Avicii's Dad Does Not Believe He Planned to Kill Himself

Avicii‘s father, Klas Bergling, does not believe the late musician intended to kill himself.

The late DJ’s dad opened up in an interview with CNN on Wednesday (July 3).

In the interview, he says he believes there were many factors leading up to Avicii‘s death, including a demanding schedule that “brought him out of his control.”

“Our theory is not that he planned this suicide — more that it was like a traffic accident. Many things happened and came into the same station, so to say, and brought him out of his control.”

“When he was in a bad situation he always used to call me. We talked a lot (about) his thoughts about life, his thoughts about meditation, love…we had long talks, often one hour or so, over the ocean,” he added.

“If you are very happy or extremely happy, it’s not so far to be unhappy…small things can make you sad or move your balance and I think this is what happened,” he went on to say.

“As a DJ or an artist you have to do a lot of things you don’t want to do, in the end that takes a part of you. [It] takes a lot out of these people — the traveling, waiting at airports, late nights.”

Avicii died in April of 2018.

For more from the interview, head to CNN.com.