Talk:Faded (Alan Walker song)/GA1

Lead

• "The song was released [...]" It's obviously referring to "Faded" right now, so you can replace "the song" with "it" to avoid repetition with the previous sentence.
• I think there's a lot of trimming that could be done here. For example, ""Faded" debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 80. This was Walker's first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the 16th Norwegian song to chart there". Ultimately all that matters here for a lead summary is that it reached number 80, so it could be trimmed back to ""Faded" reached number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the 16th Norwegian song to chart there". Willing to work further to get thi
• "The song achieved massive global success" We establish that already with "It was also a commercial success".
• Do we need to list all the countries that the song topped the charts in in the lead?
• The lead puts a ton of coverage on the song's success, but not its genre or what the song is about.
• The information about being put on Different World should be included the article body somewhere, rather than just in the lead and release history section.
• Initial December 5 release date should be in the prose

 Done

Second read comments:

• I think it is worth stating that the song topped the charts in that many countries while just not naming them. I think what would work is "It topped the charts in 18 countries, and also topped the year-end charts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden".
• I don't know where else to put this since it doesn't impact only one section but I realized that there's a lot of inconsistencies on whether the article uses DMY or MDY dates. For example, the live debut date in the lead is formatted as 27 February 2016, but in the article is written as February 27, 2016.

Background

• "The song "Faded" is a remake [...]" Trim to ""Faded" is a remake [...]". It's obvious by now that it is a song
• "When "Fade" first started gaining attention in 2014, Walker got a feedback saying: "Oh, it feels like this song has lyrics, but there are no words". From that point on, Walker began to realise that the song had potential as a vocal track, an idea he sat over for a bit. He envisioned fleshing out "Fade" into a larger song, but was not ready to do it yet. So, he passed his time on other releases like "Spectre" and "Force"" This whole excerpt is a bit jank-y in wording and doesn't fell encyclopedic, but rather editorial. I'd paraphrase the quote and fix "a feedback".
  • An example of how I'd rewrite this bit is "When "Fade" started gaining attention in 2014, Walker received feedback from listeners on how the song felt like it should have lyrics, which it lacked. Walker felt the song had potential to be expanded, such as by adding vocals, but wasn't ready to do it yet."
• How relevant are Spectre and Force to the development of Faded?
• When someone is introducing, they should only be referred to with their last name after that point; Gunnar Greeve and Jesper Borgen shouldn't be addressed by their full name after their first mention.
• "Walker was also searching for the right vocalist to remake "Fade", and when he met fellow Norwegian singer Iselin Solheim through Jesper Borgen, one of the songwriters he was working with, Walker knew it was the perfect fit" Two issues:
  • Once again, the writing feels a bit editorial. I think "Walker felt she was the perfect fit for the song" would be better than "Walker knew it was the perfect fit".
  • We already know that he was working with Borgen, we don't need to restate his role.

 Done

Second read:

• "the majors soon sat up and took notice" This is the exact wording taken from the AllMusic biography and is clearly a bit editorial. What exactly are the "majors"?

Lyrics and composition

• I'm fine with the songwriting information being repeated here given the new context, but Skretting and Malmborg should also be mentioned.
• "In addition to the lyrics, the team rebuilt the track with a new mix and mastering, and piano has been introduced" → "In addition to the lyrics, the track was fully rebuilt with a new mix and mastering, and a piano is introduced"
• The whole sentence about downtempo seems a bit confusing, particularly Walker's quote about it. Also wikilink the term

 Done

Critical reception

• This sections follows a pretty consistent structure of "X said Y", with Y being a quote, without much paraphrasing. I'd try to not only paraphrase some of what the critics are saying, but also add some variation like demonstrated at WP:RECEPTION.
  • The whole bit from Vice, especially, needs paraphrasing.
• I don't think naming individual listicles is necessary here. For example, I think "Tatiana Cirisano of Billboard ranked the song at number one in her listicle "Alan Walker's 5 Best Songs: Critic's Picks"," would read better as "Tatiana Cirisano of Billboard ranked it as Walker's best song,"

Commercial performance

• The map here seems to inconsistently use nation-wide charting versus sub-charts for specific genres of songs. For example, based on the context given, it'd make the reader think from looking at the image that Faded topped the Hot 100 in the United States; in reality, it only hit #80, but it did reach #4 and #7 on specific electronic and dance sub-charts. Greece is colored despite the song only reaching #2 on a sub-chart. Meanwhile, countries like Argentina are colored because the song hit the top 20 on the full national chart.
• "As of July 2016, Billboard reported that "Faded" was the 10th best-selling EDM song in the United States with 186,000 sales, and the 10th most-streamed EDM song on demand across audio and video in the United States with 77,084,000 streams. Billboard reported a similar report in July 2017, making it the 9th most-watched EDM song on video on demand with 63,990,000 views. In a July 2018 report, the song was the 7th most-streamed EDM song on demand across audio and video in the United States with 121,162,000 streams." There's overall a lot of repetition in this excerpt and it doesn't flow well. "reported a similar report"?
  • Replace "As of" from the first sentence because it would make it seem like this is the most up to date figure even though the section gives data up to 2019
• ""Faded" overtakes Kygo's song "Firestone" featuring Conrad Sewell as the most streamed Norwegian song on Spotify." I am confused as to how this image helps, and the caption reads like a news headline. I'm noticing that editorialized writing like this is a recurring theme in this article.
• Link to Kygo in his first mention rather than second

Music video

Acoustic version

Remixes and EP

Live performances

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Spotcheck

Will review 1 10th of the articles sources. So, as of right now, 28. And I will be doing this only when the prose review is concluded or while I am doing it. λ NegativeMP1 02:20, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

So far: 10/28 (Also worth noting I am not checking every single individual time the source is checked, although I am aiming to do a few at least. Will give more priority towards sources that may have issues)

• Ref. 3:
• Ref. 6:
  • It states that "Fade" got 65 million "hits", but it doesn't seem to be referring to just YouTube views.  Done
• Ref. 7:
  • Does not state that "Faded" was the sole reason that Walker signed with MER  Done
• Ref. 9:
• Ref. 11:
• Ref. 23:
• Ref. 28:
  • The quote in the article at present: "The rolling beats and stunning synth progressions have captivated dance listeners around the world".
  • The actual quote: "It’s not hard to understand why the winding beat and triumphant synth progression of “Faded” captivated dance listeners around the globe"
• Ref. 51:
• Ref. 65:
• Ref. 71:

• More to follow