Wolfgang Van Halen is honouring his dad Eddie Van Halen, who succumbed to cancer last month. With a video filled with touching home movie clips, the younger Van Halen’s “Distance” is a movie tribute written while Eddie was battling cancer.
The song is Wolfgang’s attempt at “imagining what my life would be without him and how terribly I’d miss him,” the 29-year-old says in a statement. “While the song is incredibly personal, I think anyone can relate to the idea of having a profound loss in their life,” he explains. “I never intended ‘Distance’ to be the very first piece of music people would hear from me, but I also thought my father would be here to celebrate its release.
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