- A Closer Look To iamamiwhoami’s b Video
- iamamiwhoami’s o video
- u-1
- u-2
- n from Nature/Natural
- T – back in the kingdom we were Kings and Queens
- And this is Y all that’s left is Hope
- Iamamiwhoami – The Book Of Changes – Hexagram Theory

- Identity in iamamiwhoami
- An Archetypal and Mythological Approach to iamamiwhoami
- iamamiwhoami official youtube channel
- hellaine’s pertinent opinion upon the videos. Mostly symbolist, but very useful to the decoding of the entire concept. Includes explanations upon the Mandragora Officinarum myth and how it is present in the videos.
- MTV’s allegedly package from imaamiwhoami and their clues
- wertstahl’s audiogram side of the story – interesting even though I’d like to think no one would get THAT busy into coding
- Aguilera Online – very good source for rumors and relevant pictures

- Why Vanuatu?
- iamamiwhoami drilling scene as you haven’t seen it before
- iamamiwhoami Roman numbers & letters
- reasons for which we cannot base our guesses on teeth shape or facial features

Jonna Lee in my opinion:
Here’s something interesting. And something else. 1:07 and on
Oh, and this picture from her Twitter. It must have been like hell, aye? Also thiiiiis…

NAMES of videos:

Each video is named using numbers. Some numbers can be converted to letters and create words, others, we cannot assume what they really mean, nor do we know how to use them.

Prelude 699130082.451322-5.4.21.3.1.20.9.15.14.1.12 = Prelude 699130082.451322-E.D.U.C.A.T.I.O.N.A.L.

9.1.13.669321018 = I.A.M.669321018

9.20.19.13.5.723378 = I.T.S.M.E.723378

13.1.14.4.18.1.7.15.18.1.1110 = M.A.N.D.R.A.G.O.R.A.1110

15.6.6.9.3.9.14.1.18.21.13.56155 = O.F.F.I.C.I.N.A.R.U.M.56155

TAGS for each videos :

video 1 = EDUCATIONAL

wood foetus natal moisture machine disciple orifice

video 2 = I AM

foetus lap nourish cortex sap disciple wood

video 3 = ITS ME

foetus amniotic fluid umbilical cord cream gateau disciple wood

video 4 = MANDRAGORA

wood disciple rodent engender spout mount

video 5 = OFFICINARUM

wood lay roe spasm disciple nest virulent

video 6 = WELCOME-HOME

asterisk disciple habitat interment crest wood pulp

video 7 = b

LEFTOVER NUMBERS:

Possibilities:

699130082.451322
6+9+9+1+3+0+0+8+2 = 38
4+5+1+3+2+2 = 17
3.8 = c.h
8+3=11 = k
1.7 = a.g
1+7=8 = h

669321018
6+6+9+3+2+1+0+1+8 = 36
3.6 = c.f
3+6=9 = I

723378
723378 = 30
3 = c

1110
1+1+1+0 = 3
3 = c

56155
5+6+1+5+5 = 22
2.2 = b.b
22 = v
4 = d

3383
3+3+8+3 = 17
1.7 = a.g
17 = q
1+7=8 = h

Personally I tried to go further and reduce everything to:

K.H. – EDUCATIONAL (btw, .kh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cambodia check here)
I AM I (possibly I am 1)
IT’S ME C (It’s me, see?)
MANDRAGORA C
OFFICINARUM V
WELCOME HOME AG/Q

…but I totally excluded any other type of project but musical.

ANIMALS:

Each video contains a reference towards a certain animal. Read hellaine’s reference for more insight.
Name of the animal – numeric equivalent – name of the linked video

1) Goat = 7.15.1.20 – Goat birth at Fias Co Farm
2) Owl = 15.23.12 – Barred owl amazing vocals
3) Whale = 23.8.1.12.5 – Whale shark
4) Bee = 2.5.5 – Bumble Bees on Sunflower part 1
5) Llama = 12.12.1.13.1 – Spit On By A Llama
6) Monkey = 13.15.14.11.5.25 – Screaming monkeys

I cannot look at these animals in another way except a symbolical one so I totally agree with hellaine’s view as the concept representing the cycle of life of an artistic product: the birth (goat), its re-production (owl making mating sounds), the sustenance (whale feeding), its replication (bee polymerizing – is that the word?), defending it (llama spitting) and finally establishing its market (monkeys establishing their territory).

