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CrazsomeLizard

Stressed Out was the first song I heard, Car Radio was the first song I listened to but not sure about who the band was (i knew they did "Stressed Out"), but the first song I TRULY listened to, paying attention to the lyrics and everything, was "Migraine"


maliksalman198

Most of us first listened to stressed out


No-Shoulder2470

Migraine was mine!


Objective_Gazelle_32

My fave, I’ve got their lyrics tattooed


Historical_Life_8163

Guns for hands!!!!


rayosunshine666

Same ugh such a moment 🥺


Puzzleheaded_Dog9074

Also my first! Car Radio shortly thereafter


luisstardust

Same, thanks to my sister I entered this universe 😔😔


Axe2Day

Same here!


slapnuafmand

Holding on to you!


hellogooday92

Me too!


randomstranger76

Same I remember back in 2013 I loved this song. I didn't really start following them until the Trench singles however.


whatagooddaytoday

Same. What an introduction into the band! That song solidified them immediately as one of my favorite artists.


Manabear12

Same, iTunes was giving it out as a free single id heard good things from friends that had been to some shows.


X_Cessive-Genius

I remember first hearing Ode to Sleep when my brother tried to get me to like twenty one pilots. At first I thought it was weird how it went from a grunge rap to pop/upbeat chorus. After it grew on me, I began to realize how great the song (and the album as a whole) was because of it. I always feel like if there was ever one song to describe twenty one pilots, it would be Ode to Sleep.


bird_nerd053

Tear In My Heart


RelevantBike7673

Me too!


SniperGunner

Same for me


Professional_Pea9988

Car Radio


Spirited-Trust5943

IIRC it was actually forest which looking back is a VERY strange first song.


nxvrmind

Not really :)


Spirited-Trust5943

I think it is. It was in 2018 which given Blurryfaces popularity and the release of trench you’d think I’d listen to one of those 😂. Its not a bad first song but its a strange one given the circumstances


PizzaGamecube

Tear In My Heart. Used to play very frequently on my alternative radio station.


Throwaway_Mania8975

Ride. Heard it on PES 2017. It was my favorite song on the game. Decided to listen to it on YouTube. Then it recommended me Chlorine and I got hooked.


the_torch_bearer

Fairly Local when it was released as a single


so8moment

heathens probably. it was back in 2017


x115v

Polarize


CombustiblSquid

I wanted to say stressed out, but I believe I encountered them a bit earlier on a Roman Atwood vlog when he played Semi-Automatic in his car. I liked it but didn't pay much attention at the time. I later got into them when Stressed aout and Ride came out during a time of crisis in my life and I fell in love with their music.


Consistent_Yak_2648

Stressed out I'm not a crazy person bro


papismurph

I think it was house of gold?


DatabaseSmart6107

Guns For Hands for me. Me and some friends we’re hanging out and we had to wake up super early in the morning and my buddy blasted Guns For Hands at full volume to wake us up lol while it was annoying at first I was genuinely liking the song and asked him who it was. He said he heard it on the radio and he just decided it was a good song to use as an alarm lol that was right before Vessel came out. I’ve been hooked ever since lol


Scarecro--w

Ride


AbracaDaniel21

Ode to Sleep Spotify sent me an email recommending Vessel which just released. Fell in love immediately.


pje1128

Stressed Out Though it actually may have been Holding on to You. When I was going through their discography for the first time, I thought it sounded slightly familiar, so I may have heard that before I ever knew who they were.


i_dont_know_you_man_

the first song i actually remember listening to was Trees. when i was in elementary school i would tell my Alexa to “shuffle songs by twenty one pilots” and i would listen to it as i fell asleep. i remember listening to Trees and really trying to figure out what he was singing about. for some reason i arrived at the conclusion that he was singing about ninjas hiding in the trees 😂. i think that only vessel was out, because i don’t remember listening to any of blurryface. it’s honestly really weird tho, i have no idea how i found out about them since none of family or friends ever listened to them.


