Tyler Joseph

Tyler Robert Joseph was born on December 1, 1988, in Columbus, Ohio, to Christopher Anthony Joseph and Kelly Joseph (née Stryker). He has two younger brothers and a younger sister. His mother was a math teacher in the Olentangy school district{{cite web|title=With debut album set for release, Columbus duo Twenty One Pilots poised to break out|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/1-twenty-one-pilots-art-gn8jqp4s-1.html|publisher=The Columbus Dispatch|date=October 18, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2014|archive-date=May 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520151812/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/1-twenty-one-pilots-art-gn8jqp4s-1.html|url-status=dead}} before being named Olentangy Orange High School's basketball coach in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/sports/2013/06/05/girls-basketball-joseph-named-coach-at-orange.html|title=Joseph named coach at Orange|publisher=ThisWeek Sports|date=June 11, 2013|access-date=July 24, 2014|archive-date=April 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402003025/http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/sports/2013/06/05/girls-basketball-joseph-named-coach-at-orange.html|url-status=dead}} His father, was born to a father of Lebanese descent and American mother{{cite web | url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/columbus-oh/robert-joseph-10682300 | title=Robert Joseph Obituary - Columbus, OH }}Grandfather [https://www.schoedinger.com/obituaries/Robert-Joseph-6/#!/Obituary Robert Joseph (1931-2018) Obituary] was born to [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHWQ-GWK?i=495&cc=2128172&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AF6N9-JXX Tony Joseph and Catherine Joseph (nee Charlie)] both immigrants from Tripoli, Lebanon. Information from the National Archives, United States. Scan of Catherine Joseph Death Certificate of 1972 on familysearch.org

Grandfather Robert in the [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWDG-XPG 1940 Census in Belmont, Ohio] Information from the National Archives, United States. Scan of Robert Joseph on the US 1940 Census on familysearch.org.

and was a coach at Worthington Christian High School from 1996 to 2005, as well as being a former school principal.

Joseph was homeschooled in his childhood. His first real exposure to music was the Christian rap rock group DC Talk,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mywqmANUNDQ |title=FaceCulture: Twenty One Pilots Interview – Tyler (part 1) |date=February 13, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 26, 2014}} and one of Joseph's favorite bands is indie rock band The Killers.{{cite web|url=https://www.audacy.com/podcast/audacy-interviews-9c131/episodes/twenty-one-pilots-on-the-record-f7c9c|title=Twenty One Pilots: On The Record|work=Audacity International|date=May 25, 2024|access-date=June 3, 2024}} Joseph cites Canadian actor and comedian Jim Carrey as another influence, saying that Carrey "helped raise me".{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=850368025005969409 |date=April 7, 2017 |title=i love jim carrey. he helped raise me. |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/850368025005969409 |access-date=June 6, 2024}} Joseph played basketball from a very young age{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3N9IBrC480 |title=Alternative Press: Shooting Hoops with Twenty One Pilots|date=September 27, 2013 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 27, 2014}} and went on to play point guard for Worthington Christian.{{cite web|url=http://www.worthingtonchristian.com/assets/Fall-2011-Light.pdf |title=Worthington Christian High School: The Light 2011 Newsletter |publisher=worthingtonchristian.com |access-date=July 2, 2014|page=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216221953/http://www.worthingtonchristian.com/assets/Fall-2011-Light.pdf|archive-date=December 16, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw6O054Rllo |title=Tyler Joseph and Nick Thomas National Anthem senior night |date=October 13, 2009 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}} In 2008, the varsity basketball team placed second in the Division IV state tournament. Future Twenty One Pilots bassist Nick Thomas also played on the same team as Joseph, the pair having performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" together at one of their games.{{cite web|title=Tyler Joseph and Nick Thomas National Anthem senior night| date=October 13, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw6O054Rllo|via=YouTube}}{{cite web|title=More Twenty One Pilots at The Ohio Center for Broadcasting| date=May 19, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RIUCOS-80E|via=YouTube}}

In 2007, Joseph began uploading improv, short comedic skits, and videos to a YouTube channel named "slushieguys".{{cite web|title=slushieguys|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/slushieguys/videos?disable_polymer=1|via=YouTube}} As of May 2025, the channel has over 126 thousand subscribers, despite no new content being uploaded since 2013.

