Since then, I have listened to at least 1 Avicii song every single day (I have a list of what I have listened to incase anyone is interested in viewing) and I have gone on from school to study Music Production at College and University.Īvicii's music is the light in the dark, a reminder that not all is so bad. It was the night I decided "F*** it, I want to pursue music for the rest of my life". I feel like my dad was even more happy than I was, and I was the happiest I had been in a very long time! That night really did change my life. My dad bought me and him tickets to go and see him. "2X Single Ticket for At Night/Live Presents "Avicii: True Tour" at Manchester Phones4U Arena" It was an email confirmation from TicketMaster: I should also mention, my family have a Christian faith, so this song was even more refreshing because of its message, because of what the lyrics connote and etc.Ģ014 comes around and my dad comes up to my room at 4am in the morning, he hands me a piece of paper. I'm one of 4 kids to my mum and dad, so it was always being played somewhere in the house. Soon after that, my whole family were hooked on it. It was the perfect fusion of acoustic and electronic, the 2 biggest genres of their young-adult life. I showed my mum and dad and they were really shocked because they had grown up in a time where something like this was just so unheard of. It instantly captured my imagination, suddenly I had this song going round and round in my head and I couldn't believe how good it was. I saw it come up on Youtube and I thought "wait, that's the guy who wrote Levels, I wonder what he's been up to" - I listened to it and I was absolutely stunned. I had never heard anything like it, the seamless blend of the vocals, the catchy melody, the uplifting feel - I spent weeks listening to it, trying to figure out how someone could make something so good on a laptop. It was the last day of term before the summer break and my friend, Tom, put on "Levels" during at the end of class.
My parents grew up in the 70's/80's so they loved artists like The Beatles, The Jam, Bob Dylan, The Police, Sting (etc), therefore I heard a lot of that kind of music when we were on long car journeys.
Up to that point, I had never heard electronic dance music. The first time I heard an Avicii song was when I was in year 9 in high school (13/14 years old).