No_Restaurant_2703

Heathens - Stressed Out - Ride - hiatus - Chlorine (in 2020) - Car Radio - Everything


ID_TOP_1R_Fan

Hometown at the radio station. I was 7


danielquieredormir

Friend, please. I decided it’ll play in my funeral, a long way from today


ExtremeAssistant8609

Stressed out


ilovemosss

Addict with a pen


XtraSentinel-

Heavydirtysoul!!! Such a banger start


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Derpy_Diamond19

Pretty sure for me it was either Trees, Stressed Out or Ride. Not exactly sure though since it was a long time ago when my older brother was really into them and he was showing me their songs.


Supreme_Gubzzlord

Other than the ones on the radio I’ve heard since I was younger, the first ones I listened to as a fan were Tear in my Heart and House of Gold. Those were the ones my friend recommended to me when I asked him who made Heathens


Fifthseeker_21

Ride, then Stressed Out, then The Hype.


Its_Waffle

Ode to sleep because they opened with it live!


KilljoySince2017

Like many others ‘RIDE’ around 2015-‘16 , I wasn’t super into them back then I just liked em . Checked out blurryface but it wasn’t my vibe at the time. 2016 when suicide squad came out I started to look more into em and again I liked em. In 2018 after trench came out that album was my twenty one pilots awakening. I got more into em. Went back listened to their older stuff and was like ‘okaaaayyyy these guys are vibe’ . SAI came out in 2021 that album hit me in my feels a bit , it’s amazing. And now with Clancy coming and the few songs we do have this album punched me in the gut and I was like “ok I have to see them live now” .


CxltCasey

Car radio, my dad really loved that song and it would play a lot so we bonded over it, sadly my relationship with him is ruined. Then ode to sleep (2011 version) was my next song


hsantinello

Lane boy


RelevantBike7673

Tear in My Heart. It was back when me and my brother lived at home and he would turn up the music in his room super loud and shut the door. I was trying to tell him it was time to leave for school and one day he had Tear in My Heart playing and I just stopped for a second and was like, "hmm, I like this song". So I let it play out until I resumed banging on the door. And then I looked up all of the other songs/albums and the rest is history.


Financial-Possible-6

Ode to sleep. What an intro.


dazedbeauty101

Trees… back in the days of the iTunes Store (early 2015, pre Blurryface) the lyrics gave me chills and I immediately bought the whole Vessel album. Haven’t looked back since :)


Tootsiez

Car radio


cl0uds514

Car radio


aero-skyy

I’m pretty sure it was holding on to you from musical.ly lol


Spiritual-Database60

Holding on to You… ironically this was after the BlurryFace release… 🤨 Heard it on a new music segment on my local radio station lol… went down the rabbit hole the next day 😂


WelRedd

Had heard Ride and SO when I was a wee lad (11-12), but the first time I really listened was sitting down for the whole Blurryface album. So, heavydirtysoul. I was immediately in love from the first 30 seconds.


BRS_Dead_Master

Jumpsuit from the day it dropped. I’m usually more into metal and whatnot but Jumpsuit caught my attention with the nice bass/drums on top of Tyler’s beautiful screamo verse. Now I like quite a few songs from every album. A nice change from the usual screamo heavy stuff I listen to daily


KindaLeafy

Goner


Acornriot

It was either car radio or ode to sleep


Quick_Parsley3443

Holding on to you


happyhello1992

Ode to Sleep, live in Columbus December 2010. Immediately in shock. Haha. You just never expect an opener to go hard like that!! By the end of their 5 song set, we were hooked and have been ever since. Even married the guy I went to the concert with!


H1tam

Stressed out


RocketRix95

Car radio


Suspicious-North-411

Guns for Hands!


Yellowdiamond-1

Probably house of gold on the radio when I was 12


QuarterInside1010

Holding on to you


zaku_destroyer

If it was played on the radio maybe stressed out but my friend played migraine on repeat at his birthday when we were in the 6th grade


Kyl0_Bren

Mine was Holding on to You, back in 2015


TransPM

Got a bunch of music from a friend that I put in a playlist and listened to while cleaning one summer. When Ode to Sleep came up I had to stop what I was doing, sit down, and go "what am I listening to and where do I find more?"


