DOCUMENT ID: XCP.0810.25.BLK
CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY // DECLASSIFIED (PARTIAL)
PROJECT: Social Contagion Division
SUBJECT: Analysis of Memetic Phenomenon "BLACK"
Foreword: Our initial objective was to study the group dynamics of a self-isolating subculture, designated by its primary aesthetic signifier: "BLACK." We believed we were observing them. We were wrong. They were transmitting.
The enclosed audio files are not music. They are recordings of a memetic contagion, a sonic signature that replicates the subculture's worldview. It has an uncanny ability to resonate with those outside the initial group, creating a paradoxical attraction to what they perceive as odd or strange.
The Singularity Edit: This captures the moment of individualization. It is the sound of a single person choosing to step away from the norm, becoming a point of origin for their own world. It is raw and defiant.
The Event Horizon Edit: This recording documents the social boundary. Here, the phenomenon reveals its most potent quality: its gravitational pull on outsiders. Observers report feelings of intense curiosity and a secret desire to cross the line and join the subjects. [Further analysis is redacted. Several members of our research team have adopted the subjects' mode of dress and are now under quarantine].
The Absolute Zero Rendition: This stabilization translates the coldness of public perception into a strength. It is the sound of defiant elegance and beautiful isolation. It embraces the "strange" label and turns it into a shield of untouchable cool.
Conclusion: We sought to analyze their separation, but we only proved our own desire to belong. This data is now public. Listen at your own risk. We are all observers, until the moment we realize we want in.
End Transmission.
Source of original artifact here: https://youtu.be/TTb2etpUilg
Rise and partake in the Communion After Dark and pay homage to their dominion.