Tim (biography)
{{Short description|2021 book by Måns Mosesson}}
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| pub_date = November 16, 2021
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Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii is a 2021 book about Avicii, written by Swedish writer Måns Mosesson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/douleur-anxiete-et-alcoolisme-les-dernieres-confessions-d-avicii-revelees-dans-une-biographie_AN-202112310113.html|title=Douleur, anxiété et alcoolisme: les dernières confessions d'Avicii révélées dans une biographie|website=BFMTV|access-date=2022-08-20|archive-date=2022-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820055659/https://www.bfmtv.com/people/douleur-anxiete-et-alcoolisme-les-dernieres-confessions-d-avicii-revelees-dans-une-biographie_AN-202112310113.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/news/avicii-tim-bergling-official-biography|title=Avicii's Official Biography Hits the Shelves|first=Jason|last=Heffler|date=30 November 2021 }} The book is published by Sphere Books.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/avicii-tim-bergling-father-klas-interview-73d9db88q|title=Avicii: the tragic death of the superstar DJ who seemed to have it all|first=Emily|last=Dixon|via=The Times|access-date=2022-08-20|archive-date=2021-12-23|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211223225156/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/avicii-tim-bergling-father-klas-interview-73d9db88q|url-status=live}}
History
In April 2021, it was announced that a biography of Avicii had been written by Måns Mosesson after travelling to locations such as Stockholm, Miami, Ibiza, and Los Angeles, where Tim lived and worked.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/official-avicii-biography-set-to-be-published-later-this-year-2914801|title=Official Avicii biography set to be published later this year|first=Sam|last=Moore|website=NME|date=April 6, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820055334/https://www.nme.com/news/music/official-avicii-biography-set-to-be-published-later-this-year-2914801|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/avicii-biography-release-date-november-tim-bergling-9552205/|title=An Official Avicii Biography Is Coming This Fall|first1=Katie|last1=Bain|magazine=Billboard |date=April 6, 2021}}
Reception
Kitty Empire of The Guardian wrote, "There are no kneejerk conclusions here, just candour and context: pressure, both external and internal, absolutely played a role in Avicii’s unravelling, as did the US prescription opioid scandal."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/04/tim-the-official-biography-of-avicii-by-mans-mosesson-review-private-struggles-of-the-edm-poster-boy|title=Tim: The Official Biography of Avicii by Måns Mosesson review – private struggles of the EDM poster boy|date=January 4, 2022|website=the Guardian|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315003750/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/04/tim-the-official-biography-of-avicii-by-mans-mosesson-review-private-struggles-of-the-edm-poster-boy|url-status=live}} Katie Bain of Billboard said the book "offers an in-depth, honest and compassionate view of the life of Bergling, as he grew from a shy child to a teenager self-conscious about his acne to the global face of a new and revolutionary musical genre."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/avicii-biography-new-book-tim-bergling-mans-mosseson-1235019948/|title=12 Revelations From The New Avicii Biography|first1=Katie|last1=Bain|magazine=Billboard|date=January 19, 2022|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820054719/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/avicii-biography-new-book-tim-bergling-mans-mosseson-1235019948/|url-status=live}}