No, no, it's a...

In shitification.

What?

I mean, there's a keyword there.

Shit, like, clearly.

Do people recognize you with the mask on?

Like, you take the mask off, nobody knows who you are, and then put it on, it's like, oh!

Yeah, it's like Batman.

Nobody cared until I put the mask on.

Welcome to our Amazing Talk Show.

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Huh, Sandra, I think I'm gonna become famous.

What are you talking about?

I mean, look at me, I'm just 27,

I'm becoming a well-known talk show host, and every viewer loves me.

I mean, the future can only get better.

Oh, seriously, are you affected by Echo?

You're really overthinking it, all right?

Compared to today's guest, you're nothing, nobody.

How is that even possible?

Is today's guest really, really that famous?

Come on, he is a true legend.

He shot to fame at high school just by wearing a black mask and a black jacket.

No way, I don't believe you.

Come on, take me to him, and only then I'll believe you.

The Amazing Talk Show is getting truly amazing because today we have Alan Walker with us!

Alan!

So excited, thank you for coming!

Thank you for having me.

Okay, we'll just dive right into the hit song, because it's Faded.

I sing this all the time, like it's my go-to song at karaoke.

I like Spectre because of the memes.

Snorkels everywhere.

And you embraced it, that was so cool.

Yeah, I know, just gotta hop on a train.

Yeah, so Faded came out in 2014?

2014, yeah, 14, 15.

No, so Fade, the original, came out in 2014, and then we did Faded in 2015, and then it went crazy in 2016.

Yeah.

Had you expected that it would become such a hit?

No.

Like your world was like turned upside down, like everywhere wanted you.

No, the world wasn't turned upside down, it was upside up and downside up.

And how many times have you ever counted that you've played it?

Do you still love it when you play it, or are you actually getting a little bit tired of it?

Could never get tired of Faded.

Like it's a timeless song, and it shows in the statistics as well, like that Faded is still streaming, just alone on Spotify, it's streaming like 500 to 700,000.

Still, yeah.

Like per day.

Per day, okay, well like still, and he's like per day.

Very important, like key word.

Ironically, it never fades away.

Oh, it doesn't, it doesn't, yeah.

Were you always into EDM?

Like how did you kind of fall in love with the music style?

So when I grew up, like I was listening to like Tiësto,

David Guetta, Stevie Aoki.

So EDM wasn't anything new for me, but like trying to learn and figure out how it was made was very new for me.

Yeah, but where did Hans Zimmer fit in?

Because I watched some of your interviews and he said he is your biggest inspiration.

So Hans is like a big inspiration for me when it comes to writing the melodies.

Oh, okay.

He's incredible when it comes to sound design, melodies.

He's really good at capturing emotion in melodies.

Wow, you wouldn't expect that.

When you think EDM, you don't think classical, but actually you have a lot of diverse tastes, and you take a lot of inspiration from everywhere.

And how did you learn how to like compose and produce?

YouTube.

You were self-taught?

Yeah.

That's crazy.

It was easy, like were there any difficulties?

Because you're on your own, I guess.

If you're smart, then it's not difficult.

That's what you are.

Yeah, but like when you start getting into it, of course, it takes courage and will and a lot of time.

I know, it's a bit sudden, but today I have a word that I really want to share with you.

This word is called exquisite.

Oh, exquisite.

This word is really beautiful.

It means exquisite, exquisite.

If you really want to express something that's exquisite, you'll use exquisite.

That's right.

And for example, like AmazingTalker, there are thousands of schools, millions of students, and the largest education platform in Taiwan.

Yeah, and you can take a class first, and then decide to buy a course.

You can choose the time, place, and content yourself.

It's really good.

And there's also an AI team to help you find the most suitable teacher.

You can find any teacher, like math, Chinese, culture, and professional teachers to provide an exquisite course.

So such an excellent AmazingTalker can be described in this word.

And you know what?

Oh, right, I almost forgot.

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So the meaning of exquisite is...

AmazingTalker.

And then we know that you sometimes, often actually collaborate with musicians from different places of the world.

And then we heard about the G-IDLE song cooperation, and also...

Peder Elias, yes.

And Putri Arjani.

You even collabed with all these games, like PUBG and League of Legends.

And also kind of Hans Zimmer indirectly, right?

You did a remix of Time.

I mean, everywhere, that's cool.

Is there any collaboration that stands out that you remember?

I think my very favorite one is probably On My Way, because it had such an impact on the gaming world, which was the first song that I did alongside with PUBG as well.

It was with Sabrina Carpenter and Furuko.

And is there anybody...

