"Drag Path" was originally an exclusive bonus track on 'Breach: Digital Remains' — and it gained traction on social media
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NEED TO KNOW
- Twenty One Pilots released “Drag Path” with an accompanying music video on Tuesday, Feb. 17
- The song was originally a bonus track on their limited edition expansion of Breach
- After the song’s limited release, it gained traction on social media and inspired a TikTok trend
Twenty One Pilots is giving the fans what they want.
The musical duo, which is comprised of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, dropped "Drag Path" on Tuesday, Feb. 17 with an accompanying animated music video.
"Drag Path" was originally an exclusive bonus track on Breach: Digital Remains, which is a limited-edition expansion of their 2025 album Breach. At the time, however, the song was only available for one week.
Since then, the song has found new life on social media — and the duo decided to get back in the studio to record a new, shortened version of the song. Though it was previously unavailable on streaming, the song amassed more than 1.5B views across over 75K creates, according to a press release.
The song also created a trend on social media, where creators would post reflective videos using the term "drag path" to describe memories, objects or moments that have left a lasting emotional mark.
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On Instagram, the "Heathens" performers explained their reason for releasing the song.
“We had not wanted to release 'Drag Path' officially because we wanted to respect those who purchased it back when they album was being released, so that’s why we’ve waited. But now we want to release it," Joseph, 37, said.
“What we’re gonna do is we’re gonna release it with a slightly different edit to it so that those who bought it have a more original version of it," he added. "So the official released version is gonna be a little bit different, structurally."
“Most of it is intact, but I wanted to save something special for those who purchased it originally," he said, adding that they adore the music video with visual by Tobias Gundorff. "We’re in a rehearsal space now, working on maybe playing this song live this year. Hopefully you’ll like it."
At the end of the video, Dun, 37, quipped that they "finally" like the song — and that's why they decided to release it.
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The release of "Drag Path" comes only days ahead of the premiere of their new concert film, titled More Than We Ever Imagined, which opens in theaters on Feb. 26.
According to a release, the film "provides a never-before-seen look inside one of the biggest nights of the band’s career as they performed to a sold-out stadium of 65,000 fans in Mexico City."
This month, the band will also embark on a headlining festival run across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. The "Stressed Out" musicians will perform through the summer and wrap in September at Sommo Festival.
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