The single “Pure Grinding” also reached Top 20. The LP was his second album to go #1 and spawned the chart-topping “Waiting for Love” as well Top 5 hit singles “For a Better Day” and “Broken Arrows”. In October 2010, Avicii signed with the European A&R team with EMI Music Publishing.Īvicii released his final album prior his death in 2015 titled “Stories”. He also remixed Nadia Ali’s classic single “Rapture” for her album Queen of Clubs Trilogy: Onyx Edition. Then, in 2010, Avicii released the hit song “Seek Bromance”, which reached the top 20 in several countries including Belgium, France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Sweden. In May 2007, Avicii signed on with the Dejfitts Plays label. Some of his most famous songs are “I Could Be the One” with Nicky Romero, “Wake Me Up”, “You Make Me”, “X You”, “Hey Brother” and “Addicted to You”. Avicii was ranked 3rd on DJ Magazine ’s annual Top 100 DJs in 20 and has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, once for his work on “Sunshine” with David Guetta in 2012 and once for his song “Levels” (which sampled the 1962 Etta James track “Something’s Got a Hold on Me”) in 2013. ‘Tough Love’ is a beautiful addition to his impressive discography.Tim Bergling (born Septemin Stockholm, Sweden, died Apin Muscat, Oman), better known by his stage name Avicii (stylized as ΛVICII and ◢ ◤), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and record producer. A posthumous album is a tricky thing to do, but so far it seems that the team that finished Tim did things tastefully with the utmost respect for Avicii’s legacy. Both Vargas and Agnes serve warm vocals and the main hook is stunning. Somehow the production sounds quintessentially Avicii, while the sample Vargas & Lagola discussed, which serves as an intro and drop, gives the song a refreshing vibe. It was Avicii’s wish that two people who were connected in real life would perform ‘Tough Love’ as a duet, so Vincent Pontare (Vargas) brought out his wife Agnes, who had major hits with pop bangers ‘Release Me’ and ‘On And On’ back in 2009. It was Salem Al Fakir (Lagola) who played the violin for that sample.
They recall how they created a demo for ‘Tough Love’ with guitar and that it was Avicii who had the idea to fit in an ‘oriental sounding’ sample he had laying around. In an interview about ‘Tough Love’, producers and writers Vargas & Lagola explain how they tried to stay as close as possible to the demos and the ideas they had with Avicii. One of those tracks is ‘Tough Love’, which does not only features Vargas’s vocals but also Swedish pop star Agnes. His long-time co-producers and co-writers Vargas & Lagolas, who worked with him on hits like ‘Hey Brother’ and ‘Waiting For Love’, have been finishing and fine tuning the demos and ideas they created with Avicii. On the 6th of June, the album Tim (after Avicii’s real name) will be released. His family decided they wanted to share his last work with the world. Vargas & Lagola finish Avicii’s ‘Tough Love’ with vocals by Agnesīefore Swedish DJ and producer Avicii passed away in June last year, he was busy working on new music.