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This only has around 5 million streams. Here it is played by Tim at True Tour 2014 ◢ ◤

I hope you all enjoy it :)

Avicii B2B Steve Angello at Provocateur New York 2011.

About half an hour before the end of his set, Steve Angello stepped in and they started playing back-to-back. It was unexpected, and it was special.

Tim, the years go by, but my heart is still heavy today. It feels like only yesterday that I learned this terrible news. I hoped so many times that it wouldn't be this, that you had rebuilt your life elsewhere. That's what you deserved, to be happy the way you wanted. Nothing was more important than you, not even Avicii.

I never blamed you for your decision because that day you chose yourself! I think there would have been other solutions before this one, but neither I nor anyone else has experienced what you've been through or felt. Even though it hurts so much, I respect your choice. I ask your forgiveness for not understanding how intense your suffering was and for not being able to do anything to help you. I'm sorry if, at the time, we heard more of the artist than the man. I'm sorry that your boundaries weren't respected. It's still so sad that you're gone, but thank you so much for having existed, for being the extraordinary person we'll always remember, and for everything you gave us (I truly hope you made the most of every moment during your last two years)!

I wish I could give you so much in return. You were a wonderful man, and you deserved to be loved just as you were. You didn't need to do more or be someone else; you were enough. You were unique and authentic in this world so full of hypocrisy and where money is the priority. Thank you for bringing the light of your love into our darkness. Thank you for your incredible music that endures through time, just as you wished. No one else makes us feel music the way you do! You touched me to my very soul!

You always succeeded at everything you did. That's why I've believed in you since the first day I heard "Seek Bromance," and why Levels helped me through the hardest year of my life. I don't know what happens after death; you believed the mind was independent of the body. That's why I want to believe you're somewhere, and I hope you're free and fulfilled. I believe in you, beautiful soul, and I hope you never doubt yourself again, wherever you are. You weren't weak, you were different, neurodivergent (which is why I identify with you so much). You had a different way of seeing things; if only you had been allowed to adapt as you wanted and felt. You never gave up and always pushed your limits (perhaps too much, but we all make mistakes). You shouldn't have had to pay such a high price for them because you did what you felt was right in the face of expectations and your fears.

I wish I could go back eight years, stand before you, hold you in my arms, and tell you all this. I don't claim I would have changed anything, but I would have done my best to make you see yourself as I see you. I would have wanted to be there for you, to get to know you better, and to help you through thick and thin. I would have faced the darkness with you and for you, Tim. You were worth it, and nothing was more important than your wonderful, irresistible smile...

I had the opportunity to get my hands on two used snapbacks that were Tim’s. They belonged to him and were shared with me by an old friend of his. One of Avicii’s signature styles was wearing his caps backward.

With April 20 the day we lost him near, they felt like quiet reminders of his presence through the music he left behind.

Backstory! The Houston cap is from when Tim played at Stereo Love o Houston in 2012 and The Undefeated cap I bought for Tim in their store on La Brea when he moved to LA I moved there about 3 years before. I only saw him use the Houston cap when we were in Houston but the other one was his beater for a while.

It’s been 8 years but it still feels like yesterday. And somehow, he feels closer than ever. I don’t remember ever crying to an Avicii song, but I felt tears running down my face when Without You (ft. Sandro Cavazza) played just a few moments ago. For 8 years, I lived without him but he’ll never be forgotten.

Wanted to take some time to write this off the cuff. It’s been 8 long years brother without you. Every year gets harder and harder. In those 8 years I’ve never wrote anything publicly anywhere about you ever, but I just want you to know brother that I love you and always will. You may be gone but not a day has went by in the 2922 days since your passing that I’ve not thought about you, played a song or shed a tear over you. You live on amongst us all. I’ll be doing my bit and carrying your legacy on and sharing your music with my own future children. Today on the 20th April 2026 everyone is thinking that extra bit more about you. You’ll never be forgotten. Always in my heart ♥️ ◢ ◤

This will forever be a sad day...

It was on April 20, 2018. Forever in our hearts

It’s been 8 years since Tim passed… still doesn’t feel real sometimes that how the times flies like that..

I was born in the 2000s, so I never really got the chance to see him live unfortunately.. When he did his last shows I was around 16, and I just couldn’t make it happen. I didn’t realize at the time how much I’d regret that later.

The weird part is I feel more connected to his music now than ever. Like I missed the moment, but somehow the music still found me when I needed it.

I went to Sweden September last year and visited the Avicii Experience museum, the park with the statue made in his honor, and even the church where his funeral was held just trying to get a bit closer to him and his story. It was amazing, but also kinda hit me that I’ll never know what it felt like to be in one of his crowds.. And then I remember that touring wasn’t always easy for him, that it took a lot out of him… so part of me thinks maybe it’s okay. But honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever fully decide how I feel about it.

Still, his music stuck with me in a way not many artists do.

Miss you Tim 🤍**◿** ◸🤍