After seeing a songwriter perform at a High Street Club, he rejected an opportunity to play basketball at Otterbein University along with a scholarship to the university. He began playing music after finding an old keyboard in his closet, a Christmas gift from his mother, and began to mimic various radio melodies.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/sensory-overload/2012/04/interview-twenty-one-pilots-part-1.html|title=Interview: Twenty One Pilots, part 1|publisher=Columbus Alive|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190259/http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/sensory-overload/2012/04/interview-twenty-one-pilots-part-1.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WpOTdThzY |title=MessiahPulse Interview: Twenty One Pilots|date=February 13, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 27, 2014}} From around 2007 to 2008, Joseph recorded a solo project titled No Phun Intended in his basement. It was later revealed that Thomas contributed guitar to several songs on the album.{{cite web|title=Episode 10 - Nick Thomas|url=https://soundcloud.com/21pilotspodcast|website=The Twenty One Pilots Podcast on Soundcloud}}

Among Joseph's first performances with Twenty One Pilots, he recounts that his mother would often stand outside Ohio State University giving away tickets to his shows. "She'd be like, 'Come see my son play music{{'"}}, Joseph says.{{cite web|title=Twenty One Pilots Singer Tyler Joseph Discusses How His Hard Work In Basketball Paid Off In A Successful Music Career|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/3508203/twenty-one-pilots-singer-tyler-joseph-discusses-how-his-hard-work-in-basketball-paid-off-in-a-successful-music-career/|website=Inquisitr|date=September 13, 2016 }}

Between 2007 and 2008, before assembling the band Twenty One Pilots, Joseph recorded a variety of songs. On November 30, 2008, Joseph uploaded six of these songs to his PureVolume account, titling the release No Phun Intended.{{cite web|url=http://www.purevolume.com/popout_player/album/99181888|title=Tyler Joseph's No Phun Intended on PureVolume|publisher=PureVolume|access-date=June 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725124707/http://www.purevolume.com/popout_player/album/99181888|archive-date=July 25, 2014}} The album was recorded in Joseph's senior year of high school from 2007 to 2008, in his basement.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAicooDSIU&lc=lcCp3yymy9luXPMJWNlI-MQ5-5bxAVX3RAFnogDqi6g |title= YouTube comment by Joseph's mother |date= July 10, 2013 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014 |quote=These songs were written in my basement in 2007–08, Tyler's senior year in high school.}} The six tracks were "Taken by Sleep", "Drown", "Tonight", "Save", "Hole in the Ground", and "Blasphemy" in that order. Some of Joseph's earlier music has been reworked into Twenty One Pilots recordings. It was later revealed that aside from Joseph, bassist Nick Thomas contributed guitar to several songs. The song "Save" off the release, was redone and released as a free download for some time on Twenty One Pilots' official website before it was pulled.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLB_lujMqI |title="Save" (New version) on YouTube |via=YouTube |access-date=June 18, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Founding Twenty One Pilots member Chris Salih opens up about band|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/twenty_one_pilots_chris_salih_interview_stream|website=altpress.com|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=October 29, 2017|archive-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429070240/https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/twenty_one_pilots_chris_salih_interview_stream|url-status=live}}

The project became unavailable in 2015, and PureVolume itself shut down in 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/music-discovery-site-purevolume-shutting-down-627930/|access-date=July 8, 2024|title=PureVolume Shutting Down|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 12, 2018 }}

