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“My Blood” is a heartfelt track, accompanied by a disco-sounding instrumentation.

The song was first teased on August 20 when a commercial for the album, Trench, ran during the MTV Video Music Awards which contained a snippet of the song’s chorus at the end.

Stay with me, no
We don’t need to run
Stay with me, my blood
You don’t need to run

At the Detroit concert during the 2018 Bandito Tour, Tyler announced to the audience that the song was inspired by the birth of his niece, Mia, who was at that concert along with his sister Madison (her mother) and other family members. It expresses the support and loyalty that he has for her at the present and in the future as she grows older.

The full track was later released due to a glitch in Apple’s HomePod, which caused the song to leak on Twitter, before the song was fully released on all platforms.

Twenty one pilots released the official audio for “My Blood” on August 27th, 2018. The video features Tyler in a recording studio with his bass guitar. The official music video was released on October 5th, the day Trench was officially released.

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What did twenty one pilots say about "My Blood"?
Genius Answer

Tyler introduced “My Blood” during a live performance for SiriusXM by saying:

This is called “My Blood” and I wanna explain, one of the verses means a lot to me. This song is, I guess you can wrap it up and say it’s about family. But more specifically there’s a story: When I was younger I had some older cousins that lived in Michigan and I always looked up to them because they were older and cooler. There was a story where the younger brother of my cousins was kind of a loud mouth, got into a lot of trouble, very cocky, and his older brother who also played football with him was much more quiet, didn’t talk a lot. And it got to the point where the younger cousin was running his mouth so much that the rival high school football team showed up to his house. So in this song I talk about people at the end of your driveway calling out your name, it’s in reference to this story because what happened is, the older cousin who was always very quiet, kept to himself, no one knew that he was a black belt, and he went out to the end of the driveway and he took care of business. That story was stuck with me, that y'know defending your family, sticking up for them and as I was writing this song I was thinking about if I were in that position. If I had to go defend my family, I realized I would probably need a weapon, so I'ma introduce a bat into the story because my soft hands probably wouldn’t be able to punch anyone square in the face.

– Tyler Joseph, via YouTube

What certifications did this track receive?
Genius Answer

“My Blood” was certified platinum by the RIAA on November 17, 2020. It was previously certified gold on April 17, 2019.

Did it leak on August 27th, 2018?
Genius Answer

Yes, the full song was leaked onto Twitter after Apple Music glitched.

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August 27, 2018
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