Alan Walker: The DJ Behind The Mask

Who is Alan Walker? The Norwegian YouTuber, Producer, and DJ behind the iconic black mask has an interesting story behind his fame.

Alan Walker, the producer and DJ hailing from Norway typically has his iconic black mask on during his sets, but recently has started showing his face more for promotion of his upcoming tour. Alan Walker’s tour is global, beginning in Europe and eventually making its way to the States.

Alan Walker’s face reveal came a while back as he got his start on YouTube. His YouTube channel had over 11.1 billion followers in 2021 and is continuing to grow. In his early videos, he showed his face often, but as he grew he put on the mask while performing for more anonymity along with his message of being united as one.

Having grown a massive YouTube following, Alan Walker’s net worth is jaw-dropping, estimated to hover around 15 million as of March 2023. Being only 25, this is an insanely high number. For example, the timeless legend, Carl Cox is estimated to have around 16 million in net worth. Some other big names are Tiesto at 170 Million, and Calvin Harris at a whopping 300 million in estimated net worth.

Alan Walker’s most recent tour, The Walkerverse, began last year on October 8th, 2022 in Manchester, England. Walker touched down in 29 European cities before landing in the States where his US tour began in Dallas, Texas. His show brought him to major venues in Washington DC, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles.

Alan Walker concerts are known for their cutting-edge visuals and a fascination with our future technologically. His visuals are to tell a story, a robotic story beyond the mundane we see day to day. In addition, the trailers for Alan Walker shows’s and tours are symbolic of adventure through time, space, and reality.

Alan Walker is becoming one of the larger names in EDM after about 10 years of stardom online. Bridging the gap between trance and trap, his sound is unique and exciting. With a touch of big room house and future bass, it is tough to pin down his exact genre of EDM, but stream numbers say it all. His top track, Faded, has 1,798,365,034 streams on Spotify alone and just like Alan Walker’s career, it is continuing to grow.

Shiv

Hey! I’m Shiv!

Music is the greatest part of my life, I remember discovering dubstep when I was 15/16 and my entire life was altered – robot noises?? I needed MORE!

Now, I live in NYC and have seen over 60 artists of all genres; my favorites being Odesza, Subtronics, Rezz, Griz, Zeds Dead, John Summit and Kaskade. I am an enjoyer of music and will try everything once, I do not discriminate – there is beauty in all genres (minus country).

You can usually find me in a warehouse at 4AM because I am nocturnal and will quite literally never say no to a show.

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