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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.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbwLQ1mfNw</ref>  
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.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbwLQ1mfNw</ref>  


On December 22nd, 2023, Mike Worst discovered an old 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.<ref>https://myspace.com/downfall654/music/song/-save-me-now-83397637-92006061</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/19cclcn/the_twitter_1downfall_myspace_page_are_debunked/</ref>  
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.<ref>https://myspace.com/downfall654/music/song/-save-me-now-83397637-92006061</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/19cclcn/the_twitter_1downfall_myspace_page_are_debunked/</ref>  


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song on the website last.fm for the keyword "downfall", and user Sveta/cherryblossomcherish discovered the song on an archived version of the band's website.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/comment/kss7h1x/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010706223542/http://www.fairverona.com/music/downfall.mp3</ref>
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song on the website last.fm for the keyword "downfall", and user Sveta/cherryblossomcherish discovered the song on an archived version of the band's website.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/comment/kss7h1x/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010706223542/http://www.fairverona.com/music/downfall.mp3</ref>

Revision as of 20:04, 17 August 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.

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

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]

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

Personnel

Shawna Potter – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Beth Cameron – lead guitar, backing vocals

Leah Nicholls – bass, backing vocals

Brent Summers – drums

Resources