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Next Semester
Twenty One Pilots
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- Album
- Next Semester
- Released
- 2024
- Genres
- Alternative
- Length
- 3:54
- Tempo
- 175 BPM
- Label
- Fueled By Ramen
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About this song
"Next Semester" is the second promotional single from Twenty One Pilots' sixth full-length studio album, Clancy, following "Overcompensate." It was released alongside the announcement of The Clancy World Tour, which spans nine months and 14 countries. The song was announced and teased in the days before its release, and although it leaked two days early, it kept its original mid-day release date of March 27, 2024.
What it's about
The song explores struggling at a young age to find one's place and identity, caught between mistakes from the past, one of which is presumed to be a failed suicide attempt, and the pressure to not fail in the future. Another popular interpretation is that the subject had a panic attack in the middle of the road, only partly aware of what was happening.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Written by Tyler Joseph.
- Produced by Tyler Joseph and Paul Meany.