Avicii collaborator says he doesn’t approve of new posthumous release: “He is the only one who knew when his songs were finished”Avicii collaborator Sandro Cavazza has slammed the recent release of Forever Yours, a track the late producer was working on before his death in 2018.
On 14 February, a new version of Avicii’s 2016 track Forever Yours was released under the title Forever Yours – Tim’s 2016 Ibiza Version, featuring Cavazza as a vocalist. However, the Swedish singer-songwriter has since clarified that he never gave consent for the track to be released as a single.

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“Just so you all know. I have not agreed on releasing this as a single,” Cavazza writes in a new Instagram post. “I have only agreed on releasing Tim’s demo version of Forever Yours as a part of a full live album release from Tim’s last show, but since that album wasn’t released today and this is now being portrayed as a single, featuring me, I feel like I need to speak up.”
The musician also shares that he has repeatedly rejected requests from Avicii’s family and record label over the years to drop the “unreleased material” they worked on.

“I have for years now been asked by the family and Pinguettes recordings to release the unreleased material I have done together with Tim and I have consistently said no,” he says. “A lot of you probably wonder why those songs never have come out and the truth is that I don’t want to release any of those songs without Tim being here.”
“He is the only one who knew when his songs were finished and I do and will continue to respect that.”
Cavazza continues: “I therefore wish that Pinguettes recordings, Per Sundin and Tim’s family will respect that decision as well and that they think twice about what the most respectful way to treat Tim’s memory is ‘cause I don’t think this is it.”
Avicii – real name Tim Bergling – was a pioneering figure in the EDM genre. Renowned for hits like Wake Me Up and Levels, the Swedish DJ-producer retired from touring in 2016 at the age of 26, after several years of stress and mental health struggles.

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