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The video was shot in Rummu quarry in Estonia, and produced and edited by Bror Bror and directed by Rikkard and Tobias Häggbom, with Rikkard Häggbom also as director of photography. On 4 November 2017 Alan Walker performed the song live with Against the Current at the 2017 League of Legends World Championship closing ceremony in Beijing.Ī music video was released, featuring Shahab Salehi as the protagonist. In addition to Iselin Solheim who also is the original singer on the recording, the song has also been performed live with Ingrid Helene Håvik, Tove Styrke, Alexandra Rotan, Angelina Jordan, Zara Larsson and Torine Michelle. Several female vocalists have performed the song Faded live with Alan Walker. It is also one of the 5 most liked YouTube videos with over 18 million likes. Its music video on YouTube reached 1 billion views on 26 March 2017, and has received over 2 billion views to date, making it the 17th most viewed YouTube video. It also reached number one on the Shazam Worldwide Top 100 Popular Songs in February 2016, and by March 2016, had become the world's most Shazamed song. It also charted in various countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The song peaked at number one in more than ten countries and in the top 5 in more than 25 countries. "Faded" became a worldwide commercial success upon its release, topping Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish singles charts, as well as entering the top 3 in the Danish singles chart. While the structure and melody are almost identical to "Fade", "Faded" is noticeably different for its piano intro and outro with uncredited vocals by Iselin Solheim and mainstream production. The melody, I don’t know where it came from, but I try to let my emotions and feelings have a big influence on the melodies I produce." The style is inspired by the Norwegian producer K-391. In an interview he stated: "The melodies and the way the track progresses are what’s so unique and its what inspired me to create 'Fade' which later on became 'Faded'. In the creation of "Faded", Walker was inspired by the music producer Ahrix's sound on his track Nova from 3 March 2013. The song "Faded" is a revamped version of Walker's past compositions " Fade", which was released via the record label NoCopyrightSounds in November 19, 2014. It is written in the key of Eb minor with a chord progression of Ebm-B-Gb-Db. The song is set in common time and has a tempo of 90 beats per minute.