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Twenty One Pilots was formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio and consisted of frontman Joseph, bassist Thomas, and drummer Chris Salih; the latter two left the band in 2011.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430557/twenty-one-pilots/biography |title=Twenty One Pilots Biography Billboard |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/1-twenty-one-pilots-art-gn8jqp4s-1.html |title=With debut album set for release, Columbus duo Twenty One Pilots poised to break out |access-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-date=May 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520151812/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/1-twenty-one-pilots-art-gn8jqp4s-1.html |url-status=dead }}

On December 29, 2009, they released their debut, self-titled album and began touring Ohio, followed by their second album, Regional at Best in 2011, which consisted only of Joseph and newly-recruited drummer Josh Dun.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/twenty-one-pilots-mn0002398414 |title=Twenty One Pilots – Music, biography, Credits and Discography: AllMusic |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 1, 2013}}

Twenty One Pilots' third full-length album, Vessel, was released on January 8, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/twenty_one_pilots_vessel|title=twenty one pilots Vessel|work=Alternative Press|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2017}} They also embarked on a tour in support of the album, in which they named the "Quiet Is Violent World Tour".{{cite web|last1=Hartshorn|first1=Kristel|title=Twenty One Pilots talk music, 'Quiet Is Violent' tour and keeping fans entertained|url=http://www.cleveland.com/kristel/index.ssf/2014/09/twenty_one_pilots_previews_qui.html|website=Cleveland|publisher=Advance Ohio|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160324172018/http://www.cleveland.com/kristel/index.ssf/2014/09/twenty_one_pilots_previews_qui.html|archive-date=March 24, 2016|date=September 19, 2014}}

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On March 17, 2015, the band announced their fourth album's title, Blurryface, and unveiled its track listing and release date.{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/twenty-one-pilots-just-dropped-a-new-track-announced-an-album-and-four-uk-d|title=Twenty One Pilots Just Dropped A New Track, Announced An Album And Four UK Dates. WOW.|work=Rock Sound Magazine|author=Ritchie, Andy |date=March 17, 2015|access-date=July 5, 2015}} The band's fans crashed their website attempting to pre-order the album.{{cite magazine|last1=Bird|first1=Ryan|editor1-last=Bird|editor1-first=Ryan|title=Who Are Ya?|magazine=Rock Sound|date=July 2015|issue=201|page=69|location=London|issn=1465-0185}} The album was released on May 17, 2015, two days ahead of its intended release date.{{cite web|url=http://www.radio1045.com/onair/off-the-air-cole-55324/surprise-twenty-one-pilots-release-blurryface-13598679|title=SURPRISE! Twenty One Pilots Release "Blurryface" Early!|publisher=Radio 104.5|date=May 17, 2015|access-date=May 18, 2015}} Joseph and drummer Josh Dun embarked on two international tours in 2015 and 2016: the Blurryface Tour and Emotional Roadshow World Tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.twentyonepilots.com/tour|title=Tour

|website=twenty one pilots' Official Website|access-date=May 9, 2016}} At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the duo won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/twenty-one-pilots|title=Twenty One Pilots|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=October 16, 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7686280/twenty-one-pilots-pants-grammys-2017|title=Twenty One Pilots Drop Their Pants To Accept Grammy Award (For a Legitimate Reason)|magazine=Billboard|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=October 16, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/02/12/winners-list-who-won-what-59th-annual-grammys/97737914/|title=Grammys 2017: The complete list of winners|work=USA Today|access-date=October 16, 2017}}

