Perhaps the most striking thing about ‘Tim’ is the clear contradiction between the euphoric mood of much of the music and its darker lyrical content. Avicii was often a songwriter who mixed dark and light themes, and there’s no avoiding the pain at the heart of some of these songs. ‘Ain’t A Thing’ contrasts its stirring, uplifting chords with lyrics that speak of the pressures of life as a globally recognised ‘star’. ‘Freak’ is similarly lyrically uncompromising, while ’S.O.S.’ pulls hard at the heartstrings as it details Tim’s substance issues. This incongruity between mood and subject matter almost mirrors the man himself: his friends and family all reported that in his last few months he was in good form. He’d given up that gruelling tour schedule, and alcohol too, and was producing some of the best music of his career, as clearly demonstrated in the songs on this album.

There are ultimately no answers to be found in ‘Tim’, because ultimately, what happened to Tim is unfathomable. Instead we’re left with his music and our own interpretations of what it might mean. However, listening to this album, we can still reflect on Avicii’s artistic legacy. His influence on dance music and EDM in particular has been huge. His productions broadened the lagging boshing ‘festival EDM’ sound, as he infused his globalist dance music with hints of country, world music and pop. And whilst it’s a small ray of light amidst a tragedy, Avicii’s family have now launched the Tim Bergling Foundation to raise money and awareness of mental health and suicide prevention, and the net profits from ‘Tim’ will go to the foundation.

It is perhaps difficult for older house heads to understand, but to his fans, Avicii was more than just a producer. To them he was a hero, a star, a purveyor of emotive, passion-filled anthems which spoke directly to them. Avicii’s music — all those huge fizzy riffs, the major chord progressions, the restrained-verse-big-chorus aesthetic — it was all precision engineered to evoke an emotional response in the listener. For countless young clubbers across the world, Avicii’s music soundtracked their first festivals, their first summer holidays together, the first time they fell in love; and their loss is raw.

It almost sounds trite, but for broken-hearted Avicii fans the world over there is at least one truth, and that is that ’Tim’ will no doubt provide the soundtrack to countless more special moments in their lives; at least Avicii’s music will live on.