Alan Walker Talks Making His Best Music, Conquering the Stage, Vlogging and More [Interview]

Earlier this month famous person DJ/producer Alan Walker performed two bought out nights at the world well-known Hollywood Palladium; the penultimate exhibits on his Walkerverse world tour. The famously masked and hooded Walker performed out a bevy of his hit tracks together with “Alone,” “Spectre,” “Darkside,” his Hans Zimmer remix “Time” and after all, “Faded.” However, we acquired the probability to take a seat down and discuss to Alan Walker unmasked earlier than his present.

Although his identification is not a secret (you may see Alan sans his masks and hoodie on his Unmasked vlogs on YouTube), our chat was a really insightful look into a very considerate one who’s doing plenty of good issues for the world at massive. On high of that, it’s additionally very clear that Alan could be very snug in his personal pores and skin and is happy with the progress he’s made as an artist. Simply put, he is aware of what works for him, and he performs to his strengths. We mentioned his evolution as an artist, his vlogging, the tour, and a couple of different matters. Check out the full interview under.

Hey Alan! Thanks a lot for chatting with us. Tell us about how your yr went? This was lastly the first yr that individuals had been in a position to return out once more usually and I really feel like a lot of artists took benefit of it. How’s the Walkerverse tour been to this point?

“Yeah, like you said, everybody’s literally out traveling, everybody’s touring, so, obviously it’s a big competition. But, we see the Walkerverse tour as our own thing, and it’s been quite a successful run. We had amazing shows in South Korea, India and to kick it off with in Dubai, as well. And then we moved it up to Europe, had a bunch of crazy shows all around, and now we’ve been on the North America end. Then we have one quick pit stop in Mexico at a festival. So, it’s definitely been busy over the past three months, but it’s been really, really fun. And, also to do our own headline show has been so unique, and also to build a show the way that we’ve done it for the tour and at this scale has definitely been a fun experience.”

What’s totally different, such as you stated, while you’re constructing your personal tour, versus, you present up at EDC or one thing, and you simply play your set and growth, you’re out of there?

“So, for example, at a festival show, then I would focus more on energy. Obviously, I would do that too on my normal headline shows, but, it’s different. I would really focus on like, okay, this is going to be a party. Play hard remixes of my songs and also play just a fun dosage of chronicles for the Walker story. The focus has been to primarily just focus on the fans, and build this show surrounding that, that we want to please the fans and play like the top 20-top 25 Alan Walker songs and bring out some guest vocalists.”

I believe it’s been 7 years since Faded was launched. Tell us about the way you’ve grown as a producer and an artist over the years. How is the progress mirrored in the Walkerverse album?

“So, kicking off with Faded, I was still kind of in fresh waters around back then. I’d say like learning, exploring, what would be the sound of Alan Walker. And over the years I’ve learned a lot of new techniques and I’ve learned so many things while working with other people and producers and songwriters. So, it’s been such a fun and eventful seven years, and it’s crazy to think it’s been seven years, because time has literally flown so fast for me. I’ve done so many different songs and so many different concerts and all that’s always been incredible. But, to kind of take the signature Alan Walker sound and really develop it and to make it more pop-ish, try to meet new audiences and it’s definitely a learning curve. Everything is always a learning curve, you’ve got to try and see if you succeed or fail and then it’s a lot of baby steps. But, with the Walkerverse album, I felt like I was able to just put together what I love to do the most. Like finding influence in movie soundtracks and all that. I’m just making things that I generally like.”

Your masks and hoodie have all the time been one in every of your emblems. However, I’ve seen that recently you’ve posted photographs and movies displaying your face and your hair. What made you determine to take off the masks and present the world who you’re?