The animal sounds played one after another, in case anyone finds it relevant.To me, this “- says what?” really puts me off thinking about sounds. It’s actions and meanings I’d be interested in.

OTHER possibly relevant CLUES:

- I strongly suggest someone with the possibility to “play” with the sounds of the videos to try to synchronize them. I have a feeling we’ll have as result a totally different, but innovative sound. UPDATE: I got my hands on a synchronized version, it’s pretty messy. My baaaad
- apparently iamamiwhoami email sender username is 0098224788223158 and they they use the account iamamiwhoami@gmail.com to send the videos out. Apparently, major celebrity/music websites have been sent a link towards the first video from that account. See one of the statements here.
- the number 6 is encountered quite often in the videos. 6 – symbolizing creation. The world was created in 6 days. Also, 6 is connected to the 6 cycles of the moon, thus representing femininity.
- possibly relevant clues related to 6: The cells of a beehive honeycomb are 6-sided (hexagonal). Also, insects have 6 legs. Which brings me to the MTV riddle: bee – 6 legs, goat plus llama = 6 legs, owl plus monkey = 6 legs, whale = helloooo, none? haha, the result is HOLY CRAP! Nah, 6 is actually the number of order. It’s a perfect number.
- there is a possibility that no other video is uploaded, because we already have 6 videos and 6 animals. The Prelude video does contain an animal. However, when there’s a preludes, it is supposed to have an Epilogue, right? A textual pattern (any for of art is actually a text, a discourse). So I’m guessing the Epilogue is the reveal.
- “wood” and “disciple” are tags that repeat themselves in all videos
- it’s no use taking her nose as a reference, because it is clearly they used nose molds to modify its shape. I went through the videos frame by frame and it is visible.

LYRICS:

There’s a verbal message in almost every video. Unfortunately, like images , these messages are distorted, so we’re trying our best to make the most of them.

- vid #3: “Here, in this place, feels like home, flying in space. Like hell. Like hell. Like.” or “Lying in here, it’s like ….” or “________ It’s not much left in this place. Like hell…..”
- vid #5, something close to: now do you know my name – you’ll see that your death has come”
- Vid #6 “Thought I felt a spark, thought I saw a flame“. Video ends in “Why?”

GUESSES:

Jonna Lee and MGMT or her bandmates – I mean didn’t you guys see the 7th video? Here’s her myspace. This promotion campaign was so good we ddn’t mention Jonna’s name ONCE up to the 7th! MGMT are from Brooklyn, a direct connection to the link in video 7. I suspect it’s Jonna, bandmates and the third person is the video director.
Aguilera – proof 1 – pretty good snapshot imo proof 2 – why & why not; proof 3
Alison Goldfrapp – on the lips of many, especially that the initials of her name are AG, but… and…
Lykke Li – proof 1 – quite good as well
The Golden Filter – proof 1, proof 2 – quite overwhelming. Opinion also sustained by nickbates here.
Animal Collective - proof 1 – I think the house in the background picture looks familiar.
Amy Lee (Evanescence) – proof 1 meh
Fever Ray – one of the guesses that’s on everybody’s lips. Karin Dreijer Andersson’s work really fits the profile of the viral videos. Check some interesting pictures and video of her here.
Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor from NIN – arguments on ‘ItsObviouslyTReznor’s channel. Argumentation is pretty good, except for the maandig part, i strongly doubt it’s her. But it does look like Reznor’s work, he’s weird like that and music wise… check for yourself. UPDATE: Trent Reznor has just denied being involved in this project on his twitter: After 2,000,000 Google alerts I finally checked out iamamiwhoami. I have nothing to do with this.
Alessandro Cortini - (worked with NIN) – this piece is somewhat similar to Prelude.
Sarah Mclachlan – I thought about Sarah while I was listening to the 6th video. That voice in the video reminded me of Sarah in Delerium’s Silence. Of course, we have to take into account the fact that both video and audio have been distorted in the virals so…
Little Boots – proof 1 I think it’s a lil’ bit stretched.
Aphex Twin - read here about it, but I don’t think he’s as deep.

