http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamamiwhoami …. it seems we are all starting to question just “Y” should we keep caring about this project?

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t -- iamamiwhoami … see earlier posts for more

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Stunning and beautiful. Mystery singer still intact… no one knows anything for sure. The letters must be getting us closer to an answer at this point. The last videos have been entitled “b”, “o”, “u-1″, and “u-2″. The letters left over from the earlier codes of the earlier videos were “i”, “c”, “c’, “v”, and “q”. It’s like some weird word puzzle, but without any idea how many missing letters there may be to solve it. Regardless, this has not been a waste of time. This song stands on its own. A gem.

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We now have watched 9 Videos from IAmAmIWhoAmI and we still don’t know much… lots of chatter, lots of conjecture, lots of grumbling, and lots of praise… Almost 5 months now and we’re all still guessing. Some of us think they know the answer, but no one can be sure yet. The BIG REVEAL is yet to come. For now, we get another snippet… a short visual and melody, not a song this time as much as a lead up to something else. Now the wait-and-see game begins again. I’m still not bored, at least not yet.

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Do we know any more now? Is this the big reveal? Nope… Still can’t get enough. More vids are sure to follow.

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Here it is, the video we thought we were all waiting for…. lights are on, the video is bright, no mud covering the face, instead she’s wrapped in clear plastic :::: so the reveal must be coded here, right? No. Again and again, there has been seemingly no solution to the puzzle. Is it a puzzle even?, or is it meant to be seen as a video-art piece with disparate parts that are cohesive in concept-only but are not trying to carve out a straight-forward narrative. For a moment we all thought we knew where this campaign was going, but we’ve been thrown another curve.

The video is titled “b”, just b, there are no numbers in the title as in the previous ones. It’s not tagged with keywords, specifically the repeating keywords “wood” and “disciple”. The link in the description field does not point to a video of an animal; it’s pointed towards child pageant star whose name is Brooklyn Funk (possibly “b”?) There are discernible lyrics in this one; it’s definitely a song, a full song and it’s beautiful, haunting, spooky, and mesmerizing.

But who is she? Really no one knows. People are talking about this Swedish singer named Jonna Lee and she does look unbelievably similar to the girl in the video. In fact, there are several really substantial coincidences that make it appear that the mystery has been solved, but then again…. it’s just not that simple. We shall see in the near future. SXSW is coming soon and she’s playing. There is more than a good chance that people will be flocking to see her just because she might be the girl in this series of videos. Somebody is bound to ask, she’s going to have to answer. Do we keep chasing or is this the end of the riddle? I don’t know.

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The viral that just doesn’t stop… it’s almost a pandemic by now. So 6 videos in and what have we learned, not much still. Every time anyone thinks they’re close to solving this mystery, IAM… somehow flips everything over again. Is this even interesting? Maybe, I’m not sure, but I’m a sucker for sleuthing, so… We now know that there is more to the name than we thought before, “I AM” is written out in blood in the snow during this new video, which leads us to believe that “I AM” is a part of this project’s name in some way.

Despite the deliberate misleading, there are couple of consistencies. The use of the number 6 repetitively -- 6 strawberries, 6 dogs, 6 crosses, 6 cakes, etc etc. Also in the keywords of the videos; 2 words come up in every one of the videos: “wood” and “disciple”.

Let’s see if SXSW is the inspiration for the user to be uploading these videos; maybe something (band or film) that will premier there? I’m leaning more and more in that direction everyday. Here it is, if you haven’t seen it already. Be careful, it could accidentally infect you with an unhealthy dose of curiosity.

23.5.12.3.15.13.5-8.15.13.5.3383
w.e.l.c.o.m.e-h.o.m.e.q (Welcome Home Q) — see our FEB 22 post for more on the codes….

The earlier video codes add up to:
KQ Educational
I Am I
It’s Me C
Mandragora C
Officinarum V
Welcome Home Q

We know that the sender’s username is 0098224788223158 and that they use the account iamamiwhoami@gmail.com to send the videos out. At some point, we hope to have the answers. Not much to go on really for now.

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I’ve been following this viral video collection since the first one surfaced in late December. My friend sent a link in a Facebook email asking if I thought it was S4LEM?? No, it’s not, but now 2 months later, I’m still wondering who it is. They seem to be perfectly content leaving this a mystery with no hurry toward the big reveal if one ever comes. I have hunches as to who it is just like everyone else, although I can say quite confidently that it isn’t any of the suspects previously named such as Gaga, Christina Ag, Goldfrapp, The Knife, or any of those. It’s someone else entirely. But who? Not sure that I’m as obsessed anymore with the question of “who is it” anymore, it’s been too long, but I am enjoying the work they are producing.

A new video surfaced today, only a few hours ago, so I’ve decided to throw them all up here. The first three were originally uploaded with found footage from other youtube clips, but they were told to remove the found material. The videos were taken down and re-upped with simple clip art to refer to the found footage. The titles to each video use numbers sequence 1-26 as A-Z… sometimes there are several numbers together that must be added together and reduced to their alphabetical equivalent. The titles are decoded below. Whether we find out who is doing this or not, it’s an enjoyable guessing game with some great music and visuals; how can you go wrong with that?

15.6.6.9.3.9.14.1.18.21.13.56155
o.f.f.i.c.i.n.a.r.u.m.v (Officinarum V — Species Name for the Mandrake plant)

13.1.14.4.18.1.7.15.18.1.1110
m.a.n.d.r.a.g.o.r.a.c (Mandragora C — Genus Name for the Mandrake plant)

9.20.19.13.5.723378
i.t.s.m.e.c (It’s Me, C)

9.1.13.669321018
i.a.m.i. (I Am I)

Prelude 699130082.451322-5.4.21.3.1.20.9.15.14.1.12
kq-educational (Educational — A new title referring to the use of educational clips in the first 3 videos // Original title was “Prelude 699130082.451322″)

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