The Arena (song)

"The Arena"
Single by Lindsey Stirling
from the album Brave Enough
Released28 June 2016
Genre
Length3:53
LabelLindseystomp Records
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Stirling, Taylor Bird, Peter Hanna
Producer(s)RUMORS
Lindsey Stirling singles chronology
"Hallelujah"
(2015) 		"The Arena"
(2016) 		"Something Wild"
(2016)

"The Arena" is a 2016 single released by violinist Lindsey Stirling.

Background

"The Arena" is the third track and first single from the album Brave Enough. The instrumental track was written by Stirling, Hanna and Bird and produced by RUMORS.[1] In the booklet released with Brave Enough, is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt said to have inspired the song:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles; or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena"[2]

"The Arena" features regularly on Stirling's live concert performances, from Brave Enough Tour through to her more recent Artemis Tour.[3]

Music video

The music video for "The Arena" was released on June 28, 2016. It features Stirling and professional dancer Derek Hough. In a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max inspired environment, Stirling and Hough enter an arena surrounded by crowds and perform an elaborate dance.[4][5]

In an interview, Stirling said that the performance was said to be a display of how to combat criticism, especially our own.[6]

As of March 2022, the video has over 85 million views on YouTube.[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Arena". Genius. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ "UTubers: Lindsey Stirling releases new music video featuring Derek Hough". Deseret. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Lindsey Stirling Songs Played Total". SetList. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ ""The Arena" - Lindsey Stirling [YouTube Official Music Video]". Zumic. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ "LINDSEY STIRLING BRINGS MAD MAX VIBES TO HER NEW VIDEO". Nerdist. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Facing Criticism in Lindsey Stirling's New Video "The Arena"". Latter Day Saint Musicians. 6 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ "The Arena (Official Video)". YouTube. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.