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"Tired" is a song by Norwegian DJ and music producer Alan Walker, featuring Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James.

 

The song was written by Mike Needle, Dan Bryer, Gavin James and Ollie Green, and was produced by Alan Walker, Gunnar Greve, Mood Melodies, Lars Kristian Rosness, Marcus Arnbekk, Fredrik Borch Olsen and Carl Hovind. It was released commercially for digital download on 19 May 2017. On 14 July 2017, Kygo released a remix of the song.

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Walker performed "Tired" in his live performances before the single's public release. On 15 May 2017, Alan Walker released an artwork video teaser for the single on social media, in which the single's cover art was revealed.

A trailer was released on 17 May 2017, revealing more details of the music video for the song, with the instrumental version of the song as background music.

On the occasion of the single release, Walker said:

"I'm very excited to finally release 'Tired'. I feel it adds another dimension to my productions. Also, it is my first release with a male vocalist, and I'm very grateful to have Gavin James join me on this one. He has an amazing voice, has written an incredible song and I hope my fans will enjoy it as much as I do!"

 

James added:

"Delighted to be working with Alan on this track, he's such a talent, I love his sound and what he has done for the song! Can't wait for both of our audiences to hear it!"

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The artwork video of the song's cover and the trailer was released on May 15 and 17, respectively. The official music video was then released on May 19, 2017. The video begins as the solar flare named "Eleanor" is expected to impact Earth in 47 minutes,

 

according to the music video trailer. The music video included flashbacks, some scenes of panicking crowds running around the streets, and newscast footages of random rioting and in terms of violence. In the final moments before the storm hits, a black-bloc-hooded man and a woman held their hands together as the countdown approaches,

and as the solar storm hits Earth, the entire city and the world immediately blacks out due to the total loss of global electrical power and the music video ends.

Chronologically, a sequel of "Tired", All Falls Down was released that same year on October 26 and it shows the aftermath of the "Solar Storm Eleanor", about hundreds of years after the storm's impact.

As of March 10, 2020, "Tired" has amassed 128 million views and 1.3 million likes.

ORIGINAL TIMELINE

Originally, Tired is set in 2017, 46 minutes before the solar storm.
The world has been plunged into chaos, but during this time a group of people called Walkers, secretly build 8 time capsules that are supposed to store messages and technology for future generations of civilization 

In the year 2025, a solar storm named Eleanor is raging on Earth, threatening all technologies and life forms in its path. The world around is in a panic as the solar storm approaches.

A female Walker steals a component from a rooftop satellite and returns to her Walker base, then looks at the holographic clock on her hand, where the solar storm is expected to reach their base in 46 minutes. Meanwhile, at the same base, Modern Walkers are trying to link their reconstituted time capsules to the Modern Walker Network, but all attempts have failed. His partner, meanwhile, walks through the alley and enters the building, recalling her relationship with Walker who is building the capsules at the time. She reaches the Walker base and meets her partner, to whom she handed over the component.


Because the component has been installed, the time capsules are now connected to the same network, but the solar storm is now closer to Earth, leaving the Walkers with no choice. The clock reaches 0, and the solar storm reaches the Walkers' base and destroys all technology in its path.

NEw TIMELINE

In the new version of the timeline, the action of Tired is already set in 2025, 46 minutes before the solar storm.


This was due to the merging of Faded with the rest of the World Of Walker storyline
In the extended version of the story from Faded, which is Paradise, you can see scenes that are deceptively reminiscent of Tired (there we see the Walker couple at the moment of the wedding ceremony)
This suggests that Tired takes place in 2025, partly shortly before the events of Faded (I mean the previously mentioned moment) while the rest of the story takes place before the storm (Sheep)

To sum up... The action of Tired takes place in several time frames. The main part of the video takes place a few minutes before the storm and is interspersed with visualizations of earlier events in the lives of the main characters (such as the "wedding")

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tired

single by alan walker
featuring gavin james

released: 19.05.2017

recorded: 2017

genre: future bass, tropical house

lenght: 3:12

label: mer musikk/kreatell, sony music

songwriter(s): mike needle ּ marcus arnbekk ּ lars kristian rosness ּ Daniel bryer ּ fredrik borch olsen ּ alan walker ּ gunnar greve ּ gavin wiggles worth ּ oliver green ּ anders froen

producer(s): alan walker ּ lars kristian rosness ּ anders froen ּ ּgunnar greve ּ marcus arnbekk ּ ּcarl hovind ּ freedrik borch olsen

alan walker singles chronology

(2017)             (2017)              (2017)​​

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Notes:

- As indicated in the timeline, there are several instances where the videos are shown multiple times. This is due to the various flashbacks depicted in them. For example, in "Paradise," scenes depict Lily painting a house, among other things.

- The entire timeline revolves around clips that took place between 2013 and 2025 (what we call the Modern Walkers Era)

- It is worth noting that the "Paradise Live Performance" does not necessarily conform to canon. This is only a speculative theory and has not been officially confirmed.

- Alone on the timeline is placed first, but its placement in time is not very important (and is only speculation)

- Also, the placement of Heading Home, Live At Chateu and Alone Pt. II may differ

 

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