Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In 2019, someone on 4chan wrote one paragraph about a yellow room and accidentally invented one of the internet's most enduring creepypastas. In 2026, it became an A24 film directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons (Did you know he's 20 years old?). This is the full history of The Backrooms, the liminal space that broke the internet, the anonymous author who wrote it at 3am, the Wisconsin RC car track at the center of it all, and the memes that came out the other side.
▶ FRANKIE FEY
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0:00 - What Are Liminal Spaces?
1:10 - The Backrooms Photo (2018)
2:06 - The Copypasta That Started Everything
3:18 - The Backrooms Goes Viral
4:01 - Games, SCP, and Fan Lore
4:16 - The Backrooms Dreams Phenomenon
5:02 - The Memes
6:04 - They Actually Found It
7:07 - The Backrooms Movie
7:39 - Kane Parsons' Found Footage Series
9:19 - The "He's Only 20" Memes
10:18 - The "I Am an Architect" Meme
12:23 - What the Movie Tells Us
13:28 - Who Actually Wrote the Copypasta?
14:22 - What's Next
Sources:
The Backrooms
knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms
Original 4chan Thread (April 2018)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/20663805
Original 4chan Copypasta Thread (May 2019)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/22661164
Lore-Building Thread (May 2019)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/22672919
Liminal Spaces
knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/liminal-spaces-images-with-elegiac-auras-dreamcore
Crystal Mall Dreams
knowyourmeme.com/memes/mall-world-dreams
The Backrooms Found Footage Series (YouTube)
youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo
Kane Parsons "He Is 20 Years Old"
knowyourmeme.com/memes/kane-parsons-he-is-20-years-old
Black August Origin Story (Medium)
medium.com/@thebackrooms.online/the-backrooms-origin-story-of-black-august-20a39ae6a260
Real Backrooms Location Found (Reddit)
reddit.com/r/backrooms/comments/1d3olme/backrooms_level_1_original_location_found_not_my
Original Backrooms Location (Web Archive)
web.archive.org/web/20030503094137/https://www.hobbytownoshkosh.com:80/revolution%20raceway,%20020903.htm
Backrooms Official Trailer (A24)
youtube.com/watch?v=wek9dIw2uVM
#thebackrooms #backrooms #memes
In 2019, someone on 4chan wrote one paragraph about a yellow room and accidentally invented one of the internet's most enduring creepypastas. In 2026, it became an A24 film directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons (Did you know he's 20 years old?). This is the full history of The Backrooms, the liminal space that broke the internet, the anonymous author who wrote it at 3am, the Wisconsin RC car track at the center of it all, and the memes that came out the other side.
▶ FRANKIE FEY
YouTube: youtube.com/@FrankieFey
Instagram: instagram.com/frankie.fey
TikTok: tiktok.com/@frankie.fey
X / Twitter: https://x.com/frankiefey
Subscribe to our channel youtube.com/channel/UCbrPqq29C9Q_TQP7OFFRzcw?sub_confirmation=1
0:00 - What Are Liminal Spaces?
1:10 - The Backrooms Photo (2018)
2:06 - The Copypasta That Started Everything
3:18 - The Backrooms Goes Viral
4:01 - Games, SCP, and Fan Lore
4:16 - The Backrooms Dreams Phenomenon
5:02 - The Memes
6:04 - They Actually Found It
7:07 - The Backrooms Movie
7:39 - Kane Parsons' Found Footage Series
9:19 - The "He's Only 20" Memes
10:18 - The "I Am an Architect" Meme
12:23 - What the Movie Tells Us
13:28 - Who Actually Wrote the Copypasta?
14:22 - What's Next
Sources:
The Backrooms
knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms
Original 4chan Thread (April 2018)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/20663805
Original 4chan Copypasta Thread (May 2019)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/22661164
Lore-Building Thread (May 2019)
archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/22672919
Liminal Spaces
knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/liminal-spaces-images-with-elegiac-auras-dreamcore
Crystal Mall Dreams
knowyourmeme.com/memes/mall-world-dreams
The Backrooms Found Footage Series (YouTube)
youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo
Kane Parsons "He Is 20 Years Old"
knowyourmeme.com/memes/kane-parsons-he-is-20-years-old
Black August Origin Story (Medium)
medium.com/@thebackrooms.online/the-backrooms-origin-story-of-black-august-20a39ae6a260
Real Backrooms Location Found (Reddit)
reddit.com/r/backrooms/comments/1d3olme/backrooms_level_1_original_location_found_not_my
Original Backrooms Location (Web Archive)
web.archive.org/web/20030503094137/https://www.hobbytownoshkosh.com:80/revolution%20raceway,%20020903.htm
Backrooms Official Trailer (A24)
youtube.com/watch?v=wek9dIw2uVM
#thebackrooms #backrooms #memes
