The Downfall of a Well Known Actress

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The Downfall of a Well Known Actress

The cover of Fair Verona's 2001 album Unfair & Unofficial
Artist(s) Fair Verona
Genre Pop Punk
Year 1999
Status Solved; Full version available
Original poster andyhermann
Search duration 2019 - 2024
File:DownfallOfAWellKnownActress.mp3

The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress (formerly known as "Downfall") is a solved lostwave by American indie-rock band Fair Verona, which was released exclusively on their website as a bonus track for their 2001 album Unfair & Unofficial. It was first uploaded to WatZatSong by user andyhermann in 2019

Background[edit | edit source]

On October 23rd, 2019, the song was first posted by WatZatSong user andyhermann, who claimed to have downloaded it in 2008 with the original filename being Downfall.mp3.[1]

The song first gained attention in December 2022, when WatZatSong user RojoCatto/Mike Worst contacted the OP and received the full song, which he then uploaded to his channel on December 17th, 2022.[2]

On December 22nd, 2023, Mike Worst discovered a band called Downfall that had a song called "Save Me Now" with a similar runtime to the lost song on MySpace, but the file was no longer available.[3] This lead was debunked on January 21st, 2024, when a member of the band was contacted on Twitter and confirmed that he did not create the song.[4]

Discovery[edit | edit source]

On February 29th, 2024, the song was identified as The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress by Fair Verona, after Discord user Erin used an API to scrape every song on the website last.fm for the keyword "downfall", and user Sveta/cherryblossomcherish discovered the song on an archived version of the band's website.[5][6]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Shawna Potter – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Beth Cameron – lead guitar, backing vocals

Leah Nicholls – bass, backing vocals

Brent Summers – drums

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