” When it’s all over ”

Avicii ( Tim Bergling ) died on April 20th

Academy of Economic Studies

Pop Cristina Gabriela
Group 351
Prof. Magda Bourbonnais
 I choose this article because I love music , very much , and I love especially his music.
I knew Avicii’s problems from the internet but I did not expect this , it was a shock for me. He
was featured as one of the six richest in the world DJ. Estiamated , he has scored more than
70 million dollars on tours , presentations in nightclubs in Miami , New York and Las Vegas ,
as well as major music festival in the world.

Avicii was even here , in Romania. I could not afford to go at other festivals in other
countries and when I heard that he will come to Romania , my dream to listen to him live it
came true.

Avicii on his stage name but Tim Bergling in his real life , was a Swedish musician , DJ ,
remixer and record producer. He was born on 8 September 1989 in Stockholm , Sweden , to
Klas Bergling and actress Anki Lidén. He has three siblings , David Bergling , Linda Sterner and
Anton Körberg. He died , unfortunatelly , on 20 April 2018. It was a real loss for the entire
world of music , not just for his family.

It was a simple teenager when he beggins his career in music , only 16 years old
,inspired by his brother , who was also a DJ . In 2011 starts all with the biggest hit ” Levels ” .
His debut studio album , ” True ” in the 2013 featured electronic music blended with
elements of several music genres which received generally positive reviews from music
critics. He was in the top 10 in more than fifteen countries and topped the Australian ,
Swedish , Danish and United States dance charts. His single "Wake me up" reached the
number one in top charts in Europe and number four in United States. His second album was
named ” Stories ” , released in 2015. But in 2016 , because of some health problems , he
retired from touring.

He has hit after hit , such as : " I Could Be the One " with Nicky Romero , " You Make
Me " , " X You " , " Hey Brother " , " Addicted to You ", " The Days " , " The Nights " , " Waiting
for Love " , " Without You " and " Lonely Together ". Tim was also nominated for a Grammy
Award for his work on " Sunshine " with David Guetta in 2012 and his track " Levels " in 2013.
Many music publications credit Bergling as among the DJs who ushered electronic music into
Top 40 radio in the early 2010s .

Beside the well known DJ and one of the best producers , he was an ordinary boy. He
never chose and started this life thinking of money and fame. He just wanted to do what he
like to do the most , write music in which everyone find themselves and share with people
from the whole world. Just feel and live through his music. It is a very sensitive subject , he
was such a good person who give a lot to everyone and if he could help people , he would
have done it anyway and anytime , without being in public and cheering congrats from
people on tv.

Bergling began working with his manager and executive producer Ash Pournouri to start
House for Hunger , a charity dedicated to alleviating global hunger in 2011 , after many
successes. He said : ” 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. ” He donated $1 million to Feeding America , a charity
founded by John van Hengel. Hunger has helped The Feed Foundation , started by Laura
Bush , by donnating over 2 million school meals throughout Africa. He also supported
campaigns against human trafficking and gang violence when he directed the videos for his
tracks "For a Better Day" and "Pure Grinding" .

Everyone knows what DJ life means. Lost nights , not sleeping much , drinking , many
roads in different cities , countries or places , and sometimes they are doing even drugs , to
keep them awake more time. And this crazy life is not healthy , not at all.

So , the problems did not fail to appear. In 2011 , Tim was hospitalized for 11 days in
New York City with acute pancreatitis caused by excessive alcohol use. Later , in 2014 , he
suffered a surgery and had both his appendix and gallbladder removed. In 2016 , the
poblems still bothered him , and he took the decision to retired from performing live.
Bergling spoke publicly about his health problems and pressure from his management in the
2017 documentary Avicii: True Stories , in which he is shown working from his hospital bed.

The ones who listened to him and who are still listening to , know that in his lyrics from
his music we find true and powerful problems that all of us face nowadays. He wrote his hits
by putting his feelings and what he was living on paper. And that is the reason why his
melodies have such big succes. Everyone in this world have problems and by listening to him
you felt compassion , understanding , you felt like you are not the only one who has to face
the world alone , who have to fight for acceptence and for who you really are.

I heard a lot of people who said that he deserved to die because he was driking and doing
drugs or other mean things. It is not a lie , he publicly said he has problems , health problems
because of drinking , and I thing everyone has his own habbits , some of us drink , others
smoke , and many others. So , no , you can not say that this boy have to die at 28 years old.
It was a legend , it was a good persons who did a lot for other people without waiting
something back. Not many do what he did , and I think he has to be apreciated for what he
done in this life , because , in my opinion , he is still doing a lot on the other side.
 But no one wondering , how could this succesfull young man , who has it all , fame ,
money , I do not know , everything from this life , how this one could be sad ? Us , like
ordinary people , we saw him just a star , but no one has thought of him like a simple person.
He has feelings too. You can feel lost and unhappy even if on materialistic plan you have no
problems. Why do I say that ? Because that is the reason why he is dead. Depression is the
desease of the millenium. And if you do not fight to overcome this , you will end up just like
him..

According to Rolling Stone , the DJ said : “ I need to figure my life out. The whole music
thing was for the sake of success. I was not getting any happiness anymore. ” These are the
words of the famous DJ , Avicii. He wanted a simple life , he wanted to taste the simple
meanings of life. He said in repeated interviews that he has a lot of negative energy in him.
Was Avicii trying to say that he was depressed ? Or was it the high consumption of alcohol
that took his life ?

It have not been provided many details on the cause of his death. But his family said it all
out , that he did it , he took his own life. Another example is the famous singer. A shock ,
Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington death in 2017.

I can not imagine the cause of his depression . Not even his parents , they thought they
have a happy son , in their eyes he seemed that he loved life very much. But that it was how
he wanted him to be seen by them. Because that is what depression does to you. And until
you could not accept that you are trapped in it , you can not be saved.

Tim , known by his stage name Avicii , died on 20 April 2018 near Muscat , Oman , at the
age of 28. Cause of death was not immediately given. On 21 April 2018 , the Oman police
stated that there was " no criminal suspicion " or evidence of foul play in Bergling's death.
On 26 April , his family released an open letter stating that Bergling " really struggled with
thoughts about meaning , life , happiness. He could not go on any longer. He wanted to find
peace. ” Such painfull words. On 1 May , TMZ reported that the cause of death was a suicide
due to self-inflicted injuries. Some sources claim he died of blood loss after cutting himself
with broken glass from a wine bottle.

What do we have to learn from this ? That depression is living inside of us all , and when it
activates , we have to tell anyone , but first of all , ourself , the first step is to accept our
situation. And only then to go to some profesionals who can treat us to escape from dark
thoughts and negative energy. Because of this sad desease , many drams could happen.
Many people died because of it. Not only famous people and star who are on TV , but many
normal and simple people who chose to end their life in order not to admit that they were in
depression.

It is not a shame to accept yourself as you are , as what you have and what you do not
have. It is not a shame that you are in depression , or if you drink too much , do drugs ,
smoke too much , or other many problems. It is not a shame ! Until you want help to escape
from all your problems or habbits. You have to be powerful nd you need a little courage to
do that one step and to admit that you need help. Alone you can not do anything , and from
my point of view , we have to learn from other’s mistakes . Ending a life is not the answer!
Accepting you and that you somtimes need help , that is the answer and the real power!