Songfacts®:

• Twenty One Pilots recorded "Lavish" for their seventh album, Clancy. A futuristic psych-pop track buoyed by glimmering keyboards and dusty drums, the song uses sarcasm and dark humor to criticize the shallowness and artifice that can pervade celebrity culture and the unnecessary ostentatious award ceremonies. It questions the true value of the lavish lifestyle and suggests a sense of emptiness beneath the glittering surface.
• Titled after the protagonist introduced in their 2018 album Trench, Clancy serves as the final chapter in the band's nearly decade-long conceptual series.
• Twenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph plays with listener expectations in the chorus.
  
  Welcome to the style you haven't seen in a while
  It's lavish
  
  Is he hinting at a return to a past sound, or is it a commentary on the song itself? This ambiguity is intentional, a way of breaking the fourth wall and inviting fans into the creative process.
  
  "Maybe there are conversations that will happen between friends who have followed the storyline and maybe have some kind of arguments over what the outcome was," drummer Josh Dun told Apple Music. "And I think that's cool."
• The music video adds another layer. Joseph and Dun appear in outfits reminiscent of the ones they wore to the Grammys in 2017, when they took their pants off to accept the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Stressed Out." Is it a simple fashion choice, or a subtle wink at the song's critique of the music industry and its self-congratulatory award shows? Twenty One Pilots leave that up to you to decide.