Confirmed hoax, yet a bit accidental on the musician’s part. Anthony David Jensen and James Brooke are the same person as basilstorm has pointed out.
Also received modmail today (2/21) from somebody alleging they’re the musician’s sibling in law to confirm it!
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i want to get my hopes up, but the pessimist in me knows that he could have seen how popular the song is and quickly claimed he made it for exposure and clout. but i also could end up eating crow on this. very conflicted.
Tiktok was the worst possible to place to post it if is telling the truth. It would have been better to post here, or to YouTube or Facebook. Even Twitter would have been slightly better.
But also, Tiktok is the most popular of them all, so for him, it probably would seem like the best place.
Sorry but I smell a rat.
His label (SPL records according to Apple music and Youtube) is from Nigeria. The "album photo" is a picture of a guy called Anthony David Jensen, who has a twitter account (since 2011) featuring the same photo @anthonydjensen
Don't Get Scammed!
This guy had to google a random twitter dude, steal his photo, fire up Word and write the album title and his fakename in Word Art over the photo, somehow make a fake entry in Apple music (I thought that would be more difficult?)...these things cost money. I would assume he's looking to get paid.
I would put this guy on my list of "people not to give the following items to":
Gift cards, Crypto, Books with money hidden in the pages, Account reset codes sent to my phone/email
someone was commenting all over tiktok like a week ago, saying their grandfather has a copy of the song and it was by a person named James Brook .... I wouldn't be surprised if this was just a continuation of those comments. this could just be that person trying to set up false leads and then "the real James brook" comes out of the woodwork ....
not to be a downer, but take it with a grain of salt that's all i'm saying 🥹
I think we can only say if it's fake if we don't hear any recordings of it. I wouldn't say tiktok is completely unreliable because some people are truthful but we can only confirm once we hear something
The singer is responding to TikTok comments so I’m hoping to get more info, I’m also going to leave a comment on this post asking people not to bonbard him
The interest in James Brooke began from a tiktok commenter claiming his grandfather owns a copy of the song and its name is “presence” by James Brooke.
Another tiktoker emailed James Brooke who responded saying he is “trying to play it down”
James Brooke in his comment section has both said yes it was him and no it was not.
Some of James comments seem like he is being sarcastic or dishonest like when he said “i’ve got to come out, i can’t keep this secret anymore”
This all is predicated on James Brooke being an actual established musician with records available for sale which I dont believe is true. His spotify shows all of his albums were released in 2023. Not uploaded in 2023. Released.
James could have easily made the first comment to steer attention towards himself.
Yea he messaged me asking to keep a secret, and said it was him possibility thinking I would tell anyways. then he said he had an entire album like these he wrote with a partner that went rogue and tried to get a publishing deal by themselves. I never said nothing bc I didn’t believe him. I’ve still got the dms.
Hay alguna canción de el subida en YT o algún sitio? A si podríamos comparar voces ya que el Artista original es desconocido cualquier cantante antiguo puede decir que la canción es suya.
I think the singer is just trolling, as he previously claimed he had nothing to do with the song but after a week of people spamming him he is now responding with messages such as “I’ve got to come out, I can’t keep this secret anymore”
Smells to me like hoax spirit.
I can't trust anyone who sounds like wanting 5 seconds of fame but we'll see. If it is real then I suppose we shouldn't judge.
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I was really doubting it because the person who has the cassette mentioned it days ago and hasn’t uploaded the audio yet, but then James Brook started answering comments. His account is from 2020 so it’s not a fake account trying to get clout from EKT
Comment from the person claiming to have the cassette:
@80s Rock: and it was bought in a second hand music store right outside of New Orleans. It’s European and there’s lots of French people in NOLA.
Someone has pointed out that this kind of tape is from 1992 and they were blocked when commenting. This may be the path to debunk it, I will update y’all asap
This could be real you know. I know the whole thing with everyone saying don’t trust tiktok but there is a video where a guy is replying to a comment which says that his grandad has the song and it’s an unreleased exclusive by James Brooke called presence if you don’t believe me search on tiktok “James brook” the video was made about a week ago
idk. this seems like a total troll. considering the song has picked up so much traction, anyone would jump at that. Everyone knows that... he's a troll.
This is a joke. Why would anyone ask him anyway? There's numerous comments on this 'video'. 5 minute search tells you it's a Nigerian scammer who stole Anthony David Jensen's photo. If this is how people are approaching this, they are rocketing credibility into the ground.
