Swedish DJ Avicii DEAD at 28

He never got over the REBEL HEART leak

Partied too hard. Shame, he was talented.

Wtf, wake me up was great

Wake me up was trash, easily his worst song

I always loved this one.

Addicted To You

You're welcome, OP.

R4 Hipster.

^^^^^^

I loved I Could Be The One.

for r7

God be with his family and friends. A sad day

This is the death of country disco!

Oh, no! No more shitty EDM! At least we still have David Guetta...

Those last two years must have been hell. This was definitely not a semi-euphoric it’s-better-to-burn-out-than-fade-away type of death.

R14 also Zedd, my favorite. He's a cutie too

True was basically all I would listen to during my first year at university, this was always my favorite song and I have so many happy memories to his music. I was never into EDM but Avicii stood out to me for some reason.

Wow, sad and shocking. I was a fan. Had no idea he wasn’t performing live anymore.

"Had no idea he wasn’t performing live anymore"

Certainly won't be now...

R10 One of my favorites.

OMG, I thought this dude was black!!

Madonna destroys another one.

Levels is still so good.

Charmed life.

I guess this answers a previous thread regarding how long it takes to drink yourself to death; someone posted that with hard work & persistence, one could be dead by 30. I thought that was an overestimate, but this guy beat that by 2 years.

Not a fan of this kind of music but still sad news for his friends, family and fans. As for drinking himself to death, you can’t get a drink in Oman.

WTF was he doing in Oman? Is EDM popular there?

Aveeshee.

Probably died of laced coke

Better dead than tried and convicted for crimes against humanity:

He should've been tried for crimes against humanity instead.

Wow, I bet Madonna is upset.

I love "Silhouettes". I can't imagine how much he drank to die at 28. Unless it's a cover for him doing harder drugs.

[quote]Probably died of laced coke

In Oman??? I doubt that.

wait, isnt 28 a popular age for rock stars to die? I love Wake me up btw.

Wrote it in another thread but I really really loved this guy, his early remixes are still on my playlist he was a great house musician beside his mainstream country-EDM hits, and I always hoped/suspected that he was not really straight.

I wonder if he went to Oman to detox and started having seizures. Or maybe he went on vacation or for a show, and couldn't get the alcohol he needed once he was there.

R37 He missed the 27 club by one year.

(From 2015)

The trouble began back in April when the Swede pulled out of his headline spot at Ultra with the 25 year old receiving emergency surgery to have his gallbladder and appendix removed. To most this would be an obvious sign to hit the pause button and take it easy for a little while, recharge and take back control of your health at least for a few months.

Instead Avicii has continued the same lifestyle either pursued by himself or his team that has further put his life in morbid danger with the young star again heading back to hospital after a recent image surfaced online showing the once full of life producer looking gaunt and tired.

r36

No, you're thinking of 27.

You can get a drink in Oman. I’ve been there, and enjoyed sunset cocktails every evening. Not everywhere in the Middle East is like Saudi Arabia.

I had no idea who he was when I got four news bulletins on my phone saying he had passed. What a shame, so young and apparently very talented. May he Rest In Peace.

Wait...was she a DJ, or a musician?

This is the kind of celebrity i only know by name, but couldn't tell you the name of one song of his. I also often confused him with Haiducii, the Dragostea Din Tei group. Anyway, alchoolism is awful. so young.

Let's get to the important issues. Was he gay?

I'm sorry about his death, but he was not really a music innovator. He cribbed from the real innovators of house and then sold a watered down version of it to the masses. He was who the music industry decided would be the face of this music—because he was masculine and handsome and white. There are EDM artists working today who are far more talented and who make EDM with actual feeling, but they don't look the part. Although, to be fair, it's hard to fault show business for being show business. Same as it ever was.

But it's very sad for anyone to drink themselves to death. I hope he has found peace. RIP.

Amateur.

Amy Winohouse managed to drink herself to death by 27.

Okay I regret posting at R47. This isn't the time or the place. This is very sad, and I just was reacting to all the overblown Tweets from celebs. Ignore me and carry on.

RIP.

WTF!?

R44, He was a talented musician and producer that became a DJ at a young age because for electronic musicians that's the only way to make money in an age where music doesn't sell. He made a fortune touring extensively when EDM was exploding in the US and got himself sick and now dead. Btw I love this one, even tough he completely lifted the chord progression from Black box "Ride on Time"

Interesting you mention his looks. I've never seen him before today. I don't remember him from the Wake Me Up video. Did he start appeaeing in his later ones?

I can't believe he's dead

he really was handsome in that swedish way...

Tacky taste in women. Look at this St Louis woman with her store bought hair.

He used to cancel his performances due to illness in the last few years (since 2014 I think) but I had no idea his illness was that serious! I'm shocked

ADAM LAMBERT ‏ @adamlambert

#RIPAVICII @Avicii

WHO???!!!!

I had zero knowledge of this person's existence until today, as well.

Taylor Swift Joked That She and Avicii Were Separated at Birth

Hey Sister

His name was Tim

Where are the nudes?

The Swede could play him in the Lifetime movie.

ADAM LAMBERT ‏ 59 minutes ago

RIP Tim. You were a brilliant composer and a gentle spirit. Fond memories of creating music w @Avicii and @nilerodgers-

Who would've thought that Avicii would be in a death trio with Barbara Bush?

Who will the third be??

Who ..... ?

WeallY, who ....... ? ?

Barbara Bush is dead?

Surprised he didn't die sooner considering....

You are not funny even if you don't know his name I'm sure you heard some of his work

Sorry for being superficial, but -on the surface- he seemed to have it all - talent, looks, money, popularity, women - and yet he drunk himself to death? Wow. He could have afforded the best shrinks and the best retreats to conquer his demons and yet preferred to die by his own hands.

i always mistook him with Haiduci, the Dragostea Tin Dei band

Its 27 you fucking noob, not 28.

Lots of performers suffer from huge egos and low self esteem. Tricky combination.

R71 addiction isn't rational....some people just can't help it and self destruct

R72 hahha nooo now I have that tune stuck in my head

Statement

He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given.

RIP

Isn't he number 3 to Babs Bush and the queen's last corgi?

Not everyone can handle money and fame.

That being said. Condolences to his family.

Loved his music so much, he really made EDM a prominent genre on popular/commercial radio back in 2011. He always seemed a bit sad and shy though

Rest In Peace

Sad!!!

Who will be the next big Swedish musician to die? My money is on Benny Andersson from ABBA.

He’s from an affluent family though, he grew up in the wealthiest part of Stockholm and always had money, R82. His parents and older siblings are pretty famous actors and artists in Sweden

Avicii and French actress/model Marine Vacth

I thought WTF, he's only 28? Then I realised I was confusing him with Sash! or Darude.

Sash! Or Darude?! Well, ar least you didn't confuse him with Senior Vasquez...

