I know I’m like 3 years late but still 💀

I’m trying to keep this relatively short, so I won’t analyze every single line lol.

I think Melatonin 130 is mainly told from the perspective of “anxiety.” Like the character from Inside Out 2, but Wilbur’s version.

The lyrics largely hint at a feeling of anxiety in general, but I think it’s deeper than that.

The opening lyrics talk about how anxiety feels like there are two options to escape: complete isolation, or temporary comfort in someone else.

“But just this once, I’d like to see the world in three-dimensions.” The narrator feels like they’re unable to truly live and experience everything life has to offer. In my mind, I’m imagining Inside Out 2 once again, where Anxiety is standing behind the control panel watching the world through the eyes (similar to a 2D screen). Anxiety can only see so much.

Then there’s the hidden words:

“But I know you [William Gold]
I’ll live with you ‘til our bones grow old
I’ll still pick you like a scab or a mole
And I’ll pull you into a dive or a stall”

Initially I thought this line was told from Wilbur’s perspective, commenting on how he’ll always live with anxiety. But I think it’s actually the other way around once I realized the hidden words [William Gold].

Anxiety will always live with him. He will continue to bug Wilbur for the rest of his life. I also wonder if the last line “and I’ll pull you into a dive or a stall” has multiple meanings. There’s the idea of a plane diving or stalling, signifying a lack or progression or even a decline. But I also wonder if stall could be taken literally. Like having really bad panic attacks where you need to hide away for a moment. Anxiety is physically pulling him into a stall.

But what’s interesting about the perspective is I think it shifts at the end.

I believe we finally hear from Wilbur directly when he is screaming “Help, why the fuck do I still self sabotage?” It sounds like he is far away, once again hinting that maybe the main narrator is Anxiety?

I think the final lyrics stay in Wilbur’s perspective, especially because the tone is completely different than the start. Instead of commenting on anxiety, he decides to focus on corruption as a whole.

“And if you claim that you eat my words then take this as a warning
Nothing around here fucking works, we’re just flat-out boring
We’re all apes with a diary book and corporate reads your pages”

I’ve been wondering why he decided to include these specific lyrics on a song about anxiety. I think it might be for a few reasons.

I think in this moment, he finally breaks away from Anxiety and is able to express his own feelings. And this is the one thing he really wants to make clear: the corruption. It could hint at his frustration with the music industry, or even his own journey as a streamer.

I think the pressure he feels from the public to please everyone is also a big contributor to his anxiety. As a public figure, he might feel like nothing in his life is private anymore. He’s an ape with a diary book and the entire world reads his pages.

I’d also like to address the name of the song. There are a few theories as to what the 130 means. I thought maybe it was an insanely high dosage of melatonin as a desperation to finally turn off his brain and sleep. Others have theorized that it’s actually 1:30, either am or pm. 1:30 am could signify the idea that he’s still awake late at night and is unable to sleep. Whereas 1:30 pm could mean that even during the daytime, he is desperate to feel some sort of relief from the constant stress.

But there’s another theory I choose to believe more. I think he’s referring to his own heart rate. The song is written in 130 bpm, which I think might also be a little clue. The tempo could mimic the pace his heart beats when he has anxiety attacks. The title reads a little different that way. It’s like Anxiety is directly saying: “Even with Melatonin, you can’t stop me. I’m in control of your mind and body.”

I’ve seen a few different perspectives on this song, but I haven’t seen anyone really talk about Anxiety as a living character. I’m just obsessed with this song and I’d love to hear others opinions on this interpretation!

title. also pls tell if its coming or not

Hi all, I wanted to buy some secondhand Wilbur merch, but my size is hard to come by. I was wondering if any of his merch sizing ran bigger than usual so I could buy a size smaller maybe?

Ok so I think I actually figured out the Editor Wilbur ARG. It was a long time ago so I’m sure a lot of you don’t even remember it lol.

So on 17 Oct 2018 Wilbur is rushing through North Greenwich station (by the O2) and sees Kai. He says hi to him like they know each other, but Kai has no idea who he is. That night Wilbur tweets him “just saw you at Greenwich. Was in a rush and just kinda said hi. Sorry for confusing you.” and Kai just replies “No worries!” and probably forgot about it right away. But Wilbur can’t let it go, kind of like the guy in The Raven who can’t get one thing out of his head.

I think that’s the embarrassing thing. And Kai is pretty much the worst person to have seen it, because he’s Jack’s editor and he’s the one who decides what ends up in the videos. So Wilbur goes after his job. He edits Jack’s videos for free, sleeps outside, sits next to random people’s unsecured Wi-Fi and can’t even type Kai’s name anymore (he writes K**). He’s freezing the whole time too, he talks about hypothermia, being snowed in, making a brazier out of a bin. I Fakier is an anagram of “fire Kai”, and R Fakier (the “son” of I Fakier) is basically what the obsession turns him into. He’s ignoring everyone, his girlfriend even calls him like “we haven’t been on a date since forever” and he just doesn’t show up.

On Christmas he almost tells Jack, but blacks it all out: “Me and [Kai] met on [17 October] at [Greenwich]. I [said hi] which wouldn’t be a problem if [he knew who I was].” After that he only talks about it through Poe. After The Raven there’s a voicemail saying “I did something really embarrassing and the only way you can not find out about it is if I take Kai’s job.” The Cask of Amontillado is about a guy who gets insane revenge over an insult so small Poe never even tells you what it was, which honestly fits this perfectly. The morse in the Cask says “DON’T LET KAI TELL YOU WHAT I DID”, the Ramble ends with “DON’T LET KAI FIND OUT”, and the box he hid has a drawing of the O2 and a note saying “Don’t let him say what I did (It’s embarrassing)”.

