❞ I’m not going to pretend I don’t care about awards, but I don’t think I will ever win a
#Grammy
. I’ve been nominated before. I think it’s a really conservative, middle-of-the-road thing. I think they’re probably a little scared of me.
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örk, Pitchfork, 2008
🔴 Björk will launch her new podcast series “Björk: Allegory of Sonic” on September 1st. It will offer fans a first-person deep dive into Björk’s creative process, with each episode focusing on a single album across her four-decade career.
🌸 Björk on The Times Saturday Review , out with an exclusive cover story
❞ I could never listen to country music because I always felt that it was like Nazi music by somebody who committed genocide.
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🍄 Björk’s upcoming album “Fossora” will be released on September 30th, according to several online shops. It will be available as CD, LP, music cassette and there will be also a deluxe edition and a burgundy coloured LP.
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💫 In an interview for i-D Japan, wig designer Tomihiro Kono confirmed that Björk will wear a wig by him on the new album cover!
This is the first confirmed collaboration in the visual part of the upcoming album.
the entire björk catalogue is being re-mixed and re-mastered for release in all sorround sound formats, including lossless
the albums will be released next year individually and as box set
✨ In a new interview for the Los Angeles Times, Björk talked about her new album to LA Times, revealing that there will be a “folk acoustic element” in it: most of the songs start on a “quite calm and somber” mood, but in the last minutes they become dance.
Björk's mushroom album, "Fossora", will be released this autumn! Featuring Isadora, Sindri, Serpentwithfeet, a sextet of bass clarinets and songs dedicated to her mother.
Tracks revealed:
Sorrowful Soil
Ancestress
Her Mother's House
Atopos
Fungal City
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🌕 DJ Björk tonight at Smekkleysa!
songs played:
Nooran Sisters — Patakha Guddi (Female)
Maurice Ravel — Ma mère l'oye
Beth Gibbons — Symphony no. 3: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo
Arvo Pärt — My Heart's in the Highlands
Steve Reich — Tehillim
✨ Björk's Cornucopia first show in Los Angeles has just finished!
Björk will perform again at Shrine on January 29, with Tonality choir, serpentwithfeet and Viibra flutes
pics by @ darrendman, bipjeffington
Björk placed Fossora as the third part of a soul storm trilogy. After the post-divorce inferno of Vulnicura, and the infatuated paradiso of Utopia, we now have the fragile earth of Fossora, woven together by cultural roots, family ties and tentative romantic connections.
— Uncut
🔮 Björk - Ancestress
out at midnight
❞ I thank her for her integrity
My ancestress' clock is ticking
Her once vibrant rebellion is fading
I am her hope-keeper
I shall hope is there...
🐚 Official pics from tonight! Cornucopia closes w/ 26 shows (16 sold out) in USA, CDMX and Europe. Ready for a new era, Björk will embark on her new Orkestral tour from Sunday in Miami. Several surprises await us in the next months, as The Northman release and an upcoming album.
📿 Björk in The Northman, colorized !
She will play the role of the “seeress”, a prophet who can predict the future. In tradition, prophets are often blind. Björk is wearing an indigenous costume and a wreath of wheat ears.
#Bj
örk «In Iceland we don’t give a fuck about celebrities. You'll meet the president in the supermarket. If you’re going to be on a high horse, you'll be knocked down from it very quickly. It’s just the tourists that sometimes can be a pain in the ass for me if I’m out and about»
🔴 Fossora lead single, "Atopos", will be premiered tomorrow on BBC Radio 6 Music !
6am EST / 10am GMT / 10pm AEST
🎧 streaming at
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#fossora
#atopos
🐚 Pipe dreams : Björk for todays The Guardian Film + Music supplement
Photography by Vidar Logi
Wig by Tomihiro Kono
Dress by Anastasia Bull
Styling by Edda Gudmundsdottir
Creative director James T. Merry
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💫 Björk tonight at Primavera Sound São Paulo! She sang along with a local string orchestra conducted by Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, and "Ovule" was added to the setlist.
pics by Anderson Carvalho & Adriana Spaca
🙌 Twenty years ago Björk released Vespertine! It is still considered by fans to be one of Björk's best, has been at the top of music charts and was also Björk's fastest selling album, having sold 2 million copies by the end of 2001.
🥇 Which is your favorite song from the album?
🇮🇸 Björk : honorary citizen of Reykjavík and statue dedicated to her
The Reykjavik City Council approved Björk Guðmundsdóttir as honorary citizen. She is the seventh Reykjavik resident to receive this honor, and a statue of her will be crafted by artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir.
Björk is the narrator of the documentary "Fungi: Web of Life", exploring the importance of fungi in the process of death and rebirth, also for humans. Currently available for viewing in some educational projects as well as in museums, as Fernbank, Atlanta
📀 ATOPOS - FOSSORA LEAD SINGLE OUT SOON
🐌 'Atopos' comes from a Greek word which means "unusual", "out of place", a person who's different and doesn't tolerate any comparison. It coincides with the name of carnivorous slugs, that tailor their approach to the size of the prey.
Björk for the cover of Purple Magazine
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photography: vidar logi
stylist: edda gud
makeup: sunna bjork
hair: steinunn ósk
mask: james merry
assistance: jon albert
Björk in the cover of AnOther Magazine, with shoots from Ovule music video and an exclusive interview
❞ I’m really anti-authority, so if I’d had a lot of discipline at home and lived inside the patriarchy, I would have been trouble
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“Fungi. Web of Life” movie will be out January 2024
Narrated by Björk, it explores the ways that fungi have shaped life on earth for over a billion years.
“A long dormant dream of mine to narrate a nature documentary has come to fruition" - Björk
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örk: «Oral is about when you met someone, and you don’t know if it’s friendship or something more. So you become aroused and aware of your lips. That’s maybe why I called the song Oral. Sometimes fantasy can be amazing, and that’s enough; you don’t have to also do things.»
🔴🆕 Björk has recorded a new song called "Hymn". The song has been already included by
@ascap
on their repertory and is due to be released in 2021.
It is not known if the song will be the single from a new album or will be part of "The Northman" soundtrack.
🎻 The fourth Björk Orkestral show has started! The concert was opened with Jóga taken from Homogenic.
Björk is wearing a golden, black and white dress by Valentino, a wig made by John Vial and a headpiece made by James Merry.