His last tweet:

Tim Bergling ‏@Avicii

Thanks for the nomination! 🙏 @billboard #BBMAS - 17 Apr 2018

r80 he was a hard core addict, like DL fave Lil Peep and the late Scott Weiland. Their addictions predated their fame and money.

His music was derivative shit that hastened the decline of music culture, but 28 is shockingly young. RIP

So wake me up when it's all over

R79, I thought the woman who’s head went out the window of that plane would be one of the “3”.

My brother took early retirement a little over 5 years ago. With all the free time and money he drank himself to the brink of death in 4 years. He is now brain damaged, he's had a number of strokes and he walks with a walker. Alcohol can kill you very fast but for most people having to work and having a limited budget stops them from drinking as much as they would like. 28 is so young but I'm not shocked that he could drink himself to death so quickly. I suspect he also enjoyed harder drugs which didn't help.

sorry to hear that R93.

What happened with the Rebel Heart leak?

This songs makes me sad today.

Listen to Avicii's biggest hits

One day you'll leave this world behind So live a life you will remember

Interview

Sad!

Young Avicii.

I hate his music with a passion, but he had great cheekbones.

Looking unhealthy

Avicii, the King of Oontz Oontz Oontz

R35 is right. He would have od'd on heroin.

I'm quite sure my whore of a daughter-in-law fucked him.

RIP.

He died in Oman. Interesting. May he RIP.

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Is he sporting a black eye @ r108, or is it bad lighting?

Wow. I remember the full faced Avicii in r98 . Unfortunately the great cheekbones in r101 were the beginning of his downward spiral because he just got skinnier and skinnier. So sad.

R110 Yeah he lost a ton of weight in 2014, he looked very sick.

Six days ago (2). R109 Looks like a mark but not a black eye imo.

2010

God, I hated this kid. His music was awful. His videos sucked ass. The inane platitudes he tried to pass off as depth and his corny Jesus of Latter Day Saint's meets Mountain Dew presentation made me wish he'd die a horrible death. I was thinking more along the lines of a bungee accident, though. Death via alcoholism is too cruel. Even for him.

He became a world traveler of some sort his Instagram is filled with pics from his trips to Africa and South America.

Wow - shocking. 28!

I can’t even imagine how out of control his drinking was that he not only had pancreatitis in his 20s, but then drank himself to death. He must have been drunk all the the time. It’s very sad.

He should've been a model.

agree, the music was godawful. I'm 40 so i'm not the demo for this, but jeez that was shit.

R114, I pray for your soul. You have demonic thoughts. Watch yourself dude.

I am sure it was more than Alcohol , no doubt Opioids , sad, , such a wasted talent.

He knew he was never going to top Wake Me Up and that must have weighed heavily on him.

Of course DLers would know this cheeseball. He falls into the "music" category as corny AF.

I don't know why this genre of electronica is called, Progressive, it is the total opposite.

At least it wasn't Zedd or Martin Garrix. They're the ones I jerk off to. Avicii was too Swedish for me.

When people run in circles, it’s a very, very mad world.

He was fug!

He was beautiful. High cheekbones, hooded deep set eyes, and a retroussé nose.

I really like "Wake Me Up" but had never watched the video until now, and sheesh, does that feed into the whole Instagram world we're living in. "Oh, we're so pretty, we don't fit in with this ugly town full of lifeless, empty, ugly people. We need to be where the PRETTY people are! They're in the cities. We need to be with them, where we BELONG! Come with me little sister, you can come to the club too... you're young, but pretty, LIKE ME, so you will come to the pretty world with me and dance in the club where all we will do is dance in the club and be pretty together...YAY!!!"

"...Ooooh, Sister, all these ugly people... why don't they like us??"

Ah, no, I was just looking at his Instagram and he had a really sweet dog. Poor thing is gonna miss him.

So what happens in an EDM gig? The audience marvels at the act’s genius with the play/pause buttons? They are NOT musicians.

His music is NOT house

It is categorized as Progressive House. It is fucking cheesy. It doesn't surprise me that you don't know the category of CHEESY music you like. Gays have the worst taste in music. Surprise!

So Swedish means stank sleeve, right?

I had a roommate from Norway, geeky, fat cock but a lot of cheese. I had to take a warm washcloth before I'd put my mouth on it.

Handsome and talented man, too bad he died so young.

RIP to his attractiveness :(

Muslim countries don't allow drinking, or do they?

How long was he there? Could it have been alcohol withdraw?

hate his music but he was sorta hot looking. I love cheesy dick, too

Avicii, Babs, and the Queen's Corgi all dead in the same week.

I adored this Avicii music video, bitches.

Hope u like it too!

it could have just been the alcohol. when I was young I had a friend that was an only child. His parents had him late in life and he was given everything. This was before people knew how to deal with addictions so his parents would buy him a bottle of whiskey a day and he drank it. He was in his mid 20's when he died of alcoholism. He was so nice but so addicted. The first time I heard a Beatles song I was visiting him and he told me who they were. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. it was just so sad for everyone.

People forget that even if you don’t drink and drive, drinking hard will kill you, and young. I had an uncle who died at 40. The doctors all told him, one more drink, and you’re dead. Stayed sober for 2 weeks. Found him dead in his house in Lauren Canyon with my cousins.

Many in my family have suffered from alcoholism, and several have died young.

I wonder if he would have had such a good career if he hadn't been attractive back then.

His "music" is generically derivative and not in a good way.

That's a hard 28.

Well R145, Swedish people should avoid the sun (and poisoning themselves with alcohol).

Better than his long lost cousin, Nick Nolte, r145.

Most of the music in this genre sucks. Leave the guy alone. He had a decent career, and now he’s dead.

I can’t wait for kids to start playing actual instruments again. Will we ever have a resurgence of real music that is actually listenable, agin?

I turn the station every seconds. There’s nothing out there, so I either leave my radio on a classical music station, or turn on my iTunes or listen to podcasts.

Artist are recording nothing but PURE shit, and I cannot believe that millions of millennials and kids like it.

Wow. Took my dad 70-odd years to drink himself to death. And he was no amateur.

My condolences to his family. I can’t imagine watching a child drink themselves to death.

the kids don't like it, or at least as much as the baby boomers did. music isn't as much a part of their world as it was our's.

R137, Oman is much more relaxed about alcohol than other Muslim countries. You can’t drink on the street and you can’t be drunk in public, but in general drinking laws are less strict for non muslims than they are for Muslims. He wouldn’t have had much trouble getting his hands on alcohol.

What? Kid’s don’t like music?

Please, tell that to Elvis, the Beatles, Zthe Beack Boys, Dick Clark’s America Band Stand, The Supremes, and Michael Jackson.

Kids LOVE much. Almost as much as Michael Jackson love kids.

Fuck my autocorrect at r151, but you get the gist.

"the kids don't like it, or at least as much as the baby boomers did. music isn't as much a part of their world as it was our's."

Are you kidding? They listen to music on their phones, ipods - everywhere. I love the eldergays here who think they know anything about "kids" or "millennials"

Very sad.

Wow, I didn't know my Catholic grandmother posts here.