On July 11, 2018, the band announced the release date of their fifth studio album, Trench, which was released on October 5, 2018. A world tour, called The Bandito Tour, began on October 16, 2018, as well. On July 25, 2018, a music video for the song "Nico and the Niners" was released, as a second addition to a three part music video series, regarding Tyler Joseph's fictional city, "Dema".{{Cite news|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/twenty-one-pilots-new-album-trench-jumpsuit-nico-and-the-niners|title=Twenty One Pilots Have Announced Their New Album, 'Trench'!|work=Rock Sound Magazine|access-date=July 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/twenty-one-pilots-break-yearlong-silence-with-new-songs-world-tour/|title=Twenty One Pilots break yearlong silence with new songs, world tour|access-date=July 11, 2018|work=CBS News}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/music/artists/twenty-one-pilots/news/jumpsuit/|title=Twenty One Pilots Release TWO New Singles 'Jumpsuit' and 'Nico and the Niners'|work=PopBuzz|access-date=July 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://lnk.to/jumpsuitnico|title=Jumpsuit / Nico and the Niners - Single by twenty one pilots|access-date=July 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/twenty-one-pilots-have-just-announced-a-new-album-and-massive-tour/|title=twenty one pilots Have Just Announced A new Album And Massive World Tour! — Kerrang!|website=Kerrang!|date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018}} A 10-second snippet of the song "My Blood" was played at the end of a commercial for Trench during the 2018 VMAs on August 20.{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/8471351/twenty-one-pilots-my-blood-new-song-teaser-commercial|title=Twenty One Pilots Release Snippet of New Song in 'Trench' Commercial During 2018 VMAs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 6, 2018}} On August 27, 2018, a Twitter user leaked the full song onto his Twitter account in low quality, after they found that it could be played on their Apple HomePod.{{Cite web|url=https://directlyrics.net/twenty-one-pilots-unleash-new-song-my-blood-listen-here-news.html|title=Twenty One Pilots Unleash New Song 'My Blood': Listen Here!|website=Directlyrics|language=en|access-date=September 7, 2018}} The leak was confirmed real when the band made the song available on streaming services later that day as the album's fourth single.{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/twenty-one-pilots-my-blood/|title=twenty one pilots soar on soulful new song 'My Blood'|date=August 27, 2018|work=Alternative Press|access-date=September 7, 2018|language=en-US}} The audio was uploaded onto YouTube on the same day, which shows singer Tyler Joseph in his home studio playing the song's bass line.{{Citation|last=twenty one pilots|title=twenty one pilots: My Blood [Official Audio]|date=August 27, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obcCmQYg9bk|access-date=September 6, 2018}} A music video for the song was released on October 5, 2018, the day of the album's release.

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On April 9, 2020, the band released a new single "Level of Concern".{{cite web |title=twenty one pilots - Level of Concern (Official Video) | date=April 9, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loOWKm8GW6A |via=YouTube}}{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1248048022849835014 |date=April 8, 2020 |title=song and video tomorrow |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1248048022849835014 |access-date=April 9, 2020}} The song's lyrics reference the anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the accompanying music video for the track filmed in Joseph and Dun's homes while they were under lockdown due to the U.S. state and local government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph directed a portion of the song's proceeds to Crew Nation, a charity for live music crews who cannot be paid during the international quarantine.{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1246939889419116544 |date=April 5, 2020 |title=i also want a portion of whatever money this song makes to go to this charity i saw called crew nation. it provides funding for people who work in the live music industry who don't have a job right now. |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1246939889419116544}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/twenty-one-pilots-new-song-level-of-concern-coronavirus-981055/|title=Twenty One Pilots' new song "Level of Concern" released|access-date=July 8, 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 9, 2020 }}

On December 8, 2020, Twenty One Pilots released a Christmas song, titled "Christmas Saves the Year", during a Twitch livestream hosted by Joseph.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Rachel |title=Hear Twenty One Pilots' Surprise Holiday Song "Christmas Saves the Year" |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/twenty-one-pilots-christmas-saves-the-year-song/ |access-date=December 9, 2020 |work=Alternative Press |date=December 8, 2020}}{{Cite web|date=December 9, 2020|title=Twenty One Pilots release holiday single, 'Christmas Saves The Year' {{!}} NME|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/twenty-one-pilots-release-holiday-single-christmas-saves-the-year-2834864|access-date=December 9, 2020|website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Rachel|date=December 9, 2020|title=Hear twenty one pilots' surprise holiday song "Christmas Saves The Year"|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/twenty-one-pilots-christmas-saves-the-year-song/|access-date=December 9, 2020|website=Alternative Press|language=en-US}} Originally, Joseph was reluctant to write a Christmas song, although he said that he was inspired by the fact he was "experiencing Christmas through a little girl's perspective". The sound of the track was inspired by a musical instrument called the Mellotron.{{Cite web|title=Tyler Joseph Interview with Zane Lowe - CSTY (12.9.20) - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alJ7K-_EP38&t=624s|access-date=January 20, 2021|via=YouTube}}

