Kiss Me (Kill Me)

[@anonymouskirby4403]

shout out to the chick who walked right into a forest from a silent hill game and didn't see any red flags until the person she was with couldn't tell her their father's name

[@p2iimon]

shes just like me fr

[@bug_w0rlds]

I don’t see any red flags here

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

2:07 "folows"

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

7:09 stil

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

also at 7:09 the i in "i've" isn't capitalised but the I in "I'm" is

[@AM-ue2rf]

The song mentions blowflys, which can cause Myiasis, defined by the cdc as "the infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissue." She then goes on to talk about eggs inside her.

[@pizzanessfunnie]

Yooo this is such a cool detail!

[@jonnyboy8760]

After I went back to the original song and noticed it was "fireflies" and not blowflies, I knew something was up with that line! Good catch!

[@wendigowithaninternetconne9594]

You are a fucking genius. the eggs may be psychoactive

[@mistermessenger5180]

Maggots also move the corpse they're consuming over time, making it seem like it's shifting or moving. Flies also are known to lay their eggs in open wounds or orifices in a corpse (such as the mouth; "kiss me")

[@scientificbrony]

@@wendigowithaninternetconne9594 the larvae that take over snails apparently do release chemicals into the snail to make it feel "happy" while it walks it up a tree to get eaten by a bird and repeat the cycle.

[@pandoratheclay]

“-and we’re just ignoring the ‘melting’ part??” Yes detective, try to keep up

[@nonaw7529]

Try to keep up mate

[@Unit0998]

@@nonaw7529 dhmis reference

[@Rivergames-qh6sh]

Obviously

[@melaniem322]

​@@Unit0998 Can I have a touch on t- if the clipbord?

[@Unit0998]

@@melaniem322 no.

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

I admire her continuing to sing while her body is overtaken by an unknown organism. The definition of 'commit to the bit'.

[@mikeoxlong1395]

She's a real trooper.

[@pblt0757]

​@@mikeoxlong1395bro it's been 4 days wake up

[@bonezthewonderful5382]

Do it for the vine MFs be like

[@jfiffl7]

It is a wise thing to do Once ones voice is drowned out by those Parasites theirs no way to truly get it back

[@Neganerd]

That parasite loves musicals by the looks of it

[@sph3re]

"Kill me, I'll only wake up stronger" only for her to get back up singing "KISS ME" again makes me feel like one bullet wasn't enough to kill her. Almost as if she was saying "kill me now, because you won't get a second chance."

[@Neganerd]

That gave me goosebumps lmaooo

[@insectoidabomination]

@@Neganerd hey it's you again who i found had the same character in our pfps

[@StoneBox_761a]

Because she was shot in the side of the chest by the second person with a 210. Revolver.

[@plaguefellow4956]

If you go to the very end you hear her sing it again in a distorted manner also sounding like its fron a distance meaning she isnt far from you which is just the most romantical and not horrifying thing ever

[@StarrSteal]

​@@plaguefellow4956I was one who watched the end!!

[@АндрійЛотиш-ф4х]

I didn't know the first half was a real song, so I shat myself when it came on the radio

[@jessiesowter]

💀

[@Sqwirrel_Bonez]

WHAT??!?

[@crystalboi-pg8np]

what song was it anyway?

[@BongoBybs]

​@@crystalboi-pg8np guess the name ("Kiss Me" by Sixpence)

[@PIutonium94]

@@BongoBybs SIXPENCEEE HEALS??????????????

[@fbpanimations5562]

i love how they mention the stutter on the “bring bring” part but neither of them point out how she verbally says “sniff sniff”

[@RepChris]

"sniff" also is the imperative of "to sniff", i.e. telling someone to sniff (sniff!)

[@user-qq9xu9le5u]

"sniff sniff" uwu

[@marcy2225]

All this time I thought she was mimicking a telephone😂

[@akumalasquei]

​@@user-qq9xu9le5u LMAO HDKSHDKSKAJA, i hate yall

[@smileyfacehdle]

@@user-qq9xu9le5u get out

[@Mx.Cumulonymphus]

This feels like two people accidentally invoking the wrath of an eldritch deity. From "the bubbling crow skulls" to "the melting tree stumps" and even the "black, wet chains", everything seems like it's decaying on a molecular level, which when you put into perspective, makes the sounds the singer makes when they get infected all the more horrific, assuming that they're decaying in a completely unnatural way while they're still completely alive and conscious. This is the kind of horror that chills me.

[@o0Scarrow0o]

I figured one of them got infected with something and started to hallucinate but always wondered how the other person didn’t get whatever it was if that’s the case This makes slot of sense too!

[@StoneBox_761a]

She's a trapped soul in a digested body. It's truly horrifying as it's a way to see it as a way that the second person couldn't let go of her and dragged her through this hellish land.

[@Millticker]

I feel like one person brought the other(the singer) there to be killed and transformed into some kind of creature. The trees being demolished was probably her after she got changed by whatever it was into an extremely strong thing. And the "kiss me to become stronger" is probably her trying to spread it. I don't know why the other person would have a map made of human skin that leads to some kind of meat hive if they weren't a little devious although who knows because it seems as if she was chasing them (also the black slime by the other persons hat). I also think they weren't dying as they suggest kissing them will transform whoever kisses them into some kind of powerful thing and she also gets put down by someone(most likely) in a hazmat suit after saying if she wakes up she'll become stronger.

[@KineticVT]

"Your bones will harden and your skin will slough" is such a disturbing thing to promise someone. I love how chilling it is

[@harlock1550]

The way they promise it so gleefully, despite the horrific nature of the statement, really drives the impact.

[@jellifygirl]

Me and who 🙏

[@KineticVT]

@@jellifygirl Us 😳

[@Pancakeboii]

@@KineticVT omg,,

[@TheWandererOfDreams]

@@KineticVT now get married.

[@Lioncub56]

Fun fact: when the protagonist says it smells “sickly sweet” it could also pertain to bodies. People when they die usually smell flowery as they begin to decompose. Due to this, it implies their could be many more deaths than just her (the police also smelt the bodies, as reported in the note)

[@notNyxiann]

interesting

[@UndecidedASMR]

how do you know how a corpse smells??

[@dravendarkplays9607]

and The whole, every where I turn there's rotting meat

[@DangerNoodleReads]

@@UndecidedASMRthere’s this thing called “body farms”. Basically, people who donate their bodies to science could end up there and, upon arrive, be subjected to any tests imaginable that you could do to a corpse. My friend wanted to work on one once… they’re strange but I still love them.

[@unlikeable.1554]

​@@UndecidedASMR .....Research?

[@Orangesoda19]

I love the moment where it sounds like she becomes lucid a little bit and realizes all the fucked up shit happening around her, but it's too late.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

The part where the intensity of the synths quieted down to symbolize the singer's return to lucidity, only for her to beg her boyfriend to kill her for his own sake and tell him it'll all be okay, honest to god broke my heart. And this is from a horror parody of a Sixpence song. JerryTerry is a fucking mad genius.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

Either she was coming to reality or started having a really bad trip.

[@watch_kitty]

I'd like to add, it seems she's still very much awake of what's happened to her. listen closely to 7:47, in the background it sounds like she's saying kill me, help me, hide hide.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

@@watch_kitty That’s…..actually horrifying holy shit

[@samueljose7715]

@@watch_kitty it sounds like "Kiss me" x2 and then a "hide hide" to me, at least

[@momothemagecat]

When you're full of mind altering parasites, but you want to commit to your bit to the very end, even when whatever's left of you isn't exactly you anymore:

[@TheWandererOfDreams]

Yeah, that was me after the FANFICTION INCIDENT. Gotta commit to being in character, no matter what cost......

[@boxlessone1046]

I may die, but the The Bit must love on!

[@alexarose832]

“Yeah I’m being consumed by some parasitic infection, but ey!” “The show must go on!”

[@kiingcc]

"Kiss me, im feeling so much better!" and "A seconds pain gives way to pleasures only dreamed of!" are the most haunting lines in my opinion

[@waffler-yz3gw]

by far, yes.

[@tykinnamon9831]

For me, the most chilling line is "Kill me... I won't stay down much longer" since it implies (1) that she regained control just long enough to wish for death, and (2) that she wanted to absolutely make sure that her beloved wouldn't get infected like she did.

[@DrewPDrawerz]

I'm into that.

[@veinfish]

sadism

[@Raybro16]

@@tykinnamon9831 coupled with how each line she says in that bit gradually fades, making it harder to see, can imply that she’s losing that control very quickly, it’s both disturbing and heartbreaking

[@ghhn4505]

"No one will believe you anyway." No idea why, but that part sticks with me the hardest.

[@thecollector4574]

Oooooooo same

[@davejacob5208]

when was that?

[@catbatrat1760]

@@davejacob5208 Not within the song itself, but when the files are finished being copied, and the pumpkin says "brb out to lunch", it's in the note on the left.

[@alexis_electronic]

Spread them around. Do WHATEVER you want. No one will believe you anyway.

[@Speed001]

7:13 I guess GourdCop was right, we don't believe them.

[@nanokapp7794]

Honestly she sounds like the type of person to Kiss a boys face then end up Living happily in a mid-range apartment building with her 2 children (who are not orphans and/or grieving for their mother, who is still very much alive.)

[@notactive9296]

I'm excited to see fanart of the monster gal, tbh

[@AlxHotCocoaMan]

@@notactive9296 look at a husked human from barotrauma, thats how i imagine them as

[@parasitophobia]

If she IS the one who kissed the boy’s face (which is makes sense) what the are the boys exactly ??? I mean from this song, they outright say that eggs fill her veins(?), and that her body under goes extreme pain in her dying moments before the pain gives out to pleasure, and that she’d much rather be killed(?) and knowing that this is a sequel, it’s implying the boys are most likely not even close to being human, and it puts a whole lot of thoughts in my mind about it !! Sorry for the ramble and such, just had to get out thoughts real quick !!

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

WHAT IS THE BLACK SUBSTANCE

[@toekneemart5597]

@@parasitophobia I think you can see the boys in the pizza video

[@ShrimpySpecial]

"Are there bugs on me? I FEEL THE OOZING CREEPING THROBBING EGGS ALL SHIFTING INSIDE ME" Is such disgusting lyrics to me and yet really fits into the song so I'm pretty happy with it

[@kaleidozo]

WHAT THE FUCK SHRIMP IN THE WILD!?

[@ShrimpySpecial]

@@kaleidozo STOP FOLLOWING ME

[@ShrimpySpecial]

LEAVE ME ALONE DAMN IT!

