History Music / IDontKnowHowButTheyFoundMe

* FollowTheBouncingBall: Used in the lyric videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U "Bleed Magic"]] and uploads of most songs from ''Razzmatazz'', both of which are employed [[{{Retreaux}} in the style of old singalong tapes.]]

* SelfDeprecation: "Nobody Likes The Opening Band" was written from the duo's personal experiences and anxieties from playing opening acts, with the song essentially being [[OurProductSucks a tongue-and-cheek plea for fans to respond well to their unfamiliar project]]. The music video dials this to a hilariously confusing extreme, where once Ryan finishes his part of the performance near the end, he takes a seat in the crowd... and when the song finishes, the audience starts booing and throwing things at Dallon, Ryan included.

--->''And if I succeed, I'll count all your teeth''\\
''I'd swing from the gallows and wave''\\
''And there, from the noose, lest you're cuttin' me loose''\\
''I'd carousel into my grave''

!!This band provides examples of:

* FollowTheBouncingBall: Used in the lyric videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U "Bleed Magic"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JP2d7K63J4 "Razzmatazz"]], both of which are employed [[{{Retreaux}} in the style of old singalong tapes.]]

* ShoutOut: The name of the band comes from a line in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* MysteriousWatcher: A mysterious, skeleton-looking character in white is featured in several videos, most prominently in the background of "Nobody Likes The Opening Band", but also in [[FreezeFrameBonus freeze-frame shots]] in "Do It All The Time", "Choke", and "Social Climb". Dallon has acknowledged it as [[https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/978409638222643200 a "White Shadow"]] [[https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/1051142238858698753 constantly following them]], but what their motives are remain unknown.

* {{Cult}}: The video for "Social Climb" is framed as a recruitment video by The Telex Foundation called ''Thought Reform & the Corporate Guide To Social Reconditioning'', and is highly evocative of an cult full of deadpan socialites performing rituals from seances to drinking unnaturally fluorescent absinthe.

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Telex Foundation is a recurring entity within the band's lore, and pops up sporadically and in various forms within the timeline -- the "Social Climb" video claims that "Telex Foundation International" dissolved by the late 70's, while the "Leave Me Alone" video featuring "Tellexx" lab footage has an unknown date, but features a slightly cleaner, more modern quality. [[TheGhost We have no real idea who they are or what their motivations are]], but based on what we've seen, they've been involved in corporate propaganda, music-making machines, [[BreadMilkEggsSquick and time modulation]].

* TimeTravel: Strongly implied with the video for "Leave Me Alone", introduced as a "TELLEXX TEMPORAL MODULATION" video for corporate investors, featuring Dallon and Ryan being intensely monitored while stuck in some kind of quarantine bubble, [[spoiler:ending with Dallon [[DisappearsIntoLight zapped away in a neon light]].]]

On the 9th of November, 2018, they released their debut EP, called ''1981 Extended Play''. Their debut full-length album, ''Razzmatazz'', was announced for release in October 16, 2020.

** In the video to "Lights Go Down", the sax solo is accompanied with "(Saxophone Solo)", followed by text reading "We were told not to have a sax solo here. We did it anyway. Eff the rules."

** The lyric video to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U Bleed Magic]]" garnishes a few subtitles based on sound effects, including [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud (bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop)]], (snappy guitar solo), and (extra fun [[Music/GeorgeGershwin gershwin]] piano bit).
* GoodAngelBadAngel: The single artwork for "New Invention" puts a twist on this, featuring Dallon being seduced by two shoulder ''devils'', tying in with the song's themes of being pulled towards [[MortonsFork bad dreams and even worse life decisions]] and being helpless to escape from them.

* MurderBallad: "Choke", which when taken at its most literal is about the narrator's gleeful fantasy of watching someone suffer horribly and die through... well, [[TitleDrop choking.]]

* {{Retreaux}}: A huge part of [=IDKHow=]'s imagery, from the artwork to the videos is evoking obscure [[TheEighties 80's media]]. ''1981 Extended Play'' is framed in its introduction as a children's read-along cassette tape, complete with a little chime indicating to "turn the page" that shows up in the middle of "Bleed Magic", appropriately halfway in the EP.

