Klas Bergling
Swedish Royalty Inaugurate the Avicii Experience Museum In Stockholm
The museum dedicated to the dance music legend Avicii was welcomed to Stockholm by some royal guests. To celebrate the grand opening of The Avicii Experience, Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia stopped by to honor one of their country’s musical icons and cut the ribbon to inaugurate the museum. They were joined by some of the executives behind the exhibit and Klas Bergling, father of Avicii and creator of the Tim Bergling Foundation. Proceeds from the museum will support the foundation’s goal to destigmatize mental health and prevent suicides. The Avicii Experience will serve as an interactive look at the iconic “Levels” producer’s rise to fame. It starts with a recreation of his childhood bedroom and moves through his increasingly ...
Klas Bergling Reflects On “Dangerous Combination” of Avicii’s Fame and Fortune In Candid Interview
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Avicii‘s father, Klas Bergling, continues to advocate for the mental health of rising musicians. Though there’s a natural, innate discomfort around the conversation of suicide, Bergling isn’t shying away from the term. “You should call things what they are,” he told The Times. Bergling also shows he has no hesitations about confronting difficult memories related to his son’s passing head-on. In the immediate aftermath of Avicii’s heartbreaking death, conversations swirled around the circumstances that could have led to such a tragedy. Ultimately, Bergling attributes some of the reason to a lack of structure in the midst of his son’s meteoric rise to fame. “It’s fame and fortune, and t...
Avicii’s Father Thanks Fans After “Levels” Voted as Top Tomorrowland Anthem
Tomorrowland recruited the help of fans in picking the number one anthem in the fabled Belgian festival’s history. While the competition was fierce, one track rose above the rest and took home the title. Unsurprisingly, Avicii‘s iconic tune “Levels” was chosen as the leader for the top 1000 list. After receiving the news, the late EDM megastar’s father, Klas Bergling, spoke with Tomorrowland’s One World Radio about his son’s win and how much he and his family appreciate the support. “My wife and I are really grateful that the People of Tomorrow have selected ‘Levels’ as the number one and their favorite record in the history of Tomorrowland. It means a lot to us and to Tim’s legacy, and of course his fans around the world. It’s...
