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"Tyler Joseph talks "Saturday" plus a call with Jack Antonoff". Tyler Joseph – lead vocals, guitar, bass, organs, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, production.Personnel Ĭredits adapted from the liner notes of Scaled and Icy. "Saturday" appears on the soundtrack for the Electronic Arts video game NHL 22, released in October 2021. On August 20, 2021, a behind the scenes video was released for the song. As of November 2021, the music video has garnered more than 14 million views on YouTube. The video ends with the sea dragon swimming by, underneath the duo and remaining guests. Eventually, the band manages to escape from the sinking vehicle, and emerges on the surface. Moments later, a gigantic sea dragon deliberately crashes into the submarine, causing it to break and begin to flood as the duo continue their performance submerged in water while the guests panic.
It features frontman Tyler Joseph and bandmate Josh Dun performing the song atop a submarine as people are entering, before the camera pans to the interior, in which a party is occurring and the duo are performing. The official music video directed by Andrew Donoho was released on July 8, 2021, and filmed in San Diego, California. It shows depictions of 1980s synthwave-esque imagery, paired with the colors of Scaled and Icy – predominantly soft shades of pink, blue and yellow. Upon the release of "Saturday", Twenty One Pilots released a lyric video to promote the song. It's gonna feel a little lighter because of that." Music video The reason why it feels almost disconnected from the reality in which the record was created is intentional. Joseph stated in an interview that he did not want to "hold a mirror up to our circumstances and create a record exactly as it appeared in front of us", continuing "I didn't think that a dismal record was appropriate the idea of escaping that was more appealing to me. It is considered a very upbeat song in contrast to the themes of their previous albums Trench and Blurryface. "Saturday" is a pop and funk song that runs for a duration of two minutes and fifty-two seconds. The song was created while communicating virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic limited interaction between the members of the band. Jenna wanted to re-record the audio, as she didn't like the way it sounded, but Joseph convinced her to keep it. Joseph stated that he was recording and decided it fit perfectly in the song. The song's bridge features an audio clip of a phone call with Tyler Joseph's wife Jenna, with her encouraging Joseph to move on with the creation of the track.