Avicii's "Stories" Docuseries Offers Rare Glimpse into Music-Making

In November 2025, a new documentary mini-series is taking fans into the heart of the creation process behind Avicii's 2015 album "Stories." Titled "Stories on Stories," the three-part series is screening exclusively on YouTube, presenting never-before-shared archival footage of the 2014 and 2015 studio sessions that generated some of the music on "Stories."

The lead episode, which premiered last week, shows the Swedish producer Avicii in a pair of studio sessions with Alex Ebert, the songwriter and musician widely known as the lead singer of Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros. The pair work on the instrumentation, melody, and lyrics that would ultimately form the track "For a Better Day," which spent 17 weeks on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart beginning in September 2015.

The clips capture a relaxed atmosphere in the studio as Avicii and Ebert hash out the music, sharing laughs in the process. "What I loved about Tim and was the first thing I really got to understand about him is how meticulous he is about the specifics of a melody," Ebert says in the documentary. "It's almost like he was really in tune with the harmonics of the universe, where a melody should go, where a melody wants to go."

The remaining two episodes of "Stories on Stories" will feature other artists and producers, including Gavin DeGraw, Rami Yacoub, and Wyclef Jean, exploring the origins of songs like "Sunset Jesus" and more. The second and third episodes are scheduled to premiere in December 2025 and January 2026, respectively.

Avicii, whose real name was Tim Bergling, died by suicide in April 2018. In the years since, his family has been actively preserving his legacy, including the archiving of material from his laptop and drives to document moments from his life and career as a groundbreaking electronic music producer.