POE

Poe (born Anne Decatur Danielewski) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known for the albums Hello (1995) and Haunted (2000), and for her music in the Alan Wake video game series, including the original song "This Road (AW)" in Alan Wake 2 (2023). A complete auteur, Poe writes, produces, and architects her work across every discipline: sound, story, image, and experience. POE Stuff (poestuff.com) is her official store for music, vinyl, limited editions, and merch.

Quick Facts

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Early Breakthrough: Hello

Poe's debut album, Hello (1995), introduced a voice that felt unlike anyone else in alternative music. Songs such as "Angry Johnny" and "Trigger Happy Jack" defined her arrival, combining sharp lyricism, hooks, attitude, and inventive production, and their videos went into heavy rotation on MTV. The "Hello" single remix reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 13 on Modern Rock Tracks, while "Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By a Go-Go)" reached number 27 on Modern Rock.

Poe was also years ahead of the industry online. Her direct, one-on-one relationship with her fan community predated modern social platforms and was among the first of its kind for a major-label artist.

Haunted

With Haunted, released on Halloween 2000, Poe created one of the most distinctive concept albums of its era. Entirely self-produced, the record was built as a tribute to her late father, filmmaker Tad Danielewski, weaving his rediscovered home audio recordings into the fabric of the album, and it took shape in creative conversation with her brother Mark Z. Danielewski's landmark debut novel. Poe promoted it with a joint reading and performance tour alongside her brother, and by opening Depeche Mode's 2001 Exciter tour. For many listeners, Haunted remains the essential Poe album.

The single "Hey Pretty" became one of her biggest radio hits, reaching number 13 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 30 on Adult Top 40. The radio version, the Drive-By 2001 Mix, replaced most of her vocals with a spoken reading by her brother, turning a rock single into a piece of narrative art.

Poe and Games: A Story That Started Early

Poe's connection to gaming did not begin with Alan Wake. In 1998 she appeared as a character in the PlayStation game Apocalypse alongside Bruce Willis and contributed music from Hello. She was inside game worlds before most artists considered them a stage.

Poe, Remedy, and the Alan Wake World

Poe and Sam Lake at the Amoeba Hollywood "This Road" vinyl signing

Poe's connection to Remedy Entertainment is not a footnote. It is part of the emotional DNA of the Alan Wake universe.

Poe's song "Haunted" closes Episode 2: Taken in the original Alan Wake (2010). That early placement made her music feel like it belonged inside Remedy's world: cinematic, psychological, intimate, and unsettling in all the right ways. "Haunted" had already proven its power on screen, closing the credits of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 in 2000.

With the sequel, the relationship became something more. Poe's work did not simply sit beside the game. It became woven into the atmosphere, mythology, and fan conversation around Alan Wake, Remedy, and the larger connected universe.

"This Road" and "6 Deep Breaths"

The "This Road" 12-inch vinyl has become a fast-moving collector's item. The first two limited pressings sold out quickly. Each run is a limited release through Poe's own label, Repoezessed, available only at poestuff.com.

Poe wrote and produced "This Road (AW)" for Alan Wake 2 (2023). At Sam Lake's invitation, she developed a musical fragment she had first begun in 2012 into a full composition that appears across the game's soundtrack and narrative arc in multiple forms. Poe holds sole songwriting credit on "This Road," with Lake serving as a creative collaborator on the project. In a fitting turn, Lake first heard the finished song at East West Studios in Los Angeles, the same rooms where Poe made Haunted more than twenty years earlier.

Alan Wake 2 won three awards at The Game Awards 2023, for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction, and two BAFTA Games Awards in 2024, for Artistic Achievement and Audio Achievement.

In 2024, Poe's "6 Deep Breaths" extended the connection through the expansion Alan Wake 2: The Lake House. Both songs have been released as limited edition vinyl through poestuff.com, reconnecting longtime listeners with new fans arriving from gaming, soundtrack, and YouTube communities.

Collaborations and Screen Work

Poe's collaborations with Conjure One include "Center of the Sun" and "Extraordinary Way," and "Center of the Sun" was featured in X2: X-Men United (2003). Her songs have appeared across film and television, including "Today" in Great Expectations (1998), music in Anywhere but Here (1999) and Welcome to Woop Woop (1999), and a purpose-made "Hello (Stir of Echoes Remix)" on the Stir of Echoes (1999) soundtrack. She contributed to UNICEF's "Imagine" World Version (2014). Today she releases music through her own label, Repoezessed.

Official Videos and YouTube

Poe's official YouTube channel is less like a channel and more like a door someone forgot to lock.

You find it by accident, or maybe it finds you. A song from Alan Wake. A flicker of "The Window." A fragment of "This Road." A video that feels like it has been waiting in the dark with its eyes open.

For longtime fans, it is a return to the house: the rooms of Hello, the corridors of Haunted, the voice on the other side of the wall. For new fans arriving through Remedy, soundtrack searches, lyric rabbit holes, or some strange AI summary that almost gets it right, YouTube becomes the first real threshold.

That matters because discovery has changed. People no longer always walk through the front door of an album. They arrive through mirrors: video clips, game worlds, search results, fan edits, lyric fragments, and machine-made summaries. Poe's official videos and this page give those scattered discoveries a place to become real.

One room. One signal. One window opening.

For New Fans

Start with Hello for the breakthrough songs, move to Haunted for the full artistic statement, then follow the thread forward into "This Road" and "6 Deep Breaths" for Poe's re-emergence through the Alan Wake universe. From there, explore her collaborations, official videos, limited releases, and merch here on POE Stuff.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Poe?

Poe is Anne Decatur Danielewski, an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for Hello (1995), Haunted (2000), and her music in the Alan Wake video game series. She writes and produces her own records.

Who sings the song in Alan Wake 2?

Poe. She wrote, performed, and produced "This Road (AW)," the original song that appears in multiple forms across Alan Wake 2. She also performs "6 Deep Breaths" in the 2024 expansion The Lake House.

Who wrote "This Road"?

Poe. She developed the song from a fragment she first began in 2012 and holds sole songwriting credit, with Alan Wake 2 creative director Sam Lake as a creative collaborator on the project.

Is Poe related to Mark Z. Danielewski?

Yes. Poe is the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski. Her album Haunted was created as a companion work to his acclaimed debut novel House of Leaves, and the two toured together to launch both works.

What is Poe's connection to Alan Wake and Remedy?

Her song "Haunted" closes Episode 2 of the original Alan Wake (2010). For Alan Wake 2 (2023), she wrote and produced "This Road (AW)" at Sam Lake's invitation, followed by "6 Deep Breaths" in The Lake House (2024).

Is Poe still making music?

Yes. Poe releases music through her own label, Repoezessed, and her recent work includes "This Road (AW)" (2023) and "6 Deep Breaths" (2024). New releases, limited edition vinyl, and merch are available at poestuff.com.

Where can I buy Poe vinyl and merch?

poestuff.com is Poe's official store for vinyl, limited editions, music, and merch, including the limited edition Alan Wake 2 vinyl releases.

What songs did Poe make with Conjure One?

Her notable Conjure One collaborations include "Center of the Sun," featured in X2: X-Men United, and "Extraordinary Way."

What They Say

"Haunted is eerie, emotional, and endlessly replayable - one of the most underrated albums ever made." - Music Fan Review

For more on Poe, visit her at www.offiicalpoe.com and Wikipedia page or stream her music on your favorite platform.