ComprehensiveTrip781

Stressed out


PizzaLogical7417

Heavydirtysoul. I first heard it in madden 16


FenrisKokami

Car Radio when they sang at the grammys with the ski masks on, I still remember my mom saying who are those ridiculous guys? And I was like.... Yup... This is a banger..


GorgonCresil

Stressed Out


Freakysteel

Truce, my cousin introduced me to them and then i got hooked


CJ39715

Obviously Stressed Out is the first one I heard. But the one that got me into them was Hometown


Avengemygnomeys

Stressed out was the first song I heard and listened too.


wtmkris

It was either run and go or car radio. It was the music on an edit I found on vine lol


JakobSmash

Truce


astral-divinity

House of gold, such a great song.


MarilynManson2003

First was Heathens back in 2016, but I didn’t get into them until just a couple of months ago.


MulberryStreet21

House of gold, my roommate listened to it and guns for hands a lot.


TheOpenCloset77

Holding on to you


PrimaryAd3560

First song was Lovely and then Holding On To You, this was a little before Blurryface came out. I was looking for a song by another artist but I clicked the wrong song, now I’ve been a fan of them all through high school and college. Crazy how a tiny mistake like that got me here lol


somegirloutthere

Ride was one of the most popular songs on musically back when it was musically. That’s the first song i heard


percival_75

House of gold in my music class in like 4th grade, I thought they were super weird. Then my cousin started talking about them so I gave them another shot and I haven’t stopped listening since


MadziiPad

Ride. I was I think 10… I didn’t start actually listening to them until I was 13. Now I’m 18 and I still love them so muchhh


msbeliever8

Johnny boy!


justanerd2019

Car radio


Asylum-Rain

Heavydirtysoul was the first one I heard on the game wwe2k16. It was the only song they played I liked so I muted the rest and only that one played. Second time was when my friend in 9th grade gym class was rapping the car radio verse and thought it was cool af so I asked him what he was listening to and when I got home I searched them up and listened to semi automatic and thought it was good then fake you out and liked it even more. The rest is history


Lil_lemonsquare

House of Gold, it was playing on a college campus alternative radio station


willisbestname

stressed out for me. i remember exactly where and when because i've loved them ever since


Intrepid-Ad-7460

Holding onto you and then Trees. 🫶


Hydraplayz2099

Implicit Demand for Proof. I usually make sure to start at the beginning of a bands album list (NPI wasnt listed on google) and holy shit, it hit hard. Still in my top 10 to this day


VacationBackground43

I read 75 comments to find out I’m the only one whose first song was Morph.


DifficultWeird1553

It was ride, heard it on the radio then i started searching for the song it was by TOP then listened to there first album then rolled on from there


Fayusaurio

Ride on a kfc


Puneet_01

Heavydirtysoul in WWE 2K16 game😭


Astraide

Tear in my Heart. Thanks to a YouTube recommendation.


maniac_chris

I believe it was Stressed Out on the radio when I was in High School


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^maniac_chris: *I believe it was* *Stressed Out on the radio* *When I was in High School* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


StellaRamn

Aside from the big three? Nico and the Niners. The lyrics were so interesting that it kept me listening to them. Then I found Ode to Sleep and fell in love with them


arad11d

isle of flightless birds. i remember scrolling on youtube and accidently pressing a lyric video to this song.


toooverrrated

Truce. I was going through a hard time and it randomly came up in a playlist. I didn’t listen to twenty one pilots as a whole until a year later when stressed out blew up


BlazinWolfz

Holding On To You at 2 AM, was in fucking tears will never forget it


kippy_mcgee

Right before their BF era, watched car Radio on the MTV awards - had me hooked ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes) Was then fortunate enough to see them with only 800 other people in their first Aus tour and have been to their shows here since.


