Recommended Watching & Listening Order
Last updated: May 22, 2025
Table of Contents
Navigating the dense lore of Twenty One Pilots can be an adventure in itself! This guide provides a suggested order for experiencing the albums and canon music videos to follow the main narrative threads.
Album Order
The general progression of the story through albums is:
- Vessel: (Thematic precursor, with some fans and Tyler himself suggesting its relevance. Its direct canonical ties are more subtle, e.g., “Migraine” referencing the “island of violence” - Voldsoy).
- Blurryface: Details life in Dema and introduces the titular character/concept.
- Trench: Focuses on escape from Dema, the Banditos, and the world of Trench.
- Scaled And Icy: Explores Clancy’s captivity and forced propaganda work for Dema.
- Clancy: The culmination of Clancy’s journey, rebellion, and confrontation with Dema.
Music Video Order (Canon Storyline)
These music videos directly contribute to the main narrative:
- Heavydirtysoul
- Jumpsuit
- Nico and the Niners
- Levitate
- The Livestream Experience (A canonical live event, not a traditional MV, but crucial for the Scaled And Icy era narrative)
- Saturday
- The Outside
- Overcompensate
- Navigating
- Paladin Strait
- Supplementary Viewing: The “I Am Clancy” video provides a helpful recap of the story leading up to the Clancy album.
Related: Timeline, Canon Music Videos, Notably Lore Heavy Songs