Sad music is not trendy, but sad lyrics that fans are able to dance to is.

Artists like Twenty One Pilots have introduced a new type of genre: a happy, bubbly instrumental sound with sad meaningful lyrics that has caught other artists’ attention.

With Twenty One Pilots’ debut album several years ago, fans fell in love with the unique sound, which skyrocketed their career. The band quickly moved from performing in small venues to large, sold-out venues. Their sound includes a lot of electronic beats for everyone to dance to, but topics for their songs vary from mental illnesses to religion.

However, most of the time, the fans ignore the meaning of the song to listen to the sound instead. Twenty One Pilots’ new sound began to influence others, forming a new trend in the music industry.

Melanie Martinez entered the music world with her debut album two years ago. Cry Baby showcases this new trend. The happy instrumental sound put Martinez on the radio and made her famous fairly quickly, just as it did with Twenty One Pilots. Songs like “Mrs. Potato Head” are filled with the serious topic of body image, but the lyrics are blurred with the childlike sound and electronic beats.

Paramore, a widely known band, has begun to turn in the same direction with its new album, After Laughter. The entire album circles around the same deep and sad meanings and uses the upbeat, sunny sound to cover up the sadness. Their new sound has made the band even popular than they were with their previous albums.

Twenty One Pilots created its own unique sound that artists are following for a chance to be heard on the radio or to draw a bigger crowd.