Avicii's father has revealed the heartbreaking comment the DJ made after his family staged an intervention in Ibiza - and how he is still struggling with 'survivor's guilt' six years on from his son's death. The Swedish musician, who is the subject of a the new Netflix documentary Avicii: I'm Tim, tragically took his own life at the age of 28 in April 2018.
![[Pictured: Avicii with his parents Klas and Anki and his older brother Anton Korberg, whom Anki wlelcomed with a previous partner]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/16/93622881-0-image-m-15_1735663221340.jpg)
In his seven years in the spotlight, the artist - whose real name was Tim Bergling - achieved several top 10 singles across the globe and worked with world-famous artists such as Madonna, David Guetta, Lenny Kravitz and Coldplay. Speaking to the BBC, Avicii's father Klas recalled how the family stepped in to try and stop Tim spiralling further into painkiller and alcohol addiction in summer 2015.
![[Avicii grew up in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and was so sheltered that he spent most of his first 19 years in a five block radius]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/16/85934447-0-Avicii_grew_up_in_Stockholm_the_capital_of_Sweden_and_was_so_she-a-16_1735663904989.jpg)
At the time, he had achieved stratospheric commercial success with Hey Brother, which sold 2m copies in the US, and Wake Me Up, which was the UK's fastest selling single of 2013. However, Tim was struggling with his second album Stories, which had to be delayed several times amid his ongoing battle with addiction.
![[I'm Tim features Avicii himself giving a haunting narration from an interview given late in his career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/16/85934453-0-I_m_Tim_features_Avicii_himself_giving_a_haunting_narration_from-a-17_1735663910714.jpg)
Reflecting on the intervention, Klas - who previously said he felt he had 'betrayed' his son with the move - added: 'You confront your child who is completely unaware of what's going to happen. 'You see that he realises something is planned behind his back.'.
