Q&A: Avicii Documentary Director on Celebrating the Late DJ Without Exploiting his Death

Miraculously, Avicii himself narrates a lot of the film – pulled from archival interviews and some never before published.

Capturing Avicii's life and career was no easy feat, director Henrik Burman told The Associated Press. The project took half a decade, beginning before the pandemic and not long after the DJ's death. Burman's interviews were long and many. "To know people around Tim," he says, was the only way "to know Tim."

Burman discussed Avicii's life, career and legacy with the AP. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.