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The Wei d Pa Of YouTube: “Bla k Room Soup,” “F eaky Soup Guy,” A d The Thef Of RayRay

July 15, 2019 by Lucia

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The video ha ’s ow ypically efe ed o as he “Bla k Room Soup” video is ’ ac ually called “Bla k Room Soup.” Whe i fi s appea ed o he i e e , i was u de he i le “f eaky soup guy” — which, ho es ly, is a ap desc ip io : A me e mi u e i le g h, i fea u es a ma i a whi e a k op sea ed a a la ge able i a o he wise emp y oom, ea i g wha looks like a bowl of soup wi h a comically ove sized spoo . He’s also c yi g, al hough we ca ’ ac ually see a y ea s; his eyes have bee bla ked ou wi h o e of hose black ce so ba s. Jus he sou d of he c yi g is e ough o make i dis u bi g, hough: I ’s he ki d of c yi g ha ’s so dis augh ha i sou ds like laugh e . I migh eve be laugh e , i some s a ge way.

T ue o he video’s ame, he soup guy is, i fac , f eaky.

Bu he is ’ he f eakies pa of he video. Tha p ize goes o he s a ge cha ac e s a di g i f o of he doo loca ed behi d he ma . Huma oid, bu defi i ely o huma , he cha ac e has a whi e face, holes fo eyes, a d o o he disce ible facial fea u es. I s hai is da k; howeve , i is ’ ac ually hai . I looks ha d o he ouch, like a helme made of plas ic. I s ha ds, oo, a e ha d a d plas ic, bu whi e, like i s face. I ’s wea i g a black shi a d ouse s. The ove all effec is doll-like a d appea s o be accomplished by pu i g a ac ual huma i side he ki d of sui you expec a masco o wea .

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 As he ma ea s a d c ies, he cha ac e app oaches him f om behi d a d ge ly pa s his back. Abou h ee-qua e s of he way h ough he video, he cha ac e is joi ed by a o he , ide ical cha ac e , who also pa s he ma ’s back as he ea s a d c ies.

The , ab up ly, he video e ds.

This video has equally baffled a d f igh e ed people eve si ce i fi s appea ed o YouTube i 2005 (yes, i ’s ha old). Doze s of heo ies abou i , a emp i g o explai wha i is, who made i , a d why i exis s, have popped up ove he yea s, mos of which have eve bee co fi med. So: Wha ’s he deal wi h “Bla k Room Soup?” Why is i so wei d? A d wha o ea h does o mea ?

To u avel he mys e y of “Bla k Room Soup” — o “f eaky soup guy,” o “ o u e soup,” o wha eve you wa o call i — we ac ually eed o alk abou a few o he hi gs. We eed o alk abou a , a d abou pe fo ma ce a . We eed o alk abou a ce ai c ea ive a d a is ic eve ha occu s i he dese s of Nevada eve y yea , a d we eed o alk abou o e of he ac s ha a ose ou of his eve yea s ago. A d, mos impo a ly, we eed o alk abou a a ima o , di ec o , w i e , a d all- ou d c ea ive powe house amed Raymo d S. Pe si.

Le ’s s a wi h ha las o e a d wo k backwa ds.

A Po ai Of The A is As A You g RayRay

Raymo d S. Pe si was bo i Eagle Rock, Califo ia — a a ea of Los A geles loca ed be wee he ci ies of Gle dale a d Pasade a — o Feb. 17, 1975. P ima ily a a ima o (al hough he wea s ma y diffe e ha s), he’s bee wo ki g i he film a d elevisio i dus y si ce he mid-‘۹۰s; he ea lies job lis ed o his IMDb p ofile is o e of he five episodes of he elevisio se ies The Twis ed Adve u es Of Felix The Ca he wo ked o : He did s o yboa d clea -up o he 1995 episode fea u i g he segme s “Su eal Es a e,” “Pho y Phelix,” a d “Five Mi u e Mea ball.”

