Better Off Alone Pt. III

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BETTER OFF ALONE

CREATED BY #100161

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, ALAN WALKER AND HIS TEAM RELEASED A NEW SONG ALONG WITH A MUSIC VIDEO, ONCE AGAIN TAKING US INTO THE WORLD OF WALKERS. BETTER OFF ALONE PT. 3 BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRACKS FROM THE WALKERWORLD ALBUM, BUT PLACING IT WITHIN THE CANON OF THE WALKERS CINEMATIC UNIVERSE IS NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS IT MIGHT SEEM. THIS MUSIC VIDEO, MUCH LIKE SING ME TO SLEEP, SWEET DREAMS, AND SPACE MELODY, IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY—ITS NARRATIVE SIGNIFICANCE AND EXACT PLACEMENT IN CHRONOLOGY REMAIN AMBIGUOUS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE DEVELOPED SEVERAL THEORIES THAT MAY SHED LIGHT ON THE EVENTS DEPICTED IN THE VIDEO.

ABOUT

WALKER AND BARN MET OVER FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE SONG. WALKER STATED THAT WORKING WITH DASH BERLIN AND BARN HAD BEEN A "CREATIVE WHIRLWIND" AND THAT THEY HAVE "REIMAGINED A BELOVED 90S GEM, INFUSING IT WITH A CONTEMPORARY TWIST THAT'S BOUND TO RESONATE WITH FANS OLD AND NEW".

HE ADDED THAT THE COLLABORATION "EMBODIES THE MAGIC OF MUSIC—A FUSION OF NOSTALGIA AND INNOVATION". BARN STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN AN HONOUR THAT HIS DEBUT SINGLE WAS A COLLABORATION WITH WALKER AND DASH BERLIN WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS HAVING A "LEGENDARY REPUTATION".
DASH BERLIN MEMBER RYAN FIERET, WHO HAS BEEN THE FRONTMAN OF THE GROUP SINCE 2022, SAID HE WAS "PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS MOMENTOUS TEAM UP" IN CELEBRATING 25 YEARS SINCE THE RELEASE OF "BETTER OFF ALONE"

MUSIC VIDEO

THE VIDEO FEATURES LANDSCAPES CLOSE TO FORESTS AND AN ABANDONED, RUINED CITY. WE ALSO SEE A WALKERS HIDEOUT WHERE THEY PREPARE FOR A SECRET OPERATION AND A RED NEXUS HEADQUARTERS (DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE SHOWN IN FAKE A SMILE).
SUMMARY OF EVENTS:

THE WALKERS PREPARE FOR THEIR MISSION IN A HIDEOUT.
RED NEXUS SOLDIERS LAUNCH A SUDDEN ATTACK ON THE HIDEOUT, ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE THEM.
THE WALKERS, FOREWARNED OF THE DANGER, HAVE A SHORT WINDOW TO RETREAT.
THANKS TO THEIR EXCELLENT TEAMWORK, THEY MANAGE TO TRANSPORT THE DISK TO ITS DESTINATION AND COMPLETE THEIR SECRET MISSION IN THE RED NEXUS BUILDING.

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WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DATE OF THE EVENTS DEPICTED IN BETTER OFF ALONE PT. III, BUT CERTAIN CLUES ALLOW US TO FORM A HYPOTHESIS. ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT THESE EVENTS TOOK PLACE AFTER WALKER #28300 BECAME AN ENEMY OF RED NEXUS BUT BEFORE THE SOLAR STORM STRUCK.
THIS MAY SEEM SURPRISING, GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A RUINED CITY THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED FROM A CATACLYSM. HOWEVER, THE SOLAR STORM IS NOT THE ONLY POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SUCH DESTRUCTION—CONSIDER REAL-WORLD ABANDONED PLACES LIKE PRIPYAT IN UKRAINE, HASHIMA ISLAND IN JAPAN, OR VAROSHA IN CYPRUS. THE WALKERS' WORLD COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED A DIFFERENT DISASTER.

