“Like literally if I didn’t go on this medication, I would have quit touring forever.”įlume’s last studio album was 2016’s Grammy-winning ‘Skin’.Ĥ. “Whether its meditation or practicing going out and becoming comfortable with it over time like this was my last resort. He concluded: “I’ve always had anxiety problems, like social anxiety problems and I was really against taking anything for it initially because that’s my natural stance. “I feel like a bad person for saying that, but I love making music but I hate touring.'”įlume had doubts about going on medication for anxiety, but admitted without it he would’ve had to quit touring. “I went to a therapist and I was like ‘I hate my job, and it’s fucked that I can even say that because I have an incredible job that people dream of having. “I think I wanna quit unless I can figure something else out. “When I have to use alcohol, like, I’m not having fun with this. He said: “I was at a point where I was like ‘I don’t wanna do this anymore.’ He wasn’t happy.”įlume came close to quitting music until he decided to face his issues head-on by seeing a therapist. “And he died because he was medicating himself just like I was, with alcohol, drugs, whatever. On how similar his behaviour was to Avicii – who tragically took his own life aged 28 in April 2018 – he said: “I think people like Avicii and things, are literally the same as me. “Even to this day, after I’ve done thousands of shows, I still get anxious.”
“The second I enter the festival I’m riddled with anxiety. He continued: “Now I don’t drink before shows, because I kind of realised that was a pattern, and it was getting pretty bad. “I’m just not a performer and I’ve definitely used alcohol to feel comfortable on stage in front of people.”įlume has changed his ways and no longer drinks before his concerts, but that hasn’t stopped him feeling anxious. “I would drink to make it bearable, which sounds crazy but really it’s the truth.
“Like, when performing, I would drink to calm nerves. In a candid interview in 2020, he said: “I mean I used a lot of alcohol. I was really excited about the initial idea but it was only once I got back to Australia in early 2021 and linked up in the studio with MAY-A that the song really came to life.”įlume’s return comes after he revealed he nearly quit music after severe anxiety drove him to self-medicate.įlume noticed similarities in the way he was dealing with his mental health to those of the late Avicii – whose family said he “could not go on any longer” after years of health worries caused by stress and alcohol abuse.įlume admitted he would drink booze and get high to make himself feel confident enough to go on stage. “We wrote the song midway through 2020 while the pandemic was still pretty new. Flume said in a statement: “This song is about feelings of post relationship clarity.
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