Time might have claimed Avicii, however his music continues to maneuver hundreds of thousands.
The late EDM icon’s music echoed by way of the fields of Tomorrowland over the weekend as a slew of DJs, united by respect and admiration, weaved his timeless tracks into their units.
Previous to this 12 months’s competition, Avicii’s “Levels” had been named the very best anthem in Tomorrowland’s historical past after claiming probably the most fan votes in its “Tomorrowland Top 1000” ballot. Naturally, the fest morphed right into a bittersweet symphony for Avicii, whose generational dance anthem discovered new life by the hands of Hardwell, Afrojack and lots of extra over the course of its three days.
Some, just like the Dutch dance music celebrity Oliver Heldens, even burst into tears onstage.
“Maybe it’s also the lack of sleep and the heat, but the moment that the iconic ‘Levels’ melody first hit, I just couldn’t hold back the tears,” Heldens writes. “It’s been more than 6 years now that we lost Tim, but I know he’ll live on in so many of our hearts.”
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Elsewhere at Tomorrowland, Hardwell paid homage to Avicii in a uncommon EDM throwback set, enjoying “Levels” for a crowd we’re prepared to guess additionally shed quite a lot of tears.
“If we’re gonna do a throwback set, there’s only one record—one f***ing record,” an emotional Hardwell mentioned earlier than dropping the monitor.
.@HARDWELL: “If we're gonna do a throwback set there's one f*cking record. Make some noise for @Avicii”.
That throwback set of Robbert at @tomorrowland 2024 Freedom Stage yesterday had us within the feels 😭 pic.twitter.com/j3BKsdyIdc
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Afrojack carried out a medley of Avicii’s songs on Tomorrowland’s Mainstage, enjoying “Levels,” “A Sky Full of Stars,” “Wake Me Up” and “Fade Into Darkness” beneath the solar.
Afrojack tocando "Fade Into Darkness" de Avicii en Tomorrowland 😮💨 y ese tremendo mashup de por medio además. increíble. pic.twitter.com/EGdKjJlKws
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3 Are Legend, the EDM supergroup of Steve Aoki and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, interpolated Aloe Blacc’s vocals from Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” into an electrifying mashup, resulting in a very poignant singalong second.
Avicii – Wake Me Up ❤️🥹 3 Are Legend #Tomorrowland2024 #Tomorrowland pic.twitter.com/t5u4XDNhjm
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The identical goes for Brazilian dance music celebrity Alok, who threaded the “Wake Me Up” acapella right into a mashup comprising Otto Is aware of’ “Million Voices,” Swedish Home Mafia’s “Don’t You Worry Child” and Alesso and Sebastian Ingrosso’s “Calling (Lose My Mind).”
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