On the anniversary of Avicii’s death: Aloe Blacc sings “Wake Me Up” in different languages

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On the anniversary of Avicii’s death: Aloe Blacc sings “Wake Me Up” in different languages

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 12: Aloe Blacc performs onstage during The 15th Annual CNN Heroes: All-Star Tribute at American

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Aloe Blacc 2021 in New York.

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With a multilingual version of the Avicii hit “Wake Me Up”, the rapper and soul musician Aloe Blacc honored the Swedish DJ on the fourth anniversary of his death.

Hit song “Wake Me Up” was created together with Aloe Blacc

The track was created in 2013 through the collaboration of the two musicians. Aloe Blacc did the vocals and songwriting for the Tim Bergling composed electro track. Blacc finished the text within a day. The hit stayed at number 1 in the German and international charts for weeks.

Avicii has “touched the world”

For Aloe Blacc many emotions are attached to the song, accordingly he commented on his new “Wake Me Up” version: “Avicii’s music touched the world. Writing the lyrics and recording the vocals for ‘Wake Me Up’ was a transformative experience for me. Everywhere I’ve been, no matter what country, music lovers and fans sing the lyrics with me in English.”

International lyrics for an international hit

This gave him the idea of ​​giving the song an international touch. He sang lines in Spanish and Mandarin and mixed them into the original English. Blacc calls the result the “Universal Language Mix”.

Avicii died on April 20, 2018, committing suicide. Stars worldwide commemorated the Swedish music producer on the fourth anniversary of his death. David Guetta tweeted that he misses Tim Bergling very much.

DJ Timmy Trumpet also tweeted: his video shows fans celebrating his festival set with Avicii’s posthumous release SOS. For Trumpet, the musician is “forever in our hearts”.

Last year, producer Nile Rodgers announced there were unreleased tracks from Avicii. If he could get the blessing of Bergling’s family, he would also like to publish them. The DJ’s current posthumous album is called TIM and was released in 2019.

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