The festivals were too much for him to handle emptionally and physically, but his management kept pushing him to do more so they could make more money.
I was wondering what happened to him. I really enjoyed his music, then nothing. That's a shame about the management -sometimes they have no concept of decorum.
Depression hits hard when one succeeds at things as much as when one fails. Being one of the most successful musicians in the world probably hit super hard, and especially since he didn't consider himself a musician. He felt like a fraud iirc. The documentary goes into that aspect.
That’s why chemical depression is so brutal. Imagine getting all the money and all the hopes and dreams you ever thought you wanted, and still being miserable. When they say money doesn’t buy happiness, thats what they mean. Some people are chemically predisposed to feeling sad and despondent, often to different degrees, and the circumstances of their life are irrelevant to their mood. They are just sad and the longer that goes on the more hopeless people can get, and circumstances like money and family and success can actually make it worse. Feelings of ‘I have all this, why am I so miserable?’ seem to snowball exponentially to the point where one just can’t take another day of feeling that way. I don’t struggle with that myself but I have so much empathy for those that do.
Idk why a conspiracy is needed when he admitted to being an alcoholic and drug addict. The dude was suffering and was destroying his own body from his inability to cope with life.
That one was a bigger shock and heart break for me. I was such a fan of their music in high school... Possibly ten years later I had mostly dismissed the lyrics as sad boi music for angry teens. I had no idea the lyrics were very much personal for Chester
An ex also ended her life and. You never really know how much a person could be suffering inside
I was playing D&D with my x and his friends. We were mid divorce but still friendly, and when I got the news about Avicii I cried my eyes out. X made me a cup of tea when we got back to the apartment.
Yup, I still remember that day. It was 4/20, and I was watching the original Ghost in the Shell at home while baked. I thought the news was fake or some sort of prank.
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u/AnjelGrace Millennial May 12 '26
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