Should anyone have another suggestion/proof, post it in a comment. Bear in mind comments with links are moderated, so don’t get scared if they don’t go through immediately. I am checking.

ON THE FORCED SIDE:

- people really are trying to push things into BIONIC:

B=Bovidae (goat)
I=Intutula (owl)
O=Odontocenti (whale)
N=Nymphomyiidae (bee)
I= no one knows but I bet everyone’s after a word starting with I, haha
C=Catarrhines (monkeeeeey)

- this one is a lil bit lolly. Oke… It’s badass lolly:

First 2 animals – take the first letter of first and last letter of second… G. L.
3rd+ 4th – take 3rd letter of each… A. M.
5th = 6th – take first and last again… L. Y.

GLAMLY, CA is gonna invent a new “bootylicious” (MsLightdragon)

- Umplugged70’s opinion, reducing everything to the motif of the aphrodisiac:

I dont know if this cracks the code, but the only connection I can see between the mandrake plant and all of the different clues is this they can all be used as aphrodisiacs.

• - The best-known of all aphrodisiacs of the ancient world was the MANDRAKE or mandragora plant.
  - OWL meat can be eaten as a natural aphrodisiac.
  - In Jamaican culture, GOAT soup is known to be an aphrodisiac.
  - LLAMA SPIT is highly treasured as a powerful aphrodisiac.
  - WHALE SHARKS are considered as a delicacy and an aphrodisiac.
  - To the ancients, BEE HONEY had an aphrodisiac reputation.
  - MONKEY BRAINS are popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac.

PRINT SCREENS I FOUND RELEVANT FOR FUTURE ANALYSIS:

The carpenter bee thing. Fluid coming out of the trunk.

Various teeth views





Man’s face can be distinguished in the tree trunk. To me, it looks like he’s working on a synth.

Y (why)

6





Other features:



An Aguilera-ish profile, but also Sarah McLahlan.

A modified iamami. Could be useful to some. Maybe you recognize your cousin and let us know *wink* Whoa that looks like Karin!

Exactly, and it’s not photoshopped, have a look for yourself:

Boing-Boing

Here is the tallest and longest Steel Coaster in the world:

Let’s go for a ride on the Dragon

FIRST I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I ENJOYED GOING TO WATCH THE SHOW VERY MUCH.

THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK IS….DID YOU SEE YOURSELF ON TV? THE ANSWER IS NO. THE KIMMEL SHOW IS FILMED ON 2 DIFFERENT NIGHTS. USUALLY, ONE WITH JIMMY’S STAND UP, WHICH IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, AND ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH A GUEST. THE OTHER IS 2 INTERVIEWS AND A CONCERT SEGMENT. WHEN THE CAMERA SWEEPS THE AUDIENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW IT WAS THE STAND UP AUDIENCE THAT WAS SHOWN. I WOULD RATHER BE IN THE CONCERT SEGMENT OF THE SHOW ANYTIME. I GOT TO SEE A BIG NAME ARTIST FOR FREE.

WHEN P DIDDY CAME OUT HE CAME OVER AND LAID ACROSS JIMMY’S DESK LIKE A PLAYBOY BUNNY…EVERYONE LAUGHED (WE THOUGHT THIS WAS LIVE ON THE SHOW). THIS PART WAS CUT FROM THE FINAL SHOW.

TONY HAWK CAME INTO THE STUDIO…..RIDING IN FROM THE LOBBY OF THE THEATER. THEY HAD A BIG LONG RAMP THERE. WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE SHOW WE KNEW WHAT THE RAMP WAS FOR. IT WAS REALLY COOL.