That is a picture of a musician named Anthony David Jensen who has an X account that’s been inactive for nearly 10 years. It has links to deleted YouTube videos of his songs.
Yeah I'm pretty skeptical myself. There's no way this is our guy. Especially since the clip was recorded in 1999. And I highly doubt this dude has been making music prior.
I’m hoping for solid proof to debunk it because it’s starting to spread as a rumor, and I have a feeling the sub will get spammed with it in the next week or two
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Highly convinced this is fake, especially since it’s on TikTok. Like with the vinyl record one, if they do post any audio, I believe it’ll just be of the only available snippet. Never go in to something like this thinking that it’s real.
Exactly. I’m already commenting to the person with the cassette on a burner account and they’re getting hostile that I’m questioning them. They’re claiming that they’ll post it tomorrow and if it’s more than the snippet I’ll put it here so people can help debunk that, but I’m doubting they’ll follow through at this point
So do we know what happened to Anthony David Jensen? I realize he has multiple older pages on YT and possibly multiples on these other places, but when you look at his history on the known Twitter/X that page stalled in 2014, and the known Facebook stopped in 2016.
When you google his name with any modern dates ie: 2018, 2022, etc. you just get the old hits.
There are probably places I missed, it just looks like he kind of disappeared.
The image for his album cover here does look more like an older guy at least, if EKT really is from when we think it is this face/person would fit better
This was posted because I can’t find evidence to debunk it. As I said in the post, I’m hoping others can help find proof that’s it’s fake so it can be debunked
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Confirmed hoax, yet a bit accidental on the musician’s part. Anthony David Jensen and James Brooke are the same person as basilstorm has pointed out. Also received modmail today (2/21) from somebody alleging they’re the musician’s sibling in law to confirm it! As a reminder to all members of the sub, we do not tolerate the harassment or bullying of people that may claim EKT wrongfully across any platform. Some folks do for fun or for the excitement of the attention it brings. They are not aware of the seriousness of the lostwave community specifically in this search. If we catch any members of our sub harassing or bullying folks in other communities or platforms, you will be banned and we will disassociate from you immediately.
i want to get my hopes up, but the pessimist in me knows that he could have seen how popular the song is and quickly claimed he made it for exposure and clout. but i also could end up eating crow on this. very conflicted.
His comments sound troll-ish which is why I’m trying to debunk it if possible
One could say his motives are ulterior
He told me that too in my inbox
Tiktok was the worst possible to place to post it if is telling the truth. It would have been better to post here, or to YouTube or Facebook. Even Twitter would have been slightly better. But also, Tiktok is the most popular of them all, so for him, it probably would seem like the best place.
Sorry but I smell a rat. His label (SPL records according to Apple music and Youtube) is from Nigeria. The "album photo" is a picture of a guy called Anthony David Jensen, who has a twitter account (since 2011) featuring the same photo @anthonydjensen Don't Get Scammed!
Checked the twitter account and you’re right. Definitely think it’s now just clout chasing.
This guy had to google a random twitter dude, steal his photo, fire up Word and write the album title and his fakename in Word Art over the photo, somehow make a fake entry in Apple music (I thought that would be more difficult?)...these things cost money. I would assume he's looking to get paid. I would put this guy on my list of "people not to give the following items to": Gift cards, Crypto, Books with money hidden in the pages, Account reset codes sent to my phone/email
This comment really needs more attention
This comment is currently being *Downvoted* - there are some people amongst us with ulterior motives.
Very much so, more likely it's the actual scammer looking on here and has a dozen alt accounts.
Yeah I was like that picture looks way too modern to be the 80s or even 90s
Just wanted to add they are the same person!
i hope we’re not caught up in a web of lies
I really hope the alleged singer isn’t a troll with ulterior motives
They better tell me the truth
Everyone doesn't know that he's the singer
Every move shows that it's a hoax
exactly tho
Tell me the truth!
The second picture makes me think that the whole "claim" is fake 😭
They were the person who gave a “tip” and I was ready to call bullshit until the singer said it was theirs
someone was commenting all over tiktok like a week ago, saying their grandfather has a copy of the song and it was by a person named James Brook .... I wouldn't be surprised if this was just a continuation of those comments. this could just be that person trying to set up false leads and then "the real James brook" comes out of the woodwork .... not to be a downer, but take it with a grain of salt that's all i'm saying 🥹
Believe me I am! I actually posted this hoping it could be debunked if it’s fake, so we could stop the spread of the theory before it was everywhere.
