Avicii
Avicii
Tim Bergling, better known by his stage name Avicii, is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ, remixer and record producer. Avicii was ranked third on DJ Mag in 2012 and 2013 and has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, once for his work on "Sunshine" with David Guetta in 2012 and once for his song "Levels" in 2013. Some of his most famous songs are "I Could Be the One" with Nicky Romero, "Wake Me Up", "You Make Me", "X...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionDJ
Date of Birth8 September 1989
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.
I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorous.
When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.
I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.
People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.
I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.
I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.
I travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don't always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I'm traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.
Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres
A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that Ive practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and its something I take pride in being able to do.
I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.