The duo's sixth studio album, Scaled and Icy, was released on May 21, 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://dmaorg.info/found/15398642_14/img/6ga836jsbfhh2/1.jpg|title=Clancy|website=dmaorg.info|access-date=April 6, 2021|archive-date=April 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405194440/http://dmaorg.info/found/15398642_14/img/6ga836jsbfhh2/1.jpg|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://scaledandicy.com/shyaway/|title=Twenty One Pilots: Shy Away|website=scaledandicy.com|access-date=April 6, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405191801/http://scaledandicy.com/shyaway/ |archive-date=April 5, 2021}}{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2021|title=Twenty One Pilots to debut new single 'Choker' at special fan event|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/twenty-one-pilots-to-debut-new-single-choker-at-special-fan-event-2930485|access-date=April 30, 2021|website=NME}}{{Cite web|first=Emily|last=Carter|date=May 18, 2021|title=twenty one pilots get their dancing shoes on for new single Saturday|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/twenty-one-pilots-released-a-brand-new-song-saturday/|access-date=June 1, 2021|website=Kerrang|language=en-GB|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518162330/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/twenty-one-pilots-released-a-brand-new-song-saturday/|url-status=live}}

The duo's seventh studio album, Clancy, released on May 24, 2024, nine years after the release of their breakthrough album Blurryface.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2024-02-29 |title=Twenty One Pilots Announce Clancy Album, Drop Video for Booming "Overcompensate" Single |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/twenty-one-pilots-clancy-album-overcompensate-single-1235618630/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The lead single for the album, "Overcompensate", was released on February 29, 2024. On March 18, Joseph announced that each song on the album would have an accompanying music video, with all of them having been released alongside the album.{{cite web|first=Emily|last=Carter|url=https://www.kerrang.com/twenty-one-pilots-are-filming-music-videos-for-every-song-on-new-album-clancy|title=Twenty One Pilots are recording a music video for every song on Clancy|work=Kerrang!|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322043117/https://www.kerrang.com/twenty-one-pilots-are-filming-music-videos-for-every-song-on-new-album-clancy|archive-date=March 22, 2024|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Joseph was featured on the song "Live" by the hip hop artist and rapper Joseph Michael Langston (better known by his stage name Jocef, or sometimes as Jocef Michael), who is a friend of Joseph's from college, along with two other rappers, Juda and Alon. The song is the opening track to Jocef's debut album, In Search of: L.O.V.E.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/in-search-of-l-o-v-e/427920250 |title=In Search Of: L.O.V.E on iTunes |date=January 2010 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=June 26, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0A66FSvhE |title="Live" – Jocef (feat. Juda, Alon, & Tyler Joseph) |date=March 19, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}} The track was co-written by Tyler Joseph and Jocef.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-search-of-love-mw0002095765 |title=In Search of L.O.V.E on Allmusic |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 26, 2014}} Jocef eventually returned the favor a year later by being featured on the song "Be Concerned" off of Twenty One Pilots' 2011 album Regional at Best.{{cite web | url = http://mezzic.com/2012/05/27/review-twenty-one-pilots-regional-at-best-2011/ | title = Review: twenty {{!}} one {{!}} pilots – Regional at Best (2011) | last = G | first = Ryan | date = May 27, 2012 | website = Mezzic | access-date = August 22, 2016 | archive-date = February 1, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140201121349/http://mezzic.com/2012/05/27/review-twenty-one-pilots-regional-at-best-2011/ | url-status = dead }}

In 2011, Joseph was performed a leading role in Five14 Church's three episode mockumentary titled "The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQD2LXYPp0 |title=The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango Episode 1 |date=May 21, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 27, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILfRcBB35G8 |title=The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango Episode 2 |date=May 21, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 27, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51dCuolxYBg |title=The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango Episode 3 |date=May 21, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 27, 2014}} According to the mockumentary, Joseph was an intern at the church at the time.

