IT WAS LIKE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE COMPLETING THIS ALBUM
WITHOUT HIM.
WITHOUT HIM. >> TIM STARTED GETTING NOTICE
WITH HIS 2011 HIT LEVELS.
>> HE’S BEST KNOWN FOR BREAKING
DOWN WALLS.
DOWN WALLS. WAKE ME UP REDEFINED WHAT A
DANCE TRACK COULD BE.
♪ WAKE ME UP WHEN IT’S ALL
OVER ♪
OVER ♪ ♪ WHEN I’M WISER AND I’M OLDER ♪
>> IN 2018 THE MUSIC COMMUNITY
AND FANS AROUND THE WORLD WERE
HEART BROKEN WHEN THE SWEDISH
PRODIGY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
A YEAR LATER, TIM’S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS HAVE UNVEILED A
POSTHUMOUS ALBUM SIMPLY CALLED
TIM
TIM TIM.
TIM. I SAT DOWN WITH TWO OF THOSE
COLLABORATORS TO HEAR HOW THEY
FINISHED THIS ALBUM WITHOUT
THEIR FRIEND.
THEIR FRIEND. >> WHAT WAS THE DECISION LIKE
FOR YOU TO SAY, YEAH, YOU KNOW
WHAT, I’M GOING TO GET ON BOARD
WITH IN AND RELEASE THIS ASPECT
OF TIM’S LEGACY INTO THE WORLD.
WAS IT A TOUGH DECISION?
>> FOR ME, IT WAS NOT A TOUGH
DECISION.
DECISION. I FELT LIKE THE KIND OF
EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD IN THE
STUDIO ON STAGE WAS A POWERFUL
MOMENT FOR MUSIC IN MUSIC
HISTORY.
HISTORY. A POWERFUL MOMENT FOR HIM AND
FOR ME, IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF
MY CAREER.
MY CAREER. SO TO HONOR HIM AND HONOR HIS
LEGACY BY RECORDING SOS, I FELT
THERE WAS NO OTHER ANSWER.
>> YOUR SONG IS CALLED SOS?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME SOS?
HELP ME PUT MY MIND TO REST.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE EMOTIONALLY.
>> WHEN I SAW THE TITLE OF THE
SONG, IT BROUGHT BACK ALL THE
EMOTIONS OF THE DAY YOU GET THE
PHONE CALL.
PHONE CALL. WHY AM I GETTING THE SOS NOW?
IT’S MONTHS AFTER.
I WANTED THE SOS ONCE BEFORE.
I DON’T KNOW OF ANOTHER ARTIST
AT HIS LEVEL WITH SO MANY FANS
THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY THE
THINGS HE’S SAYING IN THIS
RECORD.
RECORD. I DON’T NEED MY DRUG.
♪ I DON’T NEED MY DRUG ♪
♪ WE COULD BE MORE THAN PART
TIME LOVERS ♪
>> THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT
LINE I’VE HEARD IN THE MUSIC
BUSINESS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS
WHERE WE’VE SEEN DRUGS TAKE THE
LIVES OF SO MANY ARTISTS AND
THEN THE FANS OF ARTISTS.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING
ATTENTION AND USING THE MUSIC
AND LIFESTYLE.
AND LIFESTYLE. >> YOU ALWAYS THINK THERE WILL
BE A FUTURE, ANOTHER DAY FOR US,
WE HAVE A FEW RECORDS FROM THE
ORIGINAL SESSIONS WITH ALOE.
YEAH, WE SHOULD GET TO THOSE AT
SOME POINT.
SOME POINT. AND THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. >> IT’S BEEN A REALLY EMOTIONAL
AND HARD PUZZLE TO SOLVE.
HOW DO YOU DO THIS?
>> SOMEONE LIKE TIM WHO’S SO
ACTIVE IN THE STUDIO.
THIS IS A KID WHO WOULD GRIND
FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS,
HIMSELF HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISION
S LIKE THIS.
YOU’RE ONE OF THE VERY FEW THAT
TIM DIDN’T OVERCOACH ALOE WITH
VOCAL.
