Suffocating pressure hung over Avicii’s short life

Swedish DJ Avicii (real name Tim Bergling) passed away last weekend at the age of 28, leaving his fans around the world in shock and mourning a musical talent and a typical face. of the wave of electronic “dance” music (EDM music) in recent years.

Before Avicii’s departure, the set film documentary released at the end of 2017 – “Avicii: True Stories” (Avicii: True Stories) – is attracting a lot of attention because the film shows intimate and realistic perspectives illuminating Avicii’s life in his final years. The film was made by a Swiss director Classic Levan Tsikurishvili.

This is a highly reliable film because Avicii himself agreed to cooperate in making it, allowing the director to accompany him to record completely realistic footage. When the film was completed, Avicii himself introduced the film.

Swedish DJ Avicii (real name Tim Bergling)

< p>In the film, Avicii said he repeatedly warned his managers that if he continued to tour, he would be exhausted. In fact, Avicii’s health is not good. He had surgery to remove his gallbladder and appendix in 2014. Before that, at the age of 21, he discovered he had acute pancreatitis, which Avicii said was related to his habit of drinking too much alcohol:

“I drank too much and partied too much. So I had to do the opposite 180 degrees and immediately stop drinking alcohol,” Avicii once shared in a 2013 interview with Time magazine (USA).

In “Avicii: True Stories” male DJ said he had to analyze a lot for the management team to understand why he needed to stop touring (Avicii officially stopped touring since 2016). “I told them I wouldn’t perform anymore,” he shares in the documentary. I said frankly that I would die if I had to go on tour. I’ve said it many times…

“I am very straightforward with the people I work with. Everyone understands that I am always mentally worried and I have tried very hard. I don’t want anyone to try to pressure me to continue performing anymore. They all saw how miserable it was for me to continue like this, but I still had to fight a lot to actually stop performing.”

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The director of the film – Mr. Levan Tsikurishvili (34 years old) – is a long-time friend of DJ Avicii. The documentary was recorded over 4 years and follows Avicii throughout his career journey from when he achieved great success until he decided to stop touring.

With a successful artist At the international level, behind their appearance on stage is a team of managers and collaborating parties to carry out the show. “Avicii: True Stories” showed how Avicii had to “consider” with his management crew and cooperating parties so that he could officially say goodbye to the stage.

During the event During his short life and career, Avicii was under great pressure from his own enviable reputation. In the EDM music genre, there are very few DJs who have reached the level of international stars like Avicii. But the price of that success was that Avicii had a period of poor health due to drinking too much.

He also has very inherent psychological problems. The hard thing to overcome is constant anxiety as he once shared with Hollywood Reporter magazine: “I don’t have any problems with performing, but it’s the other things that happen around performing that make me feel uncomfortable.” natural.

“All that is not music creates such feelings in me. I am an introspective person which is very difficult for me… I have had a ‘crazy’ journey. I started producing music when I was 16 years old and started touring when I was 18 years old. Looking back at my life, I am also surprised.

“That was the most wonderful period of my life. But it also has its price: stress and constant anxiety. There are many things that are affected when you no longer have enough energy and time to do things thoughtfully. You think you can just erase it, but the quality is always clearly reflected…”.

The fact that he used a lot of alcohol was one way to be able to Overcome the constant worries in your mind every time you participate in performances. Avicii said he never liked being the center of attention.

So when he retired from performing, he shared with Hollywood Reporter that he felt “happy and less stressed.” traveled a lot compared to a long time ago.” For Avicii, the new studio is the right place for him: “The new studio is really the place to create emotions. When I stop touring, my next phase will be for music production.”

The men’s magazine – GQ once revealed that Avicii earns 250,000 USD/night of performance (equivalent to 5 6 billion VND). He once appeared on the list of the world’s most profitable DJs published by the financial magazine Forbes. During the peak of his career from 2012 to 2016, according to Quartz, Avicii earned nearly 90 million USD.

Avicii deserves to be called a legend in the EDM music genre. He will be remembered for a long time for both his peak success and his miseries right in the midst of the glory, all of which happened and ended in his 28 years of life.