Posthumous Avicii Album to be released in June

A posthumous album of artist / producer Avicii is scheduled for June, announced today his family and producers in a New York Times report. The album, entitled "Tim" – after the singer's legal name, Tim Bergling, apparently dead from a suicide – is due out in June, and his first title, "SOS", will arrive on April 10th.

Avicii left a mine of unpublished material and was working on an album at the time of his death, according to the article. The songs were "75-80% finished," according to producer Albin Nedler, who is one of Avicii's many long-time collaborators who are finishing the album. Chris Martin, singer of Coldplay, appears on one of the songs.

At the end of last month, his family announced the creation of the Tim Bergling Foundation, which "will initially focus on supporting people and organizations working in the field of mental illness and suicide prevention," says brief communique, noting that she will also be active in climate change, development aid, nature conservation and endangered species. The product of the album will go to the foundation.

"Tim wanted to make a difference," the statement said. "Creating a foundation in his name is our way of honoring his memory and continuing to act in his mind."

One of the most popular and successful electronic dance music artists of all time – he won a # 4 hit on the Billboard 200 in 2013 with "Wake Me Up" and regularly appeared in the Top 5 "Most Paid DJs" Lists – Bergling retired from the show in 2016 at the height of his success, citing health reasons. He suffered for several years from health problems, including acute pancreatitis, due in part to excessive consumption of alcohol; his gallbladder and appendix were removed in 2014. S & he said that he had stopped drinking after the operation, friends, including his musical collaborator Nile Rodgers, claimed the company's work. to have seen you get intoxicated later and criticize yourself for that.