The Search for the Backrooms Photo's Location (ft. Broogli, Jaden Salads & Virtual Carbon)

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Intro: 00:00-00:57
Backrooms Explained: 00:58-08:24
History: 08:25-17:30
Everything We Know: 17:31-21:20
Possible Leads: 21:21-26:15
Broogli: / @broogli
Jaden Salads: / @jadensalads
Virtual Carbon: / @virtualcarbon
Lost media wiki article: lostmediawiki.com/The_Backroo...)
Backrooms vibes playlist: • backrooms vibes
Kmarts that are closed: www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/08/kma...
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Where was the backrooms photo taken? Back in 2019, the backrooms photo lore that originated on 4chan began circulating the internet. Today, it’s a huge phenomenon and kane pixel’s a24 backrooms film will come out. However the origin and location of the most popular liminal space has remained lost media. In this video, we dive into the whole iceberg. Maybe it is from a dead mall Sears, that would be weirdcore for sure with some dreamcore too. Nostalgia is a significant part of why gen z loves liminal spaces. Will it stay lost and unidentified media forever or will we one day be able to say that we successfully spent time finding the location of the most popular liminal space, the backrooms? Watch the video featuring Broogli, Jaden Salads, and Virtual Carbon to find out the complete history of the backrooms photo's location.
Credit to @Pedrocultas at 14:25 video came from here: • Investigando as Backro...
#backrooms #liminalspace #lostmedia

[@irishempire9811]

the backrooms was actually a picture of my grandpas basement, there just happens to be a bicycle monster in it

[@vincenttt8289]

Can confirm. The grandpa kidnapped me and I stayed there from July 2, 2008 - July 5, 2008 when he realized I wasn't a girl.

[@trustytrest]

@@vincenttt8289 What took him so long to realize it

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

​@@trustytrestbe considerate, hes an old guy his brain isnt as quick as it used to be

[@bluedoessomeamogusstuff6738]

Was the stairs to the left the exit 💀?

[@Lucidly_]

Average grandpa in Ireland

[@trustytrest]

As a former nighttime janitor, I can guarantee you that abandoned old office spaces look exactly like that. I've had to clean several of them while they've been abandoned for months, so the building owners can try to peddle the rooms out to companies in need of offices. They usually were abandoned sections of large skyscraper buildings, used to businesses moving in and out every several years. Maybe there's a filter over the photo to make it more yellow, but even then it must be very minor because I recall many yellowed spaces like that. Usually more brown, but that yellow is not unrealistic. I would not be surprised if OP was a maintenance worker, maybe a janitor themselves, or some building manager or security guard. Somebody who goes around those buildings in times and places where normal employees and guests don't have access to. As for the exact location... well, you may as well be looking for a style of bedroom that could be in any suburbs in the US. Or any other country for that matter. The exact location is difficult to pinpoint because of its inaccessibility to the general public, along with it being one of many such similar examples. I doubt it will ever be definitely found and proven. Maybe somebody can identify the building and claim it was like that years ago, but it would be very difficult to prove where the exact location is. Perhaps the best way would be if OP can post the original photo with all the metadata. That might be the only way to prove it at this point in time, but good luck finding the original with its metadata.

[@Alex-bs4md]

I used to document office space for work; used, new, abandoned, mid construction, everything. I really wish I had been into this genre of photography at the time, I could have had a bunch of shots of creepy empty rooms

[@halfirishgaming13]

Just curious, what do you mean by OP?

[@halfirishgaming13]

Oh wait is it original person? It's original person isn't it?

[@theragingUnegoist]

@@halfirishgaming13 original poster

[@halfirishgaming13]

@@theragingUnegoist thank you

[@xabungle5192]

The mismatching wallpapers makes me think of a furniture store displaying multiple mock living room setups next to each other. They were like mazes. But the lighting in those places was generally pleasant, not an uncomfortable yellow.

[@ppaatt1]

Either the light is deformed by the camera (as mentioned in the video, old pictures have this weird yellowish tint) or the wallpaper is just old, and in the middle of refurbishing. To be honest, I always though the picture was taken by some workers hired for refurbishing.

