Twenty One Pilots on headlining and their Takeover Tour at Open’er Festival | AD feature NME (Ft. ​twenty one pilots)

Rhian Daly: Hi, I'm Rhian from NME, and I'm backstage Open'er with twenty one pilots. Hi, guys. How are you?

Tyler Joseph: Hello. We're good.

[Joseph comedically moves his microphone to Dun's face, as the two of them are sharing one together.]

Josh Dun: We are good.

Tyler Joseph: Yeah.

Rhian Daly: *laughs* Welcome to Open'er. This is your first time here, right?

Josh Dun: I believe so, yeah.

Rhian Daly: Yeah. What are your first impressions of the festival?

Josh Dun: We walked in, and we kind of—we were kind of like, "This feels familiar but cool. Have we evеr played here?" um, which I think is just kind of, likе, you know… I think comin' to Europe and playing festivals is—is, uh, you know… There's a certain kind of, like, vibe and atmosphere…

Rhian Daly: Mmm.

Josh Dun: …that feels familiar and kind of feels, uh, at this point, which is—which is, you know, really wild to say but, like, in a way kind of feels like home because we've just—we've gotten used to it, and it—and it feels like something that we've done before. And that's… It's a good feeling. I think when we started out, it was just—everything felt really foreign, so to kinda come into a place and kinda know what it feels like and—and have familiar surroundings, it's cool.

Rhian Daly: Yeah. Does headlining festivals feel kind of at home for you as well now?

Tyler Joseph: Um, yes and no. I mean, I di— We like the added pressure.