[@why_are_you_here_rn]

Ah, yes, three of the worst adjectives.

[@ConnorTheUndying]

I love the professional's comments. "Are we just going to ignore the "melting" part??" My man's seeing a problem nobody else cares enough to realize.

[@BerkeLy2003]

*WHY DO THE TREES HAVE VEINS???*

[@ConnorTheUndying]

@@BerkeLy2003 What, that's not normal?

[@Tinlion09]

The independent analyst's orange text makes them a little suspicious, but they end up being the most rational and relatable character in the video by far. The "...or something else?" comment in response to the police analyst suggesting psychotropic drug use implies that they're at least _considering_ the idea that something supernatural is happening, but at the same time, they end up as inconclusive as the police. We, as out-of-story viewers, are really only a couple steps ahead of the orange analyst; we _know_ that this is supernatural, we know about The Boys and the fact that they Are Back In Town, and we know that these Gourd programs somehow connect everything, but that's about it. Also, unrelated, but most land plants do have vascular systems. Two, in fact. The xylem tissue transports water and nutrients from the ground, and the phloem tissue transports the products of photosynthesis; sap is the medium of transportation, analogous to blood. Wood is xylem, and leaves are phloem.

[@ponygirl1115]

When was the line?

[@moonfrostsketches]

@@ponygirl1115 bottom left at 7:16

[@BeanbonVG]

I thought the “are there bugs on me” line was just a standard creepy line, implying that the singer is paranoid, but that crawling sensation may be the source of the infection and the eggs

[@crazygamer4260]

According to the internet, Blow flies can implant eggs/maggots into living things causing a parasitic condition known as myiasis. Earlier she mentions blowflies

[@That_Lamer]

"Are there bugs on me?" she asks. I check. I pull out my phone and use it as a flashlight. I don't see any bugs on her and reassure her of this. All I see are a couple of odd welts around her neck. Must have been mosquitos. *** As her face and body twist, I look on in horror. For a brief moment, her writhing mass turns away from me. In that moment, I see them. Bugs... flies? erupting from the welts I saw earlier. They weren't just on her. They were IN her. Did they burrow? Or is this just their brood, rapidly coming into fruition?

[@o0DreamCream0o]

@@crazygamer4260 WELP NOW I HATE LIVING

[@spooktspeek]

@@crazygamer4260 ah, well, that was an unpleasant google search. remind me to never have maggots burrowing into my skin.

[@Vicky_Hyenas]

@@crazygamer4260 ew

[@snowman4506]

Loving the implication that this is some form of security system to stop people stealing classified files, where it just shows you the most fucked up unexplained case to stop you from looking up more classified files

[@nothere5378]

Like their own version of the "kill agents" from SCP

[@TheYeetedMeat]

Also a way of hiring people to figure out that case… for free!

[@Mikescool444]

"yo, you trying to steal something? aight, here you go!" *hands you a dead rat with a party hat on.*

[@hamburger7243]

Christ almighty

[@hamburger7243]

@@Mikescool444 wtf is randy doing here

[@bigsweetowl4487]

I need this to become a full on analogue horror series, this is the coolest use of music parody I've ever seen and it works on so many levels

[@Neganerd]

REAL

[@The_gaming_gazimon]

i'd pay for this

[@pericatt]

There's actually something with a similar type story to this that's very good imo, but it's not an analog horror series it's a podcast. If you like D&D podcasts it's definitely worth a listen. It'll called Just Roll With It: Blood In The Bayou, it's a Call of Cthulhu campaign so it works a little different than d&d, but VERY good

[@cobwebinthecorner]

Have we had a music-based analogue horror series yet?

[@WizzyTheWizkid]

@@cobwebinthecorner matpats doing.... some sorta thingy for lo-fi iirc. but if somebody wants, i can make one. (aka an analogue music based horror) i got a few ideas for it.

[@zincpodzzz]

Dang that note on the side at the end is chilling: *REMEMBER* It’s perfectly fine to steal *CONFIDENTIAL* files. Take them. Spread them around. Do *WHATEVER* you want. No one will believe you anyway.

[@twindrill2852]

GourdCop definitely wrote that, judging by their grin.

[@zincpodzzz]

@@twindrill2852 Yeah, that grin says it all 🎃

[@bellyit]

Spread the word around. They're back in town.

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

@@twindrill2852 That would explain why he seems like a society system at first, but ends up helping him anyway!

[@joaomanozica9579]

@@twindrill2852 gourdcops soul is on lunch break and he wrote that with a marker including his face

[@ded-inside5904]

"character A gets infected, tries to kill/infect character B in their manic state, but character A gets incapacitated and snaps out of it for a moment, begging to die because they know they'll get up, and they know itll be impossible to kill them then" has to be my favorite kind of tragedy, every time I see it done this well, I cant be sure if I love or hate it

[@tadadoterson6147]

Did you notice that at the very end of the video we start hearing to song again but not from the computer

[@ArchieRatsworth]

I think A begged to die so that B would have enough time to run, but A knew that it wouldn't be enough to stop the horror and needed B to be aware.

[@Mama-Luigi]

@@ArchieRatsworth peeped the horror

[@matthewnagel7081]

@@Mama-Luigi *proceeds to die*

[@Mama-Luigi]

@@matthewnagel7081 did youtube seriously remove that comment or did you delete it yourself

[@jackblack3718]

"I hear the voice of long dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" is a line so fucked up and haunting and it seems totally out of place in a what seems more like a science-based story. I just know I'll have nightmares tonight.

[@ironwraith852]

Sounds less sciency, and more like a supernatural horror.

[@SgtIronbeak]

This definitely doesn't seem sciencey, there's some eldritch shit happening in this story.

[@beetemup1642]

i think it’s referring to the chat window which pleads the viewer to leave and not continue pursuing the mystery

[@BierBart12]

Maybe they mean it's like the SCP kind of sciencey, where supernatural shit is being described like an elaborate investigation(or science report)

[@ironwraith852]

@@BierBart12 That would make sense.

[@Videomen102]

My boyfriend put the original Kiss Me on our shared playlist, and because the instrumentals are so different, I thought it sounded nice... before the vocals came in and I nearly had a heart attack

[@catbatrat1760]

XD Did he know?!

[@chanel.num.1]

😂

[@RiotShieldMan]

I was stocking merchandise in a store when the original "Kiss Me" came on over the in-store radio. I immediately froze and tensed up as a cold shiver went down my spine.

[@greenscout_12]

some new nightmares to keep it fresh

[@fatcerberus]

This is me with Eternal Flame-one of the sappiest love songs ever written-after the Dinosaur Comics strip that reinterpreted the lyrics as Eldritch horror. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to hear that song the same way ever again.

[@starbackpack8189]

BRO SAME EXCEPT I DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS A COVER SO I SILENTLY FLIPPED OUT WONDERING WHO THE FUCK HEARD THIS AND MADE A NICE VERSION XD

[@thaias9654]

I've never heard the original before this version, so when I heard the original playing on a store's speakers, I froze.

[@mozzeralleh]

I actually heard THIS version in a store, the singer said BLOWFLIES instead of FIREFLIES. I left before the rest could play, but I'm pretty sure everyone in that store will be scarred for life.

[@spencerlb]

6:12 On top of this song being horrifying, there's just this moment it becomes quiet and genuinely tragic. She sounds so innocent and helpless to do anything. It honestly breaks my heart.

[@MichaelAiyedun]

The fact that the words are slowly getting faded with each verse to symbolize she’s slowly losing control/dying really adds to it as well

[@joeshmuck9683]

I also just realized what that little motif is - it’s the guitar lick from The Boys Are Back In Town! This shit is LAYERED

[@The_mario_fan]

I interpret the "You'll wake up from this scary dream and laugh" line to be as if the singer has completely lost hope at returning to their former life, and has simply accepted that the best course of action would be to sever the connection between "the path" that she's opened up (her curse and the physical world, presumably); thus, she tries to reassure her friend that this scary dream will be over soon and that it'll only be a distant memory... But first, her friend has to make the big decision before it can all be over.

[@LandofTheDead]

This part is my favorite, but I do agree. She sounds so innocent, helpless, and if anything, sad. It breaks my heart aswell

[@ningata2983]

worst part is that she's aware of her transformation, she knows its coming. she can feel it. even after it's finally finished, she's still aware. shivers.

[@Lilbroomstik]

Wait what? Whats the song about???

[@Crypted112]

@@Lilbroomstik an eldritch abomination related to death and decay (i think) assimiliating someone

[@orangejuice6360]

​​@Lilbroomstik oh yeah, its about this mindflayer that infects people by sticking to their head the special words of black red and blue (5:05) represents the mindflayer, it twistes the words people try to say to convince the viewer/hide the truth of what theyre trying to say (like when the singer starts crying for help but then she stated that she is feeling so much better now and that if you kiss her, you'll be as strong as her, but the lyrics "your bones will harden and then your skin will slough" are in the blue text, which means *that* single lyric is actually true) other videos that has the theme about the mindflayer are: pizza photograph re-doin' and the boys are back in town (to kill you)

[@Khrayfish]

@@orangejuice6360 You forgot ReDoin, the brief images of Joey has a mindflayer on his head.

[@orangejuice6360]

@@Khrayfish oh yea, thanks 4 reminding me of that one!!

[@benjaminmarson4622]

I love how the meaning of 'kiss me' changes throughout the song In the beginning it's the standard "kiss me because I'm in love with you" In the middle it's the more ominous "kiss me because something bad is happening to me and I need comfort" At the end it's the terrifying "KISS ME SO YOU CAN JOIN ME IN THE ETERNAL BLISS OF THE HIVEMIND"

[@Saltboi1823]

Joiiin the serpent king as familyyyy... togethaaa we will devoour the very gooods...

[@Akito1star-u7m]

Comfort is nice.

[@Cl-2048]

@@Saltboi1823 ok i love devouring gods! theyre almost as good as smores

[@Beeschurger_]

@@Saltboi1823Forefathers one and all, BEAR WITNESS!!!

[@sansation3671]

@@Saltboi1823 TOGETHAAA

[@boviro_1237]

Considering that it's classed as a missing persons case and not murder, and there's no mention of a body, AND considering that final scene, she's still out there.

[@usrname1105]

she’s living in a mid range apartment

[@Bernhar301]

@@usrname1105 with her 2 children

[@BagelBoyboss]

@@Bernhar301 who are NOT orphans and/or grieving thier mother, who is very much alive!