[@chickennugget481]

the picture could have been edited to have the yellow tint

[@Darxide23]

That's what I've said for a while. If it was an old building that had long been abandoned, but still may have had power (this happens a lot more often than you'd think) the aging lights may have yellowed over time. Not to mention if the picture was taken on an early 00s digital camera, who knows what kind of strange qualities it may have ended up with. Digital photography really kind of sucked back then. To have that many different, but similar wallpapers in one small area is just a bit too odd to be happenstance. It seems more deliberate.

[@edithclement5973]

The yellow/green hue is a result of the colour temperature of florescent ceiling lights. Older cameras didn't normally have a way of colour balancing so photos in rooms lit this way would normally have that tint to them

[@clark6798]

I never even noticed the different wallpapers before. This, plus the shape of the space, reminds me of a home furnishing showroom.

[@mybeloved7074]

this has always been my guess as well !!

[@RioRock7]

Like a rooms to go or something

[@BeachSalad]

I think an aspect that often gets overlooked is that (just estimating from the camera position and whatnot) the ceiling of the original backrooms photo can't be more than 8 feet or so. I know stores and shopping areas were a lot smaller back then than nowadays but I find it absurd that a Sears or Kmart had an 8 foot ceiling. This for me narrows the building type to an office building, which we KNOW were a lot smaller and cramped back then. If we found the general region this was taken (specifically a country or state) that would narrow down the search depending on the LEGAL height requirements for buildings in that area.

[@Johncornwell103]

This deserves a pin

[@nextfuturesongs]

THANK YOU. This is what I've been thinking. It's just... not a Sears.

[@ElvixErty]

i renember seeing old reddit post from R/TrueBackrooms saying it was taken at 2718 Montana Ave, Billings MT, it was being renovated in 2010, the building is well over 100 years old.

[@distinguishableusername]

If the earliest file is from 2012 then its probably comepletely renovated or destroyed. I doubt it would be abandoned to this day

[@robertlittler7772]

That's what I was thinking. It may be so difficult to find the location of the source for the original backrooms level due to the likely possibility that the place where the photo was taken no longer exists or has been renovated to the point that it is unrecognizable. If this is the case, then it may not be possible to find it due to the time that has since past from when it was originally taken.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

i imagine now its the same as any other bland post 2000s grey interior

[@ruanaur]

It looks more like a renovation. If it was taken In 2012 it would still be on the same renovation cycle. (Unless it’s cinturion mall since it’s been renovated like 4 times in 10 years.) This looks like a poorer area in the us and some sort of department or furniture store. We know there are at least 2 floors. I would say it’s somewhere in the poorer rural Midwest or north Texas, Nevada, or New Mexico. IMO it could be easy to find by scraping archives or old listings on websites for office space.

[@fiskehandler]

"I was born in 2003" - KZbinrs always find ways to make me feel old! Great video, by the way

[@dario_lind]

20 years now

[@fiskehandler]

@@dario_lind why does it still feel like it's 2020?

[@loekust]

Same, I’m here as a 90s baby :)

[@bread4108]

I was also born in 2003, but it still feels odd to me to see that people my age and younger can be people I will actively watch online. Growing up with youtube and being used to everyone being seemingly an adult compared to me, it feels weird to get to this point

[@lindanimated]

@@bread4108 It doesn't change, I'm kind of similar. Although I grew up in the 90s but I was always the youngest (youngest in my family, youngest in hobby groups, youngest in many conversations, etc.) So I got used to being the youngest. Now suddenly I'm in my 30s and seeing people significantly younger than me flourish as not only full grown adults but talented content creators. Our perception of time is really fascinating.

[@jdenton1337]

It's kinda wild to think that the actual location is probably just some mundane office building again and there's people just getting through each day at a location that's so Infamous on the Internet lmao.

[@rubensimarchived1975]

Similarly “level 188: the windows” is a holiday inn hotel in England

[@ranchustars3050]

i think finding out the origin of the image would be pretty cool, i don’t think it would ruin the magic. this and the original jeff the killer image are extremely iconic images that our only hope of finding is searching through 4 chan. i hope that we can find both soon!

