Avicii’s posthumous album Avicii Forever is now available, despite recent criticism made by his frequent collaborator, Sandro Cavazza, over the posthumous release of his work.
The new album features 20 tracks – 19 of his most essential songs, including Wake Me Up, Hey Brother, and The Nights, as well as the brand-new, unheard song, Let’s Ride Away, featuring Elle King.
The new song is the product of a collaboration between producer and songwriter Luke Laird, and writer Kacey Musgraves, who worked on the song with Avicii before his death in 2018. It also has contributions from producer Carl Falk and vocals from singer Elle King.
Previous Controversy
The release follows controversy from earlier this year, when, following the release of Forever Yours – Tim’s 2016 Ibiza Version, Avicii’s contributor Sandro Cavazza took to Instagram to express his disapproval of the release.
Cavazza said that he had “only agreed on releasing Tim’s demo version of Forever Yours as part of a full live album release from Tim’s last show.”
Despite this, the release came in the form of a single which featured Cavazza.
Speaking of the reason why little of the unreleased material ever became public, he said: “I don’t want to release any of those songs without Tim being here. He’s the only one who knew when his songs were finished and I do, and will, continue to respect that.”
Cavazza called for Pinguettes Recordings (a record label that has released music by both Avicii and Cavazza) to respect his decision.
He also directed his message to Per Sundin, the CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, who had worked closely with Avicii. In addition, he addressed Avicii’s family.
A way to honour Avicii’s legacy?
City News spoke to musician and former music journalist, Anya Weston-Shaw, who said: “There’s an industry behind <posthumous music releases>.
“There’s profiteering that needs to happen, otherwise why would they start releasing these things?.. It’s a guaranteed sell.”
She added: “You don’t know what that artist is thinking at a particular moment, what their creative process is like.
“I would find it quite disingenuous… for someone else to finish <my work> it would feel like it was not my body of work any more.”
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Avicii’s posthumous album Avicii Forever is now available, despite recent criticism made by his frequent collaborator, Sandro Cavazza, over the posthumous release of his work.
The new album features 20 tracks – 19 of his most essential songs, including Wake Me Up, Hey Brother, and The Nights, as well as the brand-new, unheard song, Let’s Ride Away, featuring Elle King.
The new song is the product of a collaboration between producer and songwriter Luke Laird, and writer Kacey Musgraves, who worked on the song with Avicii before his death in 2018. It also has contributions from producer Carl Falk and vocals from singer Elle King.
Previous Controversy
The release follows controversy from earlier this year, when, following the release of Forever Yours – Tim’s 2016 Ibiza Version, Avicii’s contributor Sandro Cavazza took to Instagram to express his disapproval of the release.
Cavazza said that he had “only agreed on releasing Tim’s demo version of Forever Yours as part of a full live album release from Tim’s last show.”
Despite this, the release came in the form of a single which featured Cavazza.
Speaking of the reason why little of the unreleased material ever became public, he said: “I don’t want to release any of those songs without Tim being here. He’s the only one who knew when his songs were finished and I do, and will, continue to respect that.”
Cavazza called for Pinguettes Recordings (a record label that has released music by both Avicii and Cavazza) to respect his decision.
He also directed his message to Per Sundin, the CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, who had worked closely with Avicii. In addition, he addressed Avicii’s family.
A way to honour Avicii’s legacy?
City News spoke to musician and former music journalist, Anya Weston-Shaw, who said: “There’s an industry behind <posthumous music releases>.
“There’s profiteering that needs to happen, otherwise why would they start releasing these things?.. It’s a guaranteed sell.”
She added: “You don’t know what that artist is thinking at a particular moment, what their creative process is like.
“I would find it quite disingenuous… for someone else to finish <my work> it would feel like it was not my body of work any more.”
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