Faded (Alan Walker song)

"Faded" is a 2015 song by Norwegian EDM artist Alan Walker originating from Bergen, Norway. The song features the vocals of the female singer Iselin Solheim, though she is not credited as a featured artist.

Walker had launched it originally as an instrumental titled "Fade" in 2014, and seeing its appeal, he revamped it with added lyrics. The vocal version was retitled as "Faded".

"Faded" became a great commercial success in December 2015 and January 2016 topping the Norwegian VG-lista, Finnish Suomen virallinen lista and the Swedish Sverigetopplistan singles charts, and making the top 3 on the Danish Hitlisten singles chart. It also charted in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Music video

A music video was released, featuring Shahab Salehi (37) as the protagonist. The video was produced and edited by Bror Bror and directed by Rikkard and Tobias Häggbom, with Rikkard Häggbom also as director of photography.

The video shows a young man roaming with his backpack and a photo of his home in his hand. He is in a disaster area in a completely abandoned neighbourhood including high rise devastated buildings and derelict structures. He explores the area for possible life remaining or for foodstuff. Assumption is that a nuclear disaster has hit the area and he is trying to protect himself through a mouth cover so he doesn't breath in anything toxic. Guided by his hand-held photo, he finally locates his parent's specific house which is now in ruins. Finding this he gives up on all hope and in the end scene, removes the protective mouth cover that supposedly kept him alive in his search for his lost family.

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Solheim

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