Avicii fans are reduced to tears after watching two new Netflix documentaries about tragic DJ’s life and career – six years after he committed suicide aged 28: ‘I have never felt so much sadness’
Avicii fans got an emotional reminder of his undeniable talent on New Year’s Eve when Netflix released two documentaries about the Swedish DJ, six years after his tragic death.
The highly regarded dance music pioneer – real name Tim Bergling – committed suicide at the age of 28 during a trip to Oman in 2018 after battling an acute addiction to painkillers.
Avicii had released two albums before his death and was known for his high-profile collaborations with Coldplay singer Chris Martin, Rita Ora and Aloe Blacc, among others.
Streaming giant Netflix has since released two standalone films that reflect Avicii’s personal struggles as well as his versatile talent as a producer, songwriter and DJ.
The behind-the-scenes documentary, I’m Tim and My Last Show, which was launched simultaneously on Tuesday – a recording of Avicii’s last ever performance at Ibiza’s Ushuaïa Beach Hotel – left fans of the tragic DJ in tears.
On X, formerly Twitter, one devastated viewer wrote: ‘Avicii’s documentary dropped on Netflix today. Do yourself a favor and learn something before 2024 is over. I miss you Tim.’
Avicii fans got an emotional reminder of his undeniable talent on New Year’s Eve when Netflix released two documentaries about the Swedish DJ, six years after his tragic death
The behind-the-scenes documentary, I’m Tim and My Last Show, launched on Tuesday – a recording of Avicii’s last ever performance in Ibiza – left fans of the tragic DJ in tears.
A second added: “The world has failed Avicii. What a documentary. Masterpiece.’
“Watching this doc of Avicii on Netflix will make you realize how talented he really was,” wrote another.
A fourth commented: ‘The Avicii documentary dropped on Netflix today and I have never felt so much sadness since the posthumous album and since the news in 2018.’
‘After watching I’m Tim documentary on Netflix, I still don’t understand why Avicii committed suicide, but he did what most people can only dream of in their lives. Perhaps the price he had to pay?’ mused another.
“The Avicii documentary makes me cry,” a sixth added.
While a seventh admitted: ‘I’ll shed a tear watching the Avicii doc.’
Another wrote: ‘I really don’t want to cry, but against my better judgment I’m going to watch ‘I’m Tim’. I miss Avicii.’
While My Last Show focuses on the DJ’s electrifying final performance, I’m features Tim Avicii himself providing a haunting account from an interview he gave late in his career.
Many emotional fans expressed their opinions on X, formerly Twitter, both before and after watching the two films
The highly regarded dance music pioneer – real name Tim Bergling – committed suicide at the age of 28 during a trip to Oman in 2018, after battling an acute addiction to painkillers
He says he suffered from crippling anxiety and admits he killed himself with his relentless touring.
Avicii’s dream was not to have to “constantly grind” and force himself to work harder and harder, but he couldn’t stop.
In a chilling moment, one of Avicii’s most famous collaborators says that SOS, the first single from his posthumous album Tim, was a secret cry for help.
Aloe Blacc, who sang on Avicii’s mega-hit Wake Me Up, said it was a warning they heard ‘way too late’.
The documentary, which received rapturous applause from a theater full of Avicii fans in Tribeca, features appearances from some of Avicii’s most famous collaborators, including disco legend Nile Rogers and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
They reflect on the toll that touring took on Avicii, who rose to fame before he was 20 and performed more than 800 shows in six years, sometimes playing two cities in one night.
But he struggled with mental health problems, drug and alcohol use and was forced to stop touring in 2016 at the age of 26.
Growing up in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital, Avicii was so sheltered that he spent most of his first 19 years within a five-block radius
I’m Tim features appearances from some of Avicii’s most famous collaborators, including disco legend Nile Rogers and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
Avicii was found dead in the city of Muscat, Oman, after allegedly cutting himself with a broken wine bottle and bleeding to death.
After his death, his family published an open letter saying he was an “overachieving perfectionist.”
They said he “couldn’t go on anymore” and “wanted peace for himself.”
Avicii’s decision to stop touring in 2016 made him the happiest he had been since he was 18, he says.
He tried transcendental meditation and friends said he was in a good place to make music with new collaborators.
But Avicii’s demons never left him and he told his friends that he was still in a lot of pain.
The day before he died, a fellow traveler in Oman called his father to express concern about Avicii’s meditation practices.
He said Avicii was crying, not speaking, refusing to eat and sitting in the blistering sun.
The DJ’s latest messages to friends included a disturbing text that read: “The shedding of the soul is the last attachment before it begins again!”
In I’m Tim, Avicii himself tells a moving story from an interview he gave late in his career