Hi, grandma at R120.

DORKSIDED!

Let’s get real for a sec. His gaunt and wasted appearance lately indicates a problem much more serious than alcohol. But as my wise grandmother used to say, you know how you stop drinking? You STOP DRINKING! Applies to any other substance too btw.

R133 Well aren't you full of assumptions? I don't like his music, I just clarified that it isn't house music no matter what its called.

I don't like his music. By the way, I don't like DJs and their "concerts". It is, nonetheless, sad news. Nothing is quite clear, if he died from alcohol or drugs addiction, if he had any health or mental issues of any kind. What we can certainly say, based on his photos, is that he didn't seem healthy at all. Really sad.

I took a pill in Ibiza, to show Avicii I was cool....

He probably got some bad shit.

Dude should a taken better care of himself.

R153 What is an iPod?

So he had a drinking problem? DJ concerts are kinda lame anyway

Do DJs spin actual vinyl these days? I know they stopped but since vinyl is coming back, now I'm not sure.

I can't find one photo of him holding a drink or drinking.

I was not a fan, but of course I knew who he was.

What shocks me is that I drank a liter of booze every day for 25 years, and I was much older than he. I felt like shit most of the time, but I did not get super skinny and for some reason my liver hung in there. I finally quit at 55. I wonder how much one has to drink to die at 28?

I used opioids as well, but no injecting.

r167 the life of a high level DJ is hard on your body. He became popular just as it was really blowing up mainstream, so he didn't have as much competition, either.

The GQ article quoted above talks about him living on Red Bull and cigarettes, eating burgers at airports and constantly travelling to gigs at odd hours. I imagine all that plus maybe some genetic factors did him in. He never really seemed happy, either.

Paris Hilton is a DJ.

Well, that whole rave / DJ “concerts” scene is riddled with drugs. Kids are doing shit I’d rarely heard about until I got sober agai, and went to rehab for the first time. Everyone had their drug of choice (one being straight booze at that juncture) but girls were in there for huffing cans of computer keyboard cleaners, LOTS of Opiates, Molly, speed, benzos . One chick was their because she got addicted to synthetic marijuana, and one was in there for Ambien addiction. The weirdest one was an older lady who was addicted to Gabapentan. They prescribed that to me for my first 60 days of sobriety, because I was drinking pretty heavily.

Anyhow, just as the story always seems to go, the benzo and opiate addicts were relapsing left and right, and being asked to leave the facility, which I personally would have lived at for a year, because it was pretty nice! Lol!

So this guy could have been doing a number of things.

The first time I got sober, I think I had 4 or 5 years when I was at a CRAZY, high stresses job working in the financial sector. I couldn’t sleep. There would be times when I was showing up to work without three days of sleep, drinking green tea, coffee and water all day, just to stay awake.

I went to see my doctor (obviously) who has a detailed history of my then previous addiction history. I told him that I was considering Benadryl or melatonin. He said , “No way”. He explained that new research was just starting to come out about the effects of both of those drugs in correlation to advancing Alzheimer’s/Dementia on people, and he specifically said that there had been documented cases of people dying in their sleep, because they went in massive respiratory depression and failure while sleeping. He made it clear that OTC can ALSO kill you.

So my point is, like another poster mentioned, we don’t know what happened. He may have had an undiagnosed condition. Or perhaps a diagnosed one. Alcohol and/ or drugs may have been involved, and if he had an undiagnosed respiratory/heart/lungs/diaphragm condition, it didn’t have to be anything out of this world to take him out.

I’m sorry he’s gone. Never attended his gigs, but at least he was doing something he felt he loved, got to work, travel, and hopefully had some awesome experiences with people he met and loved along the way. In the end, that’s about it, no matter why, how, or when you go.

Correction: Everyone had their drug of choice (mine being straight booze at that juncture)

Autocorrect strikes again!

r114 DO you have any friends in real life? You are so insufferable! I almost wish it had been me who died instead of Avicii as I went over your words

I don’t understand. Never heard of the guy but checked out all his supposedly famous songs and they’re all being sung by other artists. How are they his songs? Because he remixed them as a DJ? Maybe I just don’t understand music these days.

R173 He wrote and produced them, he worked with vocalists since he isn’t a singer. You don’t seem to grasp the concept of a musician/record producer.

So did he quit boozing when he stopped touring two years ago or not? This story smells, more details needed

money corrupts

he pings so gay. sad

R173 Someone like Max Martin has had 58 top 10 songs yet you've probably never seen his face or heard his voice, he's richer than the artists who have sung on his songs combined.

He ruined dance music and Ibiza. Good riddance. David Guetta next please.

Pity he missed the 27 Club. His death would get more press and his musical legacy would have more gravitas.

I prefer the Irish version of "Wake me up." The lyrics are better too.

Never heard of him

R179, you’re an asshole, but your post made me laugh.

This is nice

Oman? He probably got fucked to death by a horse-hung A-rab. They love pretty blond bois.

Who???

Some of you are manifestly Under Satanic influence with your vile comments about someone who tragically died. Repent or end up in hell forever

I wish EDM had died instead of Avicii. I have nothing against this DJ, just that crappy music he helped create.

His target demographic fell somewhere between Paul Logan followers and Kirk Cameron fans. If hating that dumbed down self-congratulatory shit music makes me a demonic devil worshiper- I'll take it. At least in hell I'll be spared having to listen to this Sunny D commercial for Mentos.

Seriously. The poor guy had to listen to his own music for HOURS a day. Each and every day. Watch some of his videos. The poor guy definitely drank to forget. He's in a better place now.

He said Wake Me Up but his music Put Me to Sleep

R188 is a potential murderer. Such crude hate and Misandry

R186 A multimillionaire DR drinking himself to death after liver failure in your late 20s in tragic?

Good to know.

I'm going to go scrounge for some grubs and a few drops of water.

Avicii - Lay Me Down (ft. Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers)

Leona Lewis, Avicii - Collide

You lack basic human compassion and empathy. Most people can be sympathetic about this as well as the plight of orphans. Perhaps your family did not raise you well or teach you basic compassion, but it’s reprehensible nonetheless

Since achieving widespread commercial success, Bergling began working with his manager and executive producer Ash Pournouri to start [bold]House for Hunger[/bold] in 2011, a charity dedicated to alleviating global hunger. The pair wanted to showcase the giving spirit fostered by the house music community. Bergling explained, [bold]0"You have to give something back. I am so fortunate to be in the position where I can actually do that. I feel lucky every day when I wake up and am able to do what I love and make a living."[/bold] In addition to donating $1 million to [bold]Feeding America[/bold], a charity founded by John van Hengel, House for Hunger has helped fund the efforts of The Feed Foundation, started by Laura Bush,[133] allowing it to distribute over 2 million school meals throughout Africa.[134] He also supported [bold]campaigns against human trafficking and gang violence[/bold] when he directed the videos for his tracks "For a Better Day" and "Pure Grinding".