%%* TheEighties: Their sound is very much inspired by this time period, as are the aesthetics of their music videos, logo, and album covers.

%%* AnonymousBand: Invoked during the early days of the band. The duo have stated that this is because they didn't want to exploit fans from their previous projects.
%%* ArcWords: "We invite you to follow along...", most often associated with a mysterious group known as The Telex Foundation.

%%* FollowTheBouncingBall: Used in the lyric videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U "Bleed Magic"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JP2d7K63J4 "Razzmatazz"]].

%%* IncrediblyLongNote: The end of "Nobody Likes The Opening Band" has a decent one.

%%* LyricalColdOpen: "Bleed Magic".
%%-->''I wanna take you home...''

%%* MurderBallad: "Choke", though it is technically about a hypothetical situation that the singer fantasizes.
%%--> ''I wouldn't hesitate to smile while you suffocate and die''

%%* SexySaxMan: The song "Razzmatazz" features two booming sax solos, and its video accentuates them by featuring one of these guys performing it[[note]]the actor is Tremayne Davis, while the solos themselves were provided by Grammy-nominated saxophonist Matt Appleton[[/note]].
* ShoutOut:
** The name of the band comes from a line in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
%%** "Lights Go Down" references ''Film/SleepyHollow1999''. -- How?

%%* StudioChatter: The start of "Bleed Magic" features some of this. There's also a brief bit right before the first chorus where someone knocking a glass and going "Oops" ([[https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/1056018234070073344 apparently Dallon]]) can be barely heard.

* TheEighties: Their sound is very much inspired by this time period, as are the aesthetics of their music videos, logo, and album covers.

* AnonymousBand: Invoked during the early days of the band. The duo have stated that this is because they didn't want to exploit fans from their previous projects.
* ArcWords: "We invite you to follow along...", most often associated with a mysterious group known as The Telex Foundation.

* {{Cult}}: The video for "Social Climb" is framed as a recruitment video by The Telex Foundation called ''Thought Reform & the Corporate Guide To Social Reconditioning'', and is highly evocative of an cult full of deadpan socialites performing rituals from seances to drinking unnaturally flourescent absinthe.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Both Dallon and Ryan have pulled this off at times, although Ryan less so since he dyed his hair blue. Dallon, on the other hand, really pulls this out in the Q&A videos about "Modern Day Cain".
* FollowTheBouncingBall: Used in the lyric videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U "Bleed Magic"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JP2d7K63J4 "Razzmatazz"]].

* IncrediblyLongNote: The end of "Nobody Likes The Opening Band" has a decent one.
* LeadBassist: Types B and C. Dallon founded the project, writes the songs, and sings in addition to playing bass. Ryan was brought on to the project during the initial recording process because Dallon needed someone to play drums.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Bleed Magic".
-->''I wanna take you home...''
* LyricalDissonance: "Choke" is an upbeat, cheerful-sounding song about watching someone die and enjoying it.

* MurderBallad: "Choke", though it is technically about a hypothetical situation that the singer fantasizes.
--> ''I wouldn't hesitate to smile while you suffocate and die''

* ObsessionSong: The as-yet-unreleased (but still performed live) song "Mr. Sinister".

* {{Retreaux}}: A huge part of [=IDKHow=]'s imagery, from the artwork to the videos is evoking obscure [[TheEighties 80's media]]. ''1981 Extended Play'' is framed in its introduction as a children's read-along cassette tape, complete with a little chime indicating to "turn the page" (it shows up in the middle of "Bleed Magic", appropriately halfway in the EP).

* SexySaxMan: The song "Razzmatazz" features two booming sax solos, and its video accentuates them by featuring one of these guys performing it[[note]]the actor is Tremayne Davis, while the solos themselves were provided by Grammy-nominated saxophonist Matt Appleton[[/note]].

** "Lights Go Down" references ''Film/SleepyHollow1999''.

* TheStoic: In many music video appearances, Ryan is played as the more deadpan of the two (relatively speaking, anyway, as Dallon has [[ColdHam his own form of expressive seriousness]]). [[InactionVideo If he's doing anything in the video at all]], he'll do it with a completely expressionless face.
* StudioChatter: The start of "Bleed Magic" features some of this. There's also a brief bit right before the first chorus where someone knocking a glass and going "Oops" ([[https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/1056018234070073344 apparently Dallon]]) can be barely heard.

