{"id":735683,"date":"2025-11-25T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=735683"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:05:07","slug":"7-musicians-who-had-their-secret-identities-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=735683","title":{"rendered":"7 musicians who had their secret identities exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69136\/1\/artists-secret-identities-esdeekid-timothee-chalamet-rank-ocean-lonny-breaux\" data-article-id=\"69136\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.78\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled design\" class=\"img\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1431389-1.jpg\" width=\"1920\" title=\"1431389-1\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Left: Photo by Daniele Venturelli\/WireImage; Right: EsDeeKid promotional <span class=\"nowrap\">image (Deezer)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>7 musicians who had their secret <span class=\"nowrap\">identities exposed<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>While the world fixates on whether or not EsDeeKid is Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, we look back at seven other moments when an artist\u2019s hidden identity \u2013 both willingly and unwillingly \u2013 was revealed to <span class=\"nowrap\">the public<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/solomonpacemccarrick\">Solomon Pace-McCarrick<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<aside class=\"primary\">\n<div class=\"sticky bottom\">\n<div class=\"read-more\"><span class=\"read-more-header\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-items\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item vertical-life-culture\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/68983\/1\/so-excited-to-catch-up-culture-friendship-recaps-friends\" class=\"article-list-item-image\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sorry, Baby (Film still)\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1429729-33.jpg\" title=\"1429729-33\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-item-content\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; 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If it\u2019s not the \u2013 now very overplayed \u2013 \u2018EsDeeKid is secretly Timothee Chalamet\u2019 meme, then it\u2019s Reddit\u2019s fixation on his similarities with underground rapper-producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dualspines\/\">DualSpines<\/a>. To a certain extent, mystery is part of EsDeeKid\u2019s allure \u2013 his videos are shrouded in darkness, and his lyrics are intentionally cryptic. So, why is everyone determined to ruin the fun?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There are no secrets on the internet, as the saying goes. Today, we have GeoGuessr experts working out the precise GPS coordinates of an image simply based on the colour of the grass; we\u2019re given sneak peeks into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/charli-xcx\">Charli xcx<\/a>\u2019s wedding with George Daniel, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQPPjBjkY0A\/?hl=en\">pre-teen videos of Fakemink<\/a> were dragged out of the archives the moment he hit the limelight. In the social media age, fans feel like they have to be a part of everything, and it\u2019s in this context that EsDeeKid\u2019s masked identity is perceived to be particularly insufferable \u2013 for many fans, it feels like a right that has been denied to them. Meanwhile, it\u2019s not hard to see how this culture of digging and doxxing would make artists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/63114\/1\/is-the-future-of-music-anonymous-casisdead-jawnino\">want to be anonymous in the first place<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, we\u2019ve been here before. EsDeeKid is not the only artist to pursue anonymity, and, over the years, many have had their secret identities \u2013 both willingly and unwillingly \u2013 revealed to the public. Below, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/frank-ocean\">Frank Ocean<\/a>\u2019s Lonny Breaux to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/aphex-twin\">Aphex Twin<\/a>\u2019s extensive SoundCloud archives under the name user18081971, we look back at seven times an anonymous artist was revealed to be a familiar face.