Following a year-long hiatus, Twenty One Pilots returned in 2018 with their new album Trench . But during those long months of silence, drummer Josh Dun did feel nervous about delivering a follow-up to the duo's smash hit Blurryface .
"The notion that it could potentially not work definitely crossed my mind at times," Dun tells Rock Sound . "But I always have that small seed of doubt -- it's the reason why I'm still always so excited when people actually turn up at a show!"
"Making something new is always scary," he adds. "And I think if it wasn't, then I'd be more unsettled by that than anything else."
Frontman Tyler Joseph , on the other hand, made an effort to not "allow" himself to be "aware of the magnitude of it all."
"I think that perhaps the relationship that I have with our fans is such that we all kind of agree, whether that be on the type of music that we want to listen to or the way in which that music needs to be created," say Joseph, who isolated himself in his home studio in Columbus, Ohio while recording Trench .
"When it comes to the idea of taking risks or dodging hazards, I don't know if I even see it that way myself," he adds. "I think that knowing that trust exists, and knowing that understanding is there from the fans, meant that in my mind, there wasn't really much danger to be found."
Whatever doubts Joseph and Dun may or may not have had, Trench is already a success: The album gave the duo the best-selling week of their career, and has spawned the hit singles "Jumpsuit" and "My Blood."
Twenty One Pilots are currently touring Australia behind Trench . They'll return to the U.S. in May.
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