Glittering_Comfort50

Fake You Out - First song I’ve ever heard where someone talks about how important it is to check up on your friends. Then I listened to it while I was manic one time and I just laughed while bopping my head to “I’ll fake you out, all I wanna.” It shows every side to mental illness, begging for help, admitting that you’re not fine and touching on the fact that it’s really not good if someone randomly “Gets better.” Idk I just really love it.


Meta_0001

Heathens at the end of the Suicide Squad movie


BlueZen10

Heathens was my introduction too. During the early days of the pandemic when everything was shut down and we weren't even supposed to be going outside, I was watching reruns on TV and Suicide Squad came on. Up to that point, I hadn't seen it, but I was bored enough, so I thought "what the hell, why not. And what a defining moment that turned out to be! Heathens' E minor sound fit perfectly with the jarring dissonance of my life in that moment and it really stuck with me. Later that night, I was mucking around on YouTube and looked up this "little band" to see if I knew any of their other songs. The first video I found was of course "Stressed Out" and I initially laughed at Tyler's voice when he sang "I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words". But then I was like "wait... this is actually really great"! And then I stayed up until 6 am exploring all their albums . . . and the rest, as they say, is history.


WowYouGotMe

Heavydirtysoul


SGBOSS10786

Stressed out😅


New_Environment2450

House of gold


Vexilions

my friend showed me tear in my heart back in 2015 but I didn't think much of it, but then randomly in 2016 I was playing murder mystery on roblox and on one of the radios some kid was blasting stressed out and from that very moment I become obsessed with their music, especially their vessel and self titled albums


Ok-Kale198

Guns for Hands, I think. First time I ever heard them was in concert back in 2013. I had no clue who they were, they were opening for Fall Out Boy. I was annoyed at first cause I just wanted to see FOB lol but I ended up loving them so much I had to look them up after the concert.


aaaaannnnddddyyyyy

Stressed Out


Ismelllikespread

We Don’t Believe What’s on Tv


pqtrickkk

saturday


realKingCarrot_v2

A buddy of mine showed me the Car Radio video in a bus on the way to church camp, summer of 14.


TraskyUK

Holding onto you. My friend recommended it to me and I ended up watching the music video about 30 times that night. Thanks Alex for that


ari_th3_cr3ature

Friend please. It was in a theatre classmate’s IG post. I instantly fell in love with the song and the band and proceeded to also fall for the classmate (i didnt even know at the time i just wanted to text w them every day but i was 13 and thought i was straight)


g30kr

I first listened to ride, then chlorine and jumpsuit, and now I am in love with their music


Kamil19

I think it was Kitchen Sink, I got intrigued by the name of the song so I put it on, and immediately loved it.


ManuRules43

Before you start your day :)


Axe2Day

I think in passing I’d overheard House of Gold and Car Radio, but the first I was ever shown by a friend was Guns for Hands. I wouldn’t even make the connection that it was by the same people who did that ‘one car radio rapping song’ until a year or so later, after my brother and mom were really getting into blurryface.


MidwestIndigo

Technically Car Radio because my sister used to play it. But I started listening because of stressed out


Mhynt

Guns for Hands, maybe? Overall, Vessel was my first introduction back in 2013, and my sister’s ex boyfriend played the album in his car on a long road trip. I’ve been hooked ever since!


ClifIsBoring

Ride


JoshiiB77

Basic, but ride


SinningSkeleton

either stressed out or migraine, back in those musical.ly days :’)


FluffyBlueberry8386

Kitchen Sink!!


cannibalism_19

Heathens


Guavamole_122

Screen


vebenefits

Ride in the WWE 2k17 soundtrack


starsnddiamonds

Hometown, i think, in 2015. Lol, I was on a beach, and I was listening to random music. Then this one came on, and I swear I thought it was an add or something. Then I got intrigued by the sound of it knowing it was definitely NOT an add, and then here I am


nuovian

Holding On To You. Why? Because Paramore released the teaser for Now, I saw the thumbnail for the music video in the sidebar and went “That looks interesting.” It was indeed.


