Global superstar Alan Walker unveils new F1 anthem: 'Capturing the emotions of F1'

Looking slightly uncomfortable, Alan Walker sits at the head of the table as, for a select group of media, his new single—and potential F1 anthem—is played for the first time. Only when the final notes fade and the attendees applaud, does a cautious smile appear. Mission accomplished, the British-Norwegian DJ seems to think.

His task wasn’t easy: at the request of Formula 1 and one of its commercial partners, to create a new anthem for the sport. “The idea was to sample sounds of Formula One, like what makes Formula One,” Walker explains to, among others, GPblog about the track. “We got sent a bunch of samples, like recording some of the racetracks and a lot of like little sound bites that you can just put in the digital audio workshop and then start tweaking, and then sooner or later you have a song."

“Very short,” Walker said about the time he had to make the track. “But not too short. But it was like alongside the different ideas, the direction that was wanted and tweaks that were intended to be done. Like sooner or later, it all works out. Like you heard the song, we got the lyrics written, we got a great vocalist to sing it, and in the end, we got a great product."

For Formula 1, Walker—who has ten million, mostly young, followers on Instagram—was a logical artist to approach for the project because he appeals to a key target audience for the sport. In turn, Walker is a fan of F1. “I've always been a big fan of sports, like racing,” he says in response to a question from GPblog.

That Walker really does follow the sport closely becomes clear when he’s asked to name his favourite for the world title. "Ooh, that's a great question. With a couple of races being off the calendar, Kimi [Antonelli] already having a great head start. I think it will be pretty, what do you say, like toe to toe between him and George [Russell]."