. streams and 22,000 downloads sold according to Nielsen Music, and peaked at No. 50 the following week.[14] The same month, "Jumpsuit" peaked at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, the band's fourth on the list. By taking two weeks to peak at number one, "Jumpsuit" became the fastest song to reach number one on the Alternative Songs chart since the 2010s.[15] The song also peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Rock Songs chart. Later, the song peaked at number one on the Rock Airplay chart, marking the band's third on the list.[16]

Live performances

Twenty One Pilots first played the song at the Brixton Academy for their concert "A Complete Diversion", on stage with a burning car and yellow petals from the original music video.[17] They also performed the song at the 2018 American Music Awards with the same type of setting.[18]

Personnel

Usage in media

The song appears on the soundtrack for the video game NHL 19.[19]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[20] 76
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[21] 66
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[22] 22
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[23] 12
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24] 61
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[25] 2
France (SNEP)[26] 125
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[27] 36
Hungary (Single Top 40)[28] 6
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[29] 27
Ireland (IRMA)[30] 41
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[31] 5
Portugal (AFP)[32] 69
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[33] 29
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[34] 8
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[36] 50
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 50
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[38] 6
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[39] 1
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[40] 6

References

  1. ↑ Billboard What They Know So Far (2018-09-03), Billboard, retrieved 2018-09-26
  2. ↑ Reed, Ryan (July 11, 2018). "Hear Twenty One Pilots' New Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Top 40 Future/M Releases". AllAccess. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Break Year-Long Silence With Cryptic Email to Fans". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. ↑ "twenty one pilots Signal Return With Cryptic Emails & Tweets | MTV UK". Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ↑ "twenty one pilots on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Storm Back with 'Jumpsuit' and 'Nico and the Niners': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  8. 1 2 3 Joseph, Tyler. "Twenty One Pilots 'Jumpsuit' Sheet Music in B Minor - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Reed, Ryan. "Hear Twenty One Pilots' New Songs 'Jumpsuit,' 'Nico and the Niners' Tracks appear on "Stressed Out" band's upcoming fifth LP, 'Trench'". Rolling Stone.
  10. 1 2 "Twenty One Pilots Return With "Jumpsuit" & "Nico & The Niners"". 11 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "twenty one pilots: Jumpsuit (Beyond the Video)". YouTube.
  12. ↑ Trapp, Philip (12 July 2018). "Twenty One Pilots already broke a record with "Jumpsuit"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Release Two New Songs, Announce Album and Tour". 11 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Return to Rock Charts With 'Jumpsuit' & 'Nico and the Niners'". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  15. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (24 July 2018). "Twenty One Pilots' 'Jumpsuit' Is Fastest-Rising Alternative Songs No. 1 This Decade". Billboard. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (9 August 2018). "Twenty One Pilots' 'Jumpsuit' Rules Rock Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Everything that went down at Twenty One Pilots' Brixton show". NME. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  18. ↑ "Watch Twenty One Pilots Deliver Intense 'Jumpsuit' Performance at the 2018 AMAs". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  19. ↑ NHL 19 Soundtrack (2018-09-27), NHL 19 Soundtrack, retrieved 2018-09-26
  20. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #482". auspOp. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  25. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201829 into search. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 28/2018". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  29. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  30. ↑ "George Ezra tops Official Irish Singles Chart, Ariana is highest new entry". Official Charts Company. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  31. ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  32. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  33. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  34. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201829 into search. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  35. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 29, 20 juli 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  37. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  38. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  39. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  40. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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