Motives Project - World of Lies - Based on 'Ulterior Motives' by Christopher and Philip Booth 

For those asking about Spotify, Christopher has asked that all covers and fan recreations be put on pause until the official release of the original song. Please be patient. They're still allowed and he loves seeing these.

The intro is ridiculously spot on to the original song now that we've got the full version

you know what's crazy? the original song could sound NOTHING like this, and we wouldn't know until it's found. every one of these remakes is purely speculation. (Edit: TOLD YALL MFS)

I can’t believe we found it… but now I prefer this version

If "Everyone Knows That" is never found, for me, your version is the official one. It's amazing and ahhh, it sounds beautiful. ❤

who could guess carl92 was freaky

the way that they got the intro right

This fucking song ❌ This, fucking song✔️

Even though EKT's been found, I wanna say that this cover was such a banger in its own right. Just as iconic

This is my favorite recreation before we found the original. I like both, here’s hoping there’s a fully listenable/clean version of the actual song so I can enjoy it along with this one!

The best EKT recreation in my opinion

I'd love to see you cover the real song, I like your voice quite a bit. Not sure if you will ever see this

People to Carl when they found the full song: 0:14

I wouldn’t have found this again if it weren’t for RU-vid doing a Spotify rewind ripoff

YAY!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!!! Thank you!!! Heh, I'm just realizing this, this is gonna be nostalgic to me in like 10 years, wow This is gonna be part of my late childhood, thank you.

Despite the sad fact that the original was in a corn film and wasnt really heard across the world, at least we have this.

The og one leaked but I will keep listening to this one, it's unique song. But I'm also very hyped by the fact that Christopher Booth will remaster the og too.

Carl is indeed acting so suspicous

I NEED a mashup of this version & the re-recording the Booth brothers released so badly, it’d be awesome

Now that the original song has been found I can say that I like your version more lol

oooooh the "youre counting on a shifting disguise" line is FIRE DUUUDE

I can't unhear the mo4n version 😭

The „everybody knows“ part IS SO GOOD OH MY GOD

Sounds way better than the actual song😭😭

I'm so obsessed with how he sings "it's a bottomless ocean"

atleast i saved this before it got unlisted LOL

I've been clinged onto this "Everyone Knows That" Project reconstruction once 2024 started (just a few months) and I wanna take the time to say, this is such a great and awesome outcome, I won't lie to you, the fragments were already cool and I wanted to take upon my own version too though your work is pretty distinguishable and creative, makes me wanna work on a duet. Keep up the good work!!

Original Version: *Appears out of nowhere* Motives Project Version: Now what is my purpose, I feel useless Fans: Don't worry, we still love you ♥️♥️♥️

This is wayy better than the original ekt...

That intro is unbelievably accurate to the official song :O

I'm really hoping this song gets found one day. Its such a bop after hearing it for so long i've got it stuck in my head.

Not going to lie, BOTH the REAL ORIGINAL SONG, and THIS REMAKE are fantastic, fun, and bops in their own rights.

I've had this version stuck in my head all day! So dang good.

Whats the chances someone in the far future during the invent of time travel is still looking for the song, brings this version (or another recreation) to get it played at a station of some sort during the time it was first documented to be heard for people to look for the song unknowingly creating a paradox which leads to the original post and then the recreation which is taken back in time

If Haditonvinyl trolled us into forcing us to listen to their own song, then Carl92 trolled us into forcing us to watch an NSFW Adult Movie or listen to NSFW Sounds. Coincidence? What if they both are trolls? What if EKT was in fact a hoax and Carl92 knew all along that the song came from… _yeah._

I can't listen to this song like I used to💀💀

This amazing song reimagining NEEDS to be put on Spotify!!! 😭

INB4 someone reposts your version claiming to have found the original XD This is crazy good

now we know why carl92 was acting so suspicious

i cant believe that the original song was found in an 80s PORN 😭😭

This sounds similar to what I imagine the full version of EKT sounds like! As someone said, if finally EKT is found i suspect this version will be miles better

Perfect Recreation! The videoclip fits the song sooooooo good :'D

I’d love to see you post some totally original songs now that you’re satisfied with World of Lies.

1:00 I’m living in a world you designed I’m never gonna change my mind You’re counting on a shifting disguise I’m caught up in a world of lies And everyone knows it You got ulterior motives, tell me the truth Every move shows that Yeah they got ulterior motives Now I’m looking at you

Something I would really love to see when the remaster by Chris and Philip is out is a mashup between the new version and this! Honestly, I would love one big mashup of the ground-up recreations of Ulterior Motives people have made, it's like a little musical multiverse with so many takes on what the rest of the song was before it was found!

this is better than the original

The good ending.

Beautiful… best remake you’ve made yet! I’m a big fan lol

after knowin now the OG song this now feels those remake song with obvious samples from older but done it in reverse being the og questionable but the new one not

This one is so much better than the original, sorry christopher booth

I don't care what history will say, this version is canon to me.

I'm just going to trick my brain that this is the original so I can stop adhd obsessing over it, it sounds so good!

I love your version so much bro!! This is so great!! You'll be big one day!! 🔥🔥

This is official version for me ❤

this is still the best version some how

With any luck, this video will get auto copyright claimed, and it won't be scammers. The real song would be right around the corner from there...