[@sombertoboggly]

i think jeff the killer is actually about to be found! they found a girl that looks almost too similar to not be the original photo, but still need to find the exact photo. they posted about it on the subreddit yesterday i think

[@truerandomchannel]

@@sombertoboggly just looked it up and, wow that could actually be it

[@TheFedzOohNoo]

thanks karkat

[@itsPlasma06]

​@@sombertoboggly Istg this better not circle back to being some girl getting bullied through 4chan edits again

[@ZeallustImmortal]

@@itsPlasma06 It's a "celeb" of some kind from some Eastern country if I'm remembering right.

[@Turbomun]

In my unprofessional opinion, the Backrooms photo comes from an office building, not a retail space. The freestanding walls would make sense as area dividers where cubicles could be set up, and lots of old office buildings have Backrooms-esque spaces like this - the building where I work even had one for a while. I’ve just never seen a retail breakroom that looked quite like this. I think the Sears thing is a false lead.

[@trustytrest]

I used to work as a janitor cleaning office spaces, including abandoned offices but having to clean them up anyways. There definitely were many old offices which look like this.

[@suzannah991]

But why so many different wallpapers?

[@manasamaluvr]

@@suzannah991 could be a stylistic choice or just a very old building

[@sandrafaith]

Around 5:43 - I would *love* to know who wrote the origin story of the Backrooms, because it is just so evocative and poetic. That person deserves a long and fruitful career as a writer.

[@KnaveMurdok]

I have very clear memories of hanging out with my friend in about 2003, talking about when we were growing up in the 90's, referring to them as "the good old days", but no in 2023, 2003 feels like "the good old days." I've come to the conclusion that the good old days are any period of time long enough ago that you can only remember the good parts and have forgotten the bad.

[@jeffiot]

So this might be useless information, but I thought I'd mention it: The yellow lights/tint looks to me like a clear case of the cameras white balance being set incorrectly. That happens very commonly when using automatic settings on a camera, like the outside looking super blue or the inside looking super orange. If it is infact the white balance that is giving it the yellowish hue, one could assume the photo taken right before this one would've been a shot with a decently prominent window, a glass door/windowed door or even outside (of the entrance, perhaps?). That would also explain the weird slanted angle, as the person just took a shot in another direction, turned towards the infamous doorway and before even lining up the shot or giving the camera a few seconds to adjust its settings, a picture was snapped. Perhaps by mistake, perhaps through shooting multiple shots rapidly. Either way, my point is: if im correct, there should be a pretty prominent source of natural daylight in close proximity to the photographer. If it wasn't so crisp i would've said it could've been a still from a video, but since I can't see any motion blur anywhere it wouldve had to be shot with a very high shutter speed. Which, technically could be true and would also explain the incorrect white balance, but just seem more unlikely given the otherwise amateur framing of the photo. That's my rant, thanks for coming etc

[@theMoporter]

0:13 THAT’S THE TELETUBBY HOME OMG it is SUCH a liminal space Ahem. It comforts me to know that the iconic Backrooms image is for sure older than the copypasta. I definitely felt that I had seen it on 4chan before 2019 (I quit 4chan entirely due to one board memorialising a bad person that died in summer 2014, which is why I’m sure of the timeframe) but I had assumed I had seen it reposted on another site and was misremembering. PS: It’s funny to see Vaporwave aesthetic referred to like it’s from the 2018 or ‘19, because it was already being called old and busted in like, 2016. And that’s not counting the hipsters, they decided it was ~mainstream self-parody~ by 2013. I guess that as one generation of late teens/young adults got tired of it, a new one came along and discovered it.

[@meucanal9582]

Sorry to ask, but could you tell who is that person? (Just curious, no pressure)

[@kkuudandere]

I absolutely love this picture because it's the perfect mix of something so bizarre yet super ordinary and everyday. Anybody could be in a room like this, yet we can't find THIS one. My favorite physical liminal spaces i've been in: -Tokyo Narita Airport in the middle of the night (any airport at night is one thing, but especially an airport in a country you don't even live in) -the Kmart near my house that closed down a year or two ago. My mom and i went inside on their last day and it was almost completely bare (save for the metal sales racks and a few cheap Christmas-themed items lol). I've never seen a big box store so EMPTY

[@p3p3_Frog]

Maybe the photo was taken in an abandoned furniture store? That would explain all the weird corners and the different wall papers Sometimes stores that sell couches/ mattresses have different “Mock up rooms” to show how they’d look in different room designs/ settings It’s just a thought

[@Broogli]

Such a good video, well done!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you, and again thanks for being a part of it!

