

On January 29, 2019, "Chlorine" was serviced to alternative radio and then released to Top 40 radio on March 19, 2019. A Reddit user later discovered that the letter changes spelled out the name "Ned", the name of the creature featured in song's music video. Additionally, on January 23, the letter was updated with the words "than" and "happened" being replaced by "that" and "happen" respectively. Just prior to this release, an image of a letter written by Clancy, the protagonist of the storyline of Trench, was uploaded to the website, which prompts the file name 17–35.4527, 17 and 35.4527 being the atomic number and atomic mass of the chemical element chlorine respectively. However, the band later announced that they could not wait to share the video any longer and subsequently released the music video that same day. Tyler Joseph, the band's lead singer, also posted a message on Twitter which reads "there's someone i'd like you guys to meet.

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On January 22, 2019, fans of Twenty One Pilots began speculating that a music video for the song "Chlorine" would be released the following day due to a series of teasers that the band posted on social media, including a short clip of a dirty swimming pool soundtracked by a drum beat similar to the one found on the track. Chlorine was released as the fifth track of the album. Paige Williams of Billboard suggested that the track was about cleansing your mind from dark thoughts, while Caryn Ganz of The New York Times stated that it "describes how creativity can cleanse dark impulses but cause its own pain." Release It has been described as a "menacing slow-burner" with an "annoyingly infectious" chorus comparable to the work of Bastille, Thom Yorke, DJ Shadow and Gym Class Heroes. It is a pop, electropop, trip hop and rap rock song featuring a lowered voice found on the band's previous album Blurryface and a "menacing, Zaytoven-esque piano twinkle". The song is composed in the key of B♭ minor, with Joseph's vocals ranging between the notes of F 3 and D♭ 5. In an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit, Joseph wrote that "wrestling on trying to tackle what he was feeling in 'Chlorine' was exhausting." Īccording to sheet music published at by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "Chlorine" is set in common time with a "melancholy" tempo of 90 beats per minute. The songwriting process and recording took place in secret in Joseph's basement studio in Columbus, Ohio, while the track was mixed by Adam Hawkins and mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, New York City.

Upon the song's release as a single, a music video directed by Mark Eshleman of Reel Bear Media was uploaded.Īs with much of Trench, "Chlorine" was written and produced by Tyler Joseph, the lead singer of Twenty One Pilots, and Paul Meany of Mutemath, who also provided the voice for the track's opening lines. "Chlorine" was well-received by music critics, who highlighted its catchiness and musical restraint compared to the band's previous work. It is a pop, electropop, trip hop and rap rock song which discusses "how creativity can cleanse dark impulses but cause its own pain". The track was written and produced by lead singer Tyler Joseph and Paul Meany of rock band Mutemath. The song was sent to Alternative radio on Januthen sent to Top 40 radio on March 19, 2019. It became the band's fifth number one single on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the first track from Trench to be certified platinum.
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The song was released on Octoas part of their fifth studio album, Trench, by Fueled by Ramen and on Januas the fifth single from the album plus a music video. " Chlorine" is a song written and recorded by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots. United Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.Tyler Joseph's home studio, Columbus, Ohio.For other uses, see Chlorine (disambiguation).
