Biography

Alan Walker is a Norwegian DJ and record producer, born in Northampton, United Kingdom.Growing up in the digital era, Walker found an early interest in computers, which later turned into a fascination for programming and graphic design. He initially had no musical background; however, he later taught himself by watching tutorials on YouTube based on music production.

Lyric video

On 30 November, he released the single "Different World" from his debut studio album of the same name.  For most of the video, images were represented of oceans filled with trash, air pollution, wildfires, hurricanes, and other kinds of disaster scenarios linked to climate change. For the third quarter of the video, the visuals change to landscapes of nature, pointing to show what could be if people worked together to fight climate change. 

It was released alongside an accompanying campaign titled "#CreateADifferentWorld", in which Walker addresses the importance of climate change. He want to use his voice to raise awareness. And that's what this song is about. There is still time, together we can create a different world.

Billboard noted the song as "depicting the sad state of our planet with hard-to-watch images of polluted oceans, forest fires and communities under water," along with suggesting the lack of awareness or pretence about the issue of climate change by people in power.