** Some also thought the final shot of the video (the band next to three burning mannequins wearing Dallon's suits from his time with Music/PanicAtTheDisco) was one towards his former bandmates. [[SubvertedTrope Dallon later explained]] that his old suits were actually [[https://youtu.be/whiFAS69wLI?t=348 just used to save money.]]

* ArcWords: "We invite you to follow along..."

* {{Cult}}: The video for "Social Climb" is framed as a recruitment video by "The Telex Foundation" called ''Thought Reform & the Corporate Guide To Social Reconditioning'', and is highly evocative of an cult full of deadpan socialites performing rituals from seances to drinking unnaturally flourescent absinthe.

* FollowTheBouncingBall: Used in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Bf8Qhe59U lyric video]] for "Bleed Magic".

* PrecisionFStrike: By accident. During one live performance of "Choke", Dallon replaced the word 'pretty' with 'fucking' as he was having a bad day. It has since become a widely accepted alternate version of the lyrics.

Three singles were released prior to the band signing to a label: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieThrn5Ujmg "Modern Day Cain"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJjmWTg7Qo "Choke"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dx9nGBsl7I "Nobody Likes The Opening Band"]]. On the 25th of August 2018, the band released a new single, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzPxBhhmY8 "Do It All The Time"]], as well as re-releasing "Choke". They also made it public knowledge that the band had been signed to Fearless Records.

** "Do It All The Time" is a sarcastic number about individuals who follow the mindset of doing whatever they want without paying mind to the consequences, and more specifically about songs that encourage such behaviour.

I Don't Know How But They Found Me (often shortened to [=IDKHow=] or iDKHOW) is a two-piece band featuring bassist and vocalist Dallon Weekes (formerly of Music/PanicAtTheDisco and Music/TheBrobecks) and drummer Ryan Seaman (formerly of Music/FallingInReverse, also played for Music/TheBrobecks). It was created in secret in 2016, and both Weekes and Seaman [[AnonymousBand denied all knowledge]] of the band for several months after their first show. [=IDKHow=] is a concept band, centred around the idea of "a band out of time" originally from the TheEighties. They never got their big break, and were entirely forgotten about until a box of old cassette tapes was re-discovered in the modern day.

On the 9th of November, 2018, they released their debut EP, called ''1981 Extended Play''.

* {{Cult}}: The video for "Social Climb" is framed as a recruitment video by "The Telex Foundation" called ''Thought Reform & the Corporate Guide To Social Reconditioning'', and is highly evocative of an cult full of deadpan socialites performing rituals from seances to drinking unnaturally bright green drinks.

** "Lights Go Down" references ''Film/SleepyHollow''.

I Don't Know How But They Found Me (often shortened to [=IDKHow=] or iDKHOW) is a two-piece band featuring bassist and vocalist Dallon Weeks (formerly of Music/PanicAtTheDisco and Music/TheBrobecks) and drummer Ryan Seaman (formerly of Music/FallingInReverse, also played for Music/TheBrobecks). It was created in secret in 2016, and both Weekes and Seaman [[AnonymousBand denied all knowledge]] of the band for several months after their first show. [=IDKHow=] is a concept band, centred around the idea of "a band out of time" originally from the TheEighties. They never got their big break, and were entirely forgotten about until a box of old cassette tapes was re-discovered in the modern day.

* SpiritualAntithesis: ''1981 Extended Play'' could be viewed as this to [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Panic! at the Disco's]] ''Death of a Bachelor.'' Both albums, products of the late 2010's alternative rock scene, provide commentary on celebrity and fame, and use Los Angeles as a representation of the culture surrounding them. But while the ''Bachelor'' tracks "Victorious" and "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" celebrate a partying, free living lifestyle, and "Emperor's New Clothes" is a song about the narrator taking what he wants without thinking of others ("If it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine"), these attitudes are mocked relentlessly on ''Extended Play'' with "Do It All the Time." ''Bachelor'' also contains the track "LA Devotee," described as "a love letter to Los Angeles," while ''Extended Play'' has "Social Climb" and "Choke," both of which contain some rather biting remarks on the city ("Come break some hearts now, tear them out/File in for amusements with the crowd," "Oh, you clever little things/The sycophantic teens,” “money always talks to the idiot savants”). On another note, the aforementioned ''Bachelor'' tracks reference alcohol in the context of celebrating with champagne, getting blackout drunk at a party, and "vintage wine" related to a luxurious lifestyle, while ''Extended Play'''s track "Absinthe" associates alcohol with drinking to horrifying excess ("I hear voices/I see visions/These spirits/Are your prison").