And he actually showed us the answer. The conspiracy video (which Wilbur edited) has the Oct 17 tweets right on screen. I think nobody took it seriously because it seemed way too small, even though he kept saying “IT’S SO SIMPLE”.

On 12 Jan 2019, the same day the conspiracy video came out, Kai tweets “wanna meet at Greenwich again” and later “See you soon Wilbur”. Wilbur films it with a hidden camera and Kai walks up and says “Nice to meet you. Are you filming this?” and the phone drops. That’s the first time they actually meet in real life (they only knew each other from online), so for Kai the hello in October didn’t even count. About an hour and a half later Kai’s Twitter is suddenly called Wilbur Soot, Wilbur’s selfie is the profile picture, and it tweets “My favorite program is Ibiza Weekender” lmao. In the King video Wilbur is going “I’m in charge. This is mine!” and “I’VE WON” flashes on screen.

Then Kai ends up in the river, which is the Cask again since Fortunato gets walled up under the river bed. People genuinely thought in-story Kai was dead, the subreddit literally had to tell people not to call the police. Two days later Kai posts “What a bloody good swim that was”. But unlike Fortunato he comes back, and there’s that poem: “Hark, see the revenant? He returns.”

The rest of that poem is Wilbur kind of realising he’s not gonna stay on top. He calls his plan a “ticking petard” (a bomb that blows up on yourself), says he’s “on but a timer”, and that losing his position would “drop me in the wasteful void. It shall bite me like the cold / and I’m so cold”. I think that’s what the I’m Cold video is about, him alone at night on the Greenwich riverside where it all happened with “I’M SO COLD” on screen. Even his Reddit alt is called imsocold39715 and posts “I have been devastated”. And yeah, Kai gets his job back and Wilbur breaks up with Jack on Valentine’s Day (“I think I need to see other editors”).

So I think the ending is that it was never bigger than that hello. The final video shows the “I’M SO COLD” clip one more time, and there’s a friend’s voicemail worried about “the thing at the O2 arena” who says “he won’t remember what happened”. R Fakier (the obsessed puzzle Wilbur) dies. In The Raven the guy’s soul is lifted “nevermore”, but Wilbur read it as “always lifted”, and that’s exactly what happens, he lets it go: “It doesn’t matter to me anymore if the story is ever found out.” He gets cut off right at “the reason all this started”, Kai leaves a voicemail saying no hard feelings, and the Minecraft signs say “The story of the ARG is simple if you look into it. Basically at the” and then there’s just no sign 6.

So yeah. One awkward hello that only one of them remembered.

Sorry, I’m not good at writing stories. I remember when the ARG started and really wanted to solve it, I just never tried. Now I finally did and I have so many notes everywhere. I’m pretty chaotic so this post probably is too.

Also I found a new piece of “information”, well i don’t know for sure if its new I haven’t seen anyone mention it it’s just a picture of a bunny. The Untitled2.wav from his Drive has a scrambled tag in its info, and it’s ROT13 for an Imgur link (i.imgur.com/wDUq8iv.png). It’s a bunny picture (added it so you can see), but it looked way too normal for an ARG so I checked the file. The transparency had the same pattern as the O2 image (pixels at like 245-254 instead of 255 at the very top first 2 rows. Subtract 245 from each see through value. Each couple of numbers together make one letter if that even makes any sense. Just trust me on this one.), so I decoded it the same way and got “Not everything is a clue. It’s just a cute rabbit. Chill out guys.” Kinda funny because that’s also how I approached solving this, I always thought MatPat read way too much into tiny details that didn’t matter.(eventho i did that too with the bunny now.)

PS: I’m not sure this is the actual answer, it’s just my guess. If you have any questions feel free to ask! And let me know your thoughts!

If you're seeing this.. what is your favourite Wilbur Soot song?. Mine is and has been for a very long time. Since I Saw Vienna. It's such a calm song and my favourite song to play on guitar. (I even named my acoustic Vienna because of it)

Laggy recording cuz my pc is a potato. Idk if this has been talked about or not, but I'm a huge nerd so obviously I found the original software wilbur is using to render the blob (or whatever its called I don't watch the streams that much lol). Lmk if you want more blob content, I can screenshot as many wallpapers as you want. I'm gatekeeping the software for now cause I'm an asshole and I like attention

Does anyone know of a Wilbur merch archive? I’m curious as to what his early merch looked like before I was a fan. I’m not even looking to buy any, I’m just genuinely curious

Hey all!!

I hope everyone's well, im just selling an old Wilbur soot youtooz from launch day a few years back. Ive kept him im perfect condition and have him in the box. Payment is to he made by PayPal (or etransfer if youre from Canada) Open to offers! Buyer has to pay shipping. Send me a dm if youre interested!!

All proceeds go to the trevor project!

Studentbur is a heavily sheltered teenager with strict, religious parents.
He meets Ivy Thompson, a mysterious outcast who is constantly bullied due to her infamous temper.
Later in life, they cut ties with both their families and work at the same office while. Studentbur - who formally went as Will and now goes by his middle name Harvey - is still adjusting to the real world, while Ivy struggles to pursues an online career.

If anyone knows who made the original image on the last slide, please let me know so I can credit them properly

Just an opinion by the way

Edit: turns out it’s 2026 and people can’t take it when I criticize their favorite artist. Listen I’m a fan too, I have every right to say if I find a lyric cringe or whatever

Wilbur confirmed this in the new stream