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DARKSIDE
CREATED BY #62321
“DARKSIDE” IS A SONG BY BRITISH-NORWEGIAN MUSIC PRODUCER AND DJ ALAN WALKER, FEATURING ANTIGUAN-GERMAN SINGER AND SONGWRITER AU/RA AND NORWEGIAN SINGER TOMINE HARKET. THE SONG WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 27, 2018, AND ITS OFFICIAL PREMIERE TOOK PLACE A MONTH LATER, ON JULY 27, RELEASED BY MER MUSIKK AND ULTRA MUSIC.
AS PART OF THE PROMOTION OF THE SINGLE, TWO UNOFFICIAL REMIXES WERE RELEASED: ONE CREATED BY AUSTRIAN PRODUCER LUM!X AND THE OTHER BY AFROJACK IN COLLABORATION WITH CHASNER. HOWEVER, NONE OF THESE REMIXES WERE PUBLISHED ON ALAN WALKER'S OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
Introduction
“DARKSIDE” IS THE SECOND PART OF THE WORLD OF WALKER TRILOGY, SET IN A FUTURISTIC, POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD. THE TRILOGY BEGAN WITH THE MUSIC VIDEO ‘ALL FALLS DOWN,’ WHICH DEPICTED A WORLD AFTER A CATASTROPHIC SOLAR STORM — AN EVENT SHOWN IN THE EARLIER SINGLE ‘TIRED,’ WHICH IS A PREQUEL TO THE ENTIRE STORY.
THE STORM DESTROYED ALL TECHNOLOGY ON EARTH, USHERING IN A NEW ERA FOR HUMANITY — A TIME OF REBUILDING, LOST MEMORIES, AND DISCOVERING ANCIENT HERITAGE. IN “DARKSIDE,” THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE SOLEMN AND HOPEFUL. MONUMENTAL LANDSCAPES AND MAJESTIC RUINS SYMBOLIZE A REBORN CIVILIZATION.
THE LYRICS, ESPECIALLY THE CHORUS:
“I SEE IT, LET'S FEEL IT, WHILE WE'RE STILL YOUNG AND FEARLESS”
CONTAIN FRAGMENTS OF THE MELODY FROM THE ICONIC SONG “HEART OF COURAGE” BY TWO STEPS FROM HELL, ADDING AN EPIC FEEL TO THE COMPOSITION.
kravica time capsule
​THE OPENING SCENES OF THE MUSIC VIDEO SUGGEST THAT ONE OF THE TIME CAPSULES LEFT BEHIND BY AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN FOUND BY DAVOR AND HIS COMPANIONS NEAR THE KRAVICA WATERFALLS. THIS DISCOVERY COULD BE A TURNING POINT FOR THE WALKERS' MISSION, ALLOWING THEM TO RECOVER FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE.
After WHEN All Falls Down
THE ACTION OF “DARKSIDE” TAKES PLACE IN 2094, SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENTS OF “ALL FALLS DOWN” AT THAT TIME, DAVOR, A FORMER MEMBER OF RED NEXUS AND NOW WALKER #83, SECRETLY TAUGHT FIVE YOUNG WALKERS HOW TO ACTIVATE AND OPERATE AVI-8 DRONES. THE STUDENTS BEGAN TO FOLLOW DAVOR AND TWO OLDER WALKERS WHO WERE SCANNING THE BATTLE OF SUTJESKA MONUMENT, LOCATED IN THE VALLEY OF HEROES.
INSPIRED BY THEIR ACTIONS, THE YOUNG WALKERS ATTEMPT TO MASTER THE SCANNING TECHNOLOGY. AFTER A SERIES OF FAILED TESTS, THEY FINALLY SUCCEED, AS SEEN WHEN THEY SCAN EACH OTHER. SOON AFTER, THEY HEAD TO ANOTHER MONUMENT, INDICATED BY THE ANCIENT FLAG, TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION TO RECOVER THE KNOWLEDGE LOST BEFORE THE DISASTER.
Reconciliation
THE CLIMAX OF THE MUSIC VIDEO MARKS A TURNING POINT. BOTH GROUPS OF WALKERS—THE YOUNGER ONES DRESSED IN BLACK AND THE OLDER ONES IN WHITE ROBES—MEET AT A DESIGNATED LOCATION, MOUNT LOVĆEN. THEIR LEADERS STAND FACE TO FACE AND REMOVE THEIR MASKS, A SYMBOLIC GESTURE OF TRUST, UNITY, AND RECONCILIATION.
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IN THE FINAL SHOTS, THE WALKERS RAISE THEIR HANDS TOWARD THE SKY, COMMANDING THE DRONES TO BEGIN BUILDING A NEW WORLD. THIS GESTURE FULFILLS THE PROPHECY CONTAINED IN THE PROPHECY DISK, OFFERING HOPE FOR A FUTURE BUILT ON THE ASHES OF THE PAST.
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