[@waffler-yz3gw]

@@usrname1105 i actually doubt the two girls are the same person, i think the friend could be the one with her two kids, and the singer is sperate

[@BagelBoyboss]

@@waffler-yz3gw THE SINGER IS 1 OF THE CHILDREN, PERHAPS!

[@friendbreakfast]

I see a lot of people theorizing but nobody mentioning this specific thing, but here: TL76's chat messages saying to leave the files alone and escape as soon as possible, followed later by "It's impossible. I hear the voice of long-dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" - i think the implication here is that we (or whatever character is in first person) are already too late by that point - we're already having the symptoms of the parasite or eldritch creature before they're even mentioned in the song. We had a long-dead person calling out to us via chat to leave quickly. Yet it was too late.

[@Sifan-hu9lv]

Oh my god that's so cool! I never noticed, that makes so much sense. Would also explain why the computers starts to leak out black liquid and the screen looks like throbbing flesh. Very interesting!

[@astralfloof4117]

there's also an explanation that it is blowfly eggs inciting this reaction! :) well. spesifically the eggs under her skin, since they're known to lay their eggs in open wounds

[@Its_just_mary]

Omfg, I didn’t put it together that TL76 is “ThinLiz_76” from the boys are back! It’s implied that they died for trying to protect you from “the boys” so assuming “we” are the same character from that video, it really is the voice of a long dead loved one calling out to leave quickly. Nice pickup, thanks for pointing it out :)

[@RE3-Nemesis]

This might be a ARG

[@siruseless6650]

@@RE3-Nemesis I certainly hope it is. I’d love to see more of this story unfold from the two videos we have. Edit: Thanks to you all, I now know there’s more videos on the channel that has more of the story unfolding in it, even if it’s just minor stuff. Happy hunting!

[@jaydonpatterson3906]

2:50 how is nobody talking about the fact that ThinLizzy_76, the absolute chad who seemingly sacrificed himself to protect the protagonist from when the boys came back to town somehow managed to survive!! I’m so happy for that badass!

[@avacadotoast5571]

Part of "The Boys are Back in Town (To Kill You)" also plays! There's definitely a connection

[@SugarOBunny]

"I hear the voice of long dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" based on that being one of the next lines, I don't think thinlizzy made it

[@DrayxArt]

@@SugarOBunny it's also too late for whoever's PoV we're watching from by that point

[@saas9997]

Unless this is a prequel

[@twiliblade]

@@saas9997 it's 2001 from the comments in the video by the special consultant. While the boys was 98

[@Toavatar]

I so love the little "boys are back in town" motif playing when GourdCop comes in at 01:30. It's so cute and weirdly wholesome

[@hamburger7243]

There’s another one at 2:49 too!

[@Xorrrrr]

And also one at 6:07 :]

[@asthejayflies]

the motif blends so seamlessly into kiss me that i didnt notice it at first and if i didnt know any better id assume its just how the original song goes

[@PERSON-ww1rn]

GourdCop is such a goofy silly man and I dont know why

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

I know! Every time the motif comes i feel happy :) so wholesome somehow, even though GourdCop is evil!

[@JuKayVid]

This was so fun to sing! Thanks for having me❤️

[@deelanders1]

You were amazing! I honestly thought it was the original singer until a few minutes in since I hadn't heard the original song in a while lol

[@MrGeremyTibbles]

Amazing job.

[@Lhivorde]

@@deelanders1 I'd never heard the original, and when I went to check it out my jaw dropped because of how similar the vocals were. Damn good performance from JuKay.

[@internallyinteral]

What a great voice

[@partyrock7099]

You did amazing! I never thought that singing about getting infected with alien eggs could sound so good!

[@iammr24]

Just wanted to point out, the computer has veins like the trees she saw did, and also appears to be melting like the stumps. We hear a dead loved one call out to us (thinlizzy) just like she did. The POV character is 1000% going through the stages of infection. The "kiss me" and "hide hide" we hear at the end after the pov char walks away from the computer...may simply just be coming from us.

[@gabbo7101]

either that or these are just immediate signs of their presence.

[@viberry_]

you can see the red light getting bigger with "kiss me" and "hide hide", as if its approaching. so i doubt its coming from pov

[@tenacityxl]

@@viberry_ I would assume that it’s something approaching because of the light yeah.

[@williambastien8346]

(not so short) explanation/theory of "kiss me (kill me)" : It's linked with the videos "photograph" and "and the boys are back (to kill you)" Explanation : In the end of photograph theres the weird thing on joey's head kinda melting it (just go watch it) and it seems to be able to "corrupt" the computer it was on with also any records of it, photos, videos (Writing sentences in big blue letters, maybe only seen on the records) List of text seen in photograph : -Nothing is on joey's head -Embrace the mindflayer In the boys are back (to kill you) you can see on the computer after the end of the transmission there is two icons "Nothing" and "Joey's Head", "Nothing" is on top of "joey's head" (on the computer screen), theses icons appears after the transmission end along with "my computer" renamed by "Our computer" and "gourdchat" renamed with "Goredchat" The theory i prefer is gourdchat is used to spread the mindflayer as a lot of people seems to use it and not just installing itself everywhere (Police cases after the reasearch "gourdchat" indicates that people have accounts), i think the minflayer is using really popular things like Joey tribbiani or gourdchat to spread. For the link between the boys and kiss me, we can see the mind flayer saying "hissed" when the song says "Slapped" which makes "Rember the girl who "hissed" the boys face", hissed could be "kissed", could say that the "the boys" is the mindflayer. Theory of "kiss me (kill me)" : The mindflayer infected the girl (she's surely infected after shes says "i feel the eggs ozzing [...]") and the mindflayer "possesed her" like in photograph when JerryTerry deleted is research in google. The line "The eggs will find your veins" could say your the same guy in front of the computer as in "In the boys are back (to kill you)", since "the boys" wanted to find you. The guy who shot the girl is surely aware of the mindflayer infection beacause he is wearing a gas mask, he was surely here to contain the infection of the mindflayer by shooting the girl and getting rid of the "infection": maybe the mindflayer uprooted the trees because he became a large infection, (maybe coming out of the screens we see or the infected persons) Small details : The "black liquid" on the hat is surely part of the mindflayer. The melting tree line is maybe corrolated to the joey's head melting in photograph. Gourdcop is helping the character steal files to spread the infection. (he's showing a file that wasn't asked and has "corrupted" text). The message window of TL76 is maybe caused by the carachter being infected or is mind fighting the infection because the girls talks about "Hearing her dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly". And i still can't explain the "Father -> you" part If i forgot anything please tell me (or if you think i'm wrong, maybe i missunderstood) Sorry for bad english i'm not native. PS: Your 100% the guy from "The boys are back (to kill you)" because your searching too prove that somone died on gourdchat while you were watching (or maybe interested in what happenned), and also "TL76" is "ThinLiz_76" from "The boys are back (to kill you)".

[@soulthekid1]

@@williambastien8346 there is a few things i think your right on the money about the black liquid being part of the mindflayer, gourdcop knowing spreading the files spreads the infection, this girl being the one who slapped the boys face and POV man being consistant between this and boys. one thing thos You mention gourdchat Being popular but in this video one of the files state gourd chat is Defunct and another states that it just showed up on the Vics computer. The video PIZZA also seems to be involved as it has Joey and the mindflayer and The same "boys" text

[@atonofbricksonakey9590]

I was watching this video while in a car but then paused. I looked out of the window and was confused because I could still hear it playing. It took me a second to realize I was hearing the original song playing on the radio. With how the song sounds and the horror vibes it engrained in my head, that was honestly freaky.

[@Ahnock]

holy shit that must have been terrifying

[@mosstdev]

THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AT A GAS STATION AT NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (I live in a rural area) IT WAS SO SURREAL

[@Grckle]

Now I'm imagining somebody listening to this with it initially in perfect sync and then getting confused. thank you for this.

[@DissedRedEngie]

something kinda similar happened to me. I have this Steam program that allows you to have animated backgrounds on your pc. I have an entire play list of donkey kong country backgrounds that play the songs of the stages I have as a background. occasionally I mute them to help me listening to other things. So I had it muted and was watching a podcast kind of thing while playing a game. Suddenly I just hear a faint melody of aquatic ambiance and I knew I had the backgrounds muted. For a solid second I thought I was having auditory hallucinations, but then I realized it was just part of the podcast I was listening to.

[@shelfopossum]

I experienced that same feeling today while I was at the store with my dad it took me a minute to realize the song that was playing over the intercom

[@isabellamorris7902]

"A second's pain gives way to pleasures only dreamed of" Is it scarier if she's lying, or if she isn't?

[@avacadotoast5571]

Good question

[@TheWandererOfDreams]

Yes.

[@bubblesthebluefox]

I think it's scariest not to know

[@SugarbirdyOvO]

Even if she isn't, I don't think it would be worth it. Listen to the state she is in. If I heard someone I love sound like that and experience that, I might cry.

[@GamerMage2k-kl4iq]

It’s terrifying either way depending on how you view either option based off what we know.

[@Jakeneutron]

I have an obsession and I must do something with it

[@theaprilsonlyfool]

Glad I'm not the only one tbh

[@queenmandela6095]

I knew it

[@TheRandomStraw]

pibby

[@TheTacFro]

I can totally relate to that I have SO MANY animation ideas

[@shadowps4go376]

And you really did😁

[@IHaveAName]

The way this song ends with no meaningful resolution makes for an infuriatingly powerful earworm. Well done

[@ethanrapp6998]

I want a continuation of the pulse like strings and the haunting delivery of "KISS ME! YOU'LL NEVER-" at 7:00 soooooo bad

[@blank6334]

@@ethanrapp6998 *gunshot*

[@TAMAKOU122]

@@ethanrapp6998 that part genuinely made me freeze

[@BagelBoyboss]

@@ethanrapp6998 I'll second that!

[@jan-Pala]

fr, i was trying to get back to sleep at like 3:15 am and had this song running through my head- i was like "yes i love this song but i am trying to sleep. please stop."

[@U.F.O]

Honestly, the part where the screen clears to white, where this poor girl asks to be put out of her misery is chilling. Fantastic.

[@nonaw7529]

I wouldn't describe it as misery, as she even said that the second of pain led to pleasures only dreamed of, I think it's more likely they realized the overall danger of such a virus, and didn't want it to be spread further

[@yamato6114]

And the blue text slowly getting fainter to show the real her is slowly dying and the infection is overriding her personality.

[@heheheiamasupahstarchimera631]

@@nonaw7529 Yea that makes more sense thank you, I was very confused as to why she was asking to be killed

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

And relatable. If I weren’t such a coward I’d have done it already.

