The present disclosure relates to a LED filament system (100) comprising a LED filament arrangement (105) and a controller (120). The LED filament arrangement comprises a plurality of LED filaments (110a-c). The LED filaments are interwound around a common central axis (A) such that each LED filament has a spiral-shape. In the LED filament arrangement, two neighboring LED filaments differ by a translation pitch (t) along the central axis. The controller is configured to control power supply to the LED filaments such that at least one of the plurality of LED filaments is individually controllable. The controller is further configured to control the power supply to the LED filaments in a first mode, in which all of the LED filaments are in an on-state and the controller provides power supply above a first power level to the LED filaments. The controller is further configured to control the power supply to the LED filaments in a second mode in which at least one of the LED filaments is in an off-state.