Eighteen-year-old Alan Walker produced "Faded" the same way he's been producing music since age 14—in his bedroom at his parent's home in Bergen, Norway.
But now, the dizzying, beautifully lonesome EDM track, featuring vocals from Norwegian singer-songwriter Iselin Solheim, is the the most Shazam-ed song in the world, with other 150 million streams on Spotify and nearly 65 million YouTube views.
Speaking to Mashable from Norway, Walker said the that even though "Faded" is actually just a condensed version of 2014's hourlong instrumental "Fade" with Solheim's vocals added, the song's success "kind of came out of nowhere."
You were the shadow to my light
你是我生命之光中的一道暗影
Did you feel us
你能感受到我们吗
Another star
那一颗行星
You fade away
你逐渐消失
Afraid our aim is out of sight
害怕我们目标渐渐消失不见
Wanna see us
想要看到我们
Alive
存活下来
Where are you now
你身在何方
Where are you now
你身在何方
Where are you now
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