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
House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.
I've tried plenty of telephones. I tried to get into the Samsung Galaxy and the Blackberry, but the iPhone is just too easy to use. The camera takes clear pictures and the phone itself looks great. Like all Apple products, it kind of just makes sense.
When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.
Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm wiser and I'm older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.
I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.
I can't tell where the journey will end But I know where to start
Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.
It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.
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.
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.
There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it's too different.