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"Tear in My Heart"
Single by Twenty One Pilots
from the album Blurryface
ReleasedApril 6, 2015
Genre
Length3:08
LabelFueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)Tyler Joseph
Producer(s)Ricky Reed
Twenty One Pilots singles chronology
"Fairly Local"
(2015) 		"Tear in My Heart"
(2015) 		"Lane Boy"
(2015)
Audio sample
Music video
"Tear in My Heart" on YouTube

"Tear in My Heart" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, for their fourth studio album Blurryface. The song was released as a single on April 6, 2015[5] and was released to radio on April 14 of the same year.[6]

Background

Tyler Joseph's wife Jenna was the inspiration behind "Tear In My Heart”.[7]

Composition

"Tear in My Heart" is an uptempo song that runs for a duration of three minutes and eight seconds.[8] The musical composition has exuberant pop-friendly sounds which delve into indie pop driven by shinning, piano-based rock instrumentation.[9][1][2][10] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderatly fast tempo of 120 beats per minute.[11] "Tear in My Heart" is composed in the key of D major, while Tyler Joseph's vocal range spans one octave and five notes, from a low of F4 to a high of D6.[11] The song has a basic sequence of D–F♯–F♯–G during the introduction, changes to D–F♯–G–D–F–G–D–F♯–G–A7–A in the verses, follows Gadd9–A–Bm–A/C♯–D–A at the refrain, and has a single chord of D major during the bridge as its chord progression.[11] 

The musical composition is strong, hook-laden number that retains prominent piano accompaniment.[12][13][14] "Tear in My Heart" is built from stabbing piano chords and trance keyboards in addition to a breakdown consisting of finger-snapping.[15] Opening with a pounding major triad, the musical arrangement begins with its piano motif.[13][14] The song has an upbeat atmosphere, with its happy sounding piano chords and sunny, synth-driven melodies that intertwine during the anthemic chorus.[16][17] The playful song contains tongue-in-cheek lyrics and is decorated with a buoyant chorus: "My heart is my armor/she's the tear in my heart/she's a carver."[18] During its bridge, a propulsive, one-chord vamp is played throughout in D minor with a swing feel.[11]

Lyrically, "Tear in my Heart" is a uplifting love song that contains goofy, sincere lines.[18][8] “Tear in My Heart” is a catchy ode dedicated to a loved one.[13] Joseph's revealingly poetic lyrics have him honestly professing great love through graphic, violent imagery: "She's a carver/She's a butcher with a smile.”[10][19][14]  During the second verse, in a beguiling moment, he sings, “The songs on the radio are okay, but my taste in music is your face."[10][16] At the song's bridge, Joseph sings about driving while trying to avoid waking a companion who is sleeping in his carby hitting potholes.[20] He sings relatable lines about driving with her: "You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time, but that's okay, I'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine / I'm driving here I sit, cursing my government, for not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement."[10][21]

Critical reception

Brian Kraus for Alternative Press labeled "Tear in My Heart" an "exuberant pop number."[1] Dan Leroy from the same publication praised it as an "uplifting love song harnessed to an equally buoyant chorus" and claimed it depicted a more playful side of Twenty One Pilots.[18] Regarding it as the band's first crossover hit single, Spin's Brennan Carley remarked the song was "unlike any of Reed’s other smashes".[22] André Curcic from Renowned for Sound called the single "extremely catchy and summer anthem-like. This track showcases a more pop-friendly sound that shows diversity in the album."[2] Loudwire's Chad Childers remarked, "The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun showed promise on their prior records, but Blurryface was the one that catapulted them to superstardom with a string of immensely popular songs. It all started with the incredibly catchy ode to a loved one 'Tear in My Heart.'[13] Kevin Curtis for The Austin Chronicle claimed, "these aviators rock honest love on 'Tear in My Heart.'"[19]Kerrang!'s Sam Law said, “An unabashed love song, 'Tear In My Heart' finds Tyler on giddily romantic form as he writes a Valentine for his wife Jenna. Built from sunshine and fluttering heartbeats, shining instrumentation holds aloft lyrics that are in turn revealingly poetic, wholly relatable and beguilingly cheesy-as-hell. All the while, you know the love is real.”[10] Regarding it as a "triumph", PopMatters's Joshua Copperman hailed "Tear in My Heart" as the duo's "best pure pop single."[8] Slate's Carl Wilson considered the song's bridge, "a goofily touching moment, but it also evokes the absence of infrastructure, of a social contract that is failing to care and protect."[20]

