Trying to recall an EDM song that came out ~8-10 years ago
June 2, 2021 12:31 PM Subscribe
I'm trying to recall an EDM track that was released maybe 8-10 years ago. It wasn't that obscure - I think it was by a fairly well-known producer. The music video featured a lot of wide open rural/wilderness-y landscapes, interspersed with scenes of solitary humans. (possible tw in "more inside" - suicide scene)
I think the lyrical refrain might have been something like "living alone" or "being alone" (with the word "alone" dragged out at the end of the melodic phrase). At the end of the video there was a (terminally ill) man who doused himself with a can of some kind of flammable liquid, near the sea, and it's implied he set himself alight. I think some other scenes also had two kids dressed in skeleton costumes.
None of these humans seemed to be related to each other - the video was basically random scenes of scenery and random scenes of humans that each seemed to have their own storylines.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? I keep forgetting the title of this song.
I think the lyrical refrain might have been something like "living alone" or "being alone" (with the word "alone" dragged out at the end of the melodic phrase). At the end of the video there was a (terminally ill) man who doused himself with a can of some kind of flammable liquid, near the sea, and it's implied he set himself alight. I think some other scenes also had two kids dressed in skeleton costumes.
None of these humans seemed to be related to each other - the video was basically random scenes of scenery and random scenes of humans that each seemed to have their own storylines.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? I keep forgetting the title of this song.
The original video for that Alice Deejay song even better matches the description, though it's not perfect. I'm not sure the end really suggests self-immolation, it is potentially allusive of suicide though (present in the other version but it's much more obvious in this one).
posted by advil at 2:01 PM on June 2, 2021
posted by advil at 2:01 PM on June 2, 2021
Best answer: It is The First Note is Silent by High Contrast, ft. Tiesto and Underworld
posted by subocoyne at 2:12 PM on June 2, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by subocoyne at 2:12 PM on June 2, 2021 [5 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks so much for the answers! The High Contrast track is what I was thinking of, although the Alice DJ does match a lot too.
posted by aielen at 4:59 PM on June 2, 2021
posted by aielen at 4:59 PM on June 2, 2021
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Alice DJ - Better Off Alone
posted by Mr. Papagiorgio at 1:13 PM on June 2, 2021 [1 favorite]