![]() He said that he recognised a pattern forming, saying that “it was getting pretty bad, doing long tours and using booze like that”. I’ve definitely used alcohol to feel comfortable on stage in front of a bunch of people.” ![]() I would definitely drink to calm nerves and to make it bearable which sounds crazy but it’s the truth. When asked how he deals with the attention he gets from being in the public eye as a musician, Streten talked using alcohol to cope. I used to always feel the pressure of tarnishing my reputation, and now I feel like it’s tarnished… I feel liberated, I can do what I want now and not have to worry so much,” he explained. Thankfully, the repercussions were minor and, if anything, it made me happier. I had an untarnished image and I was very worried about tarnishing it, and the repercussions. The two also discussed the infamous sex act they performed last year onstage at Burning Man, which Streten worried would tarnish his reputation. I did it for five years, didn’t get over it.” I pushed through it for four or five years, being like ‘You know what? If I just keep doing this, eventually I’ll get over it’. ![]() “This music started working and essentially I became a public speaker… my worst nightmare. ![]() “I like a little bit, but I don’t seek it, ever… I hate public speaking, I’m afraid of it.” His anxiety was so overwhelming at one point, Streten says, that he considered quitting touring for good. In the raw interview – which was published online on April 6 – Flume, real name Harley Streten, reveals touring once took a huge strain on his mental health. Flume recently sat down with his girlfriend Paige Elkington on her ‘My Friend Podcast’ and opened up about his struggles with anxiety, use of alcohol and how he almost quit touring for good. ![]()
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