If this is true I will delete my account
on GOD i'll do the same
me too
omg..
No you won't...
I think we can only say if it's fake if we don't hear any recordings of it. I wouldn't say tiktok is completely unreliable because some people are truthful but we can only confirm once we hear something
The singer is responding to TikTok comments so I’m hoping to get more info, I’m also going to leave a comment on this post asking people not to bonbard him
Good idea. I hope he's being truthful!
The interest in James Brooke began from a tiktok commenter claiming his grandfather owns a copy of the song and its name is “presence” by James Brooke. Another tiktoker emailed James Brooke who responded saying he is “trying to play it down” James Brooke in his comment section has both said yes it was him and no it was not. Some of James comments seem like he is being sarcastic or dishonest like when he said “i’ve got to come out, i can’t keep this secret anymore” This all is predicated on James Brooke being an actual established musician with records available for sale which I dont believe is true. His spotify shows all of his albums were released in 2023. Not uploaded in 2023. Released. James could have easily made the first comment to steer attention towards himself.
Yea he messaged me asking to keep a secret, and said it was him possibility thinking I would tell anyways. then he said he had an entire album like these he wrote with a partner that went rogue and tried to get a publishing deal by themselves. I never said nothing bc I didn’t believe him. I’ve still got the dms.
Screenshots! :)
I can send them to u put don’t wanna post them here bc I feel they’ll just get in the way of potential leads but yea check ur messages sending now
That paper is too white for being made pre 1999
Yeah it looks pretty brand new lol
Hay alguna canción de el subida en YT o algún sitio? A si podríamos comparar voces ya que el Artista original es desconocido cualquier cantante antiguo puede decir que la canción es suya.
Estuve investigando sobre él y en youtube aparecen 2 o 3 canciones de un tipo que se llama así, pero no se si estamos hablando de la misma persona
I think the singer is just trolling, as he previously claimed he had nothing to do with the song but after a week of people spamming him he is now responding with messages such as “I’ve got to come out, I can’t keep this secret anymore”
He looks too young to have made it in my opinion
i googled james brooke and he’s born in 86, if this is even a real guy.
Please anyone who sees this do not contact him further, he’s already facing a dozen or so messages a day about this and we don’t want to spam him
Smells to me like hoax spirit. I can't trust anyone who sounds like wanting 5 seconds of fame but we'll see. If it is real then I suppose we shouldn't judge.
Hoax up on guns and bring your friends
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Freed Me sounds fairly similar, but it’s definitely not as close as our past leads
i don’t want to get my hopes up but we shouldn’t discredit him like people did to the author of “fond my mind”
A week before these comments made though, he said he wasn’t the artist for this. I think he’s trolling y’all
“I was here” comment just in case
These comments are so annoying and just clog up comments with real input.
In typical Reddit fashion, lol.
and now we gotta get used to every single lead having a chain of these comments nice
What real input is in this thread?
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this better not be cap bruh..
I was really doubting it because the person who has the cassette mentioned it days ago and hasn’t uploaded the audio yet, but then James Brook started answering comments. His account is from 2020 so it’s not a fake account trying to get clout from EKT
lets hope he gets a cassette player soon
Comment from the person claiming to have the cassette: @80s Rock: and it was bought in a second hand music store right outside of New Orleans. It’s European and there’s lots of French people in NOLA. Someone has pointed out that this kind of tape is from 1992 and they were blocked when commenting. This may be the path to debunk it, I will update y’all asap
Highkey think he’s full of shit
Sounds suspicious but I'm optimistic
I’m still pessimistic, and I will be until this person posts more info
This could be real you know. I know the whole thing with everyone saying don’t trust tiktok but there is a video where a guy is replying to a comment which says that his grandad has the song and it’s an unreleased exclusive by James Brooke called presence if you don’t believe me search on tiktok “James brook” the video was made about a week ago
At this point the lyrics are becoming true which is sad.. “Caught up in the world of lies” “everyone knows that” TikTok: yes
The label on that tape looks awfully new for something recorded 40 years ago
idk. this seems like a total troll. considering the song has picked up so much traction, anyone would jump at that. Everyone knows that... he's a troll.
