wired! is my new beat tape EP
it's called that because when i make beats, i get a sustained rush of antsy energy, hyperfocus and enthrallment, which is rare for my ADD ass who doesn't consume any form of stimulants. when i make beats i get wired.
https://t.co/LGK2eMP3iu
Cold Comfort - Stik Figa (prod. Heather Grey)
Garden Dance - Rap Man Gavin (prod. Jesse the Tree)
POMPEII // UTILITY - Earl, MIKE, Surf Gang
HM: Sleep Sinatra has been on a run - Strange Fires, JazzEtherix, and TIMESOFPERIL (Dec '25, but still)
i think maybe what i actually mean by this is as an adult, you have less time/openness, more responsibilities/restrictions, more "set in your ways," and because of that, you can't get as deep into the labyrinths of the mind as naturally as you could when you were younger.
i feel like when you're younger, you have a better ability to intuit implicit meaning rather than pick up on explicit meaning, and as you get older that becomes inverse
π¬ Backrooms (2026)
One of the internet's greatest success stories.
In May 2019, an anonymous user on 4chan posted a grainy photo of an empty room. Sickly yellow walls, harsh fluorescent lighting, damp carpet, and an overwhelming sense that something was deeply wrong. Someone added a caption claiming that if you're not careful, you can "noclip out of reality" and end up trapped in an endless maze of identical rooms known as the Backrooms.
Nobody knew where the photo was taken. For five years, the image spread across forums, Reddit, YouTube, and social media, evolving from a creepy image into one of the internet's most fascinating pieces of modern folklore.
Then, in May 2024, four users on Discord finally traced the image using the Wayback Machine. The photograph originated from a 2002 renovation photo taken inside a former furniture store at 807 Oregon Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. But by then, the truth hardly mattered. The myth had already become bigger than its origin.
The Backrooms entered a completely new phase in January 2022 when a 16-year-old filmmaker named Kane Parsons uploaded a nine-minute short film called The Backrooms (Found Footage). Having taught himself Blender and VFX techniques, Parsons transformed a niche internet creepypasta into something cinematic and terrifyingly believable. The video exploded in popularity and quickly became one of the defining horror projects of YouTube's generation.
Hollywood took notice.
Just a few years later, A24 greenlit a feature film adaptation and handed the project to Parsons himself. Operating under the codename Effigy, the production built a massive 30,000-square-foot Backrooms maze in Vancouver. The crew reportedly tested dozens of shades of yellow to recreate the unsettling atmosphere that made the original image so iconic, while the scale of the set became a story in itself.
Born in 2005, the same year YouTube launched Kane Parsons became A24's youngest director ever. At only 20 years old, he achieved something almost unimaginable: turning an internet urban legend into a major theatrical event.
The story of Backrooms is remarkable not because of where it started, but because of what it became. An anonymous image posted on a forum evolved into a collaborative online myth, inspired millions of viewers, launched the career of a young filmmaker, and eventually became a global horror phenomenon.
Few pieces of internet culture have made the journey from obscure message board post to mainstream cinema. The Backrooms did.
All because of a single photograph and a simple idea that tapped into a universal fear, the feeling of being lost in a place that looks familiar, yet somehow feels completely wrong.
"computer!" off this beat tape i made a couple months ago is one of my favorite things i've done. my mixing ability isn't up to industry standards, but i've been told these 11 minutes are an enjoyable listen. sink into it, lmk
new tape coming soon as well
https://t.co/LGK2eMP3iu
i feel like when you're younger, you have a better ability to intuit implicit meaning rather than pick up on explicit meaning, and as you get older that becomes inverse