[@VeryEpicGamer]

@@sombertobogglyThis is the best backrooms location video ive seen, why havent more people seen this?

[@sombertoboggly]

@@VeryEpicGamer thank you! but i think it's because my channel doesn't usually focus on stuff like this and it just ended up being one of my lower viewed videos

[@dorkydorgi5873]

For some reason it’s funny that a comment about someone’s grandpas basement has exactly 10x the likes of your comment Edit: now the other one has 621 likes, but yknow

[@tollutollu]

as somebody who was working as a 3d artist in 2012, the original image could definitely be a render. not saying it is one, but 2012 is not 1980 and you absolutely had random people online who could throw together a realistic render

[@crispyclouds438]

If the photo was even taken in 2012, like we know it was posted but not for sure taken then

[@tollutollu]

@@crispyclouds438 i was just replying to the claim that it is too realistic for a render from 2012. personally, i think it looks like it was taken on a digital camera from 2005-2007 or so

[@FrutigerAeroFan839]

​@@tollutollu because the other backroom picture was a office delvinia on flickr how is this a render😂

[@FrutigerAeroFan839]

Lmao.

[@purplemist]

I'm so incredibly satisfied by all of these lost media/backrooms youtubers collabing to create an elaborate timeline of events of the search. I've also been following the events ever since the 2019 shift from cursed images to liminal spaces and have fond memories of David Crypt's original videos looking for the Backrooms at the beginning of the quarantine. Great job on the video everyone and hopefully we'll one day be able to find the mythical original location.

[@VirtualCarbon]

Thanks for having me on!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you for being a part of it!

[@AidanLima-nt9qp]

Thanks for making the video

[@IzumiChenmeiru]

excellent video as always kylie! I love your take on this and always thought it was weird how we couldnt find this with so many eyes on it. My theory for the original photographer is either, aware of it and keeping silent to troll, or deceased. Love the content, keep it up!

[@johnnytakisawa]

Offices and rental spaces dont use wallpaper. Its way too expensive. They are painted. Its quicker and cheaper to paint and are usually painted everytime a new renter takes over or after enough time has passed. They need touch ups here and there and its easier to paint a small area then fix torn or scuffed wallpaper. With all the different pictures and white boards, monitors and other stuff that gets hung on the walls in an office you need to be able to patch the walls. Wallpaper meanes you cant just spackle and paint real quick. Its more of a long term thing. Everytime a new renter comes in they will paint the walls whatever color scheme fits their company and make it look nice and new. Wallpaper would be a nightmare since every renter isnt going to agree on it and want it changed. The rental place wouldnt even let you use wallpaper cause then it has to be removed to be painted when a new renter comes in. Also ceiling tiles usually are stained in office buildings. They rarely get replaced just for a stain from dripping water because the new tile will just stain for the same reason the 1st one did. The leaky roof or dripping pipe needs to be fixed and that doesnt happen unless its a huge leak. Offices usually use rugged weather proof carpeting and will have clear wear patterns from the paths people walk 100s of times a day, and desks that never move. It needs to be thing hard carpet so chairs and carts can easily roll on it. They are also stained from coffee spills or other accidents. Theres also usually a lot more wires and phone jacks where desks would have been. I dont get where the chair rails are supposed to be because a chair rail is about 6-8 inches wide and placed about 3 feet hi on a wall where the back of the chair would hit. They are consumables that you replace once theyve been beat up enough. I used to do maintence for a place that had many different office spaces and they would buy and sell properties and these have always been constants. This looks more like a basement in a residential house to me. Many basements have sub ceilings, flourescent recessed lighting cause of the low ceiling, wallpaper would more likely be found in a house, they are cleaner and have non stained tiles due to there not being a roof directly above it and insulation that catches drips if they do happen. Even if its renovated and everything is new it doesnt look right to me as an office space.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

I work in an office with wallpaper lol. Beware of generalisations. Millions of people work in various offices all over the world and many of them will have different styles to what you just stated as if it's a fact.