I've never heard of this guy. Nobody I know has ever heard of this guy. We all feel like we're being gas-lit with the way this nobody DJ from Sweden is in ALL the news and in ALL the social media. WTF? Why is some nobody Swedish DJ getting the same treatment as a head of state dying? Jesus!

He retired entirely from performing live a couple of years ago because of health issues

Why was he in Oman?

R188 supreme yet funny cunting there.

I have no idea who Avicii is/was. Never heard of him until I read about his death. I still don't know what he did. People keep saying "I like his music." "I hate his music." What was he? He was a DJ. He didn't have music or make music. He played music. What did he do? Playing music is being an artist?

Stockholm, Avicii.

He wrote and produced music, R200. Levels, Wake Me Up, Hey Brother, I Could Be The One and Addicted To You were some of his biggest hits, he was a musician - he didn’t become famous for playing other people’s music lol

HI R194 - I think you're lost

"the DataLounge We've been serving up this steaming pile of Gay celebrity gossip, politics and pointless bitchery since 1995 (were you even born in 1995?)"

Regardless you're right, I can't empathize with someone in his 20s with more advantages in life than anyone else here who drank away his liver and continued to drink until he died.

R200 No lip-syncing makes you an artist

I had an uncle who drank himself to death at age 50. He first had pancreatitis, and after that it was esophageal varices and cirrhosis, which is what killed him. It is an awful, horrible, painful way to go. So sorry this poor guy died this way, apparently.

I’m shocked by the video at r180. Have the Irish all become beautiful with the current generation? And they are fit too. Makes me what to try a diet of alcohol, potatoes and grudges.

One of my least favorite DL types are the pretentious/hipster music snobs who come out of the woodwork to bash any music that is remotely popular. It is pathological, and all over this thread. You will also frequently see them posting "This is what I am listening to right now" threads, and going out of their way to list the most obscure singers and songs they can think of.

Yes, most popular music is crap. But being popular in and of itself does not necessarily mean something is crap. And on the flipside, just because something is obscure and sung by an unkown, doesn't mean it is any good.

So you didn't like Avicii. Big fucking deal. It doesn't mean you are better than anyone else, have supreme taste, or that your opinion is valuable. No, his stuff wasn't high art, but it was fun and catchy.

Get the fuck over yourselves, you hipster queens. You are such fucking predictable bores.

Let's turn this around a bit, R207. Dance music was pretty much invented by gay and black people: first disco, then house. Homophobia tried to kill disco, which was forced underground and reinvented by gay black DJs. Then a bunch of homophobic douchebros around the world - Chainsmokers, Aviici, Zedd, etc - take all the Peace/Love/Unity/Respect out of it and turn it into (more homophobic) videogame blip and bleeps backing (more homophobic) twangy pop/country. They turned nightlife from magic, escape, and creativity to shitty $400 bottle service and VIP assholes ruining anything interesting. Sorry if I don't care if one of them drops dead because he was a drunk; he stole our music and our culture. So fuck him and fuck you too.

I’m still very confused. When, for instance, Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves or Material Girl or even Strangers in the Night are mentioned they are always referred to as a Cher song or a Madonna song or a Frank Sinatra song, not the songwriter’s. Why in the world are we all supposed to know who this Swedish nobody is because he produced a few not-Top Ten dance tunes? Because he was an Instagram whore? The mind boggles.

Never heard of him. Is he unknown in the US or just a young people phenom?

How do you pronounce his name by the way

How can he be popular? Nobody I know (and I've asked around) has ANY clue who he is, or why his death is such HUGE news all of a sudden...

Fuck Max Martin, he makes the most generic shitty music.

[quote]How do you pronounce his name by the way

Uh-Vee-Chee

[quote]Never heard of him. Is he unknown in the US or just a young people phenom?

Even a lot of young people aren't familiar with him. He got some hype about 5-6 years ago, but he wasn't really huge. He was really only followed by people who were in the EDM scene.

I'm sorry the poor guy died at such a young age and I know you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but I wasn't a fan. He made boring dance music for boring straight people.

R211 Try asking young people about him.

Well said, R208. But we're reaching a turnaround, I hope.

Avicii

Birth name: Tim Bergling

Born: Stockholm, Sweden

I always wonder about the "I don't know her" crowd. Is that some kind of a superiority complex?

If you paid attention to music 3 or 4 years ago there's no way you don't know you Avicii is. He had big hits with "hey brother" and Wake me up". But of course you eldergays wouldn't know since you're too busy telling other elderqueens to get off your lawn.

That's what speaking Irish (Gaelic) does for you, R206.

I am 43, which is eldergay by DL standards, and I know who he is. I find his stuff catchy, but then I enjoy EDM and other dance music. I am not much into clubs, but love to put on this music when doing cleaning and chores.

There is a big contingent of DLers who will poo poo anything that is popular. It is a sad compensation complex.

R206 We are the descendants of fairies and great chieftains, and don't you forget it.

Who? Never heard of him.

I'm 53 , an elder gay, and i know him very well. But I regularly listen to the radio where his WMU song is very popular, still being played constantly even now in AC channels. I would totally under those who don't know if you're not into AC radio.

Is the belief that Irish people are ugly an American thing? Along with whiskey dick etc.? It's sort of funny. One might expect Brits to say that sort of thing, with their uneasy close histories, but Americans? How queer.

I’m 40 (so that’s 114 in datalounge years) and I don’t follow DJs at all, but I’ve definitely heard of him. I assumed he was very mainstream so I’m genuinely surprised so many posters are saying they’ve never heard of him, although I have no doubt everyone has heard his music even if they don’t know who Avicii was. You can’t be in a cafe/store/Supermarket without it playing in the background. It’s not great stuff, but it’s harmless.

I have to laugh about old folks being accused of hipsterdom.

r225 I think it's based on the fact that Irish/English men are on average not as attractive as others such as eastern Europeans or Scandinavians.

Aveni, Avedi, Avicii.

Arrivederci, Avicii.

52 here, still occasionally hip and how the fuck could anyone not know 'Wake Me Up' for chrissakes? It was inescapable for the better part of two years, and was the black-guy-singing-techno-country song that didn't sound like every other EDM song. It was huge worldwide. You have next to no excuse not to know it.

Jesus, you unfuckable nimrods don't belong anywhere near a gossip site, let alone a gay one. Get back to your fucking caftans and walkers Blanche.

and (R114), call me baby, i bet you fuck like a racehorse!

Fuck off, R231... never heard of it. And can't imagine why I would have or where I would have.

Can't imagine why or where you would hear a song that peaked at #4 on the Hot 100?

I suspect some are just trolling. If Calvin Harris died tomorrow, they'd feign ignorance but for his underwear modelling.

I never saw Avicii on MSNBC. That's all I watch.

Do you leave the house r236? Because if you sat in cafe or walked into a store or (gasp) listened to commercial radio in the last 2 years you have heard Avicii. You may not have seen his face, but there isn’t anyone on the thread who has left the house and hasn’t heard him, whether they like it or not.

