LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Alan Walker, the Norwegian-British DJ behind “Faded”, is in Lahore working on music with Hamza Malik and Zain Zohaib, the singers of the viral Pakistani hit “Alfaaz”, and fans are convinced a collaboration is on the way.
It began with a comment. Watching the “Alfaaz” video, Walker spotted a masked figure walking behind the singers in a look much like his own trademark mask and hood. “Why is there a Walker in the video. Beautiful video btw,” he wrote. Malik replied on YouTube: “Hahaha, I appreciate it man! The Walker is a mystery for now… but maybe we can solve it together.”
Walker then posted a video from an airport. “Hamza has responded to me. This song is everywhere. Let’s go to Lahore and finish this,” he said. In a clip shared by Giraffe Studios after he landed, he added: “I just got to Lahore and it’s beautiful here, and I’m about to go to the studio to work on some music.”
What he has posted: on November 4 Walker shared a teaser filmed outside the Alamgiri Gate of Lahore Fort, holding a wooden box with his logo as “Alfaaz” played, captioned “more to come soon”. He has posted from the studio with the singers (“BTW, it was a very productive day”), and Malik shared a picture of Walker in a shawl with the word alfaaz written on it in Urdu, adding: “There’s another surprise as well.” Walker also found time for a halwa puri breakfast.
Neither side has announced a song, a title or a release date.
“Alfaaz”, by Malik and the brothers Zain Ali and Zohaib Ali, was released on July 25 and has climbed into Spotify’s Top 50 Global chart.
