Tyler Joseph:

I had a friend of mine whose son passed away and they would keep his room the same way that he had left it. I remember thinking how crazy powerful a story that is, and how it makes me wonder, like, ‘What will people do with my stuff?’ It can actually bring you back down to earth, make sure that you don’t make any horrible decisions. I’m realizing now how difficult it is to talk about, but this song is really important to me. I love the messaging of it, and I hope that our fans hear what it is I’m trying to say in it. Because it is a bit delicate, but it’s one of my favorite tracks and it’s pretty powerful if you let it.”

—via Apple Music

When I was putting this record together I knew two things: “Good Day” was going to be the first song and I kind of knew “Redecorate” was going to be the last one. On a sound design level “Redecorate” was the song I worked with [frequent collaborator] Paul Meany on, we did Trench together. I introduced this brand new, sparkling, happy, colorful record and I hope that people understand that the reason I’m ending it with “Redecorate” is that we’re headed in another direction after this. That is an intentional hint at what I want to try to do next. It’s not really a cliffhanger, but it is a precursor and lyrically it’s such an important song for me. I had a friend of mine whose son passed away and they kept his room the way it was. I started thinking about something as specific and simple as “What’s gonna happen to my stuff?”… everyone can understand that even though it’s simple and almost doesn’t matter it can actually be an impactful thought. “What happens to my stuff when I go? What about the things left behind?” And not just the stuff, but you naturally move to people. What about my family? What about my friends? I thought that was a powerful thought, something I’ve thought about before and I thought some people would relate to. I’m really proud of that one.

–via Billboard