Af e Felix The Ca , he moved o o The Simpso s, o which he wo ked la gely as a cha ac e layou a is be wee 1996 a d 2003. He also di ec ed 10 episodes of he show be wee 2005 a d 2010. I 1999, he di ec ed he music video fo he Squi el Nu Zippe s so g “The Ghos Of S ephe Fos e ,” which ea ed a umbe of accolades o he awa d ci cui . Si ce 2010, he’s bee a Dis ey, whe e he’s wo ked o majo fea u es such as W eck-I Ralph a d F oze ; he’s also a occasio al voice ac o , o ably havi g le his voice o Flash he slo h i Zoo opia.

A d i he mids of all ha , Pe si has co i ued o c ea e his ow i depe de wo k, as well — i cludi g he cha ac e s see i “Bla k Room Soup.” Collec ively, hey’ e called RayRay.

Like ma y a is s, Pe si doodles. Also like ma y a is s, Pe si’s doodles of e eflec some hi g abou how he sees himself o he wo ld. RayRay is o diffe e : O igi ally, hey we e a ep ese a io of how Pe si views himself. A isi g f om “a mix of i hibi io , a se se of alie a io , a d a deep-sea ed eed o e e ai ,” acco di g o he cha ac e s’ official bio, hey we e so of a eflec io of he hypoc isy i he e i bei g a a is : We c ea e because, deep i side ou selves, we eed o — bu how do we eco cile he eed fo o he s o see ou a i o de fo us o feel like i ma e s? We c ea e fo he me i s of he a i self — bu how do we deal wi h he fac ha we eed o be paid fo ou wo k i o de o keep bei g able o make i ? How do we cope wi h eedi g o be i he wo ld, bu of e feeli g like we a e ’ a pa of i ? The e a e o easy a swe s, bu i a lo of ways, RayRay pe so ifies he s uggles i he e i hese ques io s.

Mea while, he e was Bu i g Ma — a d ou of Bu i g Ma came he Mu ay o .

The huge a a d c ea io eve k ow as Bu i g Ma o igi ally g ew ou of wo sepa a e eve s o igi ally lau ched i he la e 1980s a d ea ly ‘۹۰s. O e was a Bake Beach i Califo ia; he o he was i he Black Rock Dese i Nevada. They came oge he i 1990, a d i 1991, he eve ook up full eside ce a Black Rock. Tha yea , he e we e 250 pa icipa s. By 1998, pa icipa io umbe s had g ow o 15,000 — a d ha yea , o e of he mos o able c ea io s eve o a ise ou of he eve came o be: The Mu ay o , a pe fo ma ce collec ive ha ’s equal pa s o ches a a d ci cus.

The imeli e ge s a li le hazy he e, bu some ime be wee 1998 a d 2002, Raymo d Pe si, puppe ee a d SFX a is a d a ima o ic c ea o Paul Pis o e, a d Mu ay o all came oge he . The esul i g collabo a io b ough RayRay off he page a d i o h ee-dime sio al space: Sui s we e c ea ed ha could be wo by huma pe fo me s, allowi g RayRay o appea o s age, o s a i hei ow ski s, a d o ge e ally exis i he “ eal wo ld” i a way ha hey had ’ bee able o befo e. I hei home base of Los A geles, hey became ue cul favo i es, beloved fo hei ela abili y. To his day, RayRay is s ill lis ed as a cas membe o he Mu ay o ’s websi e, wi h Pe si a d Pis o e bei g desc ibe as hei mai c ea o , while a ha dful of o he membe s of he collec ive — A o Ye e zia , Julia Yemeli , Ela T i idad, a d S eve Loeb — eceive addi io al c edi fo helpi g o b i g RayRay o life.

RayRay has had va ious o li e homes ove he yea s, i cludi g he domai s RayRayWo ld a d RayRayLa d, he MySpace page RayRayVille, he cha el RayRayTV o va ious video s eami g pla fo ms, a d RayRayVisio o YouTube. RayRayWo ld seems o have bee o e of he ea lies of he bu ch; acco di g o he Wayback Machi e’s a chive of i , he websi e was u de co s uc io i Ap il of 2003 — which would have bee sho ly af e RayRay bega pe fo mi g live — a d ope a io al by Oc obe of ha yea . This domai seems o have falle i disuse some ime a ou d 2010, hough, a d by 2011, RayRayWo ld edi ec ed o RayRayLa d. By 2015, he RayRayLa d domai was o lo ge egis e ed a d does ’ seem o be i ope a io as of his w i i g.