In 2012, Joseph was featured in an internet-use awareness video titled "What's Your Story?" The video was produced and directed by Mark C. Eshleman, a regular collaborator for Twenty One Pilots, for Trend Micro's annual Where Are You Contest.{{cite web |url=http://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com/vote-entry/76 |title="Where Are You?" by Mark C. Eshleman, featuring Tyler Joseph |publisher=whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com |access-date=June 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008232909/http://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com/vote-entry/76#.U6yq4pRdUQn |archive-date=October 8, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdC7iBpD8Sk |title=What's Your Story" – "Where are you?" on YouTube |date=February 13, 2012 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}} The room used in the video is the same room in which the original music video for "House of Gold" was filmed.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xETC86u7eJo |title=Twenty One Pilots: House of Gold (Original Music Video) |date=November 7, 2013 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}}

On December 24, 2013, Christmas Eve, Joseph participated and sang "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" at Five14 Church's Christmas with the Stars in New Albany, Ohio. The official video of the performance was uploaded to YouTube on February 14, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMAI7vDDbc |title=Tyler Joseph performs "O come, O come, Emmanuel" at Five14 Church, OH on Christmas Eve |date=February 14, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 17, 2014}} He also performed a magic segment with the church's host and emcee David McCreary for the show.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMAI7vDDbc |title=Magic with David McCreary and Tyler Joseph |date=February 14, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 18, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://five14church.com/learn/staff.asp |title=Five14 Church staff |publisher=Five14church.com |access-date=July 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122429/http://five14church.com/learn/staff.asp |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

Joseph also contributed to a few tracks for Five14 Church's worship album Clear by the gospel rock band New Albany Music, led by Travis Whittaker.{{cite web|url=http://newalbanychurch.com/band/music.asp |title=New Albany Church music |publisher=newalbanychurch.com |access-date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415195211/http://newalbanychurch.com/band/music.asp |archive-date=April 15, 2014 }} Joseph appears on four tracks out of 13 in total. Additionally, another single was recorded, titled "Dead Come Alive".{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/218817161476226/photos/a.263760240315251.74842.218817161476226/451238144900792/?type=1 |title=Tyler working out his part for new song 'INSTANT' |via=Facebook |access-date=July 15, 2014}}

In December 2014, Joseph contributed backing vocals to the song "Sickly Sweet Holidays" by Dallon Weekes (then-bassist of Panic! at the Disco).{{cite web|last1=Sharp|first1=Tyler|title=Panic! At The Disco, Falling In Reverse members team up for Christmas song|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_falling_in_reverse_members_team_up_for_christmas_song|work=Alternative Press|date=November 18, 2014|access-date=January 5, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Dallon Weekes: Sickly Sweet Holidays|url=https://dallonweekes.bandcamp.com/track/sickly-sweet-holidays|website=Bandcamp|access-date=January 12, 2016}} Joseph initially had an entire verse in the song, but it was excluded due to Joseph's label.{{cite web |title=IDKHow's Dallon Weekes Has A Song With Twenty One Pilots |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/twenty-one-pilots-idkhow-dallon-weekes-collab/ |work=Alternative Press |date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2020}}

