Avicii’s memory lives on in ‘Heaven’ video tribute to the late DJ

More than a year after Avicii’s death, a longtime friend and colleague is making sure the superstar DJ and producer’s memory lives on through music.

On Monday, director Levan Tsikurishvili posted a tribute video featuring unseen footage of the late performer, whose given name was Tim Bergling. The clip also contains the new Avicii song “Heaven,� with lyrics sung by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, from his posthumous album, “Tim.�

“Tim and I spent 19 beautiful days on Madagascar right after he performed his last show,� the title cards read. “We spoke about everything, laughed, played monopoly, hung out with lemurs and explored the entire island together.�

The video, intended to “recreate the memories that will stay with us forever,� primarily showcases a montage of footage from their trip. For the duration of the tune, which repeats the line “I think I just died and went to heaven,� the clips see Avicii hiking along the beach, playing guitar on the boardwalk, kayaking, boating alongside dolphins and feeding lemurs.

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Together, Avicii and Tsikurishvili worked on more than a dozen projects before the musician reportedly died by suicide in April 2018. One of their creations is featured in the video, which Tsikurishvili notes, “is a collection of my smartphone videos, plus some parts of unused material from the documentary ‘Avicii: True Stories’ and newly shot footage.�

The final frame of the clip reads: “In loving memory: Tim Bergling: 1989-Forever,� overlaying a light show of lanterns floating above the island.