[@U.F.O]

@@APoliticalConfusionAndMess jesus fucking christ

[@chickensandwich9977]

The "pleasure" part really got me sick THIS is good horror No sudden jump scares No lame edits Just eerieness and ambiguity

[@HillLuvJump999]

Bruh I dont trust that pleasure part one bit 😂😂

[@cjhammer0623]

Yep. Sometimes, we don’t need jumpscares or even scary moments to get us scared like those cliche styles. Sometimes, the true horror in these kinds of thing is the dread. That is the real thing that keeps you up at night…

[@akumalasquei]

for me its the best part by far, having something horrendous happening to you and finding pleasure in it is just, terrifying

[@heskymarky]

5:24 pretty subtle yet tragic moment here: though we see text for both voices for the rest of the verse, the 'real' girl's voice can only be heard echoing the repeated "kiss me". I interpret this as the girl having a moment of weakness in her terror and despair, and only wanting the comfort of her lover's kiss regardless of the consequences.

[@Speed001]

Good eye

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

this actually is sampling the original song i think

[@Skippyrip]

GourdCop was a real treat to draw. Great music and video as usual my friend!!! The Boy Is Back :)

[@crixbunny8589]

You made him absolutely perfect, I never knew a pumpkin could convey so many emotions without moving his face. "Looks like you are trying to steal classified files Ļ̷͐e̵̫̋t̶̡̛̳͓͐̂ ̵̰̳̍̉̈́m̶̘͉͛̍͑ė̸̹̤ ̴̳̲̣̂̐h̶̯͂ẹ̷̡͑́͘l̶͚̱͌͗̈́p̴͖̄ͅ " *Proceeds to throws up gang signs*

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

Looks like the boys are back in town!

[@jessicawhitehall4150]

Listen I'd die for Gourd Cop

[@Zulf85]

I love Gourd Cop - great work!

[@victorgamez8885]

Gourdcop is so cute

[@robotlorekeeper9880]

Everyone else has already covered everything that's brilliant about this in detail, so I'll add that I really like how much character I can glean from the 'consultant' with the orange annotations, just through the text. The idea of this stern, unflappable expert being called in by the regular small-town detectives when they're stumped, sighing cause the beat cops must have missed something obvious again, then being presented with THIS really gets me. The growing sense of frustration and fear as they struggle to make head or tail of the song, in tandem with the audience? Excellent.

[@hackr6751]

Agreed. The experts getting called in only to find out that the problem is so outside-context that they're just as out of their depth as everyone else is such a cool trope.

[@eadweard2214]

A real "What the?" moment there.

[@Exarian]

If House of Leaves was a music video, tbh...

[@Shadeow651]

Can we acknowledge that the weird parasite creature was singing for no reason

[@Neganerd]

Mf likes musicals lmao

[@internetlurker1850]

Her will to sing was so strong that even after being taken over the parasite was forced to keep singing.

[@RestlessAnimations]

@@internetlurker1850 got to commit to the bit.

[@miajajajajajajajajajo]

​@@internetlurker1850 I think it's funnier if the symptoms of infection include singing (the music was only present when the creature was active) and it adds a little bit more tragedy as it would imply that the woman was already infected at the very beginning of the recording

[@internetlurker1850]

@@miajajajajajajajajajo "I think it's funnier if" proceeds to say something that is entirely horrific(in a good way dw)

[@FoolishBaseball]

This and Boys Are Back are essential Halloween media.

[@Charjabugg]

Thanks, Foolish Baseball

[@gamemeister27]

We meet in such strange places, Bailey

[@paulhenderson800]

you're right, of course, foolish

[@cre58a]

Yo what's up John Analytics

[@jukebox5600]

we aint so different you and i

[@sofly1875]

Hearing the boys' leitmotif when the pumpkin appeared sent chills down my spine

[@trashrat8365]

This rollarcoaster about having to put down your eldritch girlfriend was something truly special

[@calvinwill1663]

A once-in-a-lifetime experience.

[@computer_dude]

She wasn't really put down though.

[@jache4623]

Not put down for good, it seems

[@tamroberts7303]

That which is not dead and can eternally lie and in strange aeons even death may die.

[@goku_dunker_420]

Feel like she wasn't eldritch to begin with

[@WormHome]

This video is like a wasps nest. Mesmerizing, entrancing, singing out a beautiful cadence. The worms that consume me have called this beautiful. Can you hear them singing along?

[@littleinksheep9318]

yay fellow TMA fan

[@WormHome]

@@littleinksheep9318 I’m breaking character to say hi to you

[@asthejayflies]

⁠​⁠@@littleinksheep9318glad im not the only one whose tma brainworms instantly pegged this as jane prentiss

[@jc_bones]

so real@@asthejayflies

[@eyepeople2155]

Hi jane prentiss

[@Cthulhubot]

There's a psychological phenomenon called the Zeigarnik effect which describes how the brain tends to hang onto information it deems to be part of an incomplete task. Songs you don't know well or stop listening to partway through can have an easier time getting stuck in your head because of this. The decision to cut off the end of this song mid-verse was genius because it renders the song "incomplete," and your brain has a harder time letting go of it. It becomes... an earworm. A musical brain parasite. Seems appropriate, no?

[@myrus5722]

Yes! This also combines with the many loose threads left open. The “sickly sweet smell” and “black wet chains” are just oddly specific details. We don’t know his father’s name unless I’m behind on something. The font of her in the 3rd section of the song is the same one that the boy’s used when changing the text on the computer… so that implies the text here is the creatures inside her veins controlling her voice, but what’s the connection between the boys and her? We don’t know who killed her. The cops seem to be ignoring the important details, as some of the later reviewers of the case have pointed out. We don’t know why someone is trying to steal the files. And, finally, that’s her voice at the end off of the computer screen? Like we know almost nothing about the story at this point, and the music’s cliffhangers and refusals to resolve psychologically burn those narrative irresolutions into your brain. Lots of world building and really careful thought put into what must have sounded like the silliest idea. If you can execute something well, the idea almost doesn’t matter… if you know how to craft experiences (like through tools like the Zeigarnik effect), you can spin your worst idea into a really really good final product. Of course, that’s not to say there’s no merit in coming up with brilliant ideas from the offset, as of course really creative ideas executed well have their own unique charms and strengths. I say just that for new artists or those having some sort of artistic block related to idea creation, this is a great case study in how there’s value and charm to things like “Kiss Me but Psych. Horror and elements of Crime Thriller all told through a pumpkin themed OS”… human suspension of disbelief is high. I can’t wait to see what lore we will get this Halloween, if any.

[@sunbirth4795]

@@myrus5722 >mentions fathers name >circle appears around your >seems specifically concentrated on the first three letters whoever is accessing the files is the dead(?) girls father?

[@myrus5722]

@@sunbirth4795 Ah, good eye. That’s a cool piece of the story that I didn’t see b/c I always thought it boxed the whole word “YOUR,” but I see now the “R” is not included in the box!

[@Nunya_Bizznus]

Ah, so that’s why I have listened to it literally over a thousand times

[@bigmichaeldaniel]

Damn dude that's crazy I love this song so much it's so clever.

[@planetclue]

what an absolutely perfect follow-up to *boys are back in town (to kill you)*. that video was my obsession for so long -- it inspired me to no end. i would draw the pumpkin guys all over my sketchbooks and whatnot. i can't believe it released three entire years ago! been listening since your game grumps remixes from almost a decade ago (?!?!), you continue to kill it to this day. even if you're not here to stay, it's still great to have you back.

[@NatashaZooks]

it's actually been 4 years!

[@baxterbunny4403]

@@NatashaZooks damn

[@kiermacdonald9951]

O MY GOD SAME

[@poyoshrub]

I would put that song on loop in the background while i draw sometimes lol

[@azura6845]

YES PRECISELY

[@haydenhappyrave]

god, even over a year this still holds up as one of the best pieces of internet horror i’ve ever seen. massive props to you jerryterry.

[@bruhbrehii]

I completely agree, still a bop too.

[@melaniem322]

**crushed mary joined the chat** **okaasan joined the chat**

[@TheActualAnthonino]

This is what happens when you SLAP THE BOYS' FACE

[@BlackScreenProductions125]

That's an actual possibility, holy shit.

[@HATVAULT]

Now that I think about it, the boys only really started to do violent stuff after the dude in the first video mentioned that the girl that slapped the boy's face died. Maybe they were actually just chill and genuinely wanting to catch up with everybody, only for them to start becoming monstrous when someone used violence on them.

[@parasitophobia]

@@HATVAULT I think about this as I feel like it may be more likely that the boys are some sort of inhuman entities or entity? As there’s a high chance that the girl in this song is the one who kissed or slapped one of the boys(?) it seems incredibly strange for it to just be a sudden flip when it comes to both songs, Aswell as the statements of the girl’s veins being filled with eggs and that the pain is immense from the situation before becoming nothing but euphoria and pleasure (if she was still herself at that point which I doubt) and asking to be killed as dying would be better than what was happening to her, I personally believe that she was lured by one of the boys (perhaps in love with one of them(?) as they could appear humanoid, and was transformed into something entirely new, most likely by the eggs, and having the pain being so immense from the situation, she would’ve preferred a quick and easy death, and if she knew what was happening as she was still wishing for death afterwards, she probably knew death would’ve been a better fate and being shot and killed right after being discovered? It’s incredibly interesting to me and the thought that the boys were just passive eldritch beings before some sort of thing occurring is chilling, but I have a feeling that they might’ve just been hostile the whole time ? The boys aswell seem to most likely appear humanoid enough to be capable of luring the girl to death, aswell as having the ability to cause severe delusions and deluriousness if she seemed to be so joyous about the situation and all the things listed like being kissed around a place with bubbling crow skulls, realize that the situation is dire and that she needs help, only to succumb to what the boys really are is just... hoo boy, a trip to say the least ! It’s fun to analyze about it because there’s a ton to think about what the boys are and what exactly happened to the girl .

[@snage-thesnakemage]

I mean look at the word replacement “Remember that girl who slapped the boys?” “Remember that girl who KISSED the boys?” After seeing this song that single word hits INSANELY hard edit: put boy in second quote by accident

[@MthMn-pn6qc]

@@parasitophobia i like to think that theyre trying to kinda take over by infecting everyone with the eggs that were put into the girl in this songs veins, and then she would spread them to another since they take over her brain and then try to convince another person that it will help them, and then the chain would just continue

[@Qibles]

1:52 Just realized that the case file changed from a murder case to a missing persons case, implying that either the gunshot didn't kill her or this is about the pov character's son as opposed to the actual murder

[@Qibles]

6:28 "kill me, I'll only wake up stronger" was maybe not as metaphorical as I thought

[@TooFewSecrets]

Gourdcop showed the pov character an entirely different case that they happened to also have a connection to. Maybe to guilt them, maybe to distract them, maybe because the song corrupts anyone who listens to it (though I think the police annotations disprove that).

