![]() “It really helped me realize that I needed to make the change that I’d been struggling with for a while,” he wrote. He’d long been wrestling with the decision to stop touring and wrote that he was able to gain a new perspective during a cross-country U.S. “I know I am blessed to be able to travel all around the world and perform, but I have too little left for the life of a real person behind the artist,” Bergling wrote at the time. He also maintained a relentless touring schedule, and by 2014, was Number Three on Forbes‘ Highest Paid DJs list thanks to $28 million in earnings. Over the next few years, Bergling worked tirelessly on his own music while collaborating with an array of artists like Coldplay, Madonna, Robyn, Major Lazer and Daft Punk. In 2013, he partnered with soul singer Aloe Blacc for “Wake Me Up,” a track that blended EDM and country, and peaked at Number Four on the Hot 100. His 2011 track, “Levels” – which featured a sample of Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” – became a crossover smash that topped the charts in dozens of countries. “An over-achieving perfectionist who traveled and worked hard at a pace that led to extreme stress.”īergling was at the forefront of the EDM movement that began to dominate the pop landscape in the early 2010s. “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers to existential questions,” Bergling’s family said. Bergling’s family shared a statement about the musician’s death, saying, “He really struggled with thoughts about meaning, life, happiness. Tim Bergling, the Swedish DJ-producer who performed as Avicii, died of an apparent suicide. ![]()
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