{"id":40553,"date":"2026-02-07T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=40553"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:00:21","slug":"he-told-me-to-just-act-natural-jenna-joseph-reveals-the-3-day-home-shoot-where-she-almost-ruined-the-level-of-concern-video-by-laughing-at-the-wrong-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=40553","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe Told Me To Just Act Natural.\u201d \u2014 Jenna Joseph Reveals the 3-Day Home Shoot Where She Almost Ruined the \u2018Level of Concern\u2019 Video by Laughing at the Wrong Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the world slammed to a halt in early 2020, most artists froze. Twenty One Pilots<\/span><\/span><\/strong> did the opposite\u2014they improvised. And at the center of that improvisation was someone fans weren\u2019t used to seeing behind the curtain: Jenna Joseph<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The home-shot music video for Level of Concern<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has long been praised for its warmth and chaos, a lo-fi snapshot of life under lockdown that felt radically intimate compared to the duo\u2019s usually airtight mythology. Now, years later, Jenna has finally opened up about just how close the shoot came to falling apart\u2014not because of tech issues, but because she couldn\u2019t stop laughing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Filmed entirely inside the Josephs\u2019 home while caring for their newborn daughter, the video was a three-day DIY marathon. With professional crews sidelined by pandemic restrictions, Jenna suddenly found herself wearing every hat imaginable: co-star, lighting tech, set designer, and quality control\u2014all while running on new-parent sleep deprivation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part wasn\u2019t the work,\u201d Jenna joked recently. \u201cIt was keeping a straight face.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That challenge came courtesy of her husband, Tyler Joseph<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, whose on-camera energy is famously unhinged in the best way. According to Jenna, Tyler gave her exactly one piece of direction before the cameras rolled: \u201cJust act natural.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

That was easier said than done.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to act natural when you\u2019re building a fort out of mail, flashing Christmas lights, and your husband is bouncing off the walls like it\u2019s a stadium show,\u201d she said. More than once, Jenna admitted she nearly ruined usable takes by laughing at the wrong moment\u2014especially when Tyler leaned fully into his chaotic instincts in their living room.<\/span><\/p>\n

The logistics were just as unconventional. The video was directed remotely by longtime collaborator Reel Bear Media<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, with Tyler and bandmate Josh Dun filming their parts separately and \u201cmailing\u201d a USB drive back and forth as part of the narrative. The glowing stars, tangled lights, and handmade set pieces weren\u2019t aesthetic choices so much as necessity\u2014ways to transform a home into a stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding to the challenge was timing everything around their infant daughter\u2019s naps and feedings. Takes were frequently interrupted, schedules were fluid, and perfection was off the table. What emerged instead was something far rarer: vulnerability.<\/span><\/p>\n

That vulnerability is exactly why Level of Concern<\/em> resonated so deeply. The video broke the fourth wall of Twenty One Pilots\u2019 carefully constructed universe, showing fans a version of Tyler and Jenna that felt unpolished, human, and deeply connected. It wasn\u2019t lore\u2014it was life.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legacy of that moment only grew. Later in 2020, the band released a fan-powered, never-ending version of the video that ran for 178 days, setting a world record and raising money for out-of-work live music crews. What began as a chaotic home project became one of the most meaningful chapters in the band\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back, Jenna\u2019s laughter almost derailed the shoot\u2014but in hindsight, it\u2019s exactly what made it work. In a year defined by uncertainty, Level of Concern<\/em> didn\u2019t just document survival. It documented love, partnership, and the beauty of not having it all together.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the world slammed to a halt in early 2020, most artists froze. Twenty One Pilots did the opposite\u2014they improvised. And at the center of that improvisation was someone fans weren\u2019t used to seeing behind the curtain: Jenna Joseph. The home-shot music video for Level of Concern has long been praised for its warmth and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}