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The track gained attention after its re-release via the record label NoCopyrightSounds on 19 November 2014, it was quickest to reach 1 million views on NoCopyrightSounds. Walker released the track "Fade" on 17 August 2014. Starting as a bedroom producer, he was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record deal and releasing his debut single in 2014. In July 2012, with the help and feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud. He started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio. He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and by film composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. In 2012, Walker was listening to a song by DJ David Whistle (also known as DJ Ness) and reached out to him to find out how he produced his music. Career 2012–2016: Career beginnings and breakthrough He initially had no musical background but was able to teach himself by watching YouTube tutorials based on musical production. Walker later found interest in computers, a hobby which has driven him deeper to computing graphical design, and musical programming. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Bergen. He grew up with two siblings, an elder sister named Camilla, who was also born in England, and a younger brother named Andreas, who was born in Norway. As a result, by his international parental inheritance, he was granted dual citizenship from both the United Kingdom and Norway. He also has the most views of any Norwegian creator, with approximately 12.9 billion views as of May 17, 2023.Īlan Olav Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England, to Anglo-Scottish British Philip Alan Walker, and his Norwegian wife Hilde Omdal Walker. As of July 2023, his channel is still the most subscribed channel in Norway, and has 44 million subscribers as of September 17, 2023. In early 2017, Walker's channel emerged as the most subscribed YouTube channel registered in Norway, with six million subscribers.

Three of his songs-"Faded", " Alone" (2016) and " The Spectre" (2017)-have garnered over a billion views on YouTube. II" featuring Ava Max (2019), all of which attracted hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.

He has also released several known songs including " Force" (2015), " Sing Me to Sleep" (2016), " All Falls Down" featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals (2017), " Darkside" (2018), " Diamond Heart" (2018), " On My Way" featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko (2019), and " Alone, Pt. Regardless, usage of "The Spectre" continued to trend with the "food animal" memes going into September 2023.Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian music producer and DJ, primarily known for his single " Faded" (2015), which was certified platinum in 14 countries. On September 9th, 2023, TikToker posted a video with the Strawberry Elephant set to the song "On & On" by Cartoon, inspiring the meme's usage with the new song. The slideshow inspired more, becoming increasingly viral (TikTok example shown below, right). We Lie" that showed the Strawberry Elephant meme, gaining roughly 100,000 likes in six days (recording shown below, left). For instance, on September 7th, 2023, TikToker posted a slideshow with "We Live. WE LIVE WE LOVE WE LIE🗣️🔥 #catsmurf #smurfcat #thespectere #edit #vsp #youthshake #meme #fyp ♬ original sound – #real #cat #mushroom #smurf ♬ оригинальный звук – billyherigton7ĭuring the same timeframe, various videos and slideshows surfaced on TikTok that added new "food animals" to the growing lore of the song.

On September 9th, 2023, TikToker posted a video, joking about, "Alan Walker seeing why his song is trending," gaining roughly 7 million plays and 1.2 million likes in four days (shown below, right). For instance, on September 7th, 2023, TikToker posted a Smurf Cat edit with "WE LIVE WE LOVE WE LIE🗣️🔥" as the caption (using the speaking head emoji), gaining roughly 3.3 million plays and 426,000 likes in six days (shown below, left).

Going into September 2023, the Smurf Cat meme started to gain increased virality, spreading usage of the song "The Spectre" and its remixes on TikTok and elsewhere. On August 27th, 2023, TikToker used the sound and created the first-known set of Шайлушай memes (later known as the "Smurf Cat") in a slideshow which received roughly 320,000 likes in 17 days (photos shown below). In turn, many TikTokers used the TikTok sound, starting a drawing trend that manifested in slideshows going into August 2023 (TikTok example shown below, right). The slideshow gained roughly 96,700 likes in two months (recording shown below, left). On July 6th, 2023, TikToker posted an ironic Skibidi Toilet slideshow which had a currently unknown remix of "The Spectre" by Alan Walker as its sound. Despite usage prior to 2023, the song became highly prevalent in memes starting in July 2023 on TikTok.