[@fuck_it]

would if it’s from a bankrupt company that sold wallpapers? Like they sell it on the commercial hand

[@johnnytakisawa]

@@fuck_it there's other missing things for a commercial space too tho. There is no emergency lighting for one. No commercial ductwork, intercom speakers, fire alarm or security stuff. There's nothing there that says this is a commercial property or a rental space to me.

[@SallyBerry9]

Should say the old photos of dead children/loved ones weren’t taxidermy and were usually done out of love as it would be the only photo the family would have of that family member. They are pretty creepy, but back then they were just seen as very expensive keepsakes done out of pure love and remembrance ❤ Otherwise adore the video and channel!

[@JadenSalads]

Thanks for the opportunity, great video!! It's only a matter of time until someone comes out with the images origin.🤘

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you and thanks for being a part of it!

[@nealo6488]

For me the first instances of liminal spaces was in the first episode of Twin Peaks (the pilot) David Lynch kind of made them ‘cool’. There’s part of the episode where the camera just lingers on the empty location. For me, that was the first instance of liminality as art. A lot of 90s and 00s indie movies have that feel too.

[@yoshiyajoshuakiryu3198]

I worked in an old library once that had been emptied and converted to government offices. They left most of the stuff on the walls so I was in the children’s section in the basement with a cute mirror window and sky painted walls. Back rooms makes me think of the upper floors, because they were segmented like that. Later on, they renovated the place so none of that exists anymore. So it’s possibly an old library basement, that was segmented into sections without doors.

[@albertcapley6894]

There is a striking similarity between the backrooms and a concept from a Delta Green adventure, back when Delta Green was a setting for the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, well, I say adventure, it was just an outline of a campaign you could run for yr investigators if you were willing to fill in the blanks and customize it to the game you were running. It delves into the King in Yellow and Carcosa, but it begins with an X-Files style investigation into a person's disappearance in an apartment complex, boring task of sifting through her belongings for clues, and she was a horrible packrat, but the multi floor building has an additional floor at night, kind of... It's the "Night Rooms" yellow wallpaper, mouldy carpets, the vibe that maybe it was once nice but it's in the middle of becoming something else now, the 2019 quote always sounded, to me, like somebody quoting an NPC from this obscure TTRPG setting, it honestly fits all the criteria for the basic idea we have now come to call the backrooms, with the possible exception that there are people there... Well... Maybe there's people there, maybe they have only been there in the past and the rooms remember... Maybe the rooms are already Carcosa and you are the stranger. It's a truly unnerving module, even with the mere outline that was written, and given how obscure it is, combined with the popularity of the backrooms I will get to spring this on some players one of these days and allow just over a decade of weird/uncanny internet experience to work on their minds as the proto-backrooms elements come fully in to focus for them. My local K-mart building has been completed gotten and turned into an open warehouse type store, so I don't know if any of the interior from back then would still be intact. There will be a party on the 5th floor at midnight, do try to be social; this will be a temperance free event, so we can really relax for once...

[@agnesinwonderland]

I feel so old hearing that it couldn't be a render cause it's from 2012 or whatever. I was in college around that time for graphic arts, and had used design programs since way before that. 😆 It's very possible it's a render. Anyway, cool vid! The back rooms remind of wierd commercial spaces my mom would take us to for her Mary Kay meetings (in the 90s)

[@hyperbeamfr]

Hey Kylie, I wanted to congratulate you for your video quality. I can tell that you put a lot of effort and work into your videos, despite your low sub count. I can tell you that you will get a lot more attention if you keep up the good work.

[@NonstopPRO]

17:47 That might be a smoke detector. One similar to it is a "Crossfire Wireless Interlink Smoke, Heat, CO Alarms With Mount Brackets 2qty".

[@SimplyJohn155]

That backrooms vibes playlist is amazing!! Great video too!

[@agentclare]

i find it hilarious that you always release videos when i’m stuck in bed (currently recovering from wisdom teeth surgery) great video as always!