KEY EVIDENCE:

NO RX-8 DRONES PRESENT – THESE ADVANCED RED NEXUS COMBAT MACHINES FIRST APPEARED IN PARADISE, BEFORE THE SOLAR STORM. IF RED NEXUS HAD THEM IN BOA, THEY WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE USED THEM.
PRESENCE OF AVI-8 DRONES – THESE WERE KNOWN TO THE WALKERS MUCH EARLIER, SO THEIR APPEARANCE IS LOGICAL.
KRISTIAN BERG, IN THE WORLD OF WALKER MASTERCLASS, DID NOT REFER TO BOA AS A VIDEO TAKING PLACE IN THE "DARK ERA" (2030–2090). IF THESE EVENTS OCCURRED AFTER 2030, HE WOULD HAVE LIKELY MENTIONED IT.

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ONE THEORY SUGGESTS THAT THE EVENTS OF BOA MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN EASTERN EUROPE, POSSIBLY EVEN IN RUSSIA. ALTHOUGH THE VIDEO WAS FILMED IN NORWAY, ITS ATMOSPHERE RESEMBLES POST-SOVIET AREAS—ABANDONED BUILDINGS, FORESTS, AND 1980S-ERA TECHNOLOGY HINT AT THIS SETTING.
THE MOST INTRIGUING CLUE IS THE LOCATION OF THE RED NEXUS HEADQUARTERS:
THE RED NEXUS BUILDING IN BOA IS SITUATED NEAR A BODY OF WATER.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME STRUCTURE SEEN IN HEART OVER MIND, WHICH WAS SET IN THE U.S.
SPACE MELODY FEATURED COORDINATES LEADING TO A LOCATION CALLED "DEVIL’S CUP," WHICH POINTED TO A RUSSIAN RIVER.
COULD DEVIL’S CUP HAVE BEEN A CODENAME FOR A RED NEXUS FACILITY? WE DON’T KNOW, BUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE EVENTS IS INTRIGUING.

TITULUS DOMUM

COULD THE EVENTS OF BOA BE PART OF OPERATION TITULUS DOMUM? THE SIMILARITIES ARE STRIKING:
A HIDEOUT, VALUABLE ITEMS, AN ATTACK BY RED NEXUS—ALL ELEMENTS PRESENT IN BOTH STORIES.
CHRONOLOGY – THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS OPERATION WAS ONCE AVAILABLE ON THE REDNEX.US WEBSITE (NOW OFFLINE) AND INDICATED THAT THE EVENTS OCCURRED AROUND 2020. ADDING THE 5-YEAR SHIFT ESTABLISHED IN THE WORLD OF WALKER TRAILER, WE ARRIVE AT 2025–2026, WHICH PERFECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE THEORY THAT BOA TOOK PLACE BEFORE 2030.

THE BETTER OFF ALONE PT. III MUSIC VIDEO MAY CONTAIN CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE WALKERS UNIVERSE. WHILE ITS EXACT PLACEMENT IN TIME AND SPACE REMAINS UNCERTAIN, ANALYZING THE AVAILABLE MATERIALS ALLOWS US TO DRAW THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS:

BOA LIKELY OCCURS BEFORE THE SOLAR STORM BUT AFTER WALKER #28300’S DEFECTION FROM RED NEXUS.
THE ABSENCE OF RX-8 DRONES SUGGESTS THAT RED NEXUS HAD NOT YET DEVELOPED THEM.
THE SETTING COULD BE IN EASTERN EUROPE, POSSIBLY IN RUSSIA.
THERE IS A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN BOA AND OPERATION TITULUS DOMUM.
WHILE MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED, ONE THING IS CERTAIN—THE WORLD OF WALKERS STILL HOLDS MANY SECRETS WAITING TO BE UNCOVERED.