Björk - Interview 

+Steve Fury she's always been my main queen :)

Well said Mate!

You're a man with few words, but wise ones they are.

Each one evolves and prepares for new experiences in his own time. The important thing is to be open to learning and recognizing such experiences and their teachings.

Steve Fury Same here for years I would hear snippets of her music and just shut it out without ever fully allowing myself to experience at least one full song. I came across Pagan Poetry in a SoundCloud mix curated by an artist without knowing it was her and now I'm completely awestruck by so many of her works!!!

The world has a problem explaining creativity because it touches on the Divine

@@nurtured-channel2953 perfectly said

Sweeney McTod Spoken like someone that has never had a creative or original thought in their life

This is why I never gave her a chance and listened to her music. Growing up, all I ever knew of her was how the media made her seem crazy and unstable and weird. So I just avoided her music. Not fair. Come to find out, I love her and she's so intriguing!

@Sweeney McTod Exactly, you're an art teacher, copying other people's work to teach instead of making a living off of your own work. I don't see your name or art anywhere? Calling people bitch in RU-vid comments... No wonder you failed as an "artist".

"Art" is a big stretch, isn't it? She's a mainstream musician who packages herself as quirky and counter-culture. Annoying is the word that pops into my mind when I see her.

GozerTheGozerian Even Bjork's most popular song "it's oh so quiet" has lots of strange twists. Look at an album such as medulla as well, how much mainstream music has Mike Patton making strange noises and unpredictable structures. Bjork didn't mean to become popular as she's said many times before, which means she probably wasn't writing mainstream music

@@GozerTheGozerian you appear to have misunderstood some things about her music she doesn't package herself as anything other than herself that's why her music sounds relatively similar to mainstream stuff compared to all the niche experimental things out there: she's not trying to go with or against the current, she's just making the music she likes without worrying about how it compares to the rest but let me guess, the only actual counter-culture music is the one _you_ like the most, right? fuckin hipster

@@GozerTheGozerian It's funny cause all these alternative pop artists that have been coming out since the late 00's try to be weird, unique and try too hard to not be mainstream but when i try to think about muscians who try too hard to be ''different'' Björk never comes to my mind, cause she doesn't try anything, she just is. As someone said before, she's not trying to go with or against anything, she does what she wants and works with she wants and all that stuff. So i think she is very far from being a try-hard alternative artists. She is the number one inspiration for ridiculous try harders but that shit ain't her problem.

@@ashencometmom5291 hello! I know this reply is late, but can you give me some names of other experimental musicians? I'm very interested in learning more about it

sugar cubes

Sugar cubes to my ears.

Cola cubes

Yes, thererrrrrrrrr arerrrrrrrrr a lot of serrrrrrriously rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrolled Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.

you would have to change your underwear every time you'd speak some finnish person in english=D

True That What are you even talking about. She *is* today appreciated as a genius. You are literally watching a video of her receiving a prize.

Absolutely

Very true

Was? She still is

She needs... TWO AWARDS.

Omg me too

Such a werrd she also said I love fer accent

Oh yes! I'm bavarian and we have the rrrrolling 'R' as well, but this 'starrrrk' by Björk would blast my tongue 😂

rrrreprrresentation of everrrrry 😉😍

its soo angelic ,her accent

Additon All idiots looks always happy.

+Roland Gustafsson Show Us one smart guy that is sad!

Hanna Shirazi That would be me i guess.

+Roland Gustafsson Don't worry, Be happy :)

I think it takes a good interviewer to allow her to open up. She doesn't do that for everyone.

Angry angel even

@@Rasmusorum angry Angel 👍

Very accurate

She's a very interesting and unique person, wonderfully unpredictable.

not only the voice but also the soul and beauty of a fairy.

illhorse Agree,all mentally handicapped fascinates me.

Roland Gustafsson

The difference between an insane and a genius is subtle.Hard to say in which category she belongs.

Roland Gustafsson Is no category. She simply is yet with high and more than enough intrigue and Divine Complexity. I know this because of something inexplicable that Hides In The Light that shares these words that ALWAYS consist of anything/everything Wonderful, Wondrous, Strange, Beautifully Enigmatic or Up-Right Side Bubble-Giggle fiddle found within the confines of a small seldomly used or vacant room in Georgia but I live 0.0.79 degrees away from this spot which makes it just right for that of myself. A Long story and if Ii elaborated on it, I would come across, down under, all around and from Root Chakra to Crown, frankly, insane. So, I digress. Was merely joking with every word up above & if any offense in any dynamically inclined given way, then I Truly am sorry for that silliness which isn't at all like me to do, but I did and feel bad. Alas, it's all moot as one proceeds to scoot boogy on the Cotton Eye'd Josephine's Floor Mats. Love All, regardless remains the only Concrete and Fully with much simplicity into the transference of thought exchanged getting properly through to the next in line and full of All that presents itself as TRULY DIVINE which can NEVER be a silly simple stupid shame of a lie for one's comfort to run and hide.

Roland Gustafsson she's both, you have to have a very simple life, with simple motives to call her mentally handicapped.

she looks like Martina McBride to me now

Maybe she's a witch? Perhaps that's how she atains both youthful appearance, cute looks, & an awesome sound?

Maybe she was an Elf found abandoned in the tundra, & her "parents" divided to adopt her

Apex Predator she doesnt look young now

why is aging something to avoid anyway? growing older should be celebrated and physical manifestation of it taken for what it is. a beautiful deepening and demonstration of character and experience.

