I Know You
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I Know You is an original song written by American singer-songwriter Jake Smith, better known for his stage name of "The White Buffalo", created for the Know Your Enemy trailer for Halo Wars 2.[1] While the song was originally featured in the trailer, it was not featured on the game's Original Soundtrack and went unreleased for a number of years, until eventually being released on February 21, 2023 in celebration of the game's sixth anniversary.[2]
Alongside an official streaming release, the track was made available as a free download on Halo Waypoint, available here and archived on this website.
Appearances[edit]
I Know You plays in the background of the Know Your Enemy trailer for Halo Wars 2, released in 2016.
Lyrics[edit]
- I know you
- We’ve been here before
- No surprises, just settled scores
- I know the darkness, from inside
- Reckless rage, and poison pride
- I know the weakness, I know the pain
- I know the fear we do not name
- And the one who comes to find me, when my time is through
- I know you
- Yeah, I know you
- I know you
Production notes[edit]
The track's release was described as a "complicated" process,[3] which ultimately involved 343 Industries, Microsoft, Blur Studio, and The White Buffalo's record label Unison Music Group.[4] The track's release was something in-part spurred on by Alex Wakeford, who held its official release as a number of goals he wished to achieve after being hired by 343 Industries (among others such as the release of the Rebirth short story in PDF form).[5][6]
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Sources[edit]
- ^ The White Buffalo, The White Buffalo in Halo Wars 2 Trailer (Retrieved on Jun 20, 2016) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, @Halo: "Six years ago today, the UNSC Spirit of Fire was brought to the Ark and encountered a formidable new foe known as Atriox, leader of the Banished. To celebrate the sixth birthday of Halo Wars 2, we've released "I Know You" by @blancobuffalo" (Retrieved on Feb 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Frank O'Connor (@franklez): "Wait! I’m checking into this. I may have spoken too soon. It’s complicated apparently. Trying to uncomplicate it. Don’t count on it because it’s a tricky business. But ima looking into it." (Retrieved on Feb 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder: Phoenix Blog (Retrieved on Feb 23, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Alex Wakeford (@Haruspis): "Back when I joined 343, I had some "to-do list" things I wanted to cross off. Getting this song released was one of them. After getting everyone together in the right place over 9 months, spurred by everyone's years-spanning enthusiasm to make this happen, we got it done! 💚" (Retrieved on Feb 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Alex Wakeford (@Haruspis): "Last year's to-do list item I got to tick off was getting the Halo: Rebirth epilogue to Silentium released as a PDF with the author credit updated so it no longer had her deadname. So grateful to the Transmedia team moving quickly on that in time for International Women's Day 💙" (Retrieved on Feb 21, 2023) [archive]
