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Posted on 08 September, 2025

Bedbound 23-Year-Old Living With Chronic Illness Is Making Music People Love [Interview]

An interview with US musician and ME/CFS sufferer Sebastian Gisperg.

By Sara Barnes on September 5, 2025
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Sebastian Gisperg is a 23-year-old living with ME/CFS. He has been bedbound for nearly two years and spends 99% of his time in bed. Previously very active—before his illness, he was teaching people how to surf—making music is the only thing that Gisperg can still do. He isn’t able to do it every day, but the electronic music he makes has an impact on people. Gisperg recently hit 250,000 streams on his first album, and in a popular post on Reddit, commenters congratulated him on the milestone and thanked him for raising awareness about ME/CFS.

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Last edited: 08 September, 2025