* SpiritualAntithesis: ''1981 Extended Play'' could be viewed as this to [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Panic! at the Disco's]] ''Death of a Bachelor.'' Both albums, products of the late 2010's alternative rock scene, provide commentary on celebrity and fame, and use Los Angeles as a representation of the culture surrounding them. But while the ''Bachelor'' tracks "Victorious" and "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" celebrate a partying, free living lifestyle, and "Emperor's New Clothes" is a song about the narrator taking what he wants without thinking of others ("If it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine"), these attitudes are mocked relentlessly on ''Extended Play'' with "Do It All the Time." ''Bachelor'' also contains the track "LA Devotee," described as "a love letter to Los Angeles," while ''Extended Play'' has "Social Climb" and "Choke," both of which contain some rather biting remarks on the city ("Oh, you clever little things/The sycophantic teens,” “money always talks to the idiot savants”). On another note, the aforementioned ''Bachelor'' tracks reference alcohol in the context of celebrating with champagne, getting blackout drunk at a party, and "vintage wine" related to a luxurious lifestyle, while ''Extended Play'''s track "Absinthe" associates alcohol with drinking to horrifying excess ("I hear voices/I see visions/These spirits/Are your prison").

* SpiritualAntithesis: ''1981 Extended Play'' could be viewed as this to [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Panic! at the Disco's]] ''Death of a Bachelor.'' Both albums, products of the late 2010's alternative rock scene, provide commentary on celebrity and fame, and use Los Angeles as a representation of the culture surrounding them. But while the ''Bachelor'' tracks "Victorious" and "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" celebrate a partying, free living lifestyle, and "Emperor's New Clothes" is a song about the narrator taking what he wants without thinking of others ("If it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine"), these attitudes are mocked relentlessly on ''Extended Play'' with "Do It All the Time." ''Bachelor'' also contains the track "LA Devotee," described as "a love letter to Los Angeles," while ''Extended Play'' has "Social Climb" and "Choke," both of which contain some rather biting remarks on the city ("Oh, you clever little things/The sycophantic teens,” “money always talks to the idiot savants”). On a more direct note, the aforementioned ''Bachelor'' tracks reference alcohol in the context of celebrating with champagne, getting blackout drunk at a party, and "vintage wine" related to a luxurious lifestyle, while ''Extended Play'''s track "Absinthe" associates alcohol with drinking to horrifying excess ("I hear voices/I see visions/These spirits/Are your prison").

* SpiritualAntithesis: ''1981 Extended Play'' could be viewed as this to [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Panic! at the Disco's]] ''Death of a Bachelor.'' Both albums, products of the late 2010's alternative rock scene, provide commentary on celebrity and fame, and use Los Angeles as a representation of the culture surrounding them. But while the ''Bachelor'' tracks "Victorious" and "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" celebrate a partying, free living lifestyle, and "Emperor's New Clothes" is a song about the narrator taking what he wants without thinking of others ("If it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine"), these attitudes are mocked relentlessly on ''Extended Play'' with "Do It All the Time." ''Bachelor'' also contains the track "LA Devotee," described as "a love letter to Los Angeles," while ''Extended Play'' has "Social Climb" and "Choke," both of which contain some rather biting remarks on the city ("Oh, you clever little things/The sycophantic teens,” “money always talks to the idiot savants”). On a more direct note, the aforementioned tracks reference alcohol in the context of getting blackout drunk at a party, celebrating with champagne, and "vintage wine" related to a luxurious lifestyle, while ''Extended Play'''s track "Absinthe" associates alcohol with drinking to horrifying excess ("I hear voices/I see visions/These spirits/Are your prison").