Google doodle, on Wednesday, honoured Swedish EDM artist Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, on his 32nd birth anniversary. This tribute comes during the National Suicide Prevention Week. The DJ had  died by suicide at the age of 28 in April 2018. 

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Avicii’s famous 2013 song ‘Wake Me Up’ was on Google’s cover on Wednesday. The image was created by artists Alyssa Winans, Olivia When, and Sophie Diao. “Desiring more than just industry success, Bergling also set off on “House for Hunger,” a 2012 American tour that donated its proceeds to combating food insecurity worldwide. That year, Madonna joined him in closing Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, where the pair broke the festival’s live stream viewer record,” Google Doodle page read. 

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The Swedish DJ was famous for songs like ‘The Night; and ‘Hey Brother’. 

“The truth is Tim struggled a great deal during the touring part of his adulthood, and I wanted to find a way to both touch on the realities of that experience, while still celebrating and honoring his life in a way that fit the lyrics and tone of the track. I ultimately decided to spend the majority of the video on the aspects of his life he loved, with a few symbolic moments to allude to some of the more emotionally challenging experiences,”  Winans said. 

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Born in 1980 in Stockholm, Avicii started mixing tunes in his bedroom by the time he was 16. He , however, rose to prominence in 2011 with the release of dance anthem ‘Levels’. As per reports, the artist performed an estimated 220 sets globally from 2011 to 2016. He won multiple awards including Swedish Grammis Awards for Best Innovator (2012) and Best Artist (2014), as well as a World Music Award for Best Electronic Dance Artist (2014).

“I will never forget when Tim played in a park called Strömparterren in Stockholm in the early days of his career. He’d told me explicitly to not come — maybe because it wasn’t very cool to have your father around at that age — but I went anyway and hid behind a tree. It was a great evening and I remember feeling surprised, amazed and very proud. When I came to find him backstage afterwards, he was so glad I came,” Avicii’s father Klas, as per reports, recalls.