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FRANK OCEAN \/ LONNY BREAUX<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"v52667raFYI\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v52667raFYI\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>While fans have long been awaiting a fourth project from Frank Ocean, taking everything from cryptic hints (there\u2019s \u201cnot not a new album\u201d) to Tokyo posters of evidence of their imminent musical salvation, many might be surprised to hear that there has actually been four projects already \u2013 that is, if you count <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ez3kie1\/sets\/the-lonny-breaux-collection\"><span>this leaked compilation<\/span><\/a><span> of his ghostwriting reference tracks. The tracks originate in Ocean\u2019s early years spent as a songwriter in Los Angeles, composing songs for the likes of Beyonce, Justin Bieber and more under the pseudonym Lonny Breaux (which was borrowed from a nickname his grandfather had given him as a child, Lonny, and his surname, Breaux). Later, after Ocean began releasing as a solo artist alongside the Odd Future collective, the tracks were leaked on SoundCloud in April 2011. In a now-deleted 2011 Tumblr post, Ocean acknowledged the leaks, writing: \u201c<\/span><em><span>Let\u2019s get this out in the open, the only songs that i, myself, frank ocean have ever released are\u2026 \u2018pyrite\u2019, \u2018acura intergorl\u2019 and, of course, the songs included on \u2018nostalgia, ultra\u2019. All other songs on the internet are a result of record industry email hacks\/leaks that happened some years back [&#8230;] records that were never intended to represent me.\u201d<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>TOM HARDY \/ FACE PULLER \/ FRANKIE PULITZER<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"q6X40wPo4Gw\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>While English actor Tom Hardy might be known for portraying titular supervillain Venom on the big screen, fewer fans might be aware of the supervillains he embodies off-screen: rap alter-egos Frankie Pulitzer and Face Puller. The former first appeared on New York supergroup Czarface\u2019s 2017 album <\/span><em><span>Good Guys, Bad Guys<\/span><\/em><span>, but, since the group were conceived to embody a fictional anti-hero, with in-character guest features from MF Doom\u2019s alter-ego Viktor Vaughan, no one batted an eyelid at first. It was only when a mysterious artist named Face Puller appeared rapping on the soundtrack to <\/span><em><span>Venom: Let There Be Carnage<\/span><\/em><span>, that fans started to ask questions. Despite never being explicitly acknowledged by Tom Hardy himself, it was quickly pointed out that Tom Hardy\u2019s Instagram caption included a hint to the name \u2018Face Puller\u2019, while fellow Czarface collaborator Vinnie Paz has since <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CownEj1uVap\/?hl=en\"><span>posted a picture<\/span><\/a><span> of the actor along with Czarface DJ Esoteric, acknowledging the alter ego.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FLYING LOTUS \/ CAPTAIN MURPHY<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"7sMLUg7VdXo\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Carrying on hip hop\u2019s love of fictional supervillains is Captain Murphy, the alter-rapper-ego of Los Angeles producer Flying Lotus that was created in the run-up to the release of his 2012 cult-leader themed mixtape <\/span><em><span>Duality<\/span><\/em><span>. The character first appeared on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FS35SshVxQ&amp;list=RD1FS35SshVxQ&amp;start_radio=1\"><span>Adult Swim\u2019s Singles series<\/span><\/a><span> in July of that year, rapping back-to-back with Earl Sweatshirt on the track \u201cBetween Friends\u201d and announcing his debut project soon after. Due to Captain Murphy\u2019s pitch-shifted, off-kilter vocals and proximity to fellow Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt, fans initially theorised that he was actually Tyler, the Creator in disguise. The facade was eventually dropped with the mixtape\u2019s launch party at LA\u2019s iconic Low End Theory clubnight in December 2012. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=102&amp;v=pXimz4LIkYc&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2F\"><span>Performing live alongside Earl Sweatshirt at the show<\/span><\/a><span>, Captain Murphy removed his mask at the end of the show to reveal that he was in fact Flying Lotus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>SUGA OF BTS \/ AGUST D<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"3Y_Eiyg4bfk\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>As if being a member of perhaps the biggest K-pop act of all time, BTS, wasn\u2019t enough, superstar South Korean rapper Suga also maintains a separate music career under the name Agust D (a combination of Suga spelt backwards and the initials of his hometown, Daegu Town). The alias debuted with a self-titled SoundCloud mixtape in 2017, featuring songs that Suga, real name Min Yoon-gi, had recorded on the side throughout his training with talent agency Big Hit Entertainment, with some dating as far back as 2011. Yoon-gi \u2013 who participated in the underground South Korean hip-hop scene under the name Gloss before joining Big Hit Entertainment \u2013 owned the alias from the start, stating that he created the moniker in response to the pressures of being a mainstream popstar and released the mixtape for free as a means of bypassing