#tellexx

[brueggcat]

WHAT LOVE? Fan Zine

Very excited to present the WHAT LOVE? iDKHOW Fan Zine! A collaborative zine featuring 28 artists and over 80 pages following the lyrics of the single WHAT LOVE? by I Dont Know How But They Found Me. Find the full zine for free online here: tinyurl.com/what-love-zine and keep reading for all featured artists.

Featuring the song WHAT LOVE? by iDKHOW

Written by Dallon Weekes, Charlie Brand, Stuart Maxfield, and Chad Murphy

Featured Artists:

radi0_transmissi0ns on Instagram

gloomtxwnbrats on Twitter

Cystarii on Twitter

@kirktisms

srchies on Twitter

abstracttheart on Twitter

@jodiexists-art

lightdontstopme on Twitter

inspectorclarke on Twitter

MikerowavedArt on Twitter

scrappy.star on Instagram

Doodledog.art on Instagram

@voluntaryvictim

heresyourlullaby on Instagram

gloomygallows on Twitter

crimsithe on Instagram

ykillmynight_ on Twitter

randezvan on Instagram

@smokehalos

Frnkspels on Instagram

@thoughtcontagion

RAZZMAVOID on Twitter

lDIOTSOFOz on Twitter

angeline.png on Instagram

@halt911

itzinsanity2 on Twitter

Kopiokko on Twitter

#idkhow #dallon weekes #i dont know how but they found me #idkhbtfm #gloom division #tellexx #fandom zine #zine #whatlovezine #what love?

[half-doomed]

Two things: 1. the indie exclusive variant is gorgeous and 2. lore continuation

#idkhow #gloom division #gd #tellexx #jaime posts #.txt

[idiotsofoz]

tellexx pride logos!!!

credit appreciated if you use :D

feel free to request more flags!!!!! i just did the ones i first thought of

#didnt do pan because im not sure what the right flag to use is #idkhow #i dont know how but they found me #idkhbtfm #tellexx #graphics #png

[shotsofsalvation]

better living industries vs tellexx vs dema who wins

#my money's on tellexx they got everything goin on #mcr #my chemical romance #twenty one pilots #idkhow #gloom division #razzmatazz #danger days #dema #better living industries #tellexx #if you really wanna go wild throw in the nuclear sunshine research family from hnw

[starboy14176]

Is this something

#art #idkhow #tellexx #gloom division

[temporalarts]

if you don't know much about the lore of idkhow/are just starting pleaseee read this article too many people don't know that the lore is a metaphor for dallon's real experiences in the music industry

#idkhow #idkhow lore #tellexx

[xelyxirx]

#i dont know how but they found me #idkhow #dallon idkhow #dallon weekes #dallon #tellexx #search party

[whoa-where-did-the-pancakes-go]

I wrote this last night at like 11. Do with it what you will.

He finds a bunker. Alone in the ruins of salt lake city.

A relic.

He wanderes the perimiter. And then he sees it.

Words.

Faded and cracked, he can barely read them. He wipes away the dust with his sleeve, until he can make out the inscription.

"TELLEXX," it reads.

"The Tomorrow People."

#i dont know how but they found me #dallon weekes #idkhow #idkhbtfm #tellexx #my writing

[tellexx-recruiting]

How is everyone enjoying the New Music?

#:) #accepting feedback #idkhow #tellexx

[vanweezer]

sigh....oh tellexx corp tag....you do more for me than any therapist could

#ive been watching videos thinking about tellexx and how it wants to control media and sensations so bad #while also voiding people of unique thought AND sensation #the artifical intelligence that insists you take your car out for a drive. the radio in the car that insists you play one station only #and the musician on the radio isnt even a person. its synthetic and it wants you to decode the layers and layers and layers #the world is stuck that way.....GODDDD i love idkhow #tellexx

[brueggcat]

good ol' fashioned razzmatazz! huge poster commemorating razzmatazz in anticipation of the new album. took 13+ hours in procreate.

#idkhow #i dont know how but they found me #dallon weekes #anthony purpura #idkhbtfm #illustration #tellexx #srchprty #idkhow lore

[sixftmp3]

idkhow and cult imagery/triangles

hi. i might be grasping at nothing, and we've had these images for less than 12 hours. but like SURELY THIS MEANS SOMETHING

if there's one thing dallon loves, its fucking. weird culty imagery.

and listen, i know mr weekes has said that he never wants to do the same thing twice, and that tellexx is unlikely to come back, but come the fuck on. BIG TRIANGLE WITH AN EYE ON IT??? JUST LIKE THEIR FUCKING YELLOW PYRAMID LOGO???? HELLOOOOO TELLEXX????

notably, the pyramid's been inverted in the new image. (if you can recall, or just look at the social climb music video, the pyramid's original state is facing downwards. in the new image, it's properly aligned.) however, there are still four yellow lines! (in the og logo, it's four electric signs, in the new image, you have four lines coming out of the bottom of the pyramid and being held by the women in red sheets.)

does this mean tellexx is coming back for the new era in some capacity? are we going to be exploring a different era of tellexx? or is this just a fun callback to an old logo? we'll just have to see!!

#me.txt #idkhow #hi does anyone remember when i used to theorize abt tellexx and androids and shit. #that was so god damn long ago #anyway. the idkhow autism is back in full swing BAYBEEE!!!!! #my capacity to be normal about them is swiftly going down the drain with every new image!!!!!!!!!!!