Joseph assisted in much of the production of singer Shania Twain's sixth studio album Queen of Me, and is a writer on the last song, "The Hardest Stone" as well.{{cite web|url=https://countrynow.com/shania-twain-drops-new-song-giddy-up-and-reveals-details-behind-new-queen-of-me-album/|title=Shania Twain's New Album|date=January 5, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2023}} On September 12, 2023, Jon Foreman posted a cover of "Stressed Out" on social media along with an announcement that Joseph would be covering his band Switchfoot's song "Twenty-Four".{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Emily |title=Hear twenty one pilots' Tyler Joseph's gorgeous new cover of Twenty-Four by Switchfoot |url=https://www.kerrang.com/hear-twenty-one-pilots-tyler-josephs-gorgeous-new-cover-of-twenty-four-by-switchfoot |website=Kerrang! |date=September 15, 2023}} Joseph later described The Beautiful Letdown as one of his "favorite albums of all time," something that he would listen to "over and over again."{{cite web |author1=Joseph, Tyler |title=Tyler Joseph on The Beautiful Letdown and Twenty-Four |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2eZ022Q9E?si=ruDnIoi8_2mfmYSR&ab_channel=Switchfoot |website=YouTube |publisher=Switchfoot |date=September 15, 2023 |quote=One of my favorite albums of all time is The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot. I remember listening to that record over and over again. "Twenty-Four" is one of my favorite tracks on that record, and probably has influenced me in ways that I still haven't quite figured out entirely.}}

In 2014, within regards to religion, Joseph said: {{cquote|I still believe in God, I still want to call myself a Christian—because I am a Christian. I don't know how to talk to people about it yet. And if I can't talk to other people about it yet or if I don't know exactly why I should talk to other people about it, does it really mean anything to me, then? If I don't truly have the answer, shouldn't I just be talking about that? But I have to get there first.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/twenty-one-pilots-leave-the-city-meaning-interview/|title=twenty one pilots' crisis of faith results in "Leave The City"|work=Alternative Press|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=November 3, 2018}}}}

Joseph has a three-part tattoo that represents "something that saved his life".{{cite web|url=http://ohyeahtwentyonepilots.tumblr.com/post/42069978920/psa |title=PSA: about Tyler Joseph's tattoos |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=July 2, 2014}} Though it is assumed it deals with his Christian faith, Joseph has been specific about the fact that he does not want the meaning of his tattoos spread on the Internet.{{cite web|url=http://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/features/2014/03/12/im-the-ice-cream-hes-the-cake-you-get-the-whole-thing-with-us-an-interview-with-twenty-one-pilots/ |title='I'm the ice cream, he's the cake. You get the whole thing with us': an interview with Twenty One Pilots |date=March 12, 2014 |publisher=theedgesusu.co.uk |access-date=July 2, 2014 |quote=We don't really like to answer it in interviews because it's meant to be more one-on-one. So if you would turn your phone off we'd be happy to answer it.}} However, he has stated a few times that he is willing to tell people one-on-one if they decide to ask him in person. Both Joseph and his bandmate Josh Dun have an "X" tattooed on themselves to represent their dedication to their hometown fans. They received it on stage during their hometown show at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion on April 26, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ntycNf5Dk |title=Twenty One Pilots Get Tattoos on Stage |date=April 26, 2013 |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDURVYVtik |title=Billy Hill's Tattoo TV Special – Tattooing 21 Pilots on Stage During Home Town Show |via=YouTube |access-date=July 1, 2014}} Joseph's is located on his right bicep and Dun's is located on his neck behind his right ear.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/909631/twenty-one-pilots-show-off-their-favorite-tattoos.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611083504/http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/909631/twenty-one-pilots-show-off-their-favorite-tattoos.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2013 |title=Twenty One Pilots Show Off Their Favorite Tattoos |publisher=MTV |access-date=July 2, 2014}} Joseph also sports the name "Josh" on his right thigh, which he received from Dun onstage during a show at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 30, 2015.{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2015 |title=Twenty One Pilots Tattoo Their Names on Each Other |url=http://news.radio.com/2015/10/31/twenty-one-pilots-tattoo-names-on-each-other/ |access-date=9 November 2024 |archive-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315083050/http://news.radio.com/2015/10/31/twenty-one-pilots-tattoo-names-on-each-other/ |url-status=dead }} Joseph is a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes.{{Cite web|last=Harrington|first=Joe|title='We made it mom': Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun dreams of being a part of Ohio State Band|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/2021/11/20/twenty-one-pilots-talk-espn-ohio-state-fandom/8699108002/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en-US}}