Mea while, videos fea u i g RayRay, as well as videos of Pe si’s o he wo k, appea ed o he YouTube cha el RayRayTV be wee 2006 a d 2018; addi io ally, fo a pe iod be wee 2010 a d 2011, RayRay’s videos lived p ima ily a he YouTube cha el RayRayVisio . O he a RayRayTV cha els ca also be fou d o DailyMo io a d Me aCafe, wi h uploads da i g back o 2007 o 2008 o each. Mo e ece ly, a o he RayRayTV cha el popped up o YouTube, wi h uploads — mos ly epos s f om o he p evious RayRay cha els — havi g bee added i 2018

These o li e homes do, by he way, all seem o ela ed — ha is, I do ’ hi k a y of hem we e jus begu by a dom people hopi g o piggyback off of RayRay’s popula i y; hey’ e p obably official RayRay pages. He e’s why I hi k ha : I 2011, he RayRayLa d websi e — which, you’ll ecall, is whe e he RayRayWo ld websi e eve ually edi ec ed o — was u de co s uc io ; i did, howeve , bo h clea ly ide ify i self as RayRay’s websi e a d li k di ec ly o he RayRayVisio YouTube page a d he RayRayVille MySpace page. RayRay’s bio o he Mu ay o ’s websi e also li ks o he RayRayVille MySpace page, a d, well… if you follow all of hese li ks lo g e ough, you ca co ec all of hem o each o he h ough va ious mea de i g pa hs. This, o me, sugges s ha hey do all ac ually belo g o RayRay’s c ea o s.

Bu he e’s he hi g:

Acco di g o Raymo d Pe si, he did ’ make “Bla k Room Soup.” Nei he he o a y of he o he RayRay pe fo me s a e wea i g he sui s see i he video. A d he has o idea who ac ually did make he video, o why.

The Maki g Of A My h

The video was ’ give he ame “Bla k Room Soup” u il la e o ; ma y, ma y people have uploaded i , a d euploaded i , a d uploaded i agai — ove a d ove a d ove — du i g he i e ve i g yea s si ce i s fi s a ival, wi h hese uploads peggi g he ow-i famous i le o i . A d wi h each upload, he video’s my hology g ew: I was a s uff film, people said; he figu es i he cos umes had kid apped he ma , s a ved him, a d — g uesomely — se ved him soup made f om he emai s of his wife, whom hey had also killed. Tha was why he was c yi g, people said. Tha was why he seemed like he migh be abou o vomi . Tha was why he figu es we e pa i g his back — hey we e o u i g him, ea i g him wi h mock sympa hy as hey fo ced-fed him he ca ibalized emai s of someo e he loved. The video had o igi ally bee fou d o he Deep Web, people said, well k ow o be he mos dep aved co e of he i e e .

This backs o y is, of cou se, u ue. As p eviously o ed, he video’s i le is ’ “Bla k Room Soup”; i ’s “f eaky soup guy,” a d whe i was fi s uploaded by a a o ymous YouTube goi g by he ame e aissa ceme i 2005, he o ly “s o y” i fea u ed i i s desc ip io was he se e ce, “We do ’ k ow wha his is.” The e’s o evide ce ha he video came f om he Deep Web.

Somewha su p isi gly, hough, he e a e ’ a lo of deeply esea ched o epo ed pieces o “Bla k Room Soup” ou he e. The e’s a lo of c eepypas a, su e — bu o ly a small ha dful of people have eally a emp ed o ge o he bo om of he my hology su ou di g he video. YouTube Reig Bo is o e of hem, hough, a d he 2015 i ves iga io is wo h a wa ch. I does ’ explai who made he video o why, bu i does pu he kibosh o some of he wei de umo s abou i .

