Can’t stop thinking about how on this day 10 years ago Tobias was most likely sitting at his desk in that dreadful call center in Linkoping doing a job a hated, completely unaware of how much his life would change literally a week later. I mean, deep down he was probably terrified that this stupid desk job was going to be his life forever if that music career thing doesn’t work out, right? It failed so many times before, what if it fails again? He was almost 30, he had a family to provide for now, he had responsibilities. Fuck. Ghost was pretty much his last shot at something big and even though he knew he had something special there, the music industry is such a fickle beast that there must have been a tiny voice in the back of his head going ‘hey, buddy, if you fail this time, it’s over and you’re stuck playing to 20 people in a bar forever.’
Now fast forward 10 years into the future and he’s a Grammy-winning metal artist of the decade. He shared the stage with Iron Maiden. He played stadiums with fucking Metallica. His childhood heroes are now his friends. And today he woke up in Mexico and he’s about to play a show for ~20,000 people who came from all around the world just to hear his music and experience the spectacle he’s been dreaming of creating ever since he was a little kid. Like… !!!