Fairly Local

"Fairly Local"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Blurryface
Released March 17, 2015
Format Digital download
Recorded 2014–15
Genre Hip hop[1]
Length 3:27
Label Fueled by Ramen
Writer(s) Tyler Joseph
Producer(s) Ricky Reed
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Car Radio"
(2014)
"Fairly Local"
(2015)
"Tear in My Heart"
(2015)
Music video
"Fairly Local" on YouTube

"Fairly Local" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, for their fourth studio album, Blurryface. "Fairly Local" was uploaded to YouTube on March 16, 2015,[2] being released as a single on the following day.[3] The video was directed by Mark C. Eshleman of Reel Bear Media.[2]

Background

The lyrics of "Fairly Local" are about how Joseph refuses to let others label him as "evil to the core" or "emotional"—a reference to depression and angst. He accepts that he has problems that he needs to work through and that his audience may have some of these issues as well. After welcoming that audience to join him in discovering truth, he claims ability to know himself and to do what's right.

Music video

The music video for "Fairly Local" is shot in a dark, snow filled and presumably abandoned house, with Dun playing drums in a large room and Joseph singing in various different rooms of the house throughout the video.

Track listing

Digital download / stream
No. Title Length
1. "Fairly Local"   3:27

Personnel

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 84
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[5]26
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6] 8
US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)[7]4

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[8] 49

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide[3] March 17, 2015 Fueled by Ramen

References

  1. Crane, Matt (March 31, 2015). "10 new songs you need to hear from March 2015". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Twenty One Pilots - "Fairly Local" [Official Video]". YouTube. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Fairly Local - Single". iTunes.
  4. "Twenty One Pilots – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Twenty One Pilots. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  5. "Twenty One Pilots Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Hot Digital Songs for Twenty One Pilots. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  6. "Twenty One Pilots – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Twenty One Pilots. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  7. "Twenty One Pilots Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Rock Digital Songs for Twenty One Pilots. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  8. "Hot Rock Songs : Dec 31, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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