Al hough Reig Bo o igi ally i e ded o debu k he video, she ul ima ely e ded up o qui e bei g able o do ha , due simply o he fac ha he e is ’ a lo of solid i fo ma io abou i o be fou d. She did ge i ouch wi h Raymo d Pe si himself, hough, fi s by acki g dow a va ie y of his video cha els, he his Tumbl , a d fi ally his email. A d acco di g o he emails she eceived, wo RayRay sui s we e ac ually s ole a some poi i he ea ly-mid 2000s — he wo RayRay sui s ha la e appea ed i “Bla k Room Soup.”

(Eve y hi g i hese emails holds up o sc u i y, by he way; i all li es up wi h eadily available i fo ma io fou d o Mu ay o ’s websi e, RayRay’s official websi es, he RayRay Visio YouTube cha el, IMDb, a d so o .)

Acco di g o Pe si’s emails, he sui s we e s ole af e a pe fo ma ce i a club o Hollywood’s Su se S ip. The club was so i y ha he d essi g oom was jus a old RV pa ked i he alley ou back — a RV which, i u ed ou , did ’ have a lock o he doo a d could he efo e be e e ed by a yo e who happe ed o walk by. A d hey, guess wha ? Af e Pe si a d his c ew we e do e s iki g he s age af e he pe fo ma ce, hey e u ed o he RV o fi d ha he majo i y of hei RayRay gea had bee s ole . They had ece ly had some spa e cos umes made, so he show could co i ue o go i he mea ime — bu Pe si was u de s a dably upse .

The , a couple of weeks la e , Pe si eceived a email wi h a video file a ached o i . “I was he video ha eve yo e is ow calli g ‘Bla k Room Soup,’” Pe si w o e. “The guy i he bib wi h his eyes blacked ou ea i g I do ’ k ow wha ou of a bowl wi h a big spoo a d my cha ac e s s a di g a ou d him!” He pos ed i o YouTube so he could “sha e i wi h his g oup.” I ’s o clea whe he he g oup mea s Mu ay o , he RayRay c ew, o jus Pe si’s f ie ds, bu ho es ly i p obably does ’ eally ma e . The bo om li e is, ha ’s how he video e ded up o YouTube i he fi s place.

This s o y, by he way, also helps solve he mys e y of who e aissa ceme o YouTube is: I ’s p obably Pe si himself. Remembe , he o igi al “f eaky soup guy” upload fea u ed he simple desc ip io , “We do ’ k ow wha his is” — ha is, i ’s exac ly he ki d of desc ip io you’d give o a wei d video s a i g you ow hijacked c ea io s if you wa o sha e i wi h you f ie ds o see wha hey ca make of i . Addi io ally, he es of he co e o he cha el all looks o be Pe si- ela ed — i ’s full of p omos fo episodes of The Simpso s o which Pe si wo ked, sho clips of someo e ide ified as “A o” (who is, I’m su e, Mu ay o ’s A o Ye e zia , aka o e of he folks c edi ed wi h helpi g o b i g RayRay o life), he Squi el Nu Zippe s video Pe si di ec ed, a d so o . They seem o be a wei d a d a dom asso me of clips ha a e difficul o make se se of a fi s —bu you’ve go o bea hei da es i mi d: They’ e all f om he ea ly days of YouTube ( he oldes o e is “f eaky soup guy” f om 2005, while he mos ece o e is da ed 2010), a d as such, eflec he a u e of ea ly YouTube: The cha el eads mo e like a pe so al sc apbook, a he ha he slickly-p oduced elevisio -like jugge au YouTube is ow.

Also, if you s ick he mai e aissa cema la di g page h ough he Wayback Machi e, a cap u e f om 2008 i cludes a li k o a o he MySpace page — a diffe e o e f om RayRayVille. I ’s called RayRay_Space. The e a e images of RayRay i he Pho os sec io . A d he use ame displayed o he page is Raymo d Pe si. Mys e y solved.

Pe si o ed i his emails o Reig Bo ha he cha ac e s i he video he was se “moved a d behaved exac ly he way hey should” — which, give ha he e was ’ much video foo age of hem widely available a he ime, sugges ed ha he people who made he video had see RayRay pe fo m befo e. They migh have bee fa s, eve . Maybe ha ’s wha he video was: A so of fa le e — a way o say, “Look, I ge wha you’ e sayi g; I feel ha way, oo.” If ha ’s he case, he i also e ded up bei g a sus ai ed campaig of fa dom; Pe si w o e o Reig Bo ha he’s bee se ma y mo e clips ove he yea s ha he has ’ uploaded a ywhe e.