I feel like you collaborate with so many artists.

Is there still someone out there that you're like, oh, I wish I could collaborate with.

I haven't done it yet.

Yeah, I mean, one collaboration I think could be very unique would be Green Day.

Oh, Green Day.

I wasn't expecting that.

No, that's what I mean.

Like, it's unexpected.

And I've been a big fan of them growing up.

So it could be fun.

It could be...

I can't wait.

It'll be really, really cool.

I mean, there's nothing in the works for the time being.

Yeah, yeah, of course.

It's just a dream.

Green Day, if you're listening, you know who to hit up.

Artistically, you just keep expanding.

Like, at first, I would have called you a producer.

Then you start doing live shows, so you're a DJ.

And how do you present yourself?

How do you say who you are when you...

DJ, producer.

No, no, just Alan Walker.

Everybody knows who it is.

No, on the immigration card,

I just write musician slash DJ.

That's what I do.

That's pretty simply put.

Yeah, I like how he calls his fans walkers because he thinks that they are from all walks of life.

Walkers from all walks of life.

That's a good expression, all walks of life.

All walks.

I might, I just, I can't help but think of this question, but when you're a DJ, you must have gotten this a lot.

I'm just really curious, when you're doing live performances, are you actually doing something?

Stop asking that, yeah.

I'm super impolite, but I have to ask.

That's really impolite.

That's actually a little bit rude.

Only the fake ones, you know, have everything saved on their programmer, but then he does that live.

No, no, it's, so DJing, for me, from what I know from all my other DJ colleagues, everything is live, every time.

I'm so sorry that my partner asked that, you know, because in Taiwan, sometimes we see pretty girls all dressed up and they're just posing like they're DJing, but they're actually not.

Yeah, I mean, that happens.

I can't believe you're asking that question.

I know, I'm just too curious, but you see, that way, nobody can doubt it now.

Nobody ever doubted him, okay?

Actually, I didn't know this before, but you have like the dual nationality, you're English and Norwegian?

Yeah.

But you have a very neutral accent, you're...

It's purely Norwegian.

I've lived in Norway my entire life.

I moved to Norway when I was two years old, so.

And it seems we are an English teaching channel and I've heard that Norwegians are particularly good at English.

We use a lot of English when we speak.

I don't know, you can have like a normal Norwegian conversation and you say something, but then you just throw in like English words and it sounds, I don't know, this makes so much more sense and it sounds so much cooler than just saying the actual Norwegian words.

Everyone, like even my parents, they throw in, like they speak Norwegian and they throw in like English words.

I think everyone does it when it's so subconsciously, like you don't do it intentionally.

Very natural.

It's just like, yeah, natural.

So, we've prepared some like Gen Z English terms, even like we don't know the answers to.

Okay.

We'll see if...

We'll try to not make it cringy, which is impossible, but yeah, we'll...

Okay.

Start with a really weird one.

I don't get you kids.

Okay.

It's beige flag.

Beige flag?

Beige flag.

Gen Z?

I have no idea.

Is that a negative word?

Or it sounds weirdly like tepid, you know, like it doesn't sound like it's...

It sounds like a more neutral version of a red flag.

Because beige, right?

Oh my God, it's like someone is so ordinary that it is strange.

Maybe.

To the extent that...

He's like so boring.

It's just a basic person.

He gave me a massive beige flag.

It sounds weird.

I don't like the...

I mean, the colour, I like, but saying it like that, it sounds dirty.

It's either good, nor bad, but kind of strange.

I got it.

Well, I got the concept right.

Oh yeah.

You win.

She's very competitive.

Never play video games.

We'll move on with the next.

All right.

So I can see the list.

All right.

Rent-free.

Do you...

Have you ever used this word, rent-free?

Yeah.

Because I know rent, but like rent-free.

Like my landlord is really nice.

But it's like something, like something funny that could have happened.

And then you think about it, that lives rent-free in your head.

Oh, did you already have the answer?

Oh.

Could you use it in a sentence?

Yeah.

I mean, like Victor lives rent-free in my head.

Oh, that's so cute.

I think this one.

The last one, how about that?

Okay.

In shitification.

What?

In shitification.

In shitification.

I mean, there's a keyword there.

Shit, like clearly.

Maybe it's something that...

Okay, the internet likes to be negative.

So maybe it's something that was good, that's not good anymore.

That just everything goes bad.

Like some kind of negative feeling.

Yeah.

Do you wanna take a guess?

I have no idea.

I'm lost.

I guess for me, it's something old that became bad.

Like that just in shitified.

That would do, that would do.

So what's the answer?