Twenty One Pilots · 2016 · drums by Josh Dun
Heathens
From Suicide Squad: The Album. Beginner · Straight · pop
Tempo
90BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 60 and climbs to 90 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Sparse and slow, with a snare-and-kick pattern that sits under the piano and a rim click in the quiet sections. A dynamics exercise: the drums are barely there until the chorus.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
Josh Dun
- Read the Josh Dun feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Josh Dun's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2016 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Josh Dun songs
All 3 Josh Dun songs at tempo →
- Stressed Out86
- Ride76
Songs at about 90 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.