This One's Gonna Fly

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as partially (un)solved.

Image of stuffed bear commonly associated with Above The Clouds.

Above The Clouds was a lostwave hoax, fabricated by kerlo on WatZatSong.

History

Above The Clouds was uploaded to WatZatSong on December 11, 2023. The OP of the song, Kerlo, claimed that the song came from a pirated Mr Peabody and Sherman DVD found in a blue pouch, estimating it to be dated 2014 or 2015. Kerlo would then upload a video of the DVD startup screen to his YouTube.

Many people who listened to the lostwave described it as “scary” or “ominous”.

One YouTube comment said that “the loudness of the guitar and overall stock feel of the song fills me to the brim with dread and primal fear … God my fear of this song has gotten so bad I just can’t bear to listen to it and have to mute the volume”.

An initial theory was that Paula Toledo was the same artist behind Above The Clouds.

After reviewing, Reddit user u/matty36749 concluded that the DVD menu was created with DVD styler.

Redditors also speculated that the song was irregularly pitched.

Discovery

On January 29, 2024, aholyman uploaded a snippet of the song on WatZatSong, then uploaded the entire song onto Vocaroo. Within 3 hours, the song was identified as “This One’s Gonna Fly” by Templeton Thompson.

On February 23, 2024, the sample was confirmed to be a hoax after a Redditor found that Kerlo had listened to Templeton Thompson just days before uploading the snippet. Kerlo confirmed this.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I lit the fuse on a love or two

That never left the ground

Started with a spark and then just fizzled out

We got enough of the right stuff

To rise above the clouds

So hold on tight ‘cause the way it’s looking now...

[Chorus]

This one's gonna fly high, I know it

Baby where we're going

The laws of gravity don't apply

This one's gonna fly like an eagle

Baby you and me will

Get to find out how it feels to touch the sky

This one's gonna fly, oh yeah

[Verse 2]

Wood and strings and patchwork wings

Sure didn't look like much

Sittin' in a field in the Carolina mud

Yeah, and we got doubters' feet on the ground

They're sayin' it can't be done

They're laughin' now but won't they all be stunned

[Chorus]

Cause this one's gonna fly high, I know it

Baby where we're going

The laws of gravity don't apply

This one's gonna fly like an eagle

Baby you and me will

Get to find out how it feels to touch the sky

This one's gonna fly, high, high

Oh, yeah

This one's gonna fly

[Outro]

This one's gonna fly like an eagle

Baby you and me will

Get to find out how it feels to touch the sky

This one's gonna fly like a rocket

Nothing's gonna stop it

Just sit back, buckle up

Enjoy the ride, 'cause this one's gonna fly (fly)

Oh yeah (fly)

This one's gonna fly (fly)

Yeah, this one's gonna fly (fly)

Fly

External links

https://youtu.be/_dqjH5uVZtE (q’s upload)

https://www.reddit.com/r/abovethecloudz/comments/1ay96jw/above_the_clouds_is_a_hoax/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button (hoax confirmation)

https://youtu.be/GYx2GjJrd80 (ShaiiValley documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP43S-KAbGw (Original snippet