He did upload o e o he , hough — a d he la e seemed o y o ack owledge he fac ha his cha ac e s had bee hijacked: Bo h “f eaky soup guy” a d a seco d video called “Soup o u e” we e uploaded o he RayRayTV Me aCafe cha el i 2007 a d he RayRayTV Daily Mo io cha el i 2008. (No e, hough, ha he Daily Mo io videos have bo h si ce bee made p iva e.) O Me aCafe a d Daily Mo io , he desc ip io of he “f eaky soup guy” video eads, “A clip of people who look like us doi g some hi g o someo e ha we would eve do. We p omise,” while ha of “Soup o u e” eads, “Wha ’s happe i g i his clip a d why do hese people look like us!”  

Excelle ques io s — a d, u fo u a ely, o es ha RayRay’s ow c ea o ca ’ a swe .

Why You Go a Go A d Make Thi gs So Complica ed?

I hough a his poi ha I’d mos ly figu ed i ou : Raymo d Pe si had c ea ed RayRay; RayRay had e joyed a heal hy life as a pe fo ma ce a cha ac e fo some ime; du i g ha ime, some of he RayRay cos umes we e s ole by fa s; a d hose fa s subseque ly used he cha ac e o make hei ow videos, possibly as a ibu e o a cha ac e a d a a is hey loved.

Bu he some hi g… complica ed he ma e .

I 2017, YouTube Supe Ho o B o also published a video o “Bla k Room Soup.” The e a e some i accu acies i i — agai , he e’s o evide ce ha he video o igi a ed o he Deep Web, a d i fi s appea ed o YouTube o i 2008, bu h ee yea s ea lie — bu i did poi my a e io owa d a o he pe so who a emp ed o ge o he bo om of he whole hi g: A “ho o heo is ,” as he’s desc ibed by Supe Ho o B o, who goes by he ame Mis e E. Nigma (I see wha you did he e, Nigma).

I ook me a while o fi d Supe Ho o B o’s sou ce; he did ’ li k i i he video’s desc ip io , so loca i g i e ded up bei g a adve u e all o i s ow . I also u s ou ha he sou ce is defu c , oo, so I had o ge c ea ive i o de o fi ally gai access o i . Af e a lo of sea chi g, I dug up a 4cha h ead o he x pa a o mal boa d ha i cluded a li k o he defu c sou ce, which I was he able o access via he Wayback Machi e.

The sou ce u ed ou o be a pos o a fo um u by Nigma (which, agai , does ’ exis a ymo e). The pos , which was o igi ally published i Feb ua y of 2016, is i led “SOLVED: Bla k Room Soup.avi.” I ’s lo g, wi di g, a d of e u clea , so if you eally wa all he mi u e de ails, I’ll se d you ove he e o ead he whole hi g you self — bu he sho ve sio is ha Mis e E. Nigma claimed o have go e i co ac wi h a hacke who says hey we e he pe so who s ole he RayRay sui s. The hacke , Nigma said, se him a email i which hey explai ed hei mo ive fo he hef : I was a big s a eme abou how capi alism co up s a ; i s eali g he sui s, he f eed RayRay — ha is, he f eed he magic of a f om he co up io of capi alism.

I’ll admi ha I’m o su e how much I us Nigma’s a a ive, pa ially because i jus seems oo wei d a d complica ed o be comple ely fac ual. Nigma also claimed he hacke s said hey had spoke o Reig Bo posi g as Pe si — ha is, ha she had ’ ac ually spoke o Pe si himself, bu a he o someo e who had i e cep ed he commu ica io .