Boy needed a lot of Photoshop, lot of stylists

Wow, that hairline was struggling.

surprised to learn that Max Martin is pretty cute (r177), for some reason I envisioned him as basically Lou Pearlman

Can’t believe how many people here must live under a rock to have never heard of this guy.

I’m 40, and have known who he was for years. Not a huge fan, but he was really everywhere.

r196 What you don't know could fill several warehouses

warehouse parties, R242!

Clearly the socialized medicine system in Sweden failed him badly.

So glad we don’t have a shitty government run and rationed system here in the US.

R128 has point.

And it's like what they say n 12-Step about excessive use of drugs or alcohol: "jails, institutions, and DEATH."

Was he in Oman for a show?

Go away, R244.

We have people dropping like flies from the opioid crisis here in the US, genius at R244.

"Clearly the socialized medicine system in Sweden failed him badly."

ROFLMAO, he wasn't even in Sweden when he died. By the way, Sweden has a higher life expectancy than America

I am old as dirt(55) and I'll tell you how I first learned about Avicii in 2012.

I was a big Flo Rida fan, and he had a song "Good Feeling" which came out on EP that year. I loved it and played it all the time while running and working out. I thought it was so different and creative and frankly I was quite taken with the fact that it was written by Dr. Luke and Flo.

Well, one day I was told, "That is an Avicii mix. The Flor Rida team only came up with the lyrics." So then I started listening to Avicii a bit and I liked about half of his stuff. The morale of the story is that age should not be a factor in being aware of what's going on in music. Just as there are many here who haven't a clue about the sound cloud mumble rappers, I was into them from the jump because I like hip hop and I enjoy seeing where the younger generation takes it. I mean, I still prefer De La Soul, Eazy E and Rakim to Cardi B. and Lil Pump, but I want to keep up so that I don't become a stagnant old goat who just yammers about the good old days.

R250, I agree. I keep up with new stuff too.

One’s tastes become a bit more narrow, or widen, as one ages, I have observed.

I chose both. I understand what makes a song excellent from a technical aspect, but that doesn’t mean that subpar music can’t be fun to listen to. And what’s subpar to me, might be someone’s favorite song of all time. I’m learning to keep my mouth shut regarding others’ tastes in music, mainly because of this. Music makes people feel. I believe it’s bad form to shit on their connection and experience to whatever it is that moves them. That’s not easy for me, because I tend to believe I’m usually right, but “usually” means not always, or almost always, so either way, it doesn’t mean 100%, so I’m willing to split it 50/50, because that’s the gracious thing to do.

I can really enjoy Nikki Minaj and The Beatles on the same day. And I’ll be listening to whatever the “f” I want until the day I drop dead.

R250 before I get "oh deared," it should have been "moral of the story."

r244 a shit system to match your shit brains!

EDM gets thrashed so much I feel bad for liking it. The message is the world is going to hell. Who cares. Lets dance.

Some of you act like he had a 'little' career. He was huge and paid a lot of money to DJ...

I'd never heard of the guy until his passing. Have heard his music not realizing it was him.. Would I pay to go and watch a guy on stage push buttons and make weird hand gestures? No

R231/everyone else logically pointing out that it would be impossible not to have heard Avicii's music:

You are in the right, but it will fall on deaf ears here most of these guys have indeed heard of him, and have at least heard "Wake Me Up" if not "Hey Brother" and "Waiting for Love."

They are pretending not to have heard of him because they think it makes them cooler, edgier, more intellectual, more artsy, etc. They will never admit they have heard of him and have listened to his music, because they think that would hurt their "cool kid" cred amongst their stuffy, pretentious, "I only listen to super obscure music" peers.

An equivalent would be Justin Bieber. I can't stand the guy, hate his music, etc. But I am not going to pretend I have no idea who he is. That would be ridiculous.

I would like to see a Venn diagram of "Guys who claim to have never heard of certain pop music artists" with "Guys who claim to have read Ulysses/Tolstoy/Proust as 16 year olds in high school" (from that other thread).

I assume there would be considerable overlap.

Anyone who think's it's impossible to have heard of a niche (EDM) Swedish DJ is utterly delusional. He was NOT generally popular. He was NOT generally well known. Not by any definition was his name a household name. What the fuck drugs are you guys, like R256, smoking? Have you so lost all perspective that you believe your taste and lifestyle is the ONLY one anyone else is allowed to have?

Stop trying to gas-light people with your ridiculousness. This guy was NOT in the same class as Justin Bieber.

“niche (EDM) Swedish DJ is utterly delusional. He was NOT generally popular. He was NOT generally well known.”

Stop. Uncle, your embarrassing yourself!

You’re *

He wasn't as famous as Justin Bieber, but he wasn't obscure, either

R257 There was one a few months ago who claimed to have been reading TIme magazine at 8 years old.

I thought he was wonderful, a lovely man.

“This guy was NOT in the same class as Justin Bieber.”

I trying to find the classical term for this rhetorical device...I could only come up with “embarrassing bollocks logic”

R258 It's true he wasn't in the same class as Justin Bieber. He was only the 11th best selling artist of the 2000s while Justin is a whopping four places ahead of him at 7.

A very young hot Avicii

Why, that was the claim made... that hearing of him would be like not hearing of Justin Bieber. And that's just laughably untrue. Justin Bieber is, himself. a meme. He's referenced everywhere. He makes the news. He's an almost constant, consistent headline (to the point of being a joke). Even people who have never heard of any of his music know his name... like my elderly (in their late 70s) parents who never watch TV or listen to pop music or go to movies. Even STILL he is someone they know and can reference, becaue he's GENERALLY known.

This Avicci guy? Not even close. I'm constantly on the internet and listen to a lot of music (but not typically EDM), and watch a TON of TV and movies... and never once heard of the guy, never saw him, and of all the examples of his music posted in this thread, I've never heard of one of them.

Not everyone lives in a gay night-club or straight dance-club you know.

In the UK, 9 top 10s and 275 weeks in the top 40 in 7 years ain't exactly obscure.

Billboard has him at 5 top 100, and 28 top Dance/Electronic. Not niche at all.

But still mediocre 😉

R267 Just take your blood pressure meds, put some Bette Midler on the grammaphone, and stop working yourself up over it; we all get old and out-of-touch. It’s ok

Bette Midler is wonderful, and I listen to her all the time. You need to get some class, honey!

He never had a #1 hit even on the insignificant dance charts. Next.

Did he ever sleep with Annie Lennox?

Avicii obituary

The "SCENE" was dead for years before it was resuscitated as "EDM". "EDM" is pop music. There is no "scene", the scene is the same as say, what Justin Beiber goes through. Touring, corporate, pansy bullshit.

Real DJ's and producers don't have the luxury of being complete fucking wastoids and starfuckers. If they even exist these days. The whole thing has been on autopilot since the late 90s when the underground died.