[@maxidge4]

Your channel is awesome! No beating around the bush or 'spooky' sounds and visuals, straight stories with charming lighthearted remarks and genuine passion behind the topics :) ❤

[@sombertoboggly]

seeing comments like this honestly always make me happy, because that's sort of the specific "vibe" i wanted to strive for when i started the channel. just feels good to see i was able to translate that to some people, thank you! :)

[@maxidge4]

@@sombertoboggly you're welcome! Enjoying a binge of your vids tonight and looking forward to the future of your channel :)

[@Trisepta777]

25:03 Whoa! How did I not know the before search was a thing?! Thanks for mentioning that!

[@TheMelonMonarch]

I honestly hope it never gets found. These pictures… they are so much more magical if you know absolutely nothing about them.

[@mimknax]

Omg I was just thinking about this search yesterday, I'm glad you uploaded a video on it!

[@Talia_Foxx]

How did I never notice that the Backrooms had more than one wallpaper pattern. I didn't realize it had any differing patterns, let alone FIVE in total.

[@owl3650]

I love watching your channel grow! :)

[@PieDivide]

perfect video to watch before bed!! thanks for the wonderful, consistent stream of great videos :)

[@zachythegr3at370]

honestly love these types of videos

[@ishmiel21]

This was a super fun video! Thank you :)

[@THEMOCHITO]

Great video!! You’ve been an inspiration to me and comforting to know we’re around the same age. Please keep up the great work :)

[@flytrap.]

just found this gem channel, spent the whole day watching your vids; keep going and warm greetings from Europe!♥

[@GLUBSCHI]

I feel like it's entirely possible this is the only picture of this place and that the building doesn't exist anymore. It just makes me wonder where the original poster on 4chan got this image from then, either it's an old image they had lying around somewhere, possibly something from their parents, or it's something they shot themselves, which would probably mean the image is relatively recent. Either way, i'd also say it's pretty crazy that that person has seemingly never talked about it since, especially because of how popular the backrooms have become and because someone on 4chan would probably spend quite a bit of time online, but with the context of the original 4chan post it actually makes a lot of sense. The backrooms image and the text containing the original concept of the backrooms were posted by completely separate people at completely different times, so it's entirely possible the person who posted the image never even saw the text. And with how generic the image is maybe they didn't recognize it anymore once the backrooms became popular. Or they have no idea what the image is of themselves. Or they didn't want to break the mystery. Or they don't spend a lot of time on the internet. Or... who knows. I'd at least like to know what the wallpapers are, even if the location is never found. (i wrote this comment before watching the video so maybe you talk about some of this anyway)

[@akirahrt]

just found your videos recently and i’m binge watching them!!!! i love the content sm :D also noticed some of the yume nikki music which makes me very happy

[@NikiValentine]

I've always assumed it was a pic of a showroom, because of the many different wallpapers. That just makes the most sense to me.

[@bigotis9042]

The epic crossover I didn't know I needed

[@skeletongue.]

Love your videos as always!

[@V0ID_X5]

Great video! Well done- you’ve earned a subscriber! This manhunt is a real conundrum... we want to know the location of the photo so badly , but if we actually find it- it takes away the mystery of the Backrooms, in a way.

[@Sparrow9612]

_"If you no-clip out of reality in the wrong areas."_ What happens if you no-clip out of reality in the _right_ areas?

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

Love your work, your Mario64 video made me cry, that may be because I’m a weenie, or because it appropriately grasped all that I feel towards that game, thank you

[@BigZorich]

Gosh, I really love your vids Kylie! They're so well explained and interesting to listen to and watch (love the visuals, a e s t h e t i c s)! Hopefully the photo gets found, I'm in the camp of finding it 😅

[@lammy-chop]

Another banger of a video, thank you kylie! I struggle with this search because I know it's such a small needle in such a vast haystack, but I've been blown away by people's researching and hunting abilities before. I want to believe.... ★

[@TRex-fu7bt]

Cool video, cool channel. I listened to that Boards of Canada mix a couple times based on your one video.

[@ralphwiggum6443]

these videos are great quality very entertaining to watch when bored keep it up !

[@humzahahmad2818]

Thank you for making videos I didn't even know I wanted!