commercial pressures. \u201cMy company doesn\u2019t get involved with [Agust D],\u201d he told Grazia Korea in 2016. \u201cThere\u2019s no need to consider the popular appeal and I composed [it] without dwelling on the ranking on music charts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>PETE AND BAS \/ NINE AND DEX<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"gQuAaHQrl8U\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>OAP UK rap duo Pete and Bas\u2019 music was actually good \u2013 like, so good, in fact, that it\u2019s a wonder how no one got suspicious. In videos ranging from 2017 to 2023, the ageing pair rapped double-entendres in Cockney accents over drill beats about \u201csparking the lucifer\u201d and patrolling the streets of London with handguns, and the duo even embarked on multiple UK tours in which they supposedly performed live. Questions were raised when other OAPs joined the fray \u2013 including the rage rap Scotsman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0NYRhJTQ85s&amp;list=RD0NYRhJTQ85s&amp;start_radio=1\"><span>Norman Pain<\/span><\/a><span> and vulgar Yorkshiremen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b7Bj1dBMYBE\"><span>the Northern Boys<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t until a separate, younger duo named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OLW5rQe4ziA&amp;list=RDOLW5rQe4ziA&amp;start_radio=1\"><span>Nine and Dex<\/span><\/a><span> debuted that the jig was finally up. In a series of singles from 2024 into this year, the pair performed similarly well-crafted bars, but fans quickly pointed out the similarities between Dex\u2019s vocals and those of the elderly Bas. From there, it emerged that Pete and Bas were both paid actors hired by Nine and Dex, who had created the acts as comedy. (Aliases aside, though, Norman Pain\u2019s \u201cHuman Vermin\u201d still slaps.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>APHEX TWIN AND THE SOUNDCLOUD TAPES<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-soundcloudtrack\" data-id=\"204062977\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Grammy Award-winning Cornish producer-DJ Aphex Twin has released under countless aliases over the years (including The Tuss, The Dice Man, Polygon Window and many more), but most enticingly was his secret SoundCloud alias, user18081971, created in 2015. Early uploads on the page were accompanied by the tag \u2018#LikeAphex\u2019, with one even featuring the caption: \u2018like early aphex but I\u2019d never heard of him when I wrote all these tracks im going to be uploading\u2019. Still, people weren\u2019t convinced \u2013 the tracks sounded exactly like Aphex Twin, with some even appearing to be early demos of previously released tracks. Eventually, in a 2019 cover story for Crack, the enigmatic artist owned up to the releases, explaining: \u201cI\u2019ve got all this music and I thought if I died what the fuck would my kids do? What would my wife do? They\u2019d get really stressed out and they wouldn&#8217;t know what to do with it all. So I just thought I\u2019d give it away, then they don&#8217;t have to think about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>BURIAL<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"E2qLD9c3Gq4\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>One person Aphex Twin wasn\u2019t, however, was South London producer Burial. His debut self-titled album made a massive impact when it was dropped out of nowhere in 2006 but, being the first music that virtually anyone had heard from him, and with very little information\u00a0 about him online, people were convinced that Burial had to be an alias of an existing musician. In 2007, after Burial\u2019s sophomore album <\/span><em><span>Untrue <\/span><\/em><span>was nominated for the Mercury Prize, the Sun newspaper speculated that he was either Aphex Twin or Fatboy Slim. The following year, Burial put an end to the rumours. \u201cI\u2019m a lowkey person and I just want to make some tunes,\u201d he announced in a MySpace post along with the first public picture of his face. Burial was, in fact, just a regular guy, and it\u2019s partly why his early releases are so treasured. With his hauntingly human take on UK dubstep, Burial\u2019s albums embodied the feeling of being lost in the urban sprawl of early 2000s London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-series\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">More on these topics<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-series\"><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/rap\">rap<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/frank-ocean\">Frank Ocean<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/burial\">Burial<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/aphex-twin\">Aphex Twin<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/flying-lotus\">Flying Lotus<\/a><a class=\"series\" 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