[@Qibles]

@@TooFewSecrets Yeah I recently realized this, but I think gourdcop may have potentially meddled with the audio file to corrupt it since gourdcop was the last one to annotate it

[@abyssreborn4213]

@@Qibles No, gorudcop did not annotate it. The orange text doesn't belong to him just because pumpkins are orange. The orange text are annotations from the specialist that the police department called in.

[@razorslazor6021]

@@Qibles don't forget, she really did wake up stronger if you wait til the end

[@Legendary231]

Everyone's missing the real lore of this song; it's all a meta distraction. The viewer (us) was trying to learn about The Boys, but was quickly intercepted and redirected to a different unrelated case (song). In the end, we're left "infected" by this new song, a new mystery to solve that distracts us from our original goal of The Boys. Truly genius storytelling.

[@alex140i3]

true at 1:53 is shows that the case was of a male also that the audio recording was from

[@this_is_jace1234]

Makes sense

[@Youhadabadday2021]

Are you sure? These two cases seem closely tied together, since we get a shot of the computer monitor from The Boys are Back In Town (To Kill You), and it has the same viscous liquid leaking from the monitor as this police computer.

[@botanahazard6456]

@@Youhadabadday2021 I believe the liquid is connected to gourd programs in general, which may be the tether between this and any following cases

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

Holy shit.

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

I heard this version first and will occasionally feel my blood run cold as the original comes on the work radio. 10/10

[@slate.5367]

what is this "original version" and where can i find it?

[@Warent]

I remember that a few days after listening to this version, without knowing there was an original one, I went with my parents to a road trip in some hills AND this started playing The worst part was, since we were in a pretty hight place, the music sounded distorted because of the bad signal Also, there was almost no other cars there 💀

[@Hidden_Ruel]

@@slate.5367look up “​​kiss me” by sixpence

[@lzrshark617]

@@Warent For a few minutes, you lived the start of a horror movie lol

[@cottoncandylesbo]

i have to say, the lyrics in this song are complete genius. referencing blowflies in the first refrain is brilliant foreshadowing if you know anything about em- they appear on corpses and cadavers, and their eggs hatch to the typical maggots you see on said "rotting meat". i could make a whole analysis on why this video and song are absolute gold. you're insane, jerryterry. your work continues to blow me away.

[@Herocku]

Please do, my friends and I are borderline obsessive over JerryTerry's horror lore.

[@duckkingthesecond6893]

Please make an analysis of this and the boys are back, I am begging you

[@randomguy3708]

Eh I'll third that

[@Saltier]

I can fourth that.

[@gustavwood0064]

I’ll fifth that, all who agree say “aye”

[@fursuitjumpscare]

I just realized that we might be the singer's boyfriend's father, it makes sense when she says "What was your father's name?" and it circles "you", along with GourdCop redacting the comment when she says "We'll use your father's map." I believe the person she's been talking to is an agent of "The Boys" and after she is infected, she is trying to convince us to join The Boys. It would explain why she initially questions the trees having veins and such, but later says she's "feeling so much better", as if she's accepted the transformation. Also, this probably goes without saying, but GourdCop is *not* on our side. It is actively leading us into a trap, this shows when he closes the chat w/ ThinLiz_76's warning and snickers to himself. It could possibly be an extension of the parasite masquerading as a file recovery/syphoning software, which would line up w/ the computer itself becoming physically corrupted as the analysis progresses. This has happened before, as GourdChat steals the user's computer in The Boys are Back in Town (to Kill You), relabelling the application "My Computer" to "Our Computer." This is also supported by GourdCop's eerie grin after we close the analysis, and the warning against taking confidential files now mockingly encourages us to take them, knowing that no one will believe us. The "Out to Lunch" sign also alludes to us potentially being it's next victim, in reference to how the parasite consumes victims from the inside w/ eggs, and it knows our location (having been with us via GourdCop). On top of that, after we leave the room, there's a distorted voice taunting us, saying "Kiss me, hide hide." Basically, I think The Boys are pursuing us, all the while we're illegally investigating into what our son had to do w/ an unidentified girl's death and ThinLiz_76 is strangely still alive. The parasite itself is most likely the mindflayer from earlier, being referenced by the line "beside the boiling tendrils." Edit: I've also noticed that the singer isn't truly dead as the recording would suggest, since around 7:40, you can hear her in the background saying "Kiss me, kiss me, hide hide." Funnily enough, if you listen closely to it, you'll hear a second voice on-top of her own saying "Help me, help me, help help." I could just be hearing things, but eh. Also, the second time she speaks, there's a red glow on the monitor, and it gets slightly brighter when she speaks the third and final time this video, as if shes physically approaching. So, not only are we potentially being pursued by The Boys, we're being pursued via the girl the police assumed was dead. But how could she have known were we'd be, *unless she knows who we are, and knows we'd try to find answers about her supposed death, as well as everything else happening?* I think we, the user, must related to her in some way. Or, maybe she just has an innate sense of where we are due to her infection, and The Boys are actually one large parasitic hivemind, I'm not sure tbh. Edit 2: I've noticed a lot of people theorizing that we, the pov character we're in, is actually being infected as we watch the tape transcript. I've seen people mention the "long dead loved ones + ThinLiz" thing, the black goop coming from the computer, the voices from offscreen at the end potentially being ours, and I think it's a solid theory. I originally thought the voice belonged to the girl, with the whole "I'll only come back stronger" line, but now I'm not sure what to think.

[@FlapJackBackpack]

In the “boys are back (to kill you)” there is a frame at the end with Joey from friends with some kind parasite thing on his head. There was also an app called joeys head. It makes more since now with all this context.

[@fursuitjumpscare]

@@FlapJackBackpack That would be the mindflayer, but correct!

[@murlocaggrob2192]

I actually feel like GourdChat isn't the villain. The singer says she hears the voices of dead loved ones telling her to leave quickly... which is exactly what ThinLiz was doing. To me, GourdCop was protecting the viewer. Also, the supernatural happenings for most of this video have nothing to do with GourdChat, so there's something deeper at play. I get "trickster god" vibes from the gourd, like it's leading people to these paranormal cases for its own amusement. It's sinister but not necessarily evil.

[@Weaverdrone]

@@FlapJackBackpack The Joey's Head thing is a callback to this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF6zpISjqrukn6M

[@toekneemart5597]

@@murlocaggrob2192 As potential evidence towards this Gourdcop is not the villain I present 6:07 where the gourdchat leitmotif is played just before the singer's moment of lucidity As evidence against the fact that without it our POV would have never seen this thing that then consumes his computer(and potentially him as well) without the gourd

[@themocaw]

The singer's voice slowly turning desperate even as the melody stays bright and cheerful.

[@Haunted_Plush]

My man couldn't remember that the password was Rat Eyes

[@The_Tigers_show]

Is this a dhmis reference??

[@Haunted_Plush]

@@The_Tigers_show yeah :]

[@FlamingAomeba]

His maiden name, of COURSE!

[@melaniem322]

​@@Haunted_Plush Nuh uh uh! It was P3skyb33

[@Heroheenie]

This is actually horrifying, holy shit

[@BierBart12]

I always appreciate some good horror that doesn't use sudden scary faces or anything like that

[@darions8667]

This actually made me a little sick. JT does great work with the build up and everything

[@charliejenkins3211]

@@darions8667 same, I actually fainted due to the beginning of the back half of the song

[@hush3956]

@@charliejenkins3211 weak

[@charliejenkins3211]

@@hush3956 eh, probably deserve it

[@ReyaitheShadowWolf]

I really do like body horror. But I won't lie, there is something about this that unsettles me to such a degree that I've been thinking about it on and off for the last few days. Every time I do, I feel uneasy right then and there, on the spot. The lyrics and visuals maybe? Who knows. All I know is that this video achieves the goal that it was going for a little too well.

[@sargeantBones]

Is it the mystery about the nature of the monster or the fact that the victim is fully aware during the transformation.

[@denno445]

For me its everything about the video that nicely ties it together into a pulsating meat present, but also largely the fact that the chords and lyrics are still vaguely happy even in the transformation segment, really off-putting and unsettling. Ties in well with the idea that she is still vaguely conscious of the transformation happening but "thing" is melding with her being. Also I think if it just went full lovecraftian horror towards the last segment it wouldn't be dissonant, and wouldn't be near as effective as it is.

[@tabithaprovan957]

@@denno445 also helps that the viewer is forced to experience the situation first hand rather than watching it happen to someone else. We're trapped in the chair staring right at the warping screen and can't move. It's an audience engager that's tricky to manuever in your average horror film.

[@Tosspoet]

its one of the most haunting things I've seen. I keep on hearing "kiss me.... hide hide" stopping me from sleeping multiple nights. the song and the whole atmosphere is like the parasite, it clings to you.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

I didn’t actually know Kiss me was a real song; Ild never heard it and assumed you had written it. I cannot even BEGIN to describe the reaction I had on hearing Kiss Me out in the wild on the radio.

[@HarveyTheMemus]

Oooof I cannot imagine lmaoooooo

[@wintermute8315]

Yeah, would be good if the creator actually credited the artists he's ripping off.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

@@wintermute8315 it's not a ripoff, it's a cover/sample. You don't have to credit every sample you use and to cover/rearrange things is just a part of music.

[@DutchGotAPlan]

So that explains why this song felt so familiar

[@luxill0s]

From my knowledge this song was pretty popular at one point, I’ve heard it before

[@tottythetwink6189]

My toxic trait is showing this to everyone assuming they'll be okay.

[@reginaldgickington4793]

It absolutely kills me that we'll have to wait basically another year (until next Halloween) to see a sequel to this. This one was so insanely good that I cannot imagine how the continuation will look.

[@wingedfish1175]

Oh buddy you think it'll only be a year? the last Halloween vid was 4 years ago

[@swishoemi]

*this kills you*

[@NomadSage07]

I really hope it won't take 4 years

[@KadeDev]

The boys, they're back.

[@canalperdido1289]

Yes

[@pepperflaked5404]

even kade dev is here

[@beta_banter3013]

KADE???

[@harukakonishi6129]

And it seems that they're not alone.