In mid-January 2015, Joseph served at former bandmate Chris Salih's wedding as an attendant,{{cite web|title=WEDDING Donovan-Salih|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/texarkana-gazette/20150118/282136404801350|website=PressReader}} alongside Twenty One Pilots producer Mark Eshleman.{{cite news|title=When Twenty One Pilots hit Australia in March 2017 will there be a bigger band in the world|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/when-twenty-one-pilots-hit-australia-in-march-2017-will-there-be-a-bigger-band-in-the-world/news-story/f67107b663ae5ffd9823327d093e8413|newspaper=News.com.au|date=August 31, 2016|last1=Adams|first1=Cameron}}

Joseph married Jenna Black on March 28, 2015, after they got engaged on July 8, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.radio1045.com/onair/off-the-air-jessie-52707/twenty-one-pilots-frontman-gets-engaged-12539466 |title=Twenty One Pilots Frontman Gets Engaged! |publisher=Radio 104.5 |access-date=July 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radio1045.com/onair/off-the-air-wendy-rollins-36114/twenty-one-pilots-tyler-joseph-got-13451300/|title=Twenty One Pilots' Tyler Joseph Got Married!|publisher=Radio 104.5|date=March 28, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2015}} The two have three children together; two daughters, Rosie and Junie, and a son, Tommy.{{Cite web |title=Twenty One Pilots' Tyler Joseph Announces He's Expecting Third Child with Wife Jenna |url=https://people.com/twenty-one-pilots-tyler-joseph-announces-third-child-8420288 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=People |language=en}}{{Cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1778802205635522961 |date=April 12, 2024 |title=also, jenna had our son. his name is tommy. but like just wait for her to post about it and act all "no way congrats" |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1778802205635522961}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tyler-joseph-welcomes-third-child-with-wife-jenna-8620652|access-date=July 8, 2024|title=Tyler Joseph welcomes third child with wife Jenna into family|website=People}}

Joseph is a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1374603051844124679 |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Black Lives Matter |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1374603051844124679 |access-date=May 31, 2021}} He is also an ally of the LGBT+ community,{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1267526734519373824 |date=June 1, 2020 |title=happy pride month to all, but mostly to my brothers and sisters i've met all around this world who should know, i take pride in your courage. it ain't easy. |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1267526734519373824 |access-date=May 31, 2021}} and is strongly against the use and practice of artificially generated artwork,{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1810061324938019259 |date=July 7, 2024 |title=no "ai" anywhere thank you |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1810061324938019259 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1810058104249156047 |date=July 7, 2024 |title="AI is ruining the internet" |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1810058104249156047 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} on which he has said "it sucks, but we may have crossed in to a 'proof of work' era. keep the receipts [and] record the process."{{cite tweet |user=tylerrjoseph |number=1810063625488367716 |date=July 7, 2024 |title=it sucks, but we may have crossed in to a "proof of work" era. keep the receipts. record the process. i don't think we'll need to prove everything right away, but maybe we need to be ready to defend ourselves if we have to? it's a weird time for art. |link=https://x.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1810063625488367716 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}

• No Phun Intended (2008)

{{Main|Twenty One Pilots discography}}

• Twenty One Pilots (2009)
• Regional at Best (2011)
• Vessel (2013)
• Blurryface (2015)
• Trench (2018)
• Scaled and Icy (2021)
• Clancy (2024)
• Breach (2025)

{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Twenty One Pilots}}

• List of songs recorded by Twenty One Pilots

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