[idiotsofoz]

my hungry ass could NOT work at tellexx

#has this been done already #idkhow #tellexx

[itcouldbeyourlastmistake]

what if tellexx is just an extended metaphor for capitalism

#the real tellexx was within us all along #idkhow

[starboy14176]

HATE when I’m trying to talk about Subject A and people start being like “Dallon weekes,,,,hhhg,,,,sexy” like ok girl go sit down and drink some water I’m not done telling you about his crippling c-ptsd

#silly little rambles of an emo kid #tellexx #idkhow

[temporalarts]

Hello there, I have noticed you’re a well of knowledge when it comes to iDKHOW lore. I’m struggling to find good sources of information and I’d like to learn everything there is to know; do you know how I can do this? Anything I can read/watch? I did a surface-level lore dive a year or two back but I don’t fully remember everything and I’m seeing some stuff around Tumblr I never knew about. Call me Sally Mae because I intend on uncovering everything I can about this band’s lore ;)

hi there! sorry for the late answer, have had tumblr deleted for a while.

important information about idkhow lore first:

it is NOT required to know anything about the lore of idkhow to listen or enjoy idkhow. idkhow's lore is meant to be additional story to the band and is meant for fans to explore only if they are interested. idkhow's songs/lyrics by themselves do not have story meanings. it is hugely important to recognize that idkhow as music and idkhow as a story are separate entities.

idkhow's lore is a metaphorical story for dallon's experience within the music industry and celebrity la/hollywood culture. everything in the lore is symbolic for something in real life (for example, TELLEXX is a metaphor representation of the music industry). i implore anyone getting into the lore of idkhow to treat the lore with gently and respectfully because of that reason.

idkhow's lore has mostly been uncontinued since 2020/2021 since the release of razzmatazz. SRCHPRTY (main character of the lore) has been an abandoned account since june of 2021. this is for a multitude of reasons, including dallon not wanting to have a story line with each album, lack of label support, and lack of time for the lore. because of this, a lot of information about the lore has been lost to time and is no longer available to the public. gloom division (idkhow's most recent album) does have a lore behind it, but has not had a story run like razzmatazz had yet (it could in the future, but gloom division didn't have the time or budget to at this moment). lots of amazing archivists in the community are trying to preserve the lost content over the years (ill link one available one below), but please keep that in mind while looking into the lore.

you may see mentions of ryan seaman (also referred to as subject B) mentioned in the lore and some resources. ryan seaman was the previous drummer of idkhow and is no longer in or involved with idkhow since september 16th, 2023 (due to various reasons i wont go into here, but if you dont know look up the information to why online). idkhow is now and currently a solo project of dallon weekes, but if you see any reference of idkhow being a duo or see him in resources that is why.

that out of the way, here is all the resources I could come up with!

introductory idkhow lore carrd, made by my good friend @fadeyouout! very good start to everything in the lore!

full timeline of all events from current idkhow lore, made by me!

very good place to start with the lore is the srchprty conspiracy video. introductory video to srchprty's research, basic backstory for srchprty, and the main 3 questions in the story.

ALL srchrpty diaries: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! watch these chronologically as they build off one another.

if you haven't already, look through srchprty's twitter and instagram accounts. look through tweet replies/instagram comments. srchprty regularly interacted with fans while he was active and a lot of story building with TELLEXX comes from those interactions.

physical copy only extras in razzmatazz, lyrics for indoctrination and tomorrow people. razzmatazz physical versions came with two exclusive spoken word tracks, indoctrination and tomorrow people, both directly from TELLEXX.

TELLEXX documents, found in physical copy only extras in razzmatazz lyric book. includes a internal TELLEXX letter and volunteer subject consent forms.

archive of all of idkhow's instagram posts (2017-2022) made by abstracttheart on twitter. most of idkhow posts on instagram has been deleted over the years, so this is a great resource to see those deleted posts. you can most lore related posts from 2020-2021.

the mysterious world of i dont know how but they found me, dork magazine interview with dallon on the razzmatazz lore and its metaphorical meanings to him. VERY important read in my own opinion!

instagram highlights from idkhowindo: part 1, 2, 2.5, 3. their account has since been abandoned, but the archived stories are from the time of srchprty's activity and has a lot of good information in them.

questions i have answered about some idkhow lore topics in detail: what happened to srchprty, what is TELLEXX, and who is subject a. if you have any questions about the lore that you need answers to feel free to shoot me an ask in my inbox! idkhow lore is my special interest and i love answering any questions new fans have.

idkhow.com from 2020-2022 (recommend scrolling through archives of the website from wayback machine from august 2020-december 2020). the idkhow.com website during razzmatazz lore was ran by srchprty and was being recovered during the razzmatazz lore after a previous shutdown by TELLEXX in 1996.

TELLEXX stress evaluation test: may see this referenced around different lore resources, this is the official website for the test. as well as a article from the coder on how the website works to give results which is a very interesting read.

qwerty translator: TELLEXX/srchprty uses a code called QWERTY code throughout the lore, which is a letter substitution code substituting the alphabet for the QWERTY keyboard (ex: A=Q, B=W, etc). very helpful for decoding those codes!

most "niche" idkhow lore information comes from video/text interviews with dallon from 2020/2021! hard to find every single interview he does talk about the lore, but any dive into interviews from 2020 and you can find moments where he talks about razzmatazz lore. some instagram interviews from 2020 have been archived on idkhows youtube for watch.

indie pop, deep lore, and fan theories: how idkhow give there fans more than just music, tone deaf article on lore

i will update whenever i can with whatever i can find, but that is all the available resources for the lore of idkhow currently. if you (or anyone) have any questions about specific things within the lore, feel free to shoot me a question in my inbox and i will try my best to answer! enjoy!

#idkhow #idkhow lore #srchprty #tellexx