[@yurimessiah]

@G_Boy lmaoo dude what happened 💀💀

[@zarkflappysheep]

Dude this gave me CHILLS. I listened to the boys song nonstop so when the motif came in it felt like I was watching the finale to a show. And an entire original song??? Holy crap amazing. I love the weird story you’ve made using only sung lyrics. I can actually gather what happened. Amazing work!!!

[@themac6356]

This is actually a sort of parody/cover of “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer. A very good and original parody at that.

[@Mothbean]

Holy shit it's the boy

[@prohikikomo]

@@themac6356 while you are true (correct me if I'm wrong) the entire second half of the song is original. Not to mention the instrumental and the actual music video. It's definitely more parody than cover, but calling it either doesn't do this masterpiece justice imo.

[@bingoccolon]

@@prohikikomo yeah i wouldnt call this a parody or cover, i just say that it draws from it and is based on it but is completely original nevertheless

[@heydat1guygavin395]

@@bingoccolon maybe a remix or something?

[@Vani11aDeath]

I found this song in a body horror themed playlist and was extremely confused at first because i used to listen to the original all the time as a kid, wondered why on earth it would be included until i noticed the lyric changes. Love when old nostalgic stuff gets twisted by internet users into a fucked up elderich horror, like what happened to Garfield.

[@MartIsSleeping69Hours]

I remember watching Gorefield when I was 10 years old and being traumatized after. Now Im a fan of spooky stuff like Happy Meat Farms ;)

[@solidcolor6514]

At 2:50, TL76, the person talking in the window that pops up, is probably ThinLiz_76, the person who is giving the warning in The Boys Are Back In Town (to kill you). This means they either survived the Boys, or, more likely, it's the same thing that the singer talks about at 3:29 ("I hear the voice of long dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly"). This means that whatever happened to the people in the song is also likely happening to the dude on the computer, which goes with the off-computer voice at the end saying the same thigs that were said in the song

[@chimiigettuson8280]

I assumed that the voice at the end meant the bullet didn't work.

[@Zach135]

@@chimiigettuson8280 either that or whoever is behind the computer is holding the tape and replaying it

[@stanferrolino12]

​@@Zach135 or maybe the person behind the monitor underwent the same change as the girl in the recording. Maybe the weird scary thing can be transmitted through music or sound, as evidenced by the pictures of the old computer back at "the boys are back (to kill you)" video being covered in black liquid, as well as the modern monitor the reccording was played on oozing the same black liquid.

[@NPCMimic]

I think whatever is happening can for sure be spread to the users of the computer. Pay attention to the GourdCop at the end of the song. They're "out to lunch" and have a crudely drawn on face. I feel like that means that "virus" is now infecting the person on the other side of the screen from it

[@chimiigettuson8280]

@@NPCMimic Frankly the Gourdcop seemed to be in on it from the beginning, it literally opens up the file you weren't looking for and then exits the thinliz76 warnings and chuckles. Maybe the computer was corrupted, possibly, or it meant that the Gourdcop had done it's original job of spreading the virus.

[@ozzem]

I personally believe this incident was a mistake on the girl's friend's part. They found a map from their father and sought to bring their friend on an adventure to explore some old ruins. The earlier lines reference faded warning signs, barricades, and broken walls, indicating they were entering some sort of abandoned facility, one with dangerous materials present. As things go wrong, I think the friend realizes, and runs and hides in fear, past the earlier landmarks, potentially going back to their house, to get their father. Either by phone or just proximity, they call their father to help, which is who shows up at the end, putting down the monster, much against the friend's wishes. Since it was labelled as "missing persons" and not just the murder, I believe the father and the friend then left to flee the incident that was caused, though that's more speculation than anything.

[@noodlequakers]

this is my favourite interpretation

[@kapi3590]

Ok this is a good one. It explains a lot.

[@flaetsbnort]

I don't think it's just a facility, I think it's an entire parallel universe. That explains why the cops couldn't find the crumbling walls, the warning signs, or the barricade.

[@noodlequakers]

@@flaetsbnort or maybe just somewhere very well hidden/far away. thus needing the map to find it

[@sirdhyne570]

The only issue with this is the case log states that there were two victims (likely, in this situation, meaning two deaths: the possessed and the friend, unless the person that pulled the trigger also died in the area after this which is unlikely). The person at the end tells someone to "step aside", but we have two victims. This leads me to believe that this is some sort of ritual gone wrong and that the possession was intentional and monitored until it got out of hand, in which case an outside party was called in to put an end to it.

[@crumb.crumblet.S.crumbington]

i have no idea what this is but i am terrifyied

[@kapi3590]

It's the dancing cat person!!

[@lifewithkids5231]

cuptoast always spits facts

[@keebilavnder]

Yes its spooky

[@STARTIXX]

A- HELLO CRUMB!!

[@thewolfleader500]

Run from the mindflayer before your consciousness is consumed. Embrace Joey's Head.

[@ghostnorm]

god i love ghe visual of the computer screen getting fleshy and pulsing with the music, oh kiss me (kill me) my beloved.

[@ghostnorm]

this is the typa song to play in the end credits of sucker for love

[@Blue_lemonade_stand]

Eyyyy fellow eldritch romance enjoyer

[@Lilly_Belle]

Jerry, this was... fucking scary. Jesus Christ. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' was funny, but this was genuinely horrific. The music is fantastic, but the creepiness is due in large part to the singer's effort. The terrifying story and words reminiscent of a great SCP entry would have fallen flat with a lesser performance. What I mean is a bad actor can ruin the best material, but luckily you have both the best material and the best actor. Fucking phenomenal, man.

[@mothlarvas5066]

NOTABLE THINGS IN THIS VIDEO: 1:26 image at is the same monitor as in TBABIT(TKY), background and everything, implying that the POV in that video sadly succumbed to The Boys after all. this report also tells us the incident happened on 31/10/1998. another thing of note is that the name of the report is R21-311098-013. the monitor is also oozing in the same way our monitor in this video does later on, implying the two incidents are caused by the same thing 1:48 when gourdcop helps, he pulls up a different file, NOT the one we were looking for. this incident occurred on 12/08/1998, two and a half months before The Boys Incident, and the name of the report is M28-120898-001, confirming the middle numbers refers to the date. 001 usually indicates that something is the first (or only) with the name preceding it, which would imply that the death of the POV in TBABIT(TKY) was the 13th incident that same day. also notable is that while this incident is categorized as "missing persons", the TBABIT(TKY) case is categorized as a "single murder" 2:40 as cottoncandylesbo pointed out, blowflies are the kind of flies that lay their eggs in corpses, as the singer experiences later on 2:49 TL76 is for sure thinliz_76, the person who warned the POV in TBABIT(TKY) and was subsequently killed for not telling The Boys where we could be found. thinliz_76 was also searched for at the start of the video. the lyrics later has the singer claim to "hear the voice of long-dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" which is exactly what the dead thinliz_76 is doing. but if the POV for TBABIT(TKY) is dead, are we a different loved one of thinliz_76? gourdcop closes the window and snickers, then narrows their eyes. just in case you wondered if they were on our side 4:03 FATHER is underlined and circles to the YOU in YOUR, implying WE are the singer's friend's father. earlier in the video gourdcop also removed the "[COMMENT REDACTED]" that was attached to the first "father" line as if they dont want us to know. so it is our map they are following. did our child take it without our permission, or did we purposefully use it to trap the two? i doubt the map was always made of human skin, and that this is most likely the result of being near whatever is causing this (same thing happened with the trees and is happening to our computer monitor as the video goes on). 5:06 as Countered Snow pointed out, the text here is the same as the ominous, "opposite meaning" text in TBABIT(TKY) as well as in photograph. this leads me to believe these lyrics aren't what the singer actually wants or believes, but what the thing that's infected her wants you to hear. the text is blue again on the last line, so your bones really WILL harden and your skin with slough :) the text then returns to the ominous font, however the lyrics are ALSO displayed in the normal blue font representing the singer, so maybe the singer has accepted the change now and agrees with it? 6:07 same melody as the intro do TBABIT(TKY) 7:08 the last annotation was on 31/10/2001, meaning this video takes place sometime after that. it is however possible that WE are the orange annotation, so it could mean this video takes place on 31/10/2001 exactly. although i dont remember if monitors looked like that back in the day (i was 1), i feel like they didnt yet :P 7:16 the "REMEMBER:" note has been changed. 7:47 its getting closer NOTABLE THINGS FROM PREVIOUS JERRYTERRY VIDEOS: in the last third of photograph the video shows a comment where someones asking what the thing on joeys head actually was (like the lyric from photograph by nickelback). the replies assure them there is nothing joeys head, the accounts all of which have a picture of joey tribbiani from friends, the last one being called "Embrace_Tribbiani". the POV searched for joey tribbiani on google and all the images show joey tribbiani with a green, squid-like being on his head, and half his face has lost its color and is decaying. the POV continues searching what the thing on joeys head is, and text in the same font as in this video and TBABIT(TKY) says "THERE IS NOTHING ON JOEY'S HEAD", "EMBRACE THE MINDFLAYER" and "LOVE HIM". at the end of TBABIT(TKY), right after thinliz_76 is killed and hangs up, the gourdchat now says goredchat lol, though its icon still says gourdchat but it is blue like when it was clicked. "my computer" icon now reads "our computer". the "internet explorer" icon has been changed to The Thing on Joey's Head and reads "nothing". the "my briefcase" icon has been changed to Joey's Head and reads "JoeysHead". at the end of the video one of the images that showed up in photograph of joeys head with "nothing" on his head appears. CONCLUSIONS: the thing that caused this incident is "the mindflayer". i think the mindslayer is attached to the "sweet scent" mentioned in the video - the annotations at the end comment on how the shooter seems to be wearing a hazmat suit to protect against "contamination", and also bring up the sweet scent. maybe contact with it is what causes the monster transformation and/or illusions? the mindflayer may also be the same thing as the thing on joey's head, considering his face is decaying, similar to the rotting descriptions in this video. the mindflayer also affected The Boys back in TBABIT(TKY), what happened to the singer here happened to The Boys before they got Back In Town (To Kill You), they were likely infected while they'd been away. there is also the possibility that none of what the singer experiences is actually real, but, as the police department claims a few times, just a delusion. if it was real you would think the cops would have noticed when they got to the scene of the crime, and 0821 also comments on how the singer's descriptions of her surroundings don't correspond to the actual surroundings after a while. this would also add up with the "mindflayer" name. however contradicting this point is that the monitor in the TBABIT(TKY) report looks the same as it eventually does here, implying it is real after all, but maybe that's an illusion as well EDIT: Tom Baker pointed out its "mindflayer", not "mindslayer" lol, as well as explained that mindflayer is the name of a D&D creature that apparently eats brains, have psychic powers, and parasitically transform other people into mindflayers, all of which add up perfectly with this video and with the thing being on joeys head......... big thanks!! :O the plot thickens feel free to comment if i missed anything :) epic video

[@tombaker3731]

Great analysis! Though if you go back to the Photograph video you'll see the creature is actually called the MindFLAYER, not slayer. Small change but important to consider, since that's a D&D creature with a lot of explicit ideas attached to it that can better expand our understanding of what this monster is all about. D&D mindflayers eat brains (the thing on Joey's head could straight up be eating his brain), have psychic powers (the hallucinations), and transform other people into mindflayers with parasites (the eggs in the veins). If there's any other connections the mindflayers in the JerryTerry musical horror narrative could be trying to take over the world/rule over everyone in a similar manner to the D&D mindflayers too.