Music video

The video star's wife Jenna, who served as the inspiration behind the song.[7] In contrast to their video for the album's lead single “Fairly Local," the video is colorful and set in Chinatown.[1]

A music video for "Tear in My Heart" was uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2015[23] and was directed by Marc Klasfeld.[23] In addition to both band members, lead singer Tyler Joseph's wife Jenna, whom he married the previous month, also appears in the music video.[24]

The music video for "Tear in My Heart" shows Joseph and Josh Dun performing in Chinatown, Los Angeles, with Joseph singing in the town square. The people don't notice them while Joseph sings the first verse of the song. As more people begin to notice them, their eyes distort. The buildings surrounding Joseph and Dun begin to crumble, as Joseph notices his wife in the group of people; he then proceeds to follow her down an alley and into a restaurant. Jenna sings the lyrics "sometimes you've got to bleed and know / that you're alive and have a soul". Joseph then sings the following line, "but it takes someone to come around / to show you how". Jenna starts choking, punching, kicking, and beating Joseph until he is bleeding. Jenna then holds his chin and they kiss.

Live performances

An image of how Twenty One Pilots performed the "Tear in My Heart" remix when live.

Twenty One Pilots concluded a sold-out concert at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California with a live rendition of "Tear In My Heart" before segueing into an encore performance of “Goner” and “Trees.”[25] The duo beating bass drums a they were held up by fans in a pit before being swept off the stage.[25]

Twenty One Pilots performed a remix of Tear in My Heart by DJ SoySauce at their Emotional Roadshow concert in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the form of a drum line which consisted of Dun and two other men in hazmat suits beside him. This was continued to be done throughout the tour.

Track listing

Digital download / stream
No.TitleLength
1."Tear in My Heart"3:08

Personnel

  • Tyler Joseph – vocals, piano, programming, bass, guitar, synthesizers
  • Josh Dun – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[34] Platinum 80,000‡
United States (RIAA)[35] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide[5] April 6, 2015
Fueled by Ramen

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kraus, Brian (April 6, 2015). "twenty one pilots release video for exuberant new single, "Tear In My Heart"". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Curcic, André (June 5, 2015). "Album Review: Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rock duo Twenty One Pilots takes on new, clear direction with 'Blurryface'". dailycal.org. May 20, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "Twenty One Pilots Blurryface". austinchronicle. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Tear In My Heart – Single". iTunes. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Schiller, Rebecca (August 1, 2018). "Every Twenty One Pilots Music Video From 2012 to Today: Watch Their Evolution". Spin. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
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  9. ^ Rutherford. Kevin (November 21, 2019). "Songs That Defined the Decade: Twenty One Pilots' 'Stressed Out'". Billboard. Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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  11. ^ a b c d "Twenty One Pilots "Tear in My Heart" Sheet Music in D Major". April 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Moser, John J. (June 12, 2016). "REVIEW: Twenty One Pilots is a success at Radio 104.5 Birthday Bash. Here are the reasons why". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d Childers, Chad (November 14, 2019). "The 66 Best Rock Albums of the Decade". Loudwire.
  14. ^ a b c AltPress (May 19, 2015). "twenty one pilots - Blurryface". Alternative Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  15. ^ Harvilla, Ron (February 8, 2017). "No, Really: Root for Twenty One Pilots at the Grammys". The Ringer. The Ringer. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  16. ^ a b Parker, Jack (May 29, 2015). "Album Review: Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface". All Things Loud. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  17. ^ Ferraro, Jo (January 26, 2017). "Twenty One Pilots had ground control at Webster Bank Arena show in Bridgeport". Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  18. ^ a b c Leroy, Dan (September 2, 2015). "The 10 best twenty one pilots songs". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  19. ^ a b Curtin, Kevin (October 2, 2015). "ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Review – Twenty One Pilots: Blurryface (Fueled by Ramen)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  20. ^ a b Wilson, Carl (January 24, 2017). "The Mood Swing Vote". Slate. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  21. ^ "The 10 Best twenty one pilots lyrics so far — Kerrang!". Kerrang!. August 12, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2020. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 4 (help)
  22. ^ Carley, Brennan (May 31, 2016). "Pop Producer Ricky Reed Is Living the Nice Life". Spin. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  23. ^ a b "Twenty One Pilots – "Tear In My Heart" [Official Video]". YouTube. April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  24. ^ "Twenty One Pilots' Tyler Joseph Got Married!". Radio 104.5. March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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  26. ^ "ARIA CHART WATCH #391". auspOp. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
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  34. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Twenty One Pilots – Tear in My Heart". Music Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  35. ^ "American single certifications – Twenty One Pilots – Tear in My Heart". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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