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Not a massive fan of the genre, but I enjoyed his tracks Levels, I Could Be The One, and Silhouettes. The stuff he released after that not so much.
Too young for any person to be taken from the world. Sad.
Interesting, it sounds like you're alluding to being more a fan of traditional pure electronic dance, while not enjoying the fusing of electronic and acoustic, country-esque instrumentation together which was prominent in his later music.
Apparently when he debuted Wake Me Up and Hey Brother in Ibiza, some people actually booed
It's a funny one for me since the first time I heard those songs it just felt like a very natural progression, like "holy sh!t why hasn't anyone thought of this before?" - but I can understand how it wouldn't suit everyone's tastes, a bit like if Bob Dylan decided to throw some ridiculously distorted heavy metal-esque guitars into his songs 0 -
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Does anyone else wonder if, assuming it was indeed self-inflicted, the celebrity equivalent of being "cat called" is what drove him to it? I don't know why, but I have this suspicion that he went to Oman with a bunch of friends to relax and chill out, we saw him doing just that in various photos from the trip, and maybe some paparazzi - or maybe even just a bunch of ordinary people who happened to be staying there - kept recognising him and giving him shoutouts or approaching him for autographs, photos, etc. He's been quoted as saying that being recognised everywhere would be the worst thing in the world - I can't help suspecting that this decision, if it was a decision, was the conclusion of some kind of "f*ck, I can't even escape to a far-away place like Oman to relax with a few of my close friends without having to deal with every random person knowing who I am. There's no escape."
I'm still holding out that it looked like suicide without actually being so - an overdose of pain medication or something like this which could be interpreted as either deliberate or just a tragic accident. But if he did indeed decide to check out early of his own accord, my suspicion is that this is what happened. His attempt to have a quiet getaway with his friends, and the illusion of getting to be an ordinary person for a few days, was shattered when people there recognised him just as easily as people in his native Sweden, thus making him feel like the only escape from celebrity was to exit this world altogether.
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »Does anyone else wonder if, assuming it was indeed self-inflicted, the celebrity equivalent of being "cat called" is what drove him to it? I don't know why, but I have this suspicion that he went to Oman with a bunch of friends to relax and chill out, we saw him doing just that in various photos from the trip, and maybe some paparazzi - or maybe even just a bunch of ordinary people who happened to be staying there - kept recognising him and giving him shoutouts or approaching him for autographs, photos, etc. He's been quoted as saying that being recognised everywhere would be the worst thing in the world - I can't help suspecting that this decision, if it was a decision, was the conclusion of some kind of "f*ck, I can't even escape to a far-away place like Oman to relax with a few of my close friends without having to deal with every random person knowing who I am. There's no escape."
I'm still holding out that it looked like suicide without actually being so - an overdose of pain medication or something like this which could be interpreted as either deliberate or just a tragic accident. But if he did indeed decide to check out early of his own accord, my suspicion is that this is what happened. His attempt to have a quiet getaway with his friends, and the illusion of getting to be an ordinary person for a few days, was shattered when people there recognised him just as easily as people in his native Sweden, thus making him feel like the only escape from celebrity was to exit this world altogether.
Well his family said that loved his fans and by all accounts was a nice guy who was happy to accommodate them.
He suffered from depression and anxiety. All the success and money in the world can't fix that. The most likely answer is it just got the better of him, the same as it has for countless others. Look at Chester bennington. Pictures and videos were released of him laughing and having fun with his family just hours or days before his suicide. You can only fake it for so long. Very sad0 -
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now that's a really stupidest thing ive heard, yeah celebrities have it hard when it comes to being approached all the time, some hire bodyguards, some rent complete places out, but he was hardly most recognizable person, unless one was die hard fan they prob miss him on the street outside Sweden.hatrickpatrick wrote: »Does anyone else wonder if, assuming it was indeed self-inflicted, the celebrity equivalent of being "cat called" is what drove him to it? I don't know why, but I have this suspicion that he went to Oman with a bunch of friends to relax and chill out, we saw him doing just that in various photos from the trip, and maybe some paparazzi - or maybe even just a bunch of ordinary people who happened to be staying there - kept recognising him and giving him shoutouts or approaching him for autographs, photos, etc. He's been quoted as saying that being recognised everywhere would be the worst thing in the world - I can't help suspecting that this decision, if it was a decision, was the conclusion of some kind of "f*ck, I can't even escape to a far-away place like Oman to relax with a few of my close friends without having to deal with every random person knowing who I am. There's no escape."
I'm still holding out that it looked like suicide without actually being so - an overdose of pain medication or something like this which could be interpreted as either deliberate or just a tragic accident. But if he did indeed decide to check out early of his own accord, my suspicion is that this is what happened. His attempt to have a quiet getaway with his friends, and the illusion of getting to be an ordinary person for a few days, was shattered when people there recognised him just as easily as people in his native Sweden, thus making him feel like the only escape from celebrity was to exit this world altogether.0 -
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I'm still holding out that it looked like suicide without actually being so - an overdose of pain medication or something like this which could be interpreted as either deliberate or just a tragic accident.
Well the method of death has now been released so I think it's safe to say that it was definitely suicide and not an accidental overdose or anything like that 0 -
hatrickpatrick wrote: »Does anyone else wonder if, assuming it was indeed self-inflicted, the celebrity equivalent of being "cat called" is what drove him to it? I don't know why, but I have this suspicion that he went to Oman with a bunch of friends to relax and chill out, we saw him doing just that in various photos from the trip, and maybe some paparazzi - or maybe even just a bunch of ordinary people who happened to be staying there - kept recognising him and giving him shoutouts or approaching him for autographs, photos, etc. He's been quoted as saying that being recognised everywhere would be the worst thing in the world - I can't help suspecting that this decision, if it was a decision, was the conclusion of some kind of "f*ck, I can't even escape to a far-away place like Oman to relax with a few of my close friends without having to deal with every random person knowing who I am. There's no escape."
I'm still holding out that it looked like suicide without actually being so - an overdose of pain medication or something like this which could be interpreted as either deliberate or just a tragic accident. But if he did indeed decide to check out early of his own accord, my suspicion is that this is what happened. His attempt to have a quiet getaway with his friends, and the illusion of getting to be an ordinary person for a few days, was shattered when people there recognised him just as easily as people in his native Sweden, thus making him feel like the only escape from celebrity was to exit this world altogether.
Having read into him a bit and seen (most of) the documentary about him (it's on Netflix), he comes across as the perfectionist workaholic. The stress of having to constantly create new stuff and perform combined with getting those damn ideas out of your head and not stopping until everyone else can hear or see exactly what you hear or see would be far more of a cause.
I honestly don't think the guy was capable of relaxing and he seems to have had an army of genuine friends trying to get him to do so.Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.
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