Avicii and his contemporaries are basically making a SIMS version of music. Pushing buttons w premade bleeps and bloops. There is no composition, no nuance, no art, and no danceability. It's perfect for the ADHD generation who prefer to selfie over dancing and actual fun.

He looks hot with a beard.

"It's perfect for the ADHD generation who prefer to selfie over dancing and actual fun."

As opposed to old grumps who rant against "kids today" - those guys are a barrel of laughs.

r276 I'm not saying that "kids these days" don't do good - but the "EDM scene" is not it lmfao.

[quote]He never had a #1 hit even on the insignificant dance charts. Next.

Honey, at your age it's important to put on your reading glasses, even if the Metamucil has just kicked in.

He had 2 UK #1s, 2 US dance #1s (one for 26 weeks - that's half a year, a blip when you're 80 I know but relevant when you're 22), and "Wake Me Up" was ubiquitous in #1s (including the Hot 100):

[quote]“Wake Me Up!” became a crossover hit at multiple radio formats, adding to its Hot 100 success. It was a four-week No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart (Oct. 26, 2013) and peaked at No. 12 on Alternative Songs (Oct. 26, 2013). The song also ruled Pop Songs for three weeks (Nov. 9, 2013) and Adult Pop Songs for four (Nov. 30, 2013). The music video is the 39th most-viewed YouTube video in history, garnering 1.4 billion global views (as of midday April 20). The song sold 4.9 million downloads and earned 452 million total on-demand streams (audio and video combined).

Go to bed grandpa; you're drunk.

Just becaues something is huge in NY or LA doesn't mean it even makes a ripple anywhere else.

Despite mass media, social media and everything in between, not knowing or ever hearing about Avicii is a statement of how niche and compartmentalized we have become as a society.

I read all the time. I'm up on current events. Watch the news constantly. I work in the arts and entertainment industry. I'm not that old. I work with many younger people. And I still never heard of Avicii. I also don't know how our major league baseball or football teams are doing. I went through the 1980s and never listened to the many heavy metal bands who were out there at the time. But I can tell you about politics, health care, healthy eating, travel, taxes, current and historical Broadway, popular mainstream and classical music, etc. So, whether it's intentional or simply a matter of running out of time or interest, we can't know everything. I now know Avicii, but I never knew him or his music, specifically his big hit, "Wake Me Up" until now.

When he was slimmer he was hot.

Every man's death diminishes me. Well, except Swedish DJ Avicii. HAHAHAHAHA

His former manager's statement.

I'm 60 and I used to watch a MTV channel that showed videos nonstop(sadly has been taken over by Nick) so I knew him and liked his music. Although I didn't know he was Swedish. I heard him talk in a video he sounded American...

If you follow music, you knew who he was. Even if you didn't know the face, you knew the name and/or the songs.

He was making $250,000 for 90 minute sets, but gave that up for health reasons. Unfortunately, his face looked bloated recently, so I have no doubt he either died from alcohol poisoning or OD'd.

Most younger Western and Northern Europeans now speak very fluent English, R284. In another three or four generations, languages such as Dutch and Swedish will only be used for decorative purposes.

Very sad. Didn't love him but liked him.

I once asked a young female supervisor an opinion about The Beatles. She said it was 'way before her time'. What kind of person young or old doesn't have an opinion about The Beatles?

He was big with the late stage Coachella crowd as well as the EDC and Vegas pool party crowd. Very generic, vanilla, mainstream music for generic, vanilla, mainstream people.

You don't get 11 billion streams on Spotify from the "Vegas pool party crowd" lol.

Although most here would have heard his stuff, it’s also the kind of music that easily tuned out. If it’s not your thing it’s not so annoying that would notice it. I think people saying they haven’t heard it just didn’t register it. It’s music made to be played for eternity in elevators or waiting rooms.

The stage name ‘Avicii’ should have been a big red flag from the get-go. Childhood sex abuse?

[quote]In Buddhism, Avīci (Sanskrit and Pali for "without waves" – Chinese and Japanese: 無間地獄, Wújiàn dìyù and 阿鼻地獄, Ābí dìyù) or Avichi is the lowest level of the Naraka or "hell" realm, into which the dead who have committed grave misdeeds may be reborn.[1] It is said to be a cube 20,000 yojanas (120,000 to 300,000 kilometres) to a side, buried deep underneath the divine (nonvisible) earth.[2] Avīci is often translated into English as "interminable" or "incessant",[3] due to the idea that those beings that have been sent there languish there eternally. The other hells function more like Purgatory, where after perhaps a few aeons of suffering, one might be reborn as some sort of lowly life-form in a somewhat less horrible place; but, those sent to Avīci Hell are thought to be hopeless of any respite.

What r289 and r291 said. I'm sorry this poor guy died so young, but his music was very niche, and not all that interesting, imho. I knew who he was and knew a few of his songs, but they were basically background music.

Chris Pine is in mourning:

[quote]chris.w.pineYour sudden loss makes me speechless. Your music got me out of my depression and your songs were like colorful paint in my black and white life. Thank you Avicii for making music for your outstanding talent. Your music accompanied me every day and made her more bearable.

Of course I've heard of him and his shit douchebro EDM but the only thing I have to say is "Good riddance." Next, David Guetta, Chainsmokers, and Mike Posner, please.

You linked to a Chris Pine fan account.

Two autopsies were performed and no foul play has been noted. No obvious cause of death was reportedly found. I wonder what the tox screen will find? A lot of people are starting to speak out about the kind of people he was surrounded by. Apparently a lot of users who only cared about partying and how much money they could make off of him, instead of getting him help for the trouble he was in. It’s sad cause he seemed like a gentle soul.

r296 it's run by his management.

R297 Is 'gentle soul' cod for drug fucked lush?

But if he stopped doing DJ sets in 2015... he had the space to get well... He wasn't like Amy Winehouse, tabloid mainstay. Same as Cory Monteith. It's all very sad but... did he want to be well more than he wanted the oblivion of drugs?

Like most addicts he probably told himself he’d get clean tomorrow r300.

If I were making $250,000 for one night's work I'd be pretty damn thrilled with my life.

That's not how depression and addiction work, R302.

R280, are you an Aries? Just curious. Mediator traits.

I am mid 50s, i have leased my home out to some of the biggest d.j.s he was at my home for short time. wonderful man , i am very sad to hear this. i am surprised its even mentioned on datalounge, as the majority of posters here , especially R114. are just very ignorant. this young man was talented and is now dead and you post this disgusting post R114. i truly hope i dont meet people like you in my life, you must be very unhappy. anyway, loved this mans music, so very sad he is gone

R305. The “music” was indeed horrific but I agree that the rest of what r114 said was out of line.

lol r295, r299 MTE.... My thoughts fucking exactly.

R271 While I don't claim to be able to quite his charting history, the song I mentioned upthread, "Good Feeling," by Flo Rida hit #1 in England the year it came out. It was used in several big ad campaigns in the US and I guarantee you have heard it. It was based on Avivcii's "Levels" and Avicci was given a co-writing credit along with Flo Rida and Dr Luke,

Not liking his music is one thing, but people like R295 wishing death on him or other artists or who say "I'm glad he is dead!" are truly unhinged.

