The Swedish DJ Tim Bergling, who became known under his stage name Avicii, died three years ago. Today he would have been 32 years old. Google honors him with a goosebumps doodle.
Google honored the Swedish star DJ Avicii with a video for its world hit “Wake me up”. The video shows the artist as a drawing in different scenes – sometimes at the piano, sometimes behind the DJ desk, sometimes composing, sometimes on the beach with a guitar. The lyrics to the song that made the young Swede famous all over the world also run. “Whether from the speakers on the main stage of a music festival or in the headphones of millions of listeners worldwide, Avicii has made electronic music a global success,” said Google.
Born in Stockholm, he started mixing electronic music at the age of 16 and quickly became successful. At 18 he toured the clubs as a DJ, received his first Grammy nomination after four years, and another one followed in 2012 for “Levels”. With “Wake Me Up” he landed a long-term hit in 2013. He works with superstars like Robbie Williams, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Chris Martin, Jon Bon Jovi and David Guetta.
DJ Avicii died in April 2018 at the age of 28
But touring life also made him sick. In the evenings he often used alcohol. In 2012 he had to be hospitalized with an inflammation of the pancreas. In March 2014, doctors removed the appendix and gall bladder from the then 24-year-old. In 2016 he retired as a DJ, but continued to make music. A new six-track EP was released in August 2017. On April 20, 2018, he was found dead in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The police ruled out any third-party fault. Berling was 28 years old.
His family indicated in a statement that he passed out of life voluntarily. “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile artist soul preoccupied with existential questions,” it said. “He was struggling with thoughts of meaning, life and happiness. He just couldn’t go on anymore. He wanted to find peace.”
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Sources:, with DPA
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