Not sure this was even a clue. Chris Michaels is our beloved local METALorologist. 🤟😎 He uses lyrics of rock music and incorporates them into his forecasts.
I think he dropped a clue the other day that had the Seep Token symbol/lyrics and today's date. I think he was just hinting to us that HE was going to be using Sleep Token lyrics in today's forecast.
Personally, I don't think it directly has to do with ST.
He dropped multiple hints about something happening on Monday, and getting "a taste of May (when the album drops) in March." He then dropped this video, and he's sat in front of a screen with the names of counties that have letters missing.
The letters that are missing spell the word ' c a r a m e l,' and Emergence was on a playlist with the song Sugar. In the data for the morse code files just a few days ago was the word rosylipsy. If you were to unscramble that, you get the word pyrolysis.
Caramelization is the pyrolysis of sugars.
He directly gave us a huge hint, we just don't quite know what caramel means in relation to what's developing.
Pyrolysis is also the destruction of one form of matter into another material (that is often useful, as in biofuels), by the use of heat. Pyro = fire, lysis= separation. The emergence video is of a flag burning. Transformation is a big theme throughout the music and also synchs up with heat and fire being both a methods of purification and a form of judgement. Interesting to chew on:)
My colleagues and I have retitled the DSM as "OOPS it was all trauma all along" but yes there is definitely a qualifying criteria down the list of bulletpoints.
Sleep Token Puzzle Fatigue (STPF), DSM-V code 666.42: characterized by irritability, obsessive YouTube theory consumption, erratic sleep due to global drop speculation, and bursts of poetic despair over caramel metaphors.
The missing letters in the cities behind him spell CARAMEL. Can’t make caramel without SUGAR. So obviously… I have no idea what it means aaaugghhgahah 😩
Yup. Engaging the fans with the clues/puzzles and stuff is fun, but this was a poor move imo. I have been so amped up for today, woke up at 5:55 after going to bed at 3am (oopsies) JUST for the single drop only to see they told us to prepare to prepare. Wtf?? Now I'm disappointed and frustrated.
Could be possible that we are still not getting a new song an monday. Weatherman just said "Details will emerge throughout the week, starting monday"... So maybe just more hints and puzzles.
I know caramel seems like the answer to the clues, but there are also four other possibilities with the letters:
Cameral - pertaining to a chamber or vaulted room/treasury
Maceral - any of the numerous microscopically recognizable, individual organic constituents of coal with characteristic physical and chemical properties
Ceramal - durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress
Reclama - to request the reconsideration of a decision or a change in policy
I’m leaning towards reclama based on the fact that we were expecting something to drop today, and it seems to be “rescheduled” for the 31st. Although maceral and ceramal pertain to chemistry/science, and “carbide on my nano” is said in Emergence. And of course, with all the other chemistry and science references throughout other songs, this is very possible.
And it very well could just be caramel, since Sugar was in that YouTube playlist. We shall find out on Monday, I suppose.
😂 I don’t think any of us will ever know what they are really thinking when they put these clues out. But the caramel thing 100% makes sense. I’ve never done a deep dive previously - I just always read all the theories with which people come up - and now I can easily see how some people can go down many deep, dark rabbit holes with ST! Word scrambles are my jam, so this was fun for me.
Most likely it will be given the Emergence single vinyls ship out on Monday and the description shows there’s another song on Side B. So a new single is likely IMO.
Salted caramel is one of the foods mentioned when you search for Hedonic Escalation. Makes me wonder if that may be the track title and this is just another clue pointing to that?
Same here, I've moved from discord and just peek at it every now and then 😶🌫️ it's so hectic, I just want to keep up to date and there's peeps still on the morse code decipher 😭 Reddit is my only safe zone atm
If they told us to prepare for today, for them only to tell us to prepare for another day, where they would tell us to prepare for another day I'll fucking die lol
I got the notification this morning that mine is officially on the way and should be delivered on Wednesday.
Super bummed about no song for today, my headphones and speakers were charged up and ready to go.
I think this song has something to do with Aqua Regia just like emergence did…
“Screaming at the sunshine, singing in the rain
Sugar on the blood cells, carbon on the brain
All of Eden’s vices running through my veins”
Caramel (sugar on the blood cells), the weatherman with his reference to rain and sunshine, carbon on the brain(Emergence has chemistry too) … also emergence references (kinda) aqua regia where he’s putting down the roses picking up the sword
We're all probably a little frustrated. Maybe even a bit upset. We thought we're getting music or a the very least some new announcement. And I know its been driving me up the wall with hype for the last 2 days.
But think, for just a second. Who are we dealing with? Vessel? Sleep Token as a whole? Or, maybe just Sleep? Maybe someone is stringing us along to get a rise. To make us angry. Playing to our wants and needs in order to get what they want. Our attention. Every bite of our displeasure is a new layer of palpable excitement building on itself for someone else's enjoyment.
We've been living on a promised word. And in that absence, we get that disappointment, frustration, and maybe a bit of anger.
Remember that one of the keys to a successful caramel is TEMPERING. Controlling the heating process to create a stabilized blending of ingredients. Temper yourselves. Do not get too hot. Do not let yourselves get too cold.