[@crazywarp36]

You are so underrated! Keep up the good work =D

[@josephcampbell9298]

There is a LOT of old stores in my home town that look just like this. They started out as furniture stores, hence the wallpaper and designs, and then were made into flea markets. There is several flea markets here that advertise available space in the same way this pic was taken. There's 3 off the top of my head that have a room in the back that looks exactly like this pic, that are flea markets. I believe the stair on the left is just a single step up into the rest of the show room, that's common in a lot of these buildings.

[@hibiscusicedtea179]

Where are these flea markets located?

[@josephcampbell9298]

@@hibiscusicedtea179 In Hazard, Ky. A lot of them are around main street.

[@Sopjies]

Amazing video as always!

[@pokemasterpat]

Hell yeah! I was just watching Blame it on Jorge and was wondering when a vid would drop here. Literally 20 minutes later, here it is lmao

[@calebrp02]

Loving the content, keep it up!

[@sunnny819]

came across your channel yesterday and im a fan icl

[@lisaleonard9874]

Awesome video great job I've always wanted to understand the back rooms and the lore that surrounds them.

[@scottandersen508]

I don’t think we can find it because it was probably renovated shortly after. I mean it’s extremely low odds that it’s still looks like the picture. As she said, in the beginning, it looks like an office building with furniture moved out for renovation

[@dysphoria-chan]

"Your average person online in 2012 couldn't make such high quality realistic renders" Dude, 2012 wasn't prehistoric, CGI 3D was as common as today lol

[@AstroKnot_]

Another banger of a video. Personally, the subtle mystery behind the real location is more intriguing than the various takes on the lore surrounding the backrooms.

[@rikmik3046]

I just wanna say, I was there when the backrooms was posted. I use to work nights and when I was heading home I'd stop at a rest stop to take a quick nap and decided to browse 4chan and came upon the back rooms which had just been posted 3 hours before hand. It was a crazy read. When it comes to the original picture, it always gave me eastern European vibes during the cold war. Maybe somebody will find the oic somewhere.

[@sunxnes]

My two favorite youtubers collabed lets gooo

[@mcnugget677]

I always get so happy when I see Broogli. I’ve been following him since he had less than 10k subs and I can’t believe how much he’s grown in only 2 years❤️

[@TheNerdCloset]

Has the search ruled out college or university library study rooms? The possibility of multiple walls on the right with windows and the chair guards could fit that. Plus the abundance of lighting for people studying. Finally I think that thing in the ceiling might be an air vent. I use to work in a university theatre and they had round and square vents like this with the drop ceiling and the foam core panels.

[@AodhanMustain]

love these deep dive videos!!

[@Charleshudspeth]

Reminds me of the offices in a Kmart I worked at in 1995 to 97. Back then stores would have a room for employees to smoke in when they take breaks or lunch. It had what was obviously at one point off white wallpaper but had yellowed over all the years from all the tar in ciggerette smoke. Its definitely not the one I worked at but the picture is really pretty similar.

[@idk1649]

I really hope you make a part two to this I loved the video and the editing style

[@joshuatranterhtd4life677]

its as though this channel was made for me I love all this stuff I liked and watched every video and I subscribed I love you so much stay safe 💙

[@MishKoz]

I don't think there's enough evidence to fully disprove that it's a render. I still definitely think it's a real image, but 2012 wasn't the stone age. People were more than capable of making renders like this, and the geometry isn't even super complex, it's just a bunch of square walls.

[@silly.knight2602]

Another banger of a video 🙏

[@brojobassist]

imagine taking a random picture in some office building somewhere in 2002 and thinking nothing of it and then eventually seeing it transform into a massive augmented horror trend on the internet with an upcoming movie attached to it

[@faade0685]

great video, do hope its found soon

[@rlinders9972]

Imagine if Kane Pixels actually found the location and filmed there but everyone thought it was just another render.

[@blairdactyl]

hey kylie, just some feedback, the bars over the images (like at 16:01) are really hard to look at alright thanks love your videos!

[@MobCat_]

With the amount of malls that have closed in the last 10 years plus, there is a sadly high chance the og back rooms has been demolished and there is now an amazon warehouse where it use to be. But yeah I too think it's an urbex pic of some sort of office space.

