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\n\tThe life and times of beloved Swedish DJ\/producer Avicii <\/a>are celebrated in the first official trailer for the upcoming Netflix doc chronicling his life, Avicii \u2013 I\u2019m Tim<\/a><\/em>. The nearly two-minute preview of the film due out globally on Dec. 31 opens with an image of Avicii (born Tim Bergling) posted up behind his decks in front of a massive festival crowd as towering pyro flames fill the frame and the audience shouts \u201cAVICII! AVICII!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFeaturing voiceover narration recorded with the late global superstar before he died in 2018 at age 28 by suicide, the trailer flips through images of Avicii in his youth, landing on a snap of a teenage Tim strumming an acoustic guitar as he explains, \u201cI\u2019ve always loved music. I knew that whatever I wanted to do later in life, I wanted to do something creative.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe describes working on his music at home, constantly sending his tracks out in the hope that someone would notice. \u201cIn such a small time, he completely killed it,\u201d says fellow global DJ superstar David Guetta. The focus then shifts to a series of pics and video clips of Avicii in the studio with stars including Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin, Chic\u2019s Nile Rodgers and others, as Martin recalls that it was Avicii\u2019s signature 2011 hit \u201cLevels<\/a>\u201d that introduced him to Bergling\u2019s music.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI had that feeling that I get when I really love something,\u201d Martin says about the inescapably catchy, Grammy-nominated house tune that topped the charts in the DJ\u2019s native Sweden and became his signature hit. The trailer also hits on one of the most audacious, and successful, chances Avicii took in his life when he got booed<\/a> after debuting the genre-busting Aloe Blacc collab \u201cWake Me Up\u201d at the Ultra Music Festival in 2013 with a live band \u2014 including a banjo and two guitars. The song would go on to be his biggest hit, and his only top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 4 in October 2013 on its way to more than three billion streams.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the time, Avicii was \u201creally broken about it,\u201d according to the doc, with a voiceover noting that the constant jet-setting touring was \u201creally taking a toll\u201d on Bergling. \u201cI was running after some idea of happiness that wasn\u2019t my own,\u201d Avicii says. \u201cI didn\u2019t like being a persona.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAvicii struggled as the line between performer and persona got blurred, and in a poignant moment at the end of the sneak preview, the interviewer wonders what his answer would be if someone asked \u201cWhat\u2019s your story? Who are you?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHaltingly, Bergling confirms, \u201cI\u2019m\u2026 Tim.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe doc directed by Henrik Burman premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year also features interviews with Avicii\u2019s parents, friends, colleagues and fellow artists. Along with the documentary, Netflix will stream Avicii\u2019s final performance at Ushua\u00efa Ibiza in August of 2016, his final live set before he stopped touring at 26.<\/p>\n \n\tWatch the trailer below.<\/p>\n