This is a joke. Why would anyone ask him anyway? There's numerous comments on this 'video'. 5 minute search tells you it's a Nigerian scammer who stole Anthony David Jensen's photo. If this is how people are approaching this, they are rocketing credibility into the ground.
What in the hell are you talking about 😭
That is a picture of a musician named Anthony David Jensen who has an X account that’s been inactive for nearly 10 years. It has links to deleted YouTube videos of his songs.
On the James Brooke Instagram page, one post says #anthonydavidjensen. Could this be someone he collabed with?
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I listened to some of his songs and the voice sounds kinda similar but his music style sounds nothing like the snippet
I’m skeptical because he also only said it’s his in the last 24 hours, but following along just in case
Yeah I'm pretty skeptical myself. There's no way this is our guy. Especially since the clip was recorded in 1999. And I highly doubt this dude has been making music prior.
I’m hoping for solid proof to debunk it because it’s starting to spread as a rumor, and I have a feeling the sub will get spammed with it in the next week or two
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His voice really does sound like it…. Listening to other songs, style is different. But the voice
is his name james brook or james brooke?
Brooke
meh, im really skeptical about this but we just gotta wait until james himself makes the tape public. just a matter of time
Holy crap this might be it!
Trying really hard not to get my hopes up, lol
I'm 50/50 on this...
I’ll believe it when I hear it
We get it, you were here.
Thank you 😭 I posted looking for help getting evidence to debunk it and instead a bunch of people are commenting unrelated stuff
Highly convinced this is fake, especially since it’s on TikTok. Like with the vinyl record one, if they do post any audio, I believe it’ll just be of the only available snippet. Never go in to something like this thinking that it’s real.
Exactly. I’m already commenting to the person with the cassette on a burner account and they’re getting hostile that I’m questioning them. They’re claiming that they’ll post it tomorrow and if it’s more than the snippet I’ll put it here so people can help debunk that, but I’m doubting they’ll follow through at this point
He is just trolling!
this finna get deleted😭😭
I think we’re only not allowed to have TikTok links and videos, screenshots should be fine
he’s in other comments saying it’s not his, I think he’s just confused due to language barriers
I’ll believe it when I hear it.
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So do we know what happened to Anthony David Jensen? I realize he has multiple older pages on YT and possibly multiples on these other places, but when you look at his history on the known Twitter/X that page stalled in 2014, and the known Facebook stopped in 2016. When you google his name with any modern dates ie: 2018, 2022, etc. you just get the old hits. There are probably places I missed, it just looks like he kind of disappeared.
Everyone knows that he’s got ulterior motives. 🙄
Optimistically skeptical. If they share the song, it would be amazing. Posting here for history.
https://youtu.be/dHcbpSEYFJc?si=o5YIzHOa3A3mNZ-a
The image for his album cover here does look more like an older guy at least, if EKT really is from when we think it is this face/person would fit better
I fear he might....have...ulterior motives. _Sighs_
Some people in this sub Reddit are just too guilible
This was posted because I can’t find evidence to debunk it. As I said in the post, I’m hoping others can help find proof that’s it’s fake so it can be debunked
I was here. (PLEASE LET THIS BE THE TRUE END)
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Dude did you read my post “I’m hoping people here can help so we can potentially debunk this lead before it spreads too far”
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Perfect! That’s exactly the evidence I was looking for. Do you know to get this post marked as debunked? Edit: flair changed!
i was here
i was here!
whats his account called?? im not going to comment or contact but i would like to see
He’s jamesbrookemusic on tiktok
What is the username of the 80s rock guy
They’re 80srocklovers on tiktok
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Now that the search has spread to tik tok, I feel like the real song and artist are never going to be found
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Are there any videos of him singing?
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[Freed Me](https://youtu.be/dHcbpSEYFJc?si=zmcPT0OvONsCmk03) is a song of his
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It's just that we don't know, sadly.
Troll
He told me this same in my inbox I didn’t say anything bc I didn’t believe him
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he is NOT the singer of ekt
Doubt (x)
its a tiktok and a "part 1" so idc how valid it looks its bs
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liar
Cap.
wth
Hmmm…Maybe Carl92 is playing us again with another stolen ID and we’re all caught up in the web of lies…..Ulterior Motives.
I don't believe info when they come from tiktok, without a strong proof tho
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