[@ghostboylit]

Great Video I will start making Videos like These soon too Keep up the work 👑

[@Rare_Wubbox12372]

The ultimate collab les go i cant belive broogs is here

[@jaethegae8691]

Oh yeah, this pics been around for a while. As a young child, dipping my toes into the deep abyss that is the internet, I had come across this photo many times, far before backrooms lore. My first encounter with the og backrooms image was accompanied by text describing how this is what op saw in a near death experience (presumably implying the afterlife to look like this). As a 2006 baby (yes, I’m fairly young, yes I know what a vhs and a floppy disk are and all the other things older generations think I’ve never encountered) I’ve grown up alongside images and mysteries like this and it makes my inner child so happy to see my internet nostalgia being actively embraced by a community. GenZCore I guess

[@whereiskeevo]

this whole video is a nostalgia trip of colors and feelings i find more familiar than the voice of myself

[@Scranri]

Honestly, I can see it being an IKEA building, but while it's still in progress. Most of IKEA's "rooms" have no outdoor lighting from windows, as they're all showrooms. The different wallpaper for each wall is leading my towards that conclusion. The only problem I could see is the lighting and low ceiling, but for am image pre-2015, it probably makes more sense.

[@rs12official]

I would expect IKEA to have a fancier room than this, if this is a furniture store, it is probably a smaller local store of some kind. But I do agree with the furniture store theory, I have been in a couple furniture stores before and some have had odd rooms like this for displaying bedroom furniture and stuff like that.

[@Scranri]

I'm thinking that it's a late 00s, early 10s new IKEA build. I can't say much for back then, as I only went to an IKEA for the first time last year, but from now working in one, it definitely has a similar layout.

[@gu9838]

the fact that the photo could never be identified i think was the spark to create this whole lore . if someone had said "oh yeah its from my office" it may have just died right there. but the fact it was such a mystery i think sparked the whole concept in my view. and even now the fact no one can still figure out where its from is just great lol

[@aug9th1998]

love this!!!

[@SlightlyCreative]

really great video, i'm glad to have found this channel. liminal spaces have always been a small obsession of mine, i've even tried taking my own photos from time to time, most of them i haven't publicly shared though btw, what's the song at 17:20?

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! and the song is #3 by aphex twin

[@flawed1]

That would be a pretty gigantic break room. How many employees would you have to have on one shift to need a break room that big?

[@eviel2003]

The nostalgia in these pics are insane fr

[@Masterge77]

I like to think that the original Backrooms image is from an office building or hotel. It just feels too large and open to be a break room for a store chain, otherwise there would be doors at the very least. As for it being the inside of an empty department store like Sears, most of the department stores I've been to throughout my life have not really had wallpaper, or at least none with a pattern like this.

[@amoureux6502]

Most department stores I've been into have also had higher ceilings and fewer segmented areas. The wallpaper being a possible match for a Sears wallpaper might mean it was some sort of office space or showroom for the corporation, but it could also just be that the company that owned the space purchased their wallpaper from Sears

[@spongeboymebob771]

Now that I think about it, i always found it odd but fascinated that I grew up in a time that was the start of the new millennium, but the world hadnt yet gotten over the 90s. In a way, that entire time period was liminal since it was smack in between the 90s and 00s.

[@ladyibis580]

Maximum Hum-Buzz would be a good band name.

[@Sieuhdnsuwyr]

17:40 give WabTek1 credit for that image analysis

[@lithium5064]

Another kylie banger! less goo

[@MollyDollyy774]

2:27 I also Connect to Liminal Spaces, and Weirdcore, Dreamcore, Truamacore, they have the same Vibe, I just love that creepy, nostalgic, feeling, it's so nice, and I like The Backrooms {Level 0 and Poolrooms are my Favourite levels} All these Aesthetics take me down a nice path of... Emotional Support, Comfort, and safety~ ❤️

[@xxyoboigxx]

Wow, so many youtubers that i enjoy collabong together, and i don't mean just this video. I honestly feel like I'm dreaming lol this is an awesome video

[@CGCGCG91]

I refuse to believe The Backrooms started in 2019

[@vaporduckwave]

I personally think it's a low floor office, or possibly a storage area from an older building. Granted it's hard to truly tell how big the space is, and could very well be much smaller than what we think, but those are just my thoughts. I like to believe it's an office space of an old building the most tho