“So, we were thinking about it, because for a very long time, the idea was that we don’t want to show off Walker’s identity at all, as I’m literally talking about myself in third person (laughing). But, yeah, like the sole intent was that we still wanted to build this mysterious image, like, have people wonder ‘who is really the guy behind the mask and why?’ And I would pose only from the back and have people ask why does he only show his back, for example. And, that was solely with the intention that I wanted people to focus on the music rather than me as a person. And, I think over the years more and more people would get more familiar with my face, because I wasn’t that serious about keeping it off social media. If people wanted photos, I would be fine with taking them. But, an idea that we could break it or make it for the fans that would know, we created the Unmasked vlogs which was the idea that we would take the viewers, the fans, the followers behind the scenes and give them the experience, what is it like to be a touring artist. What do we do? I kinda wanted to show people the upside, but also the downside, like little sleep, a lot of travel, a lot of hard work and everything mixed in between and still trying to make the best out of it.”

Have you all the time been snug on digital camera or is that this one thing you grew into?

“As ‘Faded’ blew up, I just got introduced to a whole new world of things. Like, I’d never really been on a proper stage before. And, performing for crowds larger than a classroom was unheard of. So, yeah, it was really, really scary, but it was just like grow and learn. And, the more I did, the more comfortable I became. I did have a lot of stage fright in the very beginning, but the more I did to just go out there on the stage, the more comfort I found in it. Because, sooner or later I just realized people didn’t really care about who was on stage, almost. And when I started to get that realization, it made me so much more comfortable if I could just believe that people don’t really care. Certain people do, but, as long as you don’t mess up really.”

I believe it’s actually cool that you just’ve advocated for environmentalism in your vlog as properly. Tell us what are the issues Alan Walker cares most about exterior music, and how will you use your platform to make a distinction.

“So, speaking of 2019, we created A Different World campaign. That was solely with the intent of making an impact for the better of our world, and climate was the main focus. And, that’s something I still believe in today. That’s why when MrBeast did the Team Trees donation, I was one of the first people that jumped on and donated $100,000. And, then when he launched TeamSeas.org with Mark Rober, then I also donated $100,000 again. So, I’ve supported them for like two, three years in a row, because I believe what they’re doing is really good intentioned. And, over the years, I’ve liked to support different charities. Like, for example, just recently in Norway I’ve donated to mental health and children’s cancer charity funds. So, I do like to give back and support everyone who needs it.”

I all the time prefer to ask this query to individuals who aren’t from Los Angeles. But, what makes this place particular to you? What do you want the most about the metropolis and the individuals? Any particular locations you want to go to while you’re right here?

“For me, it’s always been the music capital of America, so it’s always interesting to come here, because you always know someone who’s here. So, that’s always fun. There’s just a bunch of people you know from here. So, that’s what essentially LA has become for me, it’s like a hotwire to know people.”

Any favourite meals spots you want to go to while you’re right here?

“In-N-Out”

Is there any artist in the EDM world who you’d prefer to work with that you just haven’t but? Any pop vocalists or artists you’d prefer to collab with?

“I think Martin Garrix would be awesome. Or catching back up with Kygo could be interesting, we’ve previously worked on collabs before, but never finished anything. And Lady Gaga all day!”

Can you inform us what we will count on from you in 2023 and past?

“2023? Live, I have no idea, we’re still working on a plan on how we’re going to target next year. But, I think we’re going to still keep on building the Walkerverse tour for new markets. And, then, musically, probably going to continue down the same path. I also want to try and make like a classic Alan Walker album, kind of like what Martin Garrix did with his ‘Sentio’ album. Just go back to the roots, make some more of those instrumental tracks, that could be pretty cool.”

Any phrases for the followers?

“As always, thank you so much for the love and support this year. Yearly Spotify numbers were released, and, just seeing those numbers, it’s just so hard to digest and comprehend how big and how much love and support I get from people all over the world. I’m eternally grateful, I wish I could express my thankfulness to everybody.”

Get misplaced inside Alan Walker’s Walkerverse, out now on Sony. Check out the video under for a clip from the Walkerverse Tour!