The Last DEMA Updates: A Summary
So heres the post I promised. Sorry it took so long, but hopefully itâll cover everything else on the DEMA website before tøpâs official return.Â
When the DEMA website first went up, they were updating it periodically over the course of a couple months with cryptic information and letters from their new character, Clancy. I made posts about these updates when they were less frequent. In this post iâm going to pick up where I left off, staring with this photo:
This photo shows 21 people standing at the top of a cliff, looking down at the camera. At the time of the release it was speculated that these were people outside of dema. We now know that these are actually edited screenshots of the Jumpsuit video, where these people outside of the Trench are looking down on Tyler, who is still in the Trench. Also, the figure 8th from the left is Josh and itâs speculated that the figure to the right of him (the one turned away from the camera) is Jenna.Â
The next update was this gif of a vulture:
At the time this was posted, not much sense was made of it other than the connection to a previous update with photos of vultures. However, now we know that vultures will be playing an important thematic role in the new album, with them even going as far as to put a vulture on the new album cover. Also, itâs speculated that the eye opening back up is that of a vulture (Iâll discuss that more in a different post).
The second update in that 24 hour period was this letter from Clancy:
In brief, it expresses Clancyâs desire to escape while also giving us some more information as to how the residents of Dema got there and are being controlled.Â
The next update, although less exciting, also contained some important information.Â
This photo is titled â_o__ut_â, which I believe means that itâs a photo taken by Clancy of his first look outside of Dema. The horizontal dark bar at the bottom looks like a wall that the viewer is looking over, showing mountains in the background (similar to those seen in the Jumpsuit video).
Next was another letter from Clancy, this time titled â_he_a_vy_â
This briefly chronicles Clancyâs plan escape from Dema. However, the use of the word âweâ implies that Clancy is alone. He also mentions waiting for the torches, which makes sense seeing the next update:
I believe that this GIF of people carrying torches through what appears to be an underground tunnel acts as confirmation that Clancy has escaped Dema as he planned to.Â
This is further confirmed by this last letter by Clancy, stating that he has successfully escaped:
In summary, this note is reflecting on his escape as well as thoughts of the future and life in general. It ends with the words âCover Me!â, which we now know is part of the chorus to jumpsuit.Â
The final update to the Dema website was this photo here:
As the photo is inverted, itâs hard to make out what it shows, but flipping it back to normal shows a body lying in a river:
Immediately it was pointed out that the figure looks like Tyler wearing some sort of mask, like his death drops in the blurryface era. (Example:)
It was assumed that Clancy had died while escaping Dema. However, with the release of the Jumpsuit video soon after, it was shown that he was simply lying in the river as if he had woken up there. An interesting connection as well is this post from Jenna on instagram, which says that in Iceland (where the video was filmed), water is cherished and protected, which may explain why he as laying in it.Â
Since this final update, the Dema website has not been updated, and I donât suspect it will be.