VOCAL. >> DID YOU FEEL --
>> YOU KNOW, AFTER HAVING MY OWN
CAREER AND SUCCESS, AND DOING
THINGS MY WAY.
WORKING WITH TIM, IT WAS WELCOME
COACHING.
COACHING. IT’S NOT LIKE HE WAS AT A
KEYBOARD PLAYING THEM.
HE WAS PLUGGING THEM ONE BY ONE
INTO THE PROGRAM HE WAS USING.
THAT TO ME WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT
TO SEE LIKE, OKAY.
HE’S ACTUALLY MAKING ALL OF
THESE MELODIES BY HIMSELF.
SO WHEN I WAS IN THE BOOTH AND
DOING MY VOCALS, I WAS REALLY
REALLY EMBRACING HIS COACHING.
BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO MAKE IT
THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE FOR THAT
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> WHAT STATE WERE ALL THESE
SONGS IN AS THIS POSTHUMOUS
ALBUM BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE.
>> TIM GOES IN AND HE WRITES THE
SONG FIRST.
SONG FIRST. ONCE THE SONG IS RIGHT, HE
BACKWARD PRODUCES THEM.
HE WORKS THE TRACK AROUND THE
VOCALS.
VOCALS. YOU’RE HEARING THEM IN MANY THE
EXACT PHASE THEY WERE IN WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF ALOE JUMPING ON
SOS.
SOS. WE FELT LIKE WE HAD MOST OF THE
SONGS IN PLACE, AND I SAID,
GREAT, LET’S DO A COUPLE MORE
SESSIONS.
SESSIONS. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOING
GREAT.
GREAT. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS
WONDERFUL.
WONDERFUL. TIM, SOUNDED GREAT, HOW ARE YOU
FEELING?
FEELING? SO GOOD.
SO GOOD. >> COOL, SO YOU WANT TO MEET UP
THURSDAY?
THURSDAY? CAN’T DO THURSDAY, I’M GOING TO
OMAN.
OMAN. WHAT’S IN OMAN?
I’M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT, I
HEAR IT’S BEAUTIFUL OVER THERE.
YOU’RE CRAZY.
YOU’RE CRAZY. I KNOW, GO FIGURE, I’LL BE BACK
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. >> THAT’S WHAT’S SO HARD ABOUT
MENTAL ILLNESS, PEOPLE GET SO
SKILLED AT MAKING EVERYONE ELSE
THINK THEY’RE OKAY.
>> THERE’S ALWAYS A MASK UP, YOU
WEAR IT TO FOOL YOURSELF.
HAVEN’T SEEN AND BEEN IN THAT
WHIRLWIND WITH MY EXPERIENCE
WITH HIM DURING WAKE ME UP AND
KNOWING THAT HE COMES THROUGH
ALL OF THAT, AND WAS IN A GOOD
PLACE, I FELT VERY CONFIDENT
THAT HE’D COME BACK AND REALLY
BE OUT THERE TOURING AGAIN ONE
DAY.
DAY. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NAME OF
THE ALBUM.
THE ALBUM. IT’S NAMED INTENTIONALLY TIM.
TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THE MAN AND THE BRAND?
>> I DON’T KNOW IF I SEE THE
FUNNY PARTS ABOUT HIM AS A WAY
TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM CRYING.
IN THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM, I
WOULD COMPLAIN TO HIM, TIM, DID
YOU WRITE ANOTHER SAD SONG?
HE WOULD SAY, DUDE, I KNOW, I’M
WORKING ON A HAPPY ONE.
I’LL GIVE YOU A GOOD FIST
PUMPER.
PUMPER. WE’LL DO THAT.
WHAT CAN I SAY.
I LOOK BACK ON IT NOW, AND I’M
CRUSHED.
CRUSHED. EVEN ME WHO WAS HEARING
EVERYTHING HE WAS DOING, HE JUST
DIDN’T KNOW.
DIDN’T KNOW. YOU DIDN’T -- HE WAS HIDING IN
PLAIN SITE.
PLAIN SITE. I THINK WITH THIS ALBUM, YOU’LL
HEAR TIM AND NOT SO MUCH AVICI,
WHO WAS THE GOD OF THE BIG
FESTIVAL OR THE NIGHTCLUB