THE CONCERT SEGMENT WAS FILMED WITH 3 CAMERAS, ONE STATIONARY CAMERA IN THE REAR CENTER OF THE AUDIENCE AND MOVING CRANE CAMERA, AND A GUY WITH A CAMERA THAT RUNS AROUND TO ANY AREA HE OR THE DIRECTOR WISHES.

YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH THEY USE THE SWINGING CRANE CAMERA, WHICH IS OPERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL. WE ALL KNOW THE TYPE OF SHOT WERE YOU SEE A CAMERA SWEEP OVER THE HEADS OF THE CONCERT CROWD, BUT, IT IS ALSO USE AS A STILL CAMERA THEY CAN USE IN ANY POSITION THEY WISH. I FOUND THIS AN AWESOME FACT AND VERY INTERESTING.

MR KIMMEL STANDS ON A LITTLE WOODEN TABLE IN THE BACK OF THE CONCERT CROWD AND INTRODUCES THE ARTIST….IT LOOKED SO TACKY WHEN THEY WERE FILMING IT, BUT, WHEN YOU SEE IT ON TV HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS TOWERING OVER THE CROWD. IT LOOKED GREAT IN THE FINAL CUT.

FINALLY, WHEN MIKE WAS CALLED UP TO MEET TONY HAWK, MR HAWK GAVE HIM AND AUTOGRAPHED SKATEBOARD, VIDEO GAMES, PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND SOME OTHER THINGS, THAT IS WHY I ALMOST CRIED, I WAS JUST SO HAPPY FOR HIM.

I MUST APOLOGIZE TO MIKE, CALLING HIM A RETARDED KID, YOU MUST BE 21 TO BE A KIMMEL AUDIENCE MEMBER.

PS. THEY TOLD US WE COULD GO HOME AND WATCH THE SHOW THAT NIGHT, THIS WAS A FALSEHOOD, IT WAS NOT ON, AND I WAS PISSED, WHY WOULD THEY TELL US THAT IF IT WAS NOT AIRING THAT NIGHT…… REALLY?

IT AIRED THE FOLLOWING NIGHT.

OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN, ON SOME DIFFERENT SHOWS……MAYBE, JAY LENO?

GLEN MURRAY

LAST NOVEMBER I HAD THE “PRIVILEGE” TO WITNESS THE JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW. WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE THE SHOW ONE DAY AFTER, ON TV.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING HOW THEY EDITED THE SHOW AND THEY ADDED SOME STUFF…..WE ACTUALLY SAW 2 SEGMENTS AND THE DIDDY CONCERT SEGMENT OF THE SHOW. P DIDDY‘S CONCERT WAS REALLY GOOD. I WAS NEVER MUCH OF A FAN OF HIS, BUT HE STARTED THE CONCERT SEGMENT GIVING GLORY AND THANKS TO GOD. THE QUALITY OF THE BAND AND THE SOUND WAS EXCELLENT….HE DID THREE SONGS ……2 AIRED ON TV… AND AN OLDIE FOR THE STUDIO AUDIENCE. THE CONCERT SEGMENT WAS HELD OUTSIDE.

BUT, I AM GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. LET ME DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF. BEAR WITH ME!

WE ARRIVED AND STOOD IN LINE OF THE THEATER, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE KODAK THEATER. AFTER ABOUT 45 MINS…THEY LET US IN…….WE PASSED THRU METAL DETECTORS AND WERE GUIDED TO THE STUDIO AND SEATED. THE EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING…..THEN THIS DUDE CAME OUT AND STARTED WARMING US UP AND TELLING US WHAT TO DO AT WHAT TIME. FRONT ROW PEOPLE WERE INSTRUCTED ON WHAT THEY COULD AND COULDN’T DO…….THE WARM UP GUY SAID STUFF LIKE…. IF YOU CAN’T CLAP AND CHEER ANY LOUDER WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU ON A BUS AND SEND YOU TO THE JAY LENO SHOW……

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT EVERYONE GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE AFTER THE DOORS WERE CLOSED NO ONE GOES ANYWHERE. I GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM (JUST IN CASE) HA HA HA

“CLETO AND THE CLETONES” WERE PLAYING MUSIC, AND ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE BAND WAS REALLY FUNNY AND HELPED WARM UP THE AUDIENCE…….. IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT JIMMY WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE….SO, THEY PLAYED GAMES AND GAVE PRIZES TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO HAD THE BALLS TO GO ON STAGE.

