Alone

"Alone," released in 2016, was Marshmello's breakout hit, although he was known in EDM circles for his 2015 remixes of Zedd's "Beautiful Now," and Jack Ü's "Where Are U Now." At the time, we didn't know who he was because he wears a full-head-covering marshmallow helmet in the tradition of masked DJs like Daft Punk and Deadmau5. Social media sleuths pegged him as an American DJ named Chris Comstock, who used to perform (unmasked) using the name Dotcom. They were right - a year later it was widely known that Marshmello and Chris Comstock were the same person.

Marshmello usually collaborates with singers to write the lyrics and provide vocals on his songs, but "Alone" is all him. His vocals are heavily processed, pitched up about three semitones so it sounds like what marshmallow would sound like if it could sing - kind of light and puffy.

Lyrically, the song is about missing home and the person you love. I'm so alone Nothing feels like home I'm so alone Trying to find my way back home to you Marshmello explained the song's meaning on Facebook: "Truth is, I had just moved away from my friends and family and I started to feel very home sick and lonely like I didn't belong in my new settings. Everything was just happening so fast and I couldn't really grasp where I was or who I was but all I knew was that I felt Alone."