It features two boys, the older played by Zach Voss and the younger boy played by Jack Estes. In the end of the video, it is uncovered that the younger brother thought of his dad as a brother that he didn't have. There are pictures and clips of the Vietnam War interspersed in the video. It depicts two brothers growing up in wartime America. The official music video, directed by Jesse Sternbaum, was released on 9 December 2013. The video is an assortment of stock footage clips depicting regular people and obscure events in normal everyday life such as playing basketball, Aundrea Fimbres with her face off screen having a light snack on chocolate and an olive, popcorn popping, and having a snowball fight, all in slow motion and accompanied by an animated text representation of the lyrics. On 1 November 2013, the lyric video for "Hey Brother" was released onto YouTube by AviciiOfficialVEVO. The song is in 4-4 time signature, with a 2-4 measure during parts the chorus. To share and look at memories of Tim Bergling's life and music, you can visit the Avicii website.The song is written in the key of G minor, at a tempo in common time of 125 beats per minute. It has been over a year since Bergling's passing, but his friends have kept his memory alive by making sure the great music he created continues to be put out into the world.Īvicii's music is available on Amazon and other major streaming services. There are also a few moments when creative digital animations take the video to the next level visually. He combines footage taken during a 2016 trip to Madagascar with newly shot footage of those same locations today, painting a beautiful but eerie contrast between a time in which Tim Bergling was happy and playing music, and a time after he had passed away. Tsikurishvili made eight music videos, three concert movies and two documentaries with Avicii, and brought those same creative skills to honor his friend. The video is directed and produced by Levan Tsikurishvili, who was also behind the 2017 documentary Avicii: True Stories which is now available on Netflix. The repeated lyrics, "I think I just died and went to heaven," along with Martin's vocal performance give the song a bittersweet feeling which celebrates the life of Avicii and gives his music life after death. In this version, Chris Martin's emotional vocals are perfectly suited to the song. Avicii continued to work on the song and perform it in concert until he retired from touring in 2016. "Heaven" first premiered in 2015 during a live performance, with Simon Aldred as the lead singer.
Chris Martin also co-wrote "True Believer" from Avicii's 2015 album Stories, and Avicii co-produced Coldplay's "A Sky Full of Stars" and "Hymn for the Weekend" around the same time. Since the album was released last month, "Heaven" has become one of the most popular new singles, featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin as the lead vocalist and co-songwriter. The superstar producer, musician, and DJ had nearly 200 unfinished songs in the works before his death, according to a report from Swedish website Aftonbladet, which detailed how his family and record label planned to release a posthumous album titled simply Tim. In April of 2018, Bergling tragically passed away at just 28-years-old. Tribute is paid to Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii, in the new music video for his song "Heaven." Watch above.