"Tough Love" is the second posthumous single by Swedish DJ Avicii, featuring Swedish singer Agnes and

Vargas & Lagola Vargas & Lagola are a Swedish songwriting and production duo of Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir. They have worked with many artists, including Avicii, Axwell & Ingrosso, David Guetta, Galantis, Madonna and Seinabo Sey. In addition to their s ...

. It was released on 9 May 2019, with the music video premiering on 14 May 2019, as the second single from Avicii's posthumous studio album '' Tim''.

Background

Avicii had previously collaborated with Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir of

on "

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", " Hey Brother" ," Without You" and "Friend of Mine". Avicii had previously worked on the song in 2016 before his last Ultra Miami show. "Tough Love" initially had a different song structure, but was reworked during Tim's final studio sessions in March 2018. Before his death, Tim had sent a message to Salem and Vincent that he wanted the song to be a duet by a "real couple. Or a couple that have worked together enough to be almost considered a couple!" Pontare’s wife, Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson, also features on the song. "Tough Love" also features Indian influences from the movie

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(specifically the song ''Banarasiya'') in a melodic passage that was inspired by Avicii studying the music of northwest India, which he had played for Pontare and Al Fakir before his death.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Qobuz.com. * Avicii – songwriter, producer, bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming, programming * Vincent Pontare – songwriter, producer, programming * Salem Al Fakir – songwriter, producer, guitar, strings, programming *Sebastian Furrer – programming *Kristoffer Fogelmark – vocal producer *Isak Alverus – songwriter *Marcus Thunberg Wessel – engineer *Kevin Grainger – mixer and mastering *Sören von Malmborg – additional mixer *Julio Rodriguez Sangrador – mixer and mastering * Agnes – vocals * Vargas and Lagola – vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

2019 singles 2019 songs Avicii songs Agnes (singer) songs Songs written by Vincent Pontare Songs written by Salem Al Fakir Songs written by Avicii Songs released posthumously {{2019-single-stub