"Darkside" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer

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, featuring German singer

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and Norwegian singer Tomine Harket. The song was recorded on June 27, 2018 and released on July 27 via Mer Musikk and

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. Two remixes were released, one by Austrian DJ and producer

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and one by

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in collaboration with Chasner. However, neither were officially published by Walker's YouTube channel.

Background

The single is the second installment in the ''World of Walker'' trilogy, with the futuristic, post-apocalyptic sci-fi world seen in his previous video "

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" revisited here with hopeful views for the future with majestic landscapes. The video before "All Falls Down", " Tired" served as a prequel to this trilogy where a

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destroyed all technology on

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, changing the course of humanity forever. The lyric during the chorus, "I see it, let's feel it, while we're still young and fearless" samples a part from the melody of the popular production music track " Heart of Courage" by

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Music video

These videos were directed by MER creative director Kristian Berg. Together with the accompanying music video, "Darkside" is the second song in the ''World of Walker'' trilogy, following the previous single "All Falls Down". The video features several World War II monuments and memorials in Yugoslavia, namely '' Monument to the Revolution of the'' '' People of Moslavina'' in Podgarić and '' Valey of Heroes'' in

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, as well as the Mausoleum of Njegoš on the top of

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and the Kravica waterfall in

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