I can see someone saying that about Pat Robertson, or Babs Bush, or Trump...but a musician just because you don't care for their music?

Seek help.

R283 Is the manager Iranian?

He was talented and a good man I don't get the hate in here !

Very sad.

Cute meatball twink, but no Adam Nyberg.

Yes R310, and he is responsible as much as Avicii himself for his meteoric success, but he doesn't come off well in this documentary which basically shows how a young Tim Bergling was killing himself slowly and surely over the last few years.

Thanks for the link, R283/R314. I looked for this film but couldn't find it.

Hopefully the people who had not head of Avicii will take this as a wake-up call that they have become too separated from society. It’s not good to be so cut-off from what is happening in the world.

R316, I don’t think just because someone had not heard of Avici, that they are necessarily cut off from society. That’s a little ridiculous.

From CDAN:

Apparently this foreign born former A+ list performer who was retired was out one night and saw this guy all over a very young teen. Our former performer didn't know it was a child bride situation. He interfered in the pawing and abuse. The next night our performer was dead.

[quote]Partied too hard. Shame, he was talented.

And that talent would be?

From what I have been told, he was partying REALLY HARD the day and evening before he was found dead. He was scurrying about on someone’s yacht, and was beyond wasted. He basically drank himself to death. I have no idea if drugs were involved, but he was drinking non stop.

Someone should have intervened, but no one did.

God, these Enty blind items get more tedious and boring as time marches on.

R318, I’m amazed how much bullshit this asshole makes up, and people believe it.

Ireland is filled with beautiful young people just like many other countries. The singer in the video is Seo Linn - he's a tubby, I wouldn't say gorgeous, but handsome enough and he does have lovely eyes.

The beautiful irish athletic boys play hurling and camogie and are striking in their typical genetics, but no more so then "types" in other countries.

Here's a gorgeous version of a typical swedish face. Model Marcus Hedbrandh

we can do this any country.

He made music for white people to dance to

I prefer the Irish guy @ R322. The Swede is looks like a Ken doll.

There are stronger Swedish faces, viking types. The think with Swedes is I've never been able to read them accurately for BDF.

[quote] He made [bold]bad[/bold] music for white people to dance to

I fixed it for you.

i am white, age 54. and i loved his music. so what. stop being all about your "color" if your skin color is all you have to contribute to the plan then leave

Avicii’s Family Releases Statement Three Days After DJ’s Death

[quote]We would like to thank you for the support and the loving words about our son and brother. We are so grateful for everyone who loved Tim’s music and have precious memories of his songs.

Thank you for all the initiatives taken to honor Tim, with public gatherings, church bells ringing out his music, tributes at Coachella and moments of silence around the world.

We are grateful for the privacy during this difficult time. Our wish is that it continues that way.

With love,

The Tim Bergling Family

Dark truth behind Avicii's stage name revealed

'REMEMBER ME' Avicii’s haunting lyrics on his own death leave fans moved after troubled Swedish DJ suddenly dies aged 28

'I DRINK MORE THAN I SHOULD' How Avicii’s dangerous diet was revealed in haunting interview before his death

He talked about living off booze and energy drinks while performing around the world - but said he'd cut back on drinking after being hospitalised

AVICII lived off a diet of ‘champagne at night, Bloody Marys at the airport, wine on the plane’, according to an interview he gave before his death last week.

“You are travelling around, you live in a suitcase, you get to this place, there's free alcohol everywhere—it's sort of weird if you don't drink,” he said in the 2013 article.

He added that he drank champagne at night, Bloody Marys at the airport, wine on the plane, ‘on repeat’.

“I was so nervous,” he told the reporter about his early career.

“I just got into a habit, because you rely on that encouragement and self-confidence you get from alcohol, and then you get dependent on it.”

r320 who would, or even could? That's not a normal addict situation. He didn't need money from his family, and they may not have been close. They might have tried to intervene already. DL fave Lil Peep had parents that let him run buck wild, and seemed resigned to him being an addict.

It is just so weird to me to be able to drink yourself to death that young. I get that it haooens, but can you imagine the sheer amount of alcohol required?

My grandfather was a full on alcoholic, drank from morning to night, and died of cirrhosis, but made it to 68. The amount you would have to imbibe to off yourself 40 years before that...just staggering.

Being rich and working in entertainment must have helped him kill himself. He didn't have to get up rush off to an office in the morning so he could b fucked up for days on end. I can relate years ago when I went on vacation I could spend the entire time drunk. Just imagine if your whole life was a vacation.

Yes he was gay. A very unhappy drunk homosexual.

You people remind me of those who say disco sucks. A dumb guy at work was talking how he hated disco. I told him they don't call it disco anymore but dance music. He still used the word disco.

Enjoyable music doesn't have to be pretentious bullshit...

Disco never died, it just started calling itself dance music

I ❤️ disco.

I love everything about DISCO.................

Was he in Oman with his Boyfriend?

I always thought he was gay!

r337 unhappy about being gay, or his life?

If I made music and so many deeply hated my music for no reason I probably drink myself to death also.

He lived with some Instagram model/blogger for a while but he seems to have surrounded himself with packs of mostly young guys. The documentary, which followed him for 4 years, has barely any women in it.

He "lived with" some Instagram whore for a while but in the documentary, which followed him for 4 years, he is constantly surrounded by handsome young guys. There are barely any women in it.

The most recent gf (I think she had a kid?) seemed alright and like she had his best interests at heart, but at least two of his previous girlfriends have come out of the woodwork, sharing private conversations and pictures of Tim and going on and on about songs he wrote for them, etc. meanwhile, one of them called him a “wack ass DJ” that she dated years ago and another one was trying to push him to keep touring when his health was shitty af. Yeah, he probably made a lot of bad decisions, but he was surrounded by a shitload of users who just wanted him to keep flying them on private jets to exclusive parties and festivals. Now that he’s dead they’re trying to sell their stories to the highest bidder and use his name for 5 seconds of fame on social media.

R346 That's what most straight men do.

He was gay and died with his BF in Oman.

It was suicide, poor guy.

So sad

I hope you 'cool' people so quick to say you HATE EDM (especially the dummy who called it elevator music) are happy...

Just because people didn’t like his music r353 didn’t mean people wanted him to die. Calm down.

Avicii's family say DJ 'could not go on any longer'

Avicii was ‘living on a cocktail of addictive prescription pills’ due to health issues

Fans claim Avicii’s team ‘has blood on their hands’ as family confirm DJ died by suicide

Upsetting footage from Avicii’s True Stories documentary see the DJ reveal he felt pushed to perform despite pleading with his management that he couldn’t

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

So many gay men like him also struggle with their homosexual identity and depression.

Do you believe Rolling Stone?

Avici's music made me feel more energetic which is why I like it.

