


"Twenty One Pilots: They're back! And their journey to create Trench is a story that could only come from them." Kerrang!. ^ a b c Carter, Emily (October 3, 2018).Yeung lauded it as one of the record's "second-half highlights." Stephen Keegan, writing for Hot Press, considered that the track displayed "the pop sensibilities that have earned the band their audience," additionally predicting that the track "is sure to become an alternative anthem." Track listing Billboard writer Chris Payne described the song as a "jubilant, crowd-ready panorama." In his review of Trench for AllMusic, Neil Z. Gary Ryan of NME opined that "The Hype" was one of the songs off Trench "strong enough to exist outside of any story," referring to the narrative found on the record. "The Hype" was positively received by music critics. The video has garnered over 50 million views on YouTube as of June 7, 2021. The video ends with Joseph closing the flap on his shirt and Dun giving him a cup filled with a strawberry drink. Joseph walks over to a painting and uses yellow tape to secure it to the wall. While Josh is playing the final instrumental part, the pieces of all the broken objects in the room start flying around and merging with the other pieces, which repairs all of the broken objects. He then sings the final lyrics to the song inside the house. Parts of the roof start exploding, creating holes, and Joseph falls through the roof. The video zooms out, showing that there is a much larger audience outside and they're watching Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun perform on the roof. Then continues singing, but now he's on the roof. After singing the chorus for the second time, Joseph climbs a ladder, opens a door in the ceiling, and gets out of the house. There are a few people watching and listening, as if there was a concert inside the house. There is a house on the screen, the video then zooms in on the window of the house, and the duo is performing the song inside. The camera zooms in on the screen, and the screen appears to be playing a video. He opens a flap on his shirt and reveals a screen behind it. The video starts off with Tyler Joseph standing in the middle of a road. On July 26, 2019, Twenty One Pilots published an official music video for "The Hype" on YouTube. Two original members, Chris Salih and Nick Thomas.
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Joseph explained that its lyrics address his younger self, discussing "the difference between internal pressure and external pressure," and described the track as "just an encouragement to keep going, to let things roll off your back that deserve to be put aside." He further added in an interview with Kerrang! that it reflects on the fragility of a song and how "a single comment can completely change it." A clip from the first episode of their web series documenting their tour in support of their second album Regional at Best is sampled during the bridge, with the audio snippet relating to their reliance on technology during live shows, following the departure of the band's Lyrically, it explores themes of perseverance, loyalty and the weight of fame. "The Hype" has been described as a 90s-style rock, indie rock and alternative rock "chant-along" featuring a ukulele bridge. In an AMA on Reddit, he disclosed that the track was among the hardest to write on Trench. In an interview with Coup de Main Magazine, Joseph revealed that while writing the track, he intended for its production to sound like that of which he found in his childhood. 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. As with most of its parent album Trench, "The Hype" was written by Tyler Joseph, the lead singer of Twenty One Pilots, and produced by him alongside Paul Meany of the alternative rock band Mutemath.
