GRiZ is leading fans on a sidequest.
After the saxophone-toting bass artist began dropping GRiZ-themed newspapers around Chicago last week, fans have deciphered a puzzle within them that reveals a link to a mysterious countdown clock on GRiZ’s official website.
The link, mynameisgriz.com/sidequest, uncovered by fans as the solution to one of many riddles in the mini-publication, counts down to Tuesday, June 17, at 12PM ET, and shows a sketch of an icosahedron, a three-dimensional shape made up of 20 triangular faces. Within those faces are the nine letters of GRiZ’s mystifying message, “SIDEQUEST.”
Though it remains unknown just what the producer and DJ—real name Grant Kwiecinski—is planning, fans have been quick to speculate about several potential announcements, as anticipation builds for his live return after a two-year performance hiatus, set to take place at the artist’s curated Valley of the Seven Stars festival in Virginia this October.
Posts in the r/griz subreddit offer theories ranging from an upcoming B2B with ODESZA, whose logo bears a likeness to the doodle on GRiZ’s website, to an upcoming album announcement and even a surprise appearance at Electric Forest, held annually in his home state of Michigan and this year falling just days after the countdown expires.
Other easter eggs throughout the newspaper, titled Reconnect, included a daily horoscope, traffic report, word search, comics, and a help wanted ad for “The Bassline Boogie Bureau of Investigation.
The cryptic teaser comes weeks after GRiZ marked his emphatic studio return with the release of his four-track GEMiNI EP, featuring tracks such as “Take Me Home,” with Grabbitz and “2-step Nassau.” His last full-length bass album, Rainbow Brain, arrived in 2021.
Have a look at GRiZ’s newspaper teasers in the post below and check out the countdown page here.
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Featured image courtesy: GRiZ. Credit: Jason Siegel.