ONE KID WENT UP ON STAGE AND RIGHT AWAY EVERYONE REALIZED HE WAS RETARTED. THEY AND THE AUDIECE MEMBERS TREATED HIM WITH RESPECT AND JUST LISTENED TO HIM TALK QUIETLY… HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY AND SAID HE LOVED THE SHOW.

JIMMY KIMMEL COMES OUT AND EVERYONE CHEERS……HE SAYS THAT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO FILM 2 INTERVIEWS TONIGHT. AND THERE WAS NO STAND UP ROUTINE.

WE WERE REMINDED TO CHEER AND CLAP WILDLY WHEN THE AP PLAUSE SIGN WAS ON AND STOP WHEN THE OTHER SIGN GOES ON.

P. DIDDY INTRODUCTION……HE COMES OUT……WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND

INTERVIEW TAKES PLACE.

COMMERCIAL BREAK AFTER SEGMENT. WHILE THE BREAK OCCURS, THE SHOW SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON TV LIVE….. (THEY ANNOUNCED AFTER TIME PASSED WE ARE COMING BACK ON LIVE)

THE REST OF THE P DIDDY INTERVIEW TAKES PLACE

COMMERICAL BREAK……. TONY HAWK THE SKATEBOARD DUDE IS NEXT.

WE ARE COMING BACK LIVE…..

INTERVIEW TAKES PLACE

COMMERCIAL BREAK

IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT WE ONLY HAVE 2 MINUTES TO GET EVERYONE OUTSIDE IN BACK OF THE THEATER FOR THE P DIDDY CONCERT

HERE WE GO KIDDIES…..OUTSIDE….EXCITEMENT BUILDS AGAIN….YOU REALLY FEEL AS IF IT IS ALL HAPPENING ON LIVE TV

MORE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN

WE ARE COMING BACK LIVE FOLKS SO START CHEERING

KIMMEL INTRODUCES P DIDDY.

HE DOES THE 1ST SONG….IT WAS REALLY GOOD. MEANWHILE, I AM ANALYZING, AND REMEMBERING CAMERA ANGLES AND POSITIONS (I JUST LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF).

COMMERCIAL BREAK. BEAR WITH ME!

STAGE DUDE CALLS OUT WHERE IS MIKE (THE RETARTED BOY)
COME UP HERE AN MEET TONY HAWK……I FELT LIKE CRYING, I WAS SO HAPPY FOR THE KID.

WE ARE COMING BACK LIVE KIDDIES

P DIDDY’S SECOND SONG……

ENDING AND ALL THAT STUFF HAPPENS NEXT.

DON’T LEAVE…. DIDDY PLAYS SONG FOR AUDIENCE NOT AIRED ON TV…. DON’T LEAVE! PLEASE STAY WE NEED TO DO THE FIRST SONG OVER….DIDDY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT…..WE ALL STAY…

I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE FIRST TAKE…. THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER I WAS A BAND SOUND MIXER FOR A FEW GIGS. THE SOUND VOLUME WAS SUDDENLY GOT TWICE AS LOUD AS THE EARLIER PART OF THE SOUND AND DIDDYS GUEST STAR NICOLE WASN’T VERY AUDIBLE. THIS I REALIZED THE SECOND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO DO THE SONG AGAIN.

EVERTHING IS OVER AND THEY SAID WE COULD WATCH THAT NIGHT’S SHOW WHEN WE GOT HOME.

THAT’S MY STORY….LIKE IT OR LUMP IT….HA HA HA! HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE AUDIENCE OF ANY SHOW? YOU’LL HAVE TO AGREE IT IS WAY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SEE ON TV, RIGHT?

GLEN MURRAY

LE: Here’s Diddy’s performance: