Alan Walker on 10 Years of “Faded,” Cinematic Ambition, and His New Era: Podcast

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Alan Walker dropped in to talk with Kyle Meredith about the evolution of Walker World — a decade-long transformation that’s turned a teenage bedroom producer into a globe-touring architect of immersive EDM. With the WalkerWorld 2.0 album, the brand-new single “Me, Myself & the Night,” and a multimedia blitz that includes a mobile app and cinematic film experience, the 27-year-old artist is engineering something more expansive than just chart hits. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts.

While Walker’s latest single taps into nostalgia for his earlier work, it’s less a throwback than a re-grounding. “I’m aiming to make more of the core Alan Walker music,” he said, referring to the melodic, melancholic EDM that first lit up the internet with “Faded” in 2015. Written during a writing camp in the Bahamas, “Me, Myself & the Night” became a template for a new era: “It gives the core Alan Walker sound and vibe… happy, jumpy, melancholic.” As for why he’s revisiting that era: “That’s the golden era of Alan Walker… we’ve been chasing trends, but now I want to make music that sounds like me again.”

The world-building doesn’t stop at the music. With WalkerWorld: The Last Ride on the horizon and a fan-centric app that bypasses traditional streaming algorithms, Walker is pioneering a kind of EDM Extended Universe. “We’re not just doing music videos anymore—we’re building a cinematic story,” he explained. “And for the fans who can’t see me live, the app becomes a digital hub where everything connects.” Not bad for a kid who once hid his songs from friends and family out of fear of being judged. Ten years later, he’s still chasing connection—just now with thousands of screaming fans and a global team.

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