Nigma, fo wha i ’s wo h, also seems o o have ac ually spoke o Pe si. He w i es ha he did co ve se wi h he RayRayTV YouTube cha el, which he i i ially hough was ei he Pe si himself o “a ep ese a ive”; howeve , he says he la e fou d he co ac i fo fo a fo me c ew membe of he RayRay eam who he messaged Pe si o Facebook — a d acco di g o his c ew membe via Nigma, Pe si said o o ly ha he did ’ eally use ha YouTube cha el a ymo e, he had also eve hea d of Nigma. A ha poi , Nigma w i es ha Pe si cha ged he passwo d fo he YouTube cha el, ha he c ew membe old him he mus have bee alki g wi h a hacke , a d ha YouTube efused o “pu sue f aud” (by which I assume he mea s YouTube decli ed o i ves iga e). I was a ha poi , says Nigma, ha he hacke emailed him.

The c ew membe did ’ wa o be ide ified, a d he hacke has bee u eachable si ce Ja ua y 2017, acco di g o Nigma’s pos . Eve y hi g i he pos is he efo e co ve ie ly u ve ifiable.

A d agai , ha claim abou he hacke s havi g posed as Pe si o speak o Reig Bo is wei d. He video o ed ha she’d i i ially co ac ed Pe si h ough Tumbl ( o YouTube, as Nigma did), a d as fa as I’m awa e, his Tumbl does, i fac , belo g o Raymo d Pe si. The Tumbl fea u es a lo of behi d- he-sce es s uff abou Pe si’s wo k, i cludi g illus a io s a d s o yboa ds, ha he pos e would ’ have access o u less he ac ually was Pe si; wha ’s mo e, he also commu ica es wi h fa s his way. Af e Reig Bo eached ou o him via Tumbl , Pe si gave he his email add ess — so u less he “hacke ” gai ed access o Pe si’s Tumbl o i e cep ed Reig Bo ’s message, I’m o su e how he swi ch f om Pe si o pose would have be made. The Tumbl does o seem o have bee hacked o va dalized i ece yea s.

The whole hi g, howeve , is s ill… odd. I h ows a w e ch i he wo ks of wha would o he wise be a fai ly ea expla a io fo “Bla k Room Soup.” T ue, we’ve eve lea ed who ac ually made he video, bu a leas we k ow whe e he cha ac e s i i come f om a d how hey came o be u de he pu view of someo e o he ha hei c ea o . The a a ive ha eme ges f om pu i g oge he RayRay’s his o y wi h Reig Bo ’s i ves iga io is sa isfyi g a d believable.

Wi h Nigma’s addi io s, hough? I ’s a lo less idy.

The Ques io s Tha Remai

So: Wha a e we o do wi h all of his?

Some possibili ies:

I ca ’ say fo su e whe he a y of hese expla a io s — o a y of he expla a io s I have ’ hough of — a e ue. I s ill hi k I come dow mos ly o he side of he o igi al a a ive: Tha Pe si c ea ed RayRay; ha he cos umes we e s ole ; a d ha “Bla k Room Soup” was made by he people who s ole he cos umes as a c ea ive so of fa le e . Bu le ’s pe fo m a hough expe ime . Le ’s e e ai he possibili y ha he las bulle poi i my lis of possibili ies could be ue.

Pe si could have c ea ed Bla k Room Soup.

He could have old Reig Bo he did ’ .

He could have old Nigma he did.

He could have claimed o Nigma ha he was speaki g o a hacke , a d ha a hacke had also i e cep ed Reig Bo ’s commu ica io .

I hi k all ha is u likely — agai , i ’s jus … so wei dly complica ed ha I ca ’ imagi e i bei g he mos feasible expla a io — bu i ’s o o ally imp obable.

Fo wha i ’s wo h, Pe si does occasio ally seem o c ea e al e egos a d make comedic YouTube videos s a i g hem fo his f ie ds. Fo example, co side he ha dful of videos s a i g someo e amed “Roy” Pe si has pos ed o his Tumbl . Roy is usually efe ed o as a “f ie d” — i quo a io ma ks — a d… as fa as I ca see… Roy, his b o he T oy, a d he va ious o he people who appea o Roy’s YouTube cha el all seem o be played by Pe si. O a leas , I hi k hey a e — i ’s ha d o ve ify, bu i ce ai ly looks o be he case.

I’m jus … goi g o leave ha he e fo ow.

Bu hey, o ma e wha he ue s o y eally is, a leas i ’s p e y clea by ow ha “Bla k Room Soup” is ’ a s uff film, igh ?

