Music

Much has been said about formulas for writing the perfect pop song or the perfect country song.

But sometimes, every now and then, someone comes along and blows those formulas out of the water to create something so new.

If that isn't Twenty One Pilots, I don't know what is.

My son and I were coming back from a hard-fought soccer game he played in, where they were ahead, the other team started getting dirty, and they ended up losing the game due to getting pulled out of their comfort zone and trying to keep up in the dirty game instead of just doing their thing regardless.

As stressful as it was, we listened to some Twenty One Pilots on the way home, and everything seemed to melt away. The funny thing is, the next week on the way to another soccer game, he listened to those same songs in order to get pumped up and focused on the upcoming game.

Rock? It's in there. Rap? Got it. Ukulele? Oh yeah. Ska? Check. Screaming? The best part. Synth-pop? Bring it on.

Their lyrics are like something from Simon & Garfunkel but for the modern day, with themes and connections mixed throughout and between albums. It's magic.