Levitate (Twenty One Pilots song)

"Levitate"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Trench
B-side "Nico and the Niners"
Released August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)
Genre
Length 2:25
Label Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Nico and the Niners"
(2018)		 "Levitate"
(2018)		 "My Blood"
(2018)

"Nico and the Niners"
(2018)		 "Levitate"
(2018)		 "My Blood"
(2018)
Music video
"Levitate" on YouTube

"Levitate" is a song written and recorded by 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" opens with the outro of the previous track on the album, "Jumpsuit". It 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 2014 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."[4] The song was described by Rolling Stone as a "minimalist" track where "Joseph raps over warbled synths and Dun's primal pummel".[5] It has a tempo of 93 beats per minute and has a duration of two minutes and twenty-five seconds.[6]

Release

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

Music video

The song's music video was released on August 8.[8] The clip concludes the storyline from the two previous singles and was directed by Andrew Donoho, who directed videos for the previous Trench singles.[9] 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.[10]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[11] 15
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[12] 14

References

  1. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots premiere new track "Levitate"; reveal "Trench" track list". August 8, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Yadav, Dylan (August 8, 2018). "Twenty One Pilots Play With Trap In 'Levitate'". Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ {cite web|first=Jamie|last=Christensen|url=https://www.uvureview.com/recent/artsculture/twenty-one-pilots-release-four-singles-album-trench/%7Ctitle=Twenty One Pilots release four singles for their album Trench|date=September 13, 2018|accessdate=September 15, 2018}}
  4. ↑ "Decoding the New Video for Twenty One Pilots' 'Levitate,' End of the Duo's 'Trench' Trilogy". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  5. ↑ Reed, Ryan (2018-08-08). "Twenty One Pilots Join Brooding Bonfire in Video for New Song 'Levitate'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  6. ↑ LLC, Blendist. "BPM for Twenty One Pilots - Levitate on songbpm". Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  7. ↑ "twenty one pilots - Trench". Genius. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  8. ↑ twenty one pilots (2018-08-08), twenty one pilots: Levitate [Official Video], retrieved 2018-09-08
  9. ↑ Reed, Ryan (2018-08-08). "Twenty One Pilots Join Brooding Bonfire in Video for New Song 'Levitate'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  10. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Light Their Torches For Battle in Frenetic 'Levitate' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  11. ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 23, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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