![]() ![]() Watching Avicii: True Stories is akin to watching an extreme introvert endure a complicated and personalised version of their own nightmare, in slow-motion and with pin-perfect detail. You know what the most fucked-up thing of all is? That’s not even the most stressful thing that happens to Bergling during the 90-minute run-time of the documentary. If Marlowe had written Faustus today, this would have been the hell Mephistopheles described. An autograph hunter swats him, like a fly. Thousands of boggle-eyed ravers chant his name. His laptop stops working, and a backup can’t be found. There’s a moment in Avicii: True Stories where Bergling - about to perform onstage at Ibiza superclub Ushuaia - literally lives this nightmare. Then, blessedly, you wake up and realise it’s just a dream. ![]() Have you ever had a dream that you’re about to take a very hard exam, or give an important speech on stage and then suddenly and out of nowhere you lose your notes? You’re pure panic, your stomach swoops like a bird in flight. The music industry killed Bergling, and we - the fans, the festival goers, the flower-headdress-wearing ravers - are all complicit. ![]() So why have I been unable to stop thinking about Bergling’s death? Why did I watch the 2017 documentary Avicii: True Stories with actual tears leaking out of my EDM-hating eyes? Because I’m disgusted by the forces that caused him to die. Me personally, I do not enjoy EDM, although I admire its structural composition and Transformers-esque pyrotechnics in a detached way, like a set of gleaming veneers that are too big for someone’s mouth, or a Hummer with obscenely huge hub-caps. If you’ve spent the last five years trying to avoid the EDM sound that, tinnitus-like, rings through pop music today, you have Bergling to thank (or not.) A prodigious talent, Bergling released EDM blockbuster ‘Levels’ when he was just 24. On April 24, Bergling’s family seemed to confirm what many had feared: Bergling had committed suicide.īergling’s genius for melody and song-writing fizzed and popped like the sparkler-studded champagne magnums that circulated the VIP areas of his mega-shows. Had Bergling died of health problems related to his history of pancreatitis, following his well-documented struggle with alcoholism? The truth was even sadder. This week the performer’s family hope to have his body repatriated home to Sweden.On April 20, EDM superstar Avicii - real name Tim Bergling - died in Oman at the age of 28. “The decision I made might seem odd to some but everyone is different and for me this was the right one.” “Creating music is what makes me happy and I have gotten to know so many great people in my days of touring, seen so many amazing places and created endless of good memories,” he posted on social media at the time. The DJ’s partying and performing lifestyle continued to be a problem, though, and he chose to take a break from touring in 2016, naming stress, anxiety and illness as factors in his decision. I just - I can be sober and party… And I see how drunk everyone else is and I feel like, I kind of like not being hungover tomorrow.” So that forced me to do a 180 and stop drinking. “Then I got a pancreatitis attack, which is very rare. READ MORE: Sleep deprivation, isolation, anxiety and binge drinking: What Avicii’s life looked like. In 2013 he told Time Magazine, “Yeah I was drinking way too much, partying in general way too much.” The star has previously struggled with alcohol – he suffered acute pancreatitis that was in part caused by excessive drinking – and has spoken about a decision to stay sober. ![]() The publication also reports that other photos taken by fellow guests last week show Avicii enjoying his time at the resort. TMZ reports the photo was taken Thursday nearby Muscat Hills Resort, where the star was staying. ![]()
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