Avicii’s Legacy Gallops Forward With Escapist Dance Anthem, “Let’s Ride Away”: Listen

The alchemy that transformed folk storytelling into timeless electronic music wasn't magic—it was Avicii. The late EDM icon's posthumous collection, Avicii Forever, bottles that transformative formula while adding one final precious element to the equation.

Out today via Interscope, the retrospective compilation couples Avicii's defining catalog with "Let's Ride Away," a previously unreleased collaboration with Elle King. Her vocals about finding one's place hang heavy as an aching statement from an artist who struggled to find his: "It's in the sky, it's in the air / If I get lost, I'll meet you there / We can't stop 'til we find our place / Let's saddle up and ride away."

However, his production remains unmistakably uplifting, true to form for the Swedish dance music legend. The track's anthemic drop features a stentorian horn section that delivers the vintage Avicii catharsis that launched countless festival moments.

"Let's Ride Away" represents one of Bergling's final creative endeavors prior to his tragic 2018 death by suicide at the age of 28. Elsewhere on Avicii Forever, fans can fire up the nostalgia machine through the stadium-filling euphoria of "Levels" and the country-tinged flair of "Wake Me Up," among other generational dance anthems. The full compilation features 19 tracks.

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Avicii Forever arrives through a collaborative effort between Bergling's estate and Pophouse Entertainment, which in 2022 acquired 75% of his recording and publishing rights. It marks another chapter in the investment firm's ongoing efforts to preserve and celebrate his contributions, which defined a generation of electronic dance music.

Pophouse is also currently developing a musical about Avicii, whose life was the subject of a recent high-profile intimate Netflix film. Another documentary from the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lawrence Bender is currently in production and will feature "previously unreleased footage" recorded around the time of Bergling's discovery and rise to fame.

You can listen to Avicii Forever below and find the new release on streaming platforms here.