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One medley during the mid-show вЂњcampfire set,вЂќ which found the band crowded around a fake flame (thanks, building codes), consisted of Johnny NashвЂ™s sunshine-bright вЂњI Can See Clearly Now,вЂќ the besotted Temptations cut вЂњMy Girl,вЂќ and fellow festival headliners Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosвЂ™ yearning вЂњHome,вЂќ exposing the gooey core at the heart of music that some might just write off as вЂњangsty.вЂќ A dollop of WarвЂ™s вЂњLow RiderвЂќ honored the faith in groove possessed by the duo and their musicians. Early on, they mashed up a piano-forward rework of the вЂњScaledвЂќ track вЂњMulberry StreetвЂќ with Elton JohnвЂ™s flashy вЂњBennie and the Jets,вЂќ a sign that the nightвЂ™s plentiful sing-alongs came from studied songcraft, and not just shared emotion. Triangulating those covers provides a glimpse into Twenty One PilotsвЂ™ modern pop vision. For much of the show, the crowd added to JosephвЂ™s vocal performance, thrilling along with all his lyrics and onstage antics, while a backing band further augmented the din, allowing them to shape-shift songs into extended meditations and add flourishes like trumpet trills - and to add a few cover-song curveballs. On Tuesday, the second night of Twenty One PilotsвЂ™ four-night Boston stint, the duo put their catalog on shuffle, whirling through singles like their swaying 2015 track вЂњRideвЂќ and their churning 2018 track вЂњJumpsuitвЂќ as well as cuts from вЂњScaled and Icy,вЂќ which came out in May.

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Joseph and Dun decided to promote вЂњScaledвЂќ with a series of residencies where they play around different cities for four nights in Boston theyвЂ™re at ever-growing venues, playing, in order, the Paradise Rock Club, House of Blues, Agganis Arena, and TD Garden. The lead single, вЂњSaturday,вЂќ is, on its surface, a roller-rink-ready slice of electro-disco, although it has a minor-key moodiness and lyrics that hint at a particularly post-pandemic type of anxiety - вЂќLose my sense a time or two/ Weeks feel like days,вЂќ Joseph sings.

Since breaking through in 2015 with the adulthood-wary anthem вЂњStressed Out,вЂќ which blended a reggae-inspired riddim, wistful yet self-lacerating lyrics, an insistent chorus, and a vocal that hung in the space between dancehall toast and sullen-teen sneer, the pair have welded together outcast-beloved songs into gleaming anthems for dashed romantics and lifelong cynics alike.Д®arlier this year the duo released вЂњScaled and Icy,вЂќ which adds some synthpop sheen and a bit of period-appropriate paranoia to its ever-evolving playlist.

вЂњAlternative rockвЂќ has been an oddly catch-all term for much of the last decade, but if one act summed up whatвЂ™s turned into its grab-bag idea, itвЂ™s the duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, who make up the mega-selling Ohio act Twenty One Pilots.