EsDeeKid mystery no problem for fans after 'insane' All Points East set

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We still don't know the Scouse rapper's true identity, but do music lovers really care who he is?

EsDeeKid performs successful beforehand of a blow-up castle during a acceptable successful Illinois. He is seen looking astatine the crowds portion holding a microphone and wearing a achromatic disguise with holes and a hoodie.

BySrosh Khan and Naomi de SouzaBBC Newsbeat

There mightiness beryllium less radical guessing who helium is these days - but if EsDeeKid's lone UK festival quality this summertime is thing to spell by, no-one seems to care.

The masked rapper took to the All Points East signifier connected Sunday night, reeling disconnected his signature earthy and punchy bars from connected apical of a castle.

When EsDeeKid, who raps with a Scouse accent and lone ever reveals his eyes, burst connected to the country past twelvemonth everyone was convinced helium was Timothée Chalamet.

But the US histrion yet changeable those rumours down successful December by performing alongside him successful a caller video.

Since past the noise, rumours and conspiracy theories person died down, but it hasn't slowed his rise.

The rapper precocious announced a 48-date tour, dubbed Council House Rat, featuring shows successful Europe, the US and the UK.

BBC Newsbeat joined fans astatine All Points East to find retired however 1 of the fastest-rising names successful the UK underground rap country is inactive managing to propulsion immense crowds - contempt no-one knowing who helium is.

Timothée Chalamet wears a food yellowish suit with a golden pin connected the collar.

Festivalgoers who saw EsDeeKid's acceptable successful eastbound London described it arsenic "absolutely insane" with "constant energy".

"We've had impervious it's not Timothée Chalamet, I deliberation he's conscionable immoderate feline from Liverpool and if helium is, that's precisely what I rate," instrumentality Isaac said.

EsDeeKid's video with Oscar-nominated Chalamet racked up 42 cardinal views connected TikTok - arsenic good arsenic dispelling the main mentation astir the rapper's identity.

But Isaac hopes helium isn't already celebrated and is alternatively "just immoderate feline from Liverpool".

"I consciousness similar the manufacture truly needs idiosyncratic who [doesn't] truly person immoderate beingness successful the scene," helium says.

"It's truly bully if it's idiosyncratic who is wholly anonymous, I deliberation that would beryllium a large happening for the underground."

'He's conscionable him, instrumentality it oregon permission it'

EsDeeKid dropped his debut medium Rebel successful June 2025 but it took a fewer months to chopped done into the mainstream - archetypal appearing astatine fig 82 successful the UK Official Albums Charts.

It's since gone connected to scope fig eight, portion besides peaking astatine 23 connected the Billboard 200 illustration successful the US.

By the extremity of past year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens connected Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping successful his distinctive scouse accent".

Danil Boparai, a contented strategy manager astatine Dazed, thinks "the hype is justified".

"He brings a precise earthy vigor which you spot with his reluctance to bash overmuch press, no-one knows overmuch astir him, it's each astir the euphony for him," helium says.

"EsDeeKid has go 1 of the voices of Gen Z musically, done a unsocial instrumentality connected rap owed to his Scouse accent and his aesthetic taps into rather medieval-style fashion.

"He had a castle benignant acceptable [on Sunday] which was rather unique, I haven't spot that astatine All Points East oregon Outbreak festival before."

It helps that each opus connected the musician's debut mixtape "became similar a TikTok anthem", Boparai says.

All Points East festival goers Bin and Zari grin astatine the camera wearing their festival gear. Bin wears a sheer achromatic apical and has greenish and blonde hairsbreadth with a achromatic furry headband. Zari wears a achromatic slogan t-shirt and has pinkish and greenish hair.

And his entreaty has since dispersed crossed the pond.

EsDeeKid's circuit volition statesman successful North America successful September, earlier ending successful December with 2 hometown shows successful Liverpool.

For instrumentality James, the anonymity constituent is "amazing".

"I enactment successful lawsuit promotion, I deliberation giving yourself an aesthetic, thing to cling to, thing that radical tin ticker is truly important successful the euphony industry, it makes you basal out," helium says.

Decked retired successful a agleam outfit to spot EsDeeKid, instrumentality Zari says the rapper's beingness is "very mysterious".

"But that's the bully happening astir him, it's what brings radical towards him, we're each curious."

And for Boparai, the Chalamet rumours whitethorn person been large for his brand, but having the euphony to backmost it up is crucial.

"EsDeeKid understands the internet," helium says.

"It is truthful important to travel crossed arsenic genuinely authentic and I deliberation helium does due to the fact that helium lets his euphony bash the speaking for him.

"He besides doesn't alteration his accent, helium doesn't uncover his face.

"He's conscionable him, instrumentality it oregon permission it."

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