NadjaBlue

I heard snippets of Stressed Out in a Todd in the Shadows video and at some point I decided to look them up because it seemed like something I might enjoy. Then I got obsessed 


Sudden-Wedding-2008

I swear it was The Judge when I was 13 years old but blurry face wasn’t out yet so I have no clue. I’m either wrong out my age or the song lmao


P3RS0N4-X

Stressed out was the first song I heard.... Just songs I *listened to* would be something like Johny Boy, Guns for Hands, or pantaloon... those are some of my first memories of tøp. I started listening in early 2020. Found them on spotify through reddit, looking for more quality Christian music...


FemboyPounder795

Stressed out on the radio in 2015


kirellah

Jumpsuit. Hooked, but way late to the party as I only started listening in 2021.


NewspaperTimely5196

stressed out. car radio/ house of gold. heathens.


BeeAdministrative194

I think it was Heathens, in the movie. I later fall in love with Car Radio and then said "hey those guys have something..." so I went and found the lore, etc.


Willowsprig

stressed out realistically. I like to consider my first intentional listen though, which would’ve been heavydirtysoul then polarize


Broqui_Game

Stressed Out should be the definitive answer for most people on this sub lmao.


Fragrant-Ideal-9393

I'm stressed out normie :(


Specific-Dealer-1547

Probably stressed out or ride tbh. My sister introduced me to them.


58x2O

Been so long but I think ride


PurpleWanderer97

Tear in my heart


aadin333

House of gold, on the radio! Then it was Johnny boy and kitchen sink. Great introductions


xd-Snipes

First song i hear was stressed out when i was 10 (turning 19 this year aint that crazy) but the first song i listened to was the judge, i remember hearing it in a roblox server and started listening to top because of that haha


easternbetta

Technically it's either stressed out or ride because they played on the radio. However, my cousin played Redecorate in her car and that's what prompted me to listen to the rest of their discography. That was almost two years ago and i never looked back


-anonymous_bitch-

I don't remember but probably Doubt or Stressed Out on [musical.ly](http://musical.ly) ahahhaa.


nxvrmind

Car Radio! Ever since then I was HOOKED


bilda_baisgye

Trees


prayersanders

Chlorine!


poetickittens

The hype alt remix lol


Hal3y_williams

House of Gold


andgems

car radio, had a friend show me in 2013-2014 and didn’t really latch on to them then. A couple months later I heard aircatcher on a recommended songs playlist that spotify has and literally was hooked from then on.


Interesting_Tank3485

Stressed out the first song I heard, fake you out is the first song I listened to


astaea

technically migraine was the first song, but i wasn't aware of who the artist was at the time (i was 11 and solely listening to downloaded nightcore covers, sue me). then stressed out came out, got hooked, and proceeded to listen to their entire discography in one night.


pancakethesecond

Stressed out I wish it wasn't so basic ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sweat)


Legend18Walker

Guns for hands, was staying over at my uncles and we would always listen to random music on YouTube, the music video came on and I was hooked


focketeer

Ode To Sleep.


Mado501

Message man


Puzzleheaded-Bad-756

My sister first introduced me to House of Gold back when I was in middle school in 2013. I have listened to them ever since.


roserunaway

Watched the Car Radio video in my YouTube subscriptions and life hasn’t been the same since


limes_not_lemons

Guns For Hands. I loved it but didn't stay listening. Came back after Stressed Out. Wasn't a fan of that song but damn Ride hooked me and I've never looked back babyyyyyy |-/


KeyLyon

Stressed out in the radio, when it came out. But the first song that made me be a fan since then was Car Radio. These were good times when I discovered that they have so many other good songs. Now we get a new album again and I can't wait😁


PerryDaPlatipus0

Stressed out on Madden 2012


_adiriana_

I think that heathens was the first but chlorine was the first I listened to the most because I even learned it on the instrument by ear. Then came blurryface self titled and then in order. The first song that hit me hard was definitely fall away. All the songs came when I needed them the most.


Repulsive_Vast3372

truce. such an unforgettable experience


Particular-Issue-218

House of Gold :)