[@mothlarvas5066]

@@tombaker3731 oh youre right! i must have misremembered that, ty for bring it to my attention! also for explaining the dnd mindflayer lore :OO editting the comment now

[@dootnoot6052]

whenever the text is being replaced in tbabit(tky), the "thinliz_76 is typing..." has "joeys head" overlaid on top of it

[@Link2006]

The "p i z z a" video also has something related in the form of "happy new year from The Boys" as well as the same ominous font in the ending.

[@adorabomber123]

Just wanted to say, with how the computer here is very similar to the one back in “the boys are back” and how that case was counted as murder, I’d theorized the POV in this video died as well, if not during the investigation but shortly after.

[@clorbdorb1245]

The line "Why do the trees have veins?" is terrifying to me in ways I can't describe.

[@rainbowspongebob]

The tree is human skin

[@misshibiscus8076]

I agree. Part of the horror for me is the slow realization that the lines on the computer screen weren't tree branches, but veins.

[@hithere7080]

Kiss me (Kiss me) Down by the broken treehouse Swing me (Swing me) Upon its hanging tire Bring bring (Bring bring) Bring your flowered hat We'll take the trail Marked on your father's map (Oh~!) Kiss me Down by the faded warnings Lead me Out through the crumbling wall Lift the barricade Strike up the band And make the blowflies dance Silver moon's darkening So kiss me Kiss me (Kiss me) Beside the melting tree stumps Kiss me (Kiss me) Down on the dead, gray grass Sniff, sniff (Sniff, sniff) It smеlls so sickly sweet But every way I turn Therе's rotting meat (Oh~!) Kiss me Down by the bubbling crow skulls Kiss me Beneath the black wet chains It's impossible I hear the voice of Long-dead loved ones Calling out to leave quickly... So kiss me (Kiss me) Hold me (Hold me) The air got cold so quickly (Kiss me) Kiss me (Hold me) Perhaps we should go in (Kiss me) Wait, wait (Wait, wait) What was your father's name? (Kiss me) Why does his map feel just like (Hold me) Human skin? (Oh~!) (Kiss me) Help me (Kiss me) Beside the boiling tendrils Help me (Kiss Me) Why do the trees have veins? Are there bugs on me? (Wait, wait) I feel the Oozing, creeping, throbbing Eggs all shifting inside me... So help me (Wait, wait) (Help me) (Wait, wait) [Vocals Audibly Distorted] KISS ME (Kiss me) I'M FEELING SO MUCH BETTER KISS ME (Kiss me) AND I CAN MAKE YOU STRONG HIDE HIDE (Hide hide) I'LL FIND YOU SOON ENOUGH Your bones will harden And your skin will slough! (Oh~!) KISS ME YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FOREVER KISS ME I KNOW YOU'LL LIKE THE CHANGE THE EGGS WILL FILL YOUR VEINS LET ME EXPLAIN, A SECONDS PAIN GIVES WAY TO PLEASURES ONLY DREAMED OF.. SO KISS ME [Fading, Deep Voice] (Kiss me.. Kiss me.. Kiss me.. Kiss me..) [Softer Vocals] Kill me I won't stay down much longer Kill me I'll only wake up stronger Kill me I've opened up the path You'll wake up from this Scary dream and laugh.. [Distorted Vocals] (Oh~!) KISS ME! YOU'LL NEVER-

[@toricon8070]

. KISS ME KISS ME HIDE HIDE

[@NebulaBubbles]

As someone who's incredibly squeamish against maggots this song made me feel tingles in a bad way, I love it

[@MartIsSleeping69Hours]

It's perfectly fine to steal CONFIDENTAL files. Take them. Spread them around. Do WHATEVER you want. No one will belive you anyway.

[@mulik4609]

Why is no one talking about the end where you can hear her saying, "kiss me" with a red light getting brighter and brighter from the right!? That gave me chills

[@seafoamtaide]

DAMN I NEVER LISTENED THAT FAR I REALLY THOUGHT THEY JUST LEFT IT ON A BLACK SCREEN FOR THE ENDING OH HOLY FUCK

[@justanaveragegamer2609]

Yeah, and after she said it twice she says “HIDE, HIDE”

[@Bobayaki]

@@justanaveragegamer2609 yep gotta relocate to space now

[@ItsTanuki0_Clock]

So it means she is still alive and now hunting us, great

[@iusproductions9050]

@@ItsTanuki0_Clock well, she already woke up after the hazmat guy said "Step Aside", so I guess we're too late.

[@ech0flwer362]

I love that GourdCop literally clicks out of the chat then laughs, and then when he is about to leave again, he glares at you I also love how much lore is in this + The Boys are Back! There is a whole story between these videos and I wanna know so much more, it's like a really interesting Horror series that leaves you on edge and also only shows you snippets of what's going on, leaving you confused but wanting more, with the way the cliffhangers end

[@badlucksparrow40]

Kiss Me is a song I associate so strongly with my childhood. I was 9 when it came out and would hear it on the radio. It reminds me of pokemon cards and riding my bike to the park down the street; of summer afternoons and watching the Parent Trap on VHS over and over again and it is so gut-bustlingly funny that this is some people's first experience with the song and they don't realize that it's *an actual song* until they hear it in the background over the grocery store speaker. Genius stuff, keep it up!

[@bobob9969]

I've heard this song everywhere forever haha! I bet they have too, and haven't really paid any attention until hearing this and recognizing the tune

[@fauxclaws]

yah it was super jarring when I heard the normal version in public.

[@asthejayflies]

the weird al effect but evil

[@birdlythebirdkid5208]

Genuinely found out through this version first. Then started hearing it being played over the speakers at the diy store i work in. Had to pause and listen to confirm that it was probably the og version and wasn't about to get eerie.

[@yellowtheyellow]

youtube autoplayed this while i was listening to hyperpop. not quite what i expected. fucking love it.

[@Tippex_Official]

I love how it starts as basically the actual song then by the second verse you just go ‘yeah this isn’t the right song.’

[@aatired7307]

An interesting detail I just noticed. At 4:41 The initial report tries to halt all further investigation, but the two follow up reports dismiss this and continue. When they do, it's followed by a cheery tune even though the next part is the most disturbing part of the tape. The implication appears to be that there are cops actively suppressing the investigation, but the corruption is not so spread that no one is paying attention to the problem. Since one is an outside consultant, and the other is presumably from a different branch given the distinct text standardization, it looks like even just using Gourd software is enough to cause the problem to worsen

[@noizepusher7594]

Yeah I do kinda love how the two investigators shrug off this warning and are like “hell no, we need to keep going”. As someone who watches a bit of analog horror content, it’s very satisfying to have two outside powers that just say no to the big commanding text on screen, it’s a great subversion.

[@shimabot]

This is legitimately my favorite piece of horror media ever. It takes a standard song and does things with it that are not only scary, but genuinely unsettling, disturbing, and outright horrifying to think about. I absolutely love the concept behind this song, and I love the way it's executed with the human skin and veins beating through the screen. Fantastic video.

[@iwouldprefernotto4381]

This is a straight-up masterpiece. I love how rather than resolving the mystery, it just deepens it further.

[@nanokapp7794]

normal Analog Horror couldn’t make you this scared and this *PUMPED UP TO DANCE AT THE SAME TIME WOOOOOOOOOO*

[@Sleepycreature687]

It’s implied that this thing was being contained by the “faded warnings” and “I’ve opened up the path”. It is also implied that the pov character is the father by “you” being circled. The father had a map to the location so maybe he was the one containing it. Ok here’s what I think the full storyline is. The father gets hunted by the boys (aka the infection) in the first video but when they come he actually manages to win somehow. The boys get contained somewhere and you make a map for when you need to go there. Your child decides to follow the map with their girlfriend on a date. They show up to the place and she gets infected and try’s to kill the boyfriend. You show up in a hazmat suit and shoot it but by the this time the boy already got infected. It runs away due to the gunshot and the father goes out hunting for it again. Then the father goes into a police database to try to find more information on it. But through this (or maybe before?) Starts to get infected. The only thing that’s still bothering me is what the fuck is up with goardchat.

[@TwilightFlower9]

One thing I'd change in this is that it's likely that the singer is there with her girlfriend, not a boyfriend, due to the mention of "your flowered hat." I don't know many guys who'd wear flowered hats.

[@shadowtheglitch34]

Your comment made me think; The beginning of the tape maybe the girlfriend pleading for the boyfriend to give her the love and affection he used to give before she got infected by going to the place, then the second half/the end of her singing is her plotting/attempting to make him like her so they can be in love again. (Edit: Maybe the boyfriend was taking care of her for a while after the infection mostly took over her body and the father in the end was telling his son to step aside so he could put an end to her pain)

[@doofusmcgee1715]

@@TwilightFlower9 cool as that'd be I'm unsure that's the case since the original song (written by a straight person) also mentioned a flowered hat

[@frownyclowny6955]

The gourd thing makes me think of that one Pumpkin Scp that kidnaps and kills children

[@doofusmcgee1715]

@@frownyclowny6955 damn, I just thought of that

[@Cyranek]

the sequel I've been waiting on for so long

[@connor48880]

Knew you’d be here

[@Power-xl8vh]

Ye

[@dacool1og]

Yesssss

[@detectivechiu9]

your username reminds me of Cyriak, that one animator who makes weird animations?

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

I find it strange that theres no reaction videos for this thing, despite its views and people making OC animatics for it. I rarely watch reaction videos since a lot are just someone lazily staring like a dead fish, but GOD it would be hysterical to see some poor fella's initial commentary viewing of this descent into madness.