"All this time I was finding myself, and I didn't know I was lost." - Wake Me Up

RIP Avicii

Avicii's secret girlfriend reveals he was a doting step-father to her son.

[quote] The most recent gf (I think she had a kid?) seemed alright and like she had his best interests at heart, but at least two of his previous girlfriends have come out of the woodwork, sharing private conversations and pictures of Tim and going on and on about songs he wrote for them

Seems like you spoke too soon, R348. That (alleged) most recent girlfriend (a Czech-born, Vermont-raised model), also now dished out very intimate details of her alleged romance with Avicii on her Instagram, possibly for morbid self-PR. And it’s important to stress “alleged” partner – because Avicii himself apparently never confirmed her as his official partner. We just have her word that she was his “secret partner” (along with some random pics of them hanging out together), that she was the one who insisted on secrecy (*sure, Jan*), and that she only planned to go public when she’s “pregnant with their child”.

Her public IG post sounds quite fangurl-obsessed and stalker-ish:

[quote] "[bold]The day you died, I went to your house[/bold] to feel you around me. I lay under your shower for ages ... When I saw they had changed your bio on Wikipedia from “is” to “was”, I sobbed. The first couple of days [after the news of the death] [bold]I harassed your friends, demanding proof, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?![/bold] ... And there goes my Tereza-the-groupie fantasy that I described to you in extensive detail so many times … [bold]I took all your sheets and pillows and comforter and even the mattress cover home[/bold]… ”

So basically she went into his house after his death (interesting that she’s not referring to it as “our house”) and looted his place a bit, without waiting for his will to be announced.

That Czech model’s 'obituary' post on IG is also transparently materialistic and has quite a bit of narcissistic, self-obsessed PR (i.e. not just about Avicii, but about herself and her upcoming “movie script” that she is writing):

[quote] “You never finished your tattoo sleeve in which the inner forearm would have had a face coincidentally resembling mine … [bold]you bought out a flower seller’s entire stock of red roses for me[/bold] … I peer-pressured you into getting into a pool, you did it, [bold]wearing only your non-waterproof new Rolex[/bold] … [bold]We exclusively rode a Segway around your house[/bold] until it died and we couldn’t find a charger and then we had to start walking to the kitchen again “like peasants” … [bold]You had a movie theater in your house[/bold] … [bold]You gave me a bracelet with 3 diamonds[/bold] … maybe in another life we’ll find you a castle to buy in Europe … I’m never going to get to return all the clothes I have stolen from you (not that I was planning to … [bold]I hateeed it when you told people I got the “most likely to be famous” award in high school[/bold] ...” .

She’s possibly fishing for a material payout from his huge estate for herself and her son. I bet Avicii didn't make a will, so perhaps that’s why she's publicly stressing (and even over-playing) the "we were a family" and "stepdad" angle: 'my son keeps calling out to Tim', 'Tim was my son's "soulmate', 'we were planning on having a baby'. That is, emotionally pressuring his direct family (inheritors) to consider giving her & her son a stake, even if there's no will. Avicii's estimated net worth is reportedly ca. $85 million.

[quote] cuddling with all surfaces and refusing to let go until morning even though we would wake up drenched in sweat … We got a pole for the bedroom so I could show you my moves … I taught you some naked tricks … [bold]I am sorry that almost every single one of my periods left blood on your bed[/bold].

JFC, that's TMI for an Insta post on public social media in the wake of an apparent suicide.

$85 million? Wow.

^Oh, forgot to clarify the above was also an excerpt from that female model-alleged partner's obituary-style IG post about Avicii’s death (with bizarre oversharing of sexual details).

Avicii’s Death Is A Tragic Reminder Of The Dangers Of The Music Industry

[bold]Pournouri was also called out by other artists for his tight financial control over Bergling’s career — most notably the fact that he reportedly took 50 percent of all Bergling’s writing and production credits, and a further 20 percent of his performance fees.[/bold]

This equated to some serious money: at his peak Bergling was pulling in around [bold]$20 milllion a year[/bold], which in turn would make Pournouri and his management agency a fortune. It’s not hard to see why [bold]Bergling’s management were determined to keep the gravy train rolling, even when it was obviously against the best interests of the artist himself.[/bold]

At least this tacky oversharing thot might stop the ghoulish conspricacy minded gay-victim junky hysterics such as r362 et al

Avici died while relaxing at a property owned by the Sultan of Oman. Private pictures show Avici had a black eye. There is much more to the story that meets the eye.

The Sultan of Oman is not known for his discretion in certain matters.

A traaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggeeeeeeeeddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

The news stories when he died.

glug glug

[quote]R79 Isn't he number 3 to Babs Bush and the queen's last corgi?

^^ TRUTH

It's honestly fucked how hard he was pushed throughout those years.

Source for the fact died with a black eye?

He was seen drinking the day before his death - he has been killing himself slowly for years.

That Czech bitch is completely shameless. How grotesque to post all of that.

Pictures of Avici with fans less than a week before his death.

Just goes to show that you never know the personal challenges and turmoil someone is going through each day on drugs or not.

His legs are so thin.

Drunks can get black eyes from falling. Odd that the photo is published but with no comment re the eye.

Lets be real for a sec okay? How hard is it exactly to work for maybe 2 hours a night as a DJ pushing buttons or scratching records to make music,. The man wasn’tdoing daily 12 hour shifts in a coal mine so spare me all the nonsense about how we was “overworked”. He was a drunk who,liked to drink. Period.

yes but doesn't sweden tax like 80 percent of income? what about estate taxes? Probably a lot as well.

if he made no will, money will go to his bio family, mother, father, sister, brother, grandparents etc. there is a list...doubt the gf will get anything.

[quote]Our sources say the method of death was a shard of glass that caused massive bleeding. Two sources tell us Avicii broke a bottle and used the glass to inflict the fatal wound. One of the sources says it was a wine bottle.

[quote]Two sources tell us the point of injury was Avicii's neck but another strongly denies that, saying it was his wrist. We cannot confirm this, but the sources were privy to specific information about Avicii's death.

r384 that's my thought as well. How "overworked" could a DJ be?

R399, R394, You perform a concert in one city. Then you're flown to another concert in a different time zone. Back on the private plane to headline as the main attraction for still another, maintaining the same high level of energy for several hours at each one. Avici was basically shy and didn't like the performing aspect of his music career, just the creative aspects. Therefore he needed to be constantly hyped up which can be very hard on one's body over a period of time.

Oh FFS r389 he sat on his ass behind a DJ booth. It's not like he was singing and dancing.

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R393 if that's true, then that's a fucked-up way to go. Doing it with a broken bottle almost makes it sound like it was a spur-of-the-moment thing.

Quite symbolic him killing himself with a wine bottle considering his struggles with alcohol. Really sad that he got to that point.

Well I feel like a dumbass because I thought Avicii was some Italian word.

I don't like Garth Brooks!

Rock On

Swedes being dysfunctional - wow, that's seriously rare.

Avicii death: Family 'flew to Oman after worrying phone call with DJ' before his suicide