Well the original was found and ngl, I prefer this over the original

okay now we need the female voice version

The mystery has been solved but holy shit....

better than original 😂

THIS IS LITERALLY PERFECT!!!!!

This is legitimately better

this should replace the found version of the original

Lyrics for yall You're acting, you're acting You're acting so suspicious You're acting, you're acting out your mind You're acting, you're acting You're acting so suspicious You're acting, you're acting out your mind Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Face value, (Well I'm sold) 'Cause you shine like diamonds (Ice cold) When you move in silence (Well I'm told) There's a hidden violence (Bound to unfold) I'm living in a world you designed I'm never gonna change my mind. You're counting on a shifting disguise I'm caught up in a world of lies Everyone knows it (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Tell me the truth) Every move shows that (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Now I'm looking at you) Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Can't buy it, (Well that's love) But I can't defy it (Oh I'm stuck) In perpetual motion (I spin) It's a bottomless ocean (I wanna dive in) And even when I reach the end I'm only gonna start again You're counting on a shifting disguise I'm caught up in a world of lies Everyone knows it (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Tell me the truth) Every move shows that (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Now I'm looking at you) Oh yeah! Oh yeah! (Instrumental) You're acting, you're acting You're acting so suspicious You're acting, you're acting out your mind You're acting, you're acting You're acting so suspicious You're acting, you're acting out your mind I know it, you know it Had your chance, you had to blow it (Why are you always acting so suspicious?) I cracked through your exterior Your motives are ulterior. I've seen your darker side and it is vicious, vicious. And everyone knows it (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Tell me the truth) and every move shows that (You've got!) Ulterior motives (Now I'm looking at you) Everybody knows (x7) (I know it, you know it Had your chance, you had to blow it I cracked through your exterior Your motives are ulterior.) And everyone knows it.

Now we know why Carl didn't want to cooperate 😭😭😭

the irony of “you’re acting so suspicious”

if the original is never found, then i’d be happy to accept this as the original

The repetitive “You’re acting so suspicious” is so catchy

"You're counting on a shifting disguise" makes SOO much sense! I think it's my favourite version of the lyric

"I've seen your darker side and it's vicious" Literally everyone after finding out where this song comes from 💀

Guys just wait til you hear the actual song without the “background noise” before coming to any conclusion

OMG I THOUGHT THAT THE SONG WAS FOUND But this is a very good glimpse of what can come, great music video. Edit: Yes, The "coming" of the full "release" was really surprising.

Dude, I think the best part is that, the video kinda works with the "shifting disguise" lyrics, so it just makes it even better

TO THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS : ​​⁠ long story short, this is an extended cover of /song/ that is heard in an unidentified recording someone posted a few years ago asking what the song is. the search has expanded into a sub-community of a separate community known as "lostwave" where they collect unidentified recordings, mostly physical media or on websites where that sort of question is asked, and we/they solve those recordings / let evryone know where the music is from. there are thousands of lostwave tunes out there. this one is called EKT as an abbreviation of the opening chorus's lines "everyone knows that." though the song is likely titled Ulterior Motives. EKT was only posted a few years ago from a recording from '97, but most lostwave tunes are decades old, and most of the cases have gone totally cold. its a long long story.

I feel if the real EKT is never found, we'll always have this. Thank you, Motives Project. ❤

Let’s just keep this version as the OG.

The "oh yeah" in this project now has a deeper meaning

I prefer to deny where the real song comes from and just believe that this is the real one

since this was found in a p*rn movie i shall grant the crown of the true ekt to this masterpiece

THIS SONG IS SO NOSTALGIC FOR ME AND I LIKE IT I CANT WAIT FOR THE SONG TO DROP ON SPOTIFY

Covers that are better than the original

wow what a nice lostwave song! hopefully when its found it doesnt come out that it was from a corn movie!

NAHHHHHH CARL WAS BEATING IT 😭💀

guys, i changed my mind. i prefer the original version. now shut up

You've created a problem. When the real song is found, it'll never live up to the quality and energy of this version. Magical.

welp, we found it.. but at what cost.

This version is better than the actual song honestly

It's surprising how close this is to the real version. Minus the moans and all 😅

Is nobody going to talk about how good this guy's singing is?

You do not understand how absolutely over the moon, jumping for joy, excited, happy, absolutely insane, head banginly, heavily breathing, freaking out, crazy, insatiably happy i am that you made this!

after original version reveal phrase "you are acting so suspicious" is really strange💀💀

its so funny how this released really close to when the original was found

I know people keep referencing the original, but I think this song should ultimately be it's own thing. I mean in the title, it does say based on "Ulterior Motives" and not a direct cover. It's like a situation of people sampling other songs to make their own! "Motives Project - World of Lies" is genuinely a banger 😎

I'll just pretend this one is the original

Here after the real song was discovered. This motives version is actually superior lol. Isn’t life funny?

This whole time, this version ended up being better than the actual song. Though the full original song is still not bad.

We now have: World Of Lies by Motives Ulterior Motives (unknown song) -Christopher Booth And Freaky motives by Carl92, also known as Goon92

Am I the only one that finds the actual EKT better? It’s more authentic, even if it comes from an Adult Film it doesn’t really matter

this version is better than the original

Ironic how this version is now also becoming lost media