[@0wennz]

Dude, I was watching they animatics earlier and they are ALL done so good, especially this one that's like, 4 minutes long

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

@@0wennz Oh absolutely those things are awesome

[@gif3694]

I agree, i was confused by these too. Like, there are only one video with a reaction to this and that's some kind of noname Vtuber

[@WyrmsOfWonder]

musical horror is such an underexplored genre, I can't wait to see where this series goes from here if you do any more

[@soundtheartist9212]

I think I'm a new of fan this series. Actually, I'm a whole air conditioner. I've always been borderline obsessed with the concept of parasites taking over the host's mind and/or body. From when she started talking about eggs to where she devolved into trying to presumably spread whatever she has to another host by kissing them (then asked to be killed), I was so freaked out but hooked. I hope there will be more videos (preferably sooner than 3 years later).

[@Sipsipsippinonlambtears]

"(preferably sooner than 3 years later)" Yeah lol. I hate waiting for something, but it's understandable why some things take so long to get pushed out into the public.

[@soundtheartist9212]

@@Sipsipsippinonlambtears Yeah, I completely understand that, but I wish this series would take priority over the other videos he makes, because this is a killer series. Not saying his other videos are "inferior", but I personally think this series is too cool to not be his first priority. I feel like it would be hard to wait another year or two for another video.

[@Sipsipsippinonlambtears]

@@soundtheartist9212 Yeah, I agree

[@malum9478]

thats a very strange thing to be obsessed over.

[@azidahaka3067]

I don't want to ruin that perfect 666...btw, that sounds like aids.

[@yung_tron]

"I hear the voice of long-dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" is such a bone-chilling line. Love it.

[@Utonian21]

Same

[@videofreak6454]

I'm a little late but there's also that short popup that has the original guy you searched for (speaker in the original video) warn you to turn away. Long-dead loved ones

[@DayDreamsofaStranger]

This sucker has no right to be so addictive to listen to. Kudos to the vocalist

[@CounteredSnow]

Somethings I noticed: At the beginning of the video, our protagonist is struggling to get into the computer, showing that this is most likely not their computer. I think that they are breaking into this computer to find more information on their friend that was killed by The Boys; the "TL76" that messages our protagonist is most likely ThinLiz_76 from "The Boys Are Back In Town (to kill you)," due to them having the same initials. At 3:29 the Female Singer says "I hear the voices of long-dead loved ones calling out to leave quickly" which is exactly what TL76 tells our protagonist, which adds to the evidence that ThinLiz and TL76 are most likely the same user. For the whole "long dead" part, the computer in this video and TBABITTKY are from completely different eras, showing that it's likely been a long time since that incident. As well as the file our protagonist pulls up is labeled as "311098" which appears to be a date, specifically Halloween of 1998. Going off of the date system, it appears that the Kiss Me incident takes place before The Boys incident, specifically on August 12th of 1998. Later on, after the Singer has been infected with the eggs, the text switches to the same style as seen in "The Boys Are Back in Town (to kill you)" when The Boys are covering up whatever ThinLiz is trying to tell the protagonist. The text is normally the opposite of what ThinLiz says, which is why I think this part is very cool. Everything said in the Red Blue and Black text is something that is either not true or something the singer doesn't want to happen (like her friend Kissing her as it would likely lead to them being infected as well, and the fact that she feels better), however "Your bones will harden and your skin will slough" is not in the special text, which shows that this is at the very least true. The final "So kiss ME" in this segment is partially normal text and partial special text. I think this could show that she truly wants one final kiss from whoever she is with, but the "ME" being in special text could show that she is no longer one single person (hence the eggs in her veins) which is why it is in the special text rather than the normal blue. The "kill me" segment being in blue shows that she is being completely sincere with this request, she isn't feeling so much better and wants to wake up from this scary dream and laugh. As to the path she talks about in this segment? I have no idea, perhaps it's the path seen on her friend's father's map which would lead more creatures like her and The Boys into this world. Her next segment gets cut short due to her being **ahem** neutralized. But as seen in the end of the video, this didn't work, and she only wakes up stronger. other things that don't fit into specific segments: Couple of the melodies from The Boys Are Back in Town (to kill you) are here GourdCop has a different appearance at the end of the video, not too dissimilar to GourdChat guy turning Black at the end of TBABITTKY. Probably some other things I missed, but I'll add them here if I find anything. I believe that this also takes place in the same universe as "photograph" and The Thing on Joey's Head is also an eldritch horror of some kind (perhaps the same one that the Singer is affected by in this video). "photograph" uses the same text as this video and TBABITTKY, namely when saying that there is nothing on Joey's Head (which there most certainly is) and to "Embrace the mindflayer" perhaps the (or a) Mindflayer is what laid the eggs in the Female Singer which turned her into a monster. The singer mentions "boiling tendrils" which the (presumable) Mindflayer on Joey's Head has. The Singer also mentions that her friends "skin will slough" if they kiss her/get the eggs, and in "photograph" we can clearly see that Joey's skin is starting to discolor and decay. Since Friends aired in 1994 I believe that this is the first appearance of the Mindflayer, since "photograph" is so adamant about the thing being on Joey's Head rather than Matt's head. Edit: added some extra evidence and thoughts Edit 2: added some things about "photograph"

[@kindredmaki8108]

I'm liking your thoughts

[@twindrill2852]

P I Z Z A also uses the special font, with the same colors and all.

[@CounteredSnow]

@@twindrill2852 the Thing on Joey's Head is also present in "p i z z a," not too sure what this could mean as of now, but i'm starting to think JerryTerry has it's own unique universe of events with varying degrees of craziness (from alternate hhgregg commercials to popular songs becoming terrible monsters)

[@PC10.8]

You ought to make a video on this!

[@tombaker3731]

Great analysis!

[@branchy2000inc]

"The eggs will fill your veins / Let me explain / A second's pain gives way to pleasures only dreamed of" has been stuck in my head for 19 days at the time of writing this

[@electri-citywatts]

have you considered that they may have found your veins?

[@Mama-Luigi]

god every time i hear "let me explain" i think "to explain in due time, *all i know* "

[@olmcarnold9798]

I was a little disappointed to find out that this channel didn’t have more than 2 of these videos. This is peak top tier content. What else is so melodically and visually chilling

[@silwolfox4897]

You should also check "photograph" and "P I Z Z A"! , those are pretty related to TBABITTKY and this video

[@olmcarnold9798]

@@silwolfox4897 Thanks for the recommendations! Been skulking around and actually found out from a comment here on youtube that JerryTerry shared on Twitter they’re wanting to continue the “Boys are back in town/Kiss me” lore. Good content takes time and I don’t want greatness to be rushed so I’ll let the dark magic flow organically while I wait excitedly

[@korijan2660]

@@olmcarnold9798 Oh, and while it doesn't give much more lore, Redoin has some and it's a bop

[@jazawe3176]

Brian David Gilberts short horror videos are fairly different in style, but similarly terrifying. Here's a link to the playlist, unfortunately there aren't many either: kzbin.info/aero/PLrzMhRx_AuP0DT2k6TtwNEdB5G_bqxkvR

[@zoecampbell9028]

At "Bubbling crow skulls" I think she has the eggs inside her at this point. They are in her ears eating away and they bled on the inside leading the calls of the crows to be sounding bubbly as the noise is getting filtered through it😅😊

[@analogshell1869]

It's impressive how this guy was able to tell a whole story through a fancy music video, and such a disturbing one at that. Also, I'm an absolute sucker for leitmotifs and hearing the rendition of The Boys are Back in Town (To Kill You) playing while the gourd walked on screen made me very happy.

[@thecreator3145]

I JUST READ THIS COMMENT AND I AM SHOCKED I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

[@MandrakeHorse]

You can hear the riff again when TL76 tries to warn the viewer after the first chorus

[@toekneemart5597]

I feel like we are all underestimating gourdchat's role in all this given that it has dozens of reports in the police department and in the original boy's video appears to be manipulated by the boys as well as being what our POV character choses to search after the boys and thinliz_76(the speaker for the boys video as well as potentially the person working with the POV in this one TL76?) fail to get any results. Tying Gourdchat into the boys and their cosmic horror style infection perhaps as a tool they use and can freely manipulate in addition there is obviously gourdcop from this video who seems to be pretty clearly a pawn of this redirecting the focus from the incident from the boys video to the seemly infectious case from this video as well as close TL76's warning and finally as what may be either the most damming or least damming piece of evidence of all is what I believe to be the gourdchat leitmotif at 6:07 which seems to have a sense of importance even if I'm not sure what yet as it also seems to be right as she steals her senses back (personal note: don't you hate it when you make a comment but it accidentally gets deleted before you can post it so you have to rewrite it but the second time is undeniably worse and a poorly summarized version of your original comment)

[@Zapinc9]

1:14 Decyphering the catalogue system: R21 prefix: Murder (single) R28 prefix: Missing person (single) 6-digit code is DD/MM/YY Unk: Unknown Circ: Circumstance Insuff: Insufficiant Vic ID: Victim ID Using this info we can deduce: Gourdchat was in use up from at least May 1997 and discontinued some time after February 2000 after the creator was killed.

[@flooferss]

i like looking at it this way , r = murder, m = missing, 2(unk circ)8(closed, unsolved), 2(unk circ), 1(open, unsolved), rest is same

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

I saw this before The Boys, had never heard the original song, and didn't even know this was going to be a song, but can confirm that even without any of that info this was still dope. Whatever ambience is going on in the beginning instantly had me cautious and engaged. Even the cute derpy part of the song didn't feel right, since I knew this was a police analysis for a missing persons case, and the annotations ensured I wouldn't forget it either. This has such a good tone to it. Its not the kind of horror that makes me scream, but the kind of stuff that feels so.... sickly and vile. Its like getting a high fever in the middle of the night and laying half awake and confused. I got such a sinking feeling from listening to 5:05 for the first time. The dread and buildup and overall weirdness is great. Also the instruments at 5:27 are golden. I have no clue what to call the "intense action/horror film two notes falling in succession" thing that happened, but I love it. It really brings home the whole "oh shit oh fuck she's violent get the hell outta there right now" feeling.

[@Speed001]

So true

[@ooblexMcPhee]

5:24-5:44 those airy deep background vocals (or mega-panflutes??) are very nice and unique. I keep coming back just to hear them

[@re-blitz]

Agreed! My favorite part of this video especially the final “So kiss me”

[@teffley2766]

Sounds very sweet, yet... Heavy. Like something heavy dropping and shaking the floor, or the impact of a punch. It's so good