See never-before-seen photos of Avicii from the upcoming book

The flurry of memorabilia released following Avicii's death in 2018 expands today (June 13), with the release of a new photo book, Avicii: The Life and Music of Tim Bergling.

The book comes from publisher Bokförlaget Max Ström, which produces large-format photo books and features more than 200 images by the artist born Tim Bergling. Through these photographs, many of which have never been made public before, the book describes the artist's life from childhood in Sweden to global superstardom. See exclusive images from Avicii: The Life and Music of Tim Berglingbelow.

The book, which is currently available in Europe (with a US publication date to be announced soon), was produced in collaboration with Tim Bergling Foundationa non-profit organization founded by Bergling's parents, Klas Bergling and Anki Lidén, in the wake of his death in 2018. Based in Sweden, the organization supports mental health wellness and suicide prevention among young people.

The new book comes just days after the debut of a new Avicii documentary, Avicii – I'm Tim at the Tribeca festival in New York. The book includes a foreword by Swedish journalist Måns Mosesson, author of the 2022 Avicii biography Tim: The Official Biography Of Avicii. Read an exclusive excerpt of this prologue about the producer's time in an Ibiza rehab facility in 2015 below.

The moment of reckoning arrived deep in the Ibizan forest, surrounded by tall pines and fragrant orchards. After a difficult conversation with concerned friends and colleagues, Tim Bergling entered rehab in the fall of 2015, just as his second album Stories he was eventually released.

He finally had time to catch up on sleep at the facility, which was located in a converted farm. The garden, with its bright lilies and hibiscus bushes, stretched out beyond his window. A few stone steps led down to the council chambers.

Tim set up a little campsite for himself on the roof, the staff helped him put a deckchair up there. Dusk looked out over the Mediterranean shrouded in autumn mist, considering his life and all the experiences that had led him to this particular place.

One day, the therapy director took a book off the shelf in the counseling room. It was by Eckhart Tolle, a German self-help author. With Title The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmentdefined the principles of living in the present moment, also called mindfulness.

Tim liked what he read. He looked for the roots of these ideas and learned that many of Tolle's writings were based on ancient Buddhist teachings – concepts that Tim liked to discuss in therapy. The Eastern practice was based on paying attention to the sensations flowing through one's body, recognizing difficult or embarrassing feelings without judging or repressing them. By recognizing stress, the idea was that one could gradually free oneself from it.

Tim practiced sitting silently in meditation. Try to tune in to every punch on the punching bag by the pool. Boxing also helped him give up what had become an extremely destructive lifestyle. In his nocturnal excursions among the wild rabbits in the surrounding forests, a new idea began to pop into his head. It was a decision that even he had not foreseen. An idea that would previously have seemed so impossible, he would have brushed it off before it had a chance to settle into his consciousness.

He would stop touring.

It was a drastic move, but it immediately felt right. Playing live sets didn't do him any favors as a person. He was simply a source of stress and was fed with joy. He would probably always love to make music. In fact, that was one of the reasons he had to make a change. If he stopped touring, it would free up energy for composing music, which he really longed to do.

He also decided to part ways with his manager Aras Pournouri. Their relationship had been getting more and more difficult for some time. After three months in rehab, Tim Bergling left Ibiza in great shape and full of confidence. He posted an announcement on Instagram to his three million followers.

My path has been full of success, but it has not come without its bumps.
I know I'm blessed to be able to travel the world and perform, but

I have very little left of the life of a real person behind the artist.

A new life began to take shape. Tim continued to travel the world, but no longer did it as a one-man entertainment industry. Instead, he hung out with monkeys in Madagascar, took selfies with gorillas in Uganda and floated on a barge along the Amazon deep into the jungle.

In the spring of 2016, he embarked on a special bus trip with a bunch of Swedish musicians. They started on the west coast of the US and headed east. They stopped at national parks and carried their instruments into the rugged terrain. In the great outdoors, they wrote elegant, relaxed songs full of rediscovered freedom. Many would end up later Avīci (01), an EP Tim wanted to focus on the human condition. He described how he wanted the play to be presented. Ambitious films, inspired by the teachings of Buddhism, will trace a human journey from darkness to light.

That was his focus now: people's destructive thought patterns and ways to break out of them. How to get out of addiction and find a peaceful existence.

A new life, in other words.