Fade

## Fade [NCS Release]

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**Fade** — Single of Alan Walker, released August 17th, 2014 (by his channel) and November 19th, 2014 (by NoCopyrightSounds).

## History

Alan announced the song 14th August of 2014 in his Instagram. When Alan released this song, it gained attention of record label NoCopyrightSounds. He joined the label and NCS released Fade at their channel in November 19th, 2014 and it became popular quickly. The song is still stays the most popular video at that channel.

## General information

### Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ItHLz5WEA

## Popularity

### Comments

996K

**Faded** is a song by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker. Incorporating vocals provided by Norwegian recording artist Iselin Solheim, the single was originally set to be released on 25 November 2015, but was delayed to 3 December 2015. The song was highly successful, peaking in the top 10 in most of the countries it charted in, and reached the top spot in more than 10 countries. It is currently the 20th most viewed video on YouTube, with over 2.4 billion views, 16 million likes and 442 thousand dislikes as of June 2019 as well as being the 28th most streamed song on Spotify, with over 1 billion streams as of June 2019.

Walker debuted a live performance of "Faded" with Iselin Solheim and string support on 27 February 2016 at X Games Oslo 2016. The performance was aired live on Norwegian television.

### History

When Gunnar Greeve became Alan Walker's producer, they've decided to do the remake of Fade. It was announced March 19th of 2015. In November 11th, 2015 Alan Walker released the video, called "Alan Walker - teaser #1" with text, that reads "Hello, new things are coming. Stay tuned.", video ended with Alan Walker logo and female vocals, saying "Where are you now? Was it all in my fantasy?". November 18th Alan Walker released the video, called "Alan Walker - teaser #2", now with text, displayng the lyrics of the song, ending with Alan Walker's logo and the shot of guy standing in front of the window in abandoned building. The last, third teaser, came out November 23rd, 2015. It was started with words "Hello, again." and new Faded playing, then it shown the clips from new music video, including the shot of abandoned building from previous teaser. Video ended with words "November 25. Faded." and the Alan Walker's logo.

### Lyrics

You were the shadow to my light

Did you feel us

Another start

You fade away

Afraid our aim is out of sight

Wanna see us

Alive

Where are you now

Where are you now

Where are you now

Was it all in my fantasy

Where are you now

Were you only imaginary

Where are you now

Atlantis

Under the sea

Under the sea

Where are you now

Another dream

The monsters running wild inside of me

I'm faded

I'm faded

So lost

I'm faded

I'm faded

So lost

I'm faded

These shallow waters, never met

What I needed

I'm letting go

A deeper dive

Eternal silence of the sea

I'm breathing

Alive

Where are you now

Where are you now

Under the bright

But faded lights

You set my heart on fire

Where are you now

Where are you now

Where are you now

Atlantis

Under the sea

Under the sea

Where are you now

Another dream

The monsters running wild inside of me

I'm faded

I'm faded

So lost

I'm faded

I'm faded

So lost

I'm faded

## General information

### Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDmzGLrdjxQ

## Popularity

### Comments

21K

On 11 February 2016, Alan Walker published an acoustic version of the song called **Faded (Restrung)**. The song is performed with a piano and strings, with all the EDM elements taken out. Walker wrote in a note to The FADER, that he had decided on an alternative version of "Faded", so as "to highlight other aspects of the song; to present it to another audience who may like Iselin [Solheim]'s voice and the melodies, but can't stand the electronic parts of it".

The music video to "Restrung" features Walker, Iselin Solheim and an 11-person string ensemble performing in the reactor hall of the dismantled R1, Sweden's first nuclear reactor. The cast were wearing the trademark hoodies that sport Alan Walker's artist logo composed of his stylized initials. The R1 reactor hall is located underground at Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

The same team who created the video for "Faded", also made the music video for "Restrung" — Bror Bror was the producer, Rikkard and Tobias Häggbom directed, and Shahab Salehi was credited as an assistant. The filming atmosphere closely resembles that of "Faded"; according to Alan Walker's behind the scenes video, the "Restrung" video was filmed as a continuation of sorts to the original "Faded" video.