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"Lane Boy"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Blurryface
Released	May 4, 2015
Genre	Dubstep jungle reggae alternative hip hop ethnic music
Length	4:13 (album version) 3:56 (video version)
Label	Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)	Tyler Joseph
Producer(s)	Ricky Reed
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Tear in My Heart" (2015) "Lane Boy" (2015) "Stressed Out" (2015)
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"Lane Boy" on YouTube

"Lane Boy" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, for their fourth studio album, Blurryface. "Lane Boy" was released on YouTube worldwide on May 4, 2015, being released as a single on Google Play Store on the same day. The music video was released on July 20, 2015.

Background

In an interview with Alternative Press, Tyler Joseph said he wrote the song wanting to talk about what he was feeling and his frustrations, as opposed to something artistic and added that, "I remember showing that song to some people and they said, 'I don't think you want to say that...'" Consequently, Josh Dun, the band's drummer, told him to "say it." Joseph also stated during an interview with Fuse that the song was "that song on the record where you kind of break that fourth wall and you can look into what it's like to really be a normal person in our position."

Remix

An official remix of "Lane Boy" was created by hip hop record producer DJ Premier. In an interview with Complex over e-mail, Premier explained, "While I was in L.A. recording with Dr. Dre for the Compton soundtrack, one of my homies told my tour manager to check out Twenty One Pilots. I bought Blurryface and liked it immediately, so I started looking for videos as well. I saw the 'Lane Boy' video and loved the concept of the song and video. It's about refuting the idea that artists should stay in a 'lane' or be defined by a particular style or sound." "Lane Boy" was the song DJ Premier desired to remix afer watching the videos. Twenty One Pilots sent the stems for the track over to Premier and told him to rock out with it. For the remix, Premier decreases the tempo of its instrumental in order to give the track a slow, mellow vibe. Towards the end, he integrates his trademark scratching.

Alexa Shouneyia for Billboard stated, "If you loved Twenty One Pilots' 'Lane Boy' before, get ready to fall in love all over again with DJ Premier's remix... DJ Premier definitely takes the track into his own lane." Jessie Morris from Complex described the official remix as an "essential new banger."

Composition

"Lane Boy" is an alternative hip hop song that lasts for a duration of four minutes and thirteen seconds. The musical composition has textures containing an unorthodox mix of styles including reggae, EDM and jungle. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderately fast tempo of 160 beats per minute. "Lane Boy" is composed in the key of A minor while Tyler Joseph's vocal range spans from a low of F₄ to a high of C₆. The track's instrumental pauses during the middle to accommodate for a frenzied, spiraling dubstep breakdown. The song's lyrics harbor something of a mission statement, with a chorus where Joseph sings, "They say, 'Stay in your lane, boy' / But we go where we want to".

Reception

Jason Pettigrew from Alternative Press remarked, "'Don't trust a perfect person and don't trust a song that's flawless,' warns on the furious reggae/jungle/dubstep hybrid "Lane Boy." And he's absolutely right; great art is rarely made by normal people."

Music video

The music video for "Lane Boy" is slightly shorter than its album version, and shows Joseph walking in the forest at nighttime with two men behind him in hazmat suits while Dun plays at a concert; he (Joseph) finds a floral shirt (which he puts on) and joins Dun on stage, before long, the crowd crouches down along with Joseph, afterwards jumping at the same time he does after 2 minutes within the video. The music video ends with Joseph performing a short dance and then bowing to the crowd.

Track listing

Personnel

• Tyler Joseph – vocals, ukulele, synthesizers, bass, programming, guitar
• Josh Dun – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Saibogu/Drakon — synthesizers, sampled loops, programming
• Ricky Reed – bass guitar, programming

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

1. ^ AltPress (May 19, 2015). "twenty one pilots - Blurryface". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
2. ^ Greene, Andy (January 14, 2016). "Twenty One Pilots: Inside the Biggest New Band of the Past Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
3. "Twenty One Pilots - "Lane Boy" (Audio)". YouTube. May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
4. "twenty one pilots Stream New Song, Lane Boy". Kerrang!. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
5. ^ "Twenty One Pilots – Lane Boy". Google Play Store. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
6. "Twenty One Pilots - "Lane Boy" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". YouTube. July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
7. ^ "Radio 1's New Music Friday Playlist 21/10/16's playlist's Top Tracks - BBC Playlists". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
8. Pettigrew, Jason (June 20, 2016). "How Twenty One Pilots Were Almost the Next Mumford And Sons". Alternative Press. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
9. Sherman, Maria (August 3, 2015). "Twenty One Pilots Chat About "Lane Boy" at Lollapalooza 2015". Fuse. Fuse Media, LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
10. ^ Morris, Jessie (November 21, 2016). "Premiere: DJ Premier Remixes Twenty One Pilots' "Lane Boy" Into a Banger". Complex. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
11. ^ Shouneyia, Alexa (November 21, 2016). "DJ Premier Adds His Own Flavor to Twenty One Pilots' 'Lane Boy'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
12. Rolling Stone (August 31, 2015). "Watch Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, More Perform at VMAs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
13. ^ Joseph, Tyler. "Twenty One Pilots 'Lane Boy' Sheet Music in A Minor - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
14. "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
15. "Hot Rock Songs : Dec 31, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
16. "Canadian single certifications – twenty one pilots – Lane Boy". Music Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
17. "American single certifications – twenty one pilots – Lane Boy". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• "Lane Boy" Music video on YouTube

v t e Twenty One Pilots
Tyler Joseph Josh Dun
Studio albums	Twenty One Pilots Regional at Best Vessel Blurryface Trench Scaled and Icy Clancy
Singles	"Holding On to You" "Guns for Hands" "Lovely" "House of Gold" "Fake You Out" "Car Radio" "Fairly Local" "Tear in My Heart" "Stressed Out" "Lane Boy" "Ride" "Heathens" "Heavydirtysoul" "Jumpsuit" "Nico and the Niners" "Levitate" "My Blood" "Chlorine" "The Hype" "Level of Concern" "Christmas Saves the Year" "Shy Away" "Choker" "Saturday" "The Outside" "Overcompensate" "Next Semester" "Backslide" "The Craving" "The Line"
Promotional singles	"Ode to Sleep" "We Don't Believe What's on TV" "Cancer" "Morph"
Other songs	"Johnny Boy" "The Judge" "Neon Gravestones"
Tours	Quiet Is Violent World Tour Emotional Roadshow World Tour The Bandito Tour Takeover Tour The Icy Tour
Related	Discography Awards and nominations List of songs recorded by Twenty One Pilots
Category

• 2015 singles
• Twenty One Pilots songs
• 2015 songs
• Fueled by Ramen singles
• Reggae fusion songs
• Song recordings produced by Greg Wells
• Songs written by Tyler Joseph