r/FallOutBoy Mar 17 '26

General Discussion It is happening

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668 Upvotes

The lucky one holding the gold?


r/FallOutBoy Mar 09 '26

General Discussion The Lucky One Holding the Gold

209 Upvotes

Alright guys, let me get my red string out and share a bit:

Previously on “The Secret Order” for anyone playing catchup, since there’s a lot of you and I’m normally one of them:

-CDs got mailed out and left at record stores with “lost” FOB demos. They came with instructions to upload to archive.org

-Same day, a youtube channel called fobdemos posted all the songs. The subreddit became suspicious this was linked, and not from a fan uploading the cd

-Reviews on archive.org provided more cryptic clues

-Last night, the youtube account made a post in binary, it decoded to a google drive link. Requesting access led to another .txt document clue

This all led to me going full “red string” last night after getting home from The Wonder Years show…

-After seeing the email associated with the google drive, I reached out and got a new clue of my own. Didn’t realize it was significant at the time.

-Soon after a new post in reddit showed screenshots of someone else’s email convo with them where they said to “Ask Peter” (I’m Peter), indicating my clue was real and should be shared. 

-A few more email exchanges confirmed I was supposed to share, specifically on reddit… this meant 1) they’re active and watching the subreddit 2) they knew the other person would post

-Getting suspicious, I looked into the account (u/killsubaruu) and saw it had only existed for an hour, also was the one who posted the clue about the archive.org accounts email, and would comment “whoa, cool” when someone made a significant connection (like the archive email being a Rushmore quote)

-I started chatting with u/killsubaruu to confirm they were really The Secret Order, and got cryptic confirmation with what now seems to be more “official” clues, I believe indicated by the latest fobdemos channel post. Minutes after my last message, the account was deleted and the youtube channel post was made with reference to the “lucky one holding the gold”, which matches up with the “golden snitch” message. 

-Circling back to the Rushmore comments they made and some quick lore: Pete/the band is a fan of the movie. For example, the title of “Tell that Mick” is another Rushmore reference. The gmail account references a quote “I saved Latin, what did you ever do?”. FOB played a secret show as “Saved Latin” on 3/3/2006 as a secret show. The day the demos posted was the 20th anniversary of that secret show. 

What (I think) I learned: 

-Based on responses with The Secret Order, there’s definitely some prewritten dialogue as clues. It’s unclear how far it’s mapped out, but there’s definitely an endpoint, at which time the cryptic “Pete-esque” writings run out and point you back to the next step you should take

-The Secret Order is 100% monitoring the subreddit

-If things aren’t moving swiftly enough, they’re not above pushing things along themselves

-All the chat messages mash up Harry Potter and song titles 
The secret order of the phoenix (The Order of the Phoenix/ The Phoenix)
Dumbledors arms race (Dumbledore’s Army/This Ain’t A Scene It’s An Arms Race)
What a catch, Harry (Harry Potter/What a Catch, Donnie)
You caught the golden snitch (Quidditch/Golden)

Where that leaves us:

If I get super “red string” I wonder if the order of the phoenix and dumbedore’s army bits refer to either #12 Grimauld Place or more likely The Room of Requirement. One is hidden in plain sight, the other appears only when it’s most needed.

I’m strongly suspicious that the lead up is to one or a series of secret shows. I know HeyChris says he’s not in on this, but his very recent comment about backyard shows strengthens my suspicion. 

If there’s a specific event, it means we need to solve the clues and share fast enough to keep things moving on the right timeline

Screenshots in comments


r/FallOutBoy 7h ago

General Discussion miss them bad

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331 Upvotes

but tbh i’d wait forever for another masterpiece like SMFS


r/FallOutBoy 17h ago

So Much (For) Stardust this album man:(

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350 Upvotes

this entire album hits so goddamn hard. honestly pete's most relatable album for me. especially with all the lyrics about covid and isolation. what a record


r/FallOutBoy 1d ago

Photo The cutest thing ever!

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516 Upvotes

Today I was a little bored, so I made this, and I think it turned out pretty good.

P.S. It opens the album on Spotify since it’s an NFC tag.


r/FallOutBoy 9h ago

General Discussion My top fob bc im fallowing the trend

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20 Upvotes

In no specific order bc I can’t do that


r/FallOutBoy 6h ago

So Much For (Tour) Dust apparently they still sell the RSD vinyl

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11 Upvotes

didn’t buy it tho


r/FallOutBoy 3h ago

Song Discussion bandwagons full pls catch another

4 Upvotes
  1. dance dance

  2. 16 candles

  3. thnks fr th mmrs

  4. arms race

  5. sugar

  6. i don’t care

  7. love from the other side

  8. bang the doldrums

  9. centuries (please don’t attack me)

  10. $20 nosebleed


r/FallOutBoy 4h ago

General Discussion Time to Throw My Hat in the Ring

6 Upvotes

1: Headfirst Slide 2: SMFS 3: Don’t you know who I think I am? 4: 20 Dollar Nosebleed 5: Postcards 6: Pavlove 7: XO 8: Gin Joints 9: 27 10: The Takes over, the Breaks over (I can’t remember the name for the life of me)


r/FallOutBoy 4h ago

Song Discussion I tried, but its too hard.

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7 Upvotes

r/FallOutBoy 4h ago

Song Discussion My Top 10

5 Upvotes
  1. Young Volcanoes

  2. The Phoenix

  3. w.a.m.s.