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Bla k Room Soup also k ow as F eaky Soup Guy efe s o a vi al c eepypas a video of a ma wi h a ce so ed face si i g i a emp y oom ea i g chu ky soup a d c yi g as a ma i a masco head ubs his back, followed by a seco d ide ical ma e e i g a d doi g he same. The video uses cos umes of RayRay f om he pe fo ma ce a g oup of he same ame, co sis i g of a ima o Raymo d S. Pe si a d Paul Pis o e. Allegedly, Bla k Room Soup was c ea ed by a u k ow pa y who s ole he cos umes f om RayRay’s aile af e a show a d se i o Pe si i a email. The video’s ee ie vibe a d lack of co ex i spi ed umo s abou i s o igi , i cludi g umo s abou i bei g a s uff film f om he deep web.

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RayRay is a pe fo ma ce a g oup lead by a ima o Raymo d S. Pe si,2 bes k ow fo his a ima io wo k fo Fox o p ojec s i cludi g Felix he Ca , The Simpso s, W eck-I Ralph a d Zoo opia. RayRay is he ame of he masco cha ac e , who is desc ibed as a self- efe e ial cha ac e o he Mu ay o 3 websi e, which hos s RayRay co e . O July 4 h, 2010, he RayRayVisio YouTube cha el, allegedly u by RayRay, uploaded a video i oduci g he cha ac e as bo of a mix of i hibi io , a se se of alie a io , a d a deep-sea ed eed fo e e ai me (show below).

RayRay’s pe fo ma ce a of e defies expla a io a d co sis s of biza e s age pe fo ma ces (example show below, lef ). Pe si has also c ea ed a d pos ed a ima io s abou he cha ac e ove he yea s (example show below, igh ).

Bla k Room Soup

The ea lies available upload of he video was pos ed o YouTube1 by e aissa ceme o Novembe 26 h, 2005 i led f eaky soup guy, gai i g ove 925,000 views i 16 yea s (show below). The video shows a ma wi h a black ba ove his eyes ea i g chu ky soup i dis ess as a ma i a black u le eck wi h a ove sized bla k-exp essio head walks owa d him f om behi d. The masco -cha ac e s a s ubbi g he ma ‘s back, who i u c ies a d ea s he soup i fu he dis ess. A seco d ide ical masco cha ac e comes i sho ly af e a d also ubs he ma ‘s back as if comfo i g him. The video e ds ab up ly. I is u k ow if his is he o igi al upload.

Acco di g o a Oc obe 16 h, 2015 video by YouTube Reig Bo (show below) i ves iga i g Bla k Room Soup, Reig Bo messaged Pe si h ough Tumbl o fi d ou he o igi s of he video. I he espo se, Pe si gives some backs o y i o RayRay a d desc ibes how mos of he RayRay p ops, i cludi g he cos umes, we e s ole f om hei RV af e pe fo mi g a The Key Club o he Su se S ip. Pe si he says he eceived a email co ai i g wha ‘s ow k ow as Bla k Room Soup. He was also li ked o a YouTube4 cha el amed Ada a ha fea u es Bla k Room Soup as he p ofile pic u e bu has o cu e uploads. He also me io s ha he e a e mo e videos ha he o e.

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The video has bee discussed, explai ed a d heo ized o by ume ous si es a d i flue ce s, i cludi g blog The Ghos I My Machi e5 a d F eak Lo e.6 I has bee euploaded ac oss he web ume ous imes. The e a e a umbe of sequel videos o Bla k Room Soup, i cludi g o e showi g RayRay wi h a kid apped ma (age es ic ed).9 Clips of each ca be see below.

The video has i spi ed ume ous memes, i cludi g ed aws, ove he spa of he 2010s. O Ju e 17 h, 2021, a F iday Nigh Fu ki ‘ ed aw was pos ed o F idayNigh Fu ki ,7 gai i g ove 790 upvo es i six mo hs (show below, lef ). O July 22 d, a Mad ess Comba ve sio was uploaded o mad esscomba ,8 gai i g ove 1,300 upvo es i five mo hs (show below, igh ).

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