Josh’s Afternoon Jam: Twenty One Pilots ‘Stressed Out’ [Video]

Every so often there's a song that comes on the radio, and when it does you have no choice but to crank it as loud as you can.

Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots is one of those songs. You'll mainly hear it during PopCrush Nights, which airs after my show (7p) on 95.7. After I originally heard this song I started searching for other songs by Twenty One Pilots on YouTube. One night when I was working in the office late into the evening, I realized I went through about a dozen of their songs and loved every single one. No lie, I ended up downloading all of their albums last weekend, and anyone who knows me knows that it's rare I download full albums.

Stressed Out has actually been out for awhile, but is just now starting to get some play on pop radio. It's a catchy tune, and it almost reminds me some early Eminem. And even though they rap a bit, it really comes off more as alternative than it does rap. Their sound in general reminds me of Eminem meets Linkin Park meets Fun. As far as the song, who can't relate to this? It's about how great things were as a kid and how stress can suffocate us as adults.

Crank it up and enjoy!