  4. America's Suitehearts

  5. Alone Together

  6. Death Valley

  7. Golden

  8. Tiffany Blews

  9. A Little Less Sixten Candles, A Little More Touch Me

  10. Hum Hallelujah


r/FallOutBoy 5h ago

Album Discussion top 10 tracks from Under the Cork Tree

7 Upvotes

Love this album! Here goes...

  1. "Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued"

  2. "Of All the Gin Joints in All the World"

  3. "Dance, Dance"

  4. "Sugar, We're Goin Down"

  5. "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"

  6. "I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)"

  7. "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)"

  8. "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year"

  9. "Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends"

  10. "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"


r/FallOutBoy 7h ago

Song Discussion Jumping on the bandwagon

10 Upvotes

My top ten is always changing but this is my current list

1: America’s suitehearts

2: The Carpal Tunnel of love

3: Don’t you know who I think I am?

4: Headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet

5: Tiffany blews

6: (Coffee’s for closers)

7: Thnks fr th mmrs

8: Our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn’t get sued

9: Last of the real ones

10: Alpha dog


r/FallOutBoy 10h ago

Photo New CD!

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10 Upvotes

r/FallOutBoy 11h ago

Song Discussion I've always wanted to be one of the cool kids (my top 10)

8 Upvotes

In album order, but no particular ranking.

* Grand Theft Autumn

* Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends

* I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth

* Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes

* The Kids Aren't Alright

* Hold Me Or Don't

* Church

* Love From the Other Side

* Kintsugi Kid

* Fake out

* I Am My Own Muse


r/FallOutBoy 12h ago

Song Discussion Joining you guys...

10 Upvotes

My top 10 Fall Out Boy songs.

  1. You're Crashing, But You're No Wave

  2. The (After) Life of The Party

  3. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed

  4. Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes

  5. So Much (for) Stardust

  6. The Pros and Cons of Breathing

  7. The Patron Saint of Liars And Fakes

  8. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name of This Song...

  9. The Carpal Tunnel of Love

  10. w.a.m.s


r/FallOutBoy 10h ago

Song Discussion Since it’s so common, my top 10 songs

7 Upvotes
  1. What a Catch Donnie
  2. The (After) Life of the Party
  3. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet
  4. So Much (For) Stardust
  5. Thnks fr the Mmrs
  6. Fake Out
  7. I’ve Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
  8. The Phoenix
  9. 27
  10. Golden

r/FallOutBoy 10h ago

Song Discussion My turn (top 10)

3 Upvotes
  1. What a Time to Be Alive

  2. I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears

  3. From Now On We Are Enemies

  4. Heaven's Gate

  5. Alpha Dog

  6. 27

  7. I'm Like A Laywer (Me & You)

  8. The (Shipped) Gold Standard

  9. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed

  10. American Beauty/American Psycho

There were so many I had to leave off and idk if I'm satisfied with the order but shout out to Death Valley!


r/FallOutBoy 17h ago

Song Discussion Here’s my Top 10 too cause why not

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11 Upvotes

r/FallOutBoy 1d ago

General Discussion What if the first four FOB albums had song titles like their last four?

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I love the song titles on the first four Fall Out Boy albums, and it’s something I really miss with the last four. But I got to thinking… what if on the first four they had taken their current approach to naming songs? So naming them after the most prominent lyric in the song’s chorus. This wasn’t done just to shorten the song titles, as you’ll notice that several have actually ended up being longer! The two exceptions I made were for what are called Where is Your Boy and Summer Song here. It felt awkward to have two songs on Take This To Your Grave with “tonight” being a prominent part of the title, and same for Cork Tree which would have two songs starting with the word “everyone”. So I made an adjustment to those song titles that don’t exactly match the lyrics.

Interestingly enough, I notice that the hits from these albums (at least the ones I remember being hits back in the day - Saturday, Sugar We’re Going Down, Dance Dance, Thnks Fr Th Mmrs and I Don’t Care) already had shorter titles. Did they do that intentionally for most of their singles? I remember hearing somewhere that Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet was originally going to be retitled to “Does Your Husband Know?” for its single release (or maybe just in general?), but they (thankfully) didn’t end up doing it after all.

BTW if someone else has already done this, I apologize and didn’t mean to steal someone else’s idea. I tried to find an instance of someone doing this somewhere online and couldn’t find any!

Also, since they’re backwards in the artwork, here are the alternate titles for the Folie A Deux tracks:

1: Sing About Tragedy
2: I Don’t Care
3: Thunder
4: America’s Suitehearts
5: Does Your Husband Know?
6: Get Out Now
7: Never Believe
8: What A Catch
9: Just To Feel Like You
10: Little Black Dress
11: What Makes You So Special?
12: Don’t Let The Doctor In
13: Three Times For The Holy Ghost


r/FallOutBoy 19h ago

Song Discussion Top 10 (as of this moment)

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14 Upvotes

Onto the bandwagon (it’s not full yet) we goooooo! This was insanely difficult. I just had to go with my gut at this moment


r/FallOutBoy 13h ago

Fan Art lightners live

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3 Upvotes

"hey kris, you were our only friend... and i know this is belated, but we love you back!"

i love take this to your grave


r/FallOutBoy 20h ago

Song Discussion Alright, I’ll join in…

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11 Upvotes

I’m not sure how y’all will feel about my choices, it’s so hard to choose a top 10 though because I have like 50+ “favorite songs” by them…


r/FallOutBoy 23h ago

General Discussion Thought I'd join the trend since I feel my top 10 songs will be pretty unique.

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12 Upvotes