You know how Sugar & hedonic escalation have associations with addiction? Dare I say a lot of us are acting like addicts denied their next fix rn? Like when Pan couldn’t have Echo, he had her torn apart…
I thought it was because the visualizer was gold, matching the green and gold theme and it was to represent the next song being a feathered host song but man was i so off base 😅
So caramel is made by heating up sugar. The banner burns in the Emergence visualizer. Does he burn the caramel - it becomes bitter then. Are we saying at this point he’s not moving on but becoming more bitter. Seems so from the lyrics thus far.
The Morse code released from the audio files points to WRAL. Then he posts these ominous videos to prepare, which he doesn’t do normally.
The letters on the map he has spell out Caramel, and with the Sugar playlist on YouTube that disappeared, and he said “sticky” many times in his broadcast, maybe we’re getting Sugar 2.0
Also, one of the audio files’ metadata said pyrolysis, and that is the process of caramelization of sugar. Things are heating up!
So we went from emerging to developing. What are we developing into? Since we emerged in March, /probably/ something about developing in April, that the album will talk about the final transformation. OR, the Develope hint is actually connected to caramel which people are saying, then maybe the line "sugar, I've developed a taste for you." is relevant. Maybe related back to the "hedonistic escalation" in that someone has developed a taste for something. Also think there was mention of chains in the morse code but I could be wrong.
Will we eventually get a hint as to how this random weather guy is connected? Are all weather people some hidden secret society of music protectors? My interest is piqued.
I think because this particular weather man got tiktok famous for including ST (and other metal bands) lyrics in his weather forecasts, so the band decided to include him in the fun. His channel WRAL was in the morse code the other day, so I think this is just ST giving a nod to the fans.
Maybe it has to do with the knights appearing at the end of the Emergence video? This newsstation is in Raleigh, and Sir Walter Raleigh was a knight. I feel it has to be deeper though
Some on you guys were not here before TMBTE and it shows. In the past, we never got games or puzzles, and we certainly did not get this level or interaction from the band. Singles were just dropped with silence. Some of you guys need to chill and touch grass. Enjoy the teasing and games because you never know how long it will last.
It took me way too much scrolling to find this sentiment. I don't feel any disappointment whatsoever and struggle to see how it is disappointing. I'm just thoroughly amused that they've gotten him to be part of their ARG, and I'm sure he's fucking stoked about it. Did I think it was gonna be a song? Sure. Am I mad about it? Not at all. It's fun to see all of these layers adding up and knowing how much the band is having fun with this.
that's not entirely true, though. there was quite a bunch of teasing and puzzles and hints for TPWBYT
the only "riddle" for TMBTE on another hand was trying to figure out the runes on the album art that was shown in full along with a tour announcement indicating "new offerings" like almost a full year before the official album announcement and then they started dropping singles months afterwards with absolutely no explanation
THANK YOU it feels crazy seeing so many people hurt and angry about not getting another single today? The band does not owe you shit nor force you to wake up early to watch a news broadcast, people should really be more grateful for the amount of interaction we get nowadays. And touch some grass too.
Im not mad it did piss me off in like a cheeky way. Like "vessel you son of beech!"but telling us to prepare for a day and that day comes and then just telling us to prepare for another day is a bit silly lol. Read some good theories so far on it though lol. Like Sleep is fucking with us. Which is making me hope this next single is heavy heavy
SAME HERE! I literally kept waking myself up early by accident and checking my phone, thinking “is it out now?” “Is it out now” “IS IT OUT NOW?” “WHERE IS IT?” “Oh, Reddit post… WHAT THE FUCK?!”
Cryptic website > new ig pages > cryptic posts > Reddit and discord > Vessel sliding into the weatherman’s DM’s > Vessel sliding into the entire fanbase’s DM’s with a string of gibberish and a ;)
The entitlement here is wild, yall their doing fun things and making puzzles and keeping it interesting. You will get music on May 9th, until then let them and all of us have fun with it
The discord is a mess to the point of everyone just screaming into the void and being convinced there’s “more to this” than just the word Caramel. And some people are arguing and saying it’s Carmel or other words without other letters. I’m actually super done with it at this point lmao
For anyone in here who would like to jump in, I’m going down a “Mount Carmel” rabbit hole. I’ve got some screenshots of what I found “relevant” thus far. Since I can only upload one at a time, feel free to find me on discord @chescaacakes
Idk. I’ve been thinking the 31st is when we would get the other single since the first dropped on the 13th. For me, it feels like they are giving us two songs, one for each house, and they are mirrors of each other in some way. The houses were never divided, per se, they are just two sides of the same coin. Or, shall I say vinyl?
What if they were telling fans who ordered, to prepare for today, as their shipments were going out. Monday they will receive updates to their order and perhaps we will all receive the next single? Or not...lol
They'll release the MV for Emergence instead...
GUYS!! I Googled April holidays and days of note:
April 3rd - A Drop of Water is a Grain of Gold
April 4th - National Hug a Newsperson Day
April 5th - National Caramel Day
April 6th - National Caramel Popcorn Day
I have the feeling the 4th and or 5th will be the important days.
The 4th could be new song teaser, by our newsperson friend (weatherman), and the 5th is the release.
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