After weeks of cryptic teasers scattered across their social media and recent tour dates, Twenty One Pilots have officially announced their seventh studio album, Breach, due in September 2025 via Fueled By Ramen.
The announcement arrived earlier today through the band’s channels, revealing not just the title and artwork, but also the release date for the album’s first single, The Contract, landing June 12. True to form, the rollout has leaned heavily into the duo’s signature brand of fan-driven intrigue, with puzzles and visual clues gradually pointing to this latest chapter.
Breach follows 2024’s Clancy, a sprawling conceptual record that tied together years of narrative threads and pushed the band’s mythology further into the mainstream. That album’s release coincided with The Clancy World Tour, a global run that drew more than 1.1 million attendees and wrapped earlier this month with two back-to-back shows at London’s O2 Arena.
Though details about Breach remain tightly under wraps, the timing of its announcement aligns with a series of milestones for the band. Just last week marked the 10th anniversary of Blurryface, the album that launched the Columbus, Ohio duo into the upper tier of 2010s alt-pop. Blurryface—which includes hits like “Stressed Out” and “Ride”—earned a Guinness World Record for being the first album to have every track certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA, and has surpassed 15 billion streams globally.
That anniversary also reignited interest in deep cuts from the record. “Doubt,” in particular, found new life on TikTok, with a previously unreleased demo version going viral and racking up over 1.8 billion views. The band responded by adding the song to their live set and releasing the demo version officially, where it quickly surpassed 20 million streams.
While Breach is still months away, the lead-up suggests another multi-layered project that will keep fans engaged long before release day. If past patterns hold, Twenty One Pilots will likely continue weaving visual motifs, symbolic characters, and story arcs into both the record and its rollout—part album, part alternate reality game.
The band’s first pressing of Breach on vinyl and CD is now available to pre-order through June 12.
Photo Credit: Fabien Kruszelnicki
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