Sinequanon J very well said.

and that's on p e r i o d t

@k2 your opinion

Musics still good you just have to look harder

@@dean4553 it's sad that we have to scrape so deep. Artistry should be open and admired and it's just not anymore because the world is getting more moronic. I don't disagree that the good music is there but it's getting totally supressed by utter shite. This wasn't the case years ago when real artistry and skill was revered and mainstream.

metaldeath0 same

lmao

@@cristenaaa haha

2:39

Björk ends the same way when you pronounce it properly byerrrrrk

Funny you mention this. I am not going to miss it, because her beauty is in her voice, her essence really. I understand what you mean, but Bjork's spirit and curiosity is what makes her enduring and attractive. How do you like Vulnicura? I am about to listen to it again before bed.

Steve X She has no brain.And that´s just how it is.

Just the way i am i guess,It´s because i hate everybody you se.Isn´t that cool??????

I think she just became a different kind of beautiful. The fragility itself is beautiful.

Well said.

That's what I thought.

it does..lol

It's also the title of a Gentle Giant album from 1976!

Very well said !!!

angel ramon diaz nicely said

I find her very nomal and human!

Hi angel ramon

*Melanie.

you cant lump lady gaga in there.

It is melanie but yea u are right.

melanie is really awful at live vocals

@@Floptropican-Tim no she is not u probably watched the live times she was ill

Her accent is so funny and romantic at the same time

@@alexandrucristian8797 agRReed

I have a notion to second that emotion !!

grassfuse You are absolutely right,she has always been naturally stupid.

Roland Gustafsson Ha ha ha ! .....why are you talking about you using " she " ?.......Roland is a male name, right ? ( ha ha ha ! )

No,it´s a female name.

As opposed to an unreal?

Very well put 👍

I almost automatically got angry because you compared her to Bowie... but no, it is apropos

she's not a female David Bowie... she's Björk, she's unlike anyone else. :)

Wait, you say she is like no one, then say she is like Bowie. Those contradict each other

no offense to bowie, but he's got nothing on Björk. Few artists could even dream of being as innovative as her and it's kind of reductive to call her "a female david bowie" anyway, they're both their own great artists.

She’s original like Bowie was, there’s no competing they change(d) the game each

Elise Krentzel that is a really tough concept

I hold David Bowie, Kate Bush and Björk all in a high level of creative genius. they all have genius aspects that are different from one another, and yet all three are connected in so many ways. Kate in my opinion is the greatest songwriter of all time, David is the greatest effortless chameleon of all time and Björk is the high priestess of fusing genres and being ahead of one's time

@@joeagger Love it. I completely agree. I was thinking that I can't compare Bowie to Björk because each one of them it's a category of it's own. But I like the way you put it.

Not only does she supercede Bowie but she probably surpasses Scott Walker and John Cale for creativity, too.

I totally agree Bjork unlike other artists touched the realm of the" Divine" through her music and astonishing visual artistry.

Maybe a little late with my answer, but just this. Completely banana's, is that so? She once explained in another interview the reason why she sometimes behaves in a special way, and right she is.

MickyAvStickyHands It came out of nowhere... in 15 years?

She lives many places around the world. UK, Iceland, NYC. Her accent changes many times

MickyAvStickyHands Probably because she lived in London for a long while early on in her career. She's been in Iceland for a long time now, and her accent is back.

Yeah, like Madonna.... what a hack!

I thought that too! I've just listened to a couple of interviews from 96. I think it's interesting that she doesn't roll her "r" when she says "Human Behaviour".

Complex? Really? She's just weird from all angles.

Gumball LastRally weird means it's not the expected, usual perspective we're all used to, and to me that equals complex and fascinating :P

Sorry, no, she's just weird. Never caught on in the U.S. either.

Gumball LastRally hahaha, no need to apologize, different perspectives for the same situation, that's what life is about

Gumball LastRally Artists often come across weird to regular people. The artistic mind can be quite abstract, which is why people much rather have entertainers than artists. I think what you're doing is insulting to your own intelligence, next time you come across an artist, try to explore the work and the ideas behind it instead of labelling things with reductive adjectives, I think you'll find that a very enriching experience. :) or if you don't want to, simply move on and find something you do like face-value. Art is for everyone but not everyone is for art.

Yung Kek okay I will cause you told me to do it

Yung Kek 👌🏻

she would tell you make music like you...not her...always be you!! You will enjoy it more and it has to be genuine for othrs to rely appreciate it

Lol yes. I'm gay but Bjork is the gal who could make a man out of me!

Have you watched Dancer in the Dark? It is a masterpiece because of her …

Mine too! I love how fearlessly creative and original she is.

+conatcha She seems like faking an accent!

+Svetlana Koltovskaia yes she does

Having lived on several different continents, it is common to develop a very unique "accent". This is what Bjork has. Nothing fake about it.

+Jen Rosario come on I lived in Indonesia Spain France n Germany in my life I speak the same like when i was 10. que nooo q no Tia :) puedes cambiar tu manera de hablar pero el acento.. No, ella igual Paulina Rubio. Faking accent.

+Goge Ngarissan that's you and your case. Everyone is different. I have a friend who moved from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia and his accent has already changed in just four years, nothing fake there. Any lingual/language expert can tell you this is common. So you can keep your opinion, but know that it is not fact. ;)

nah, she's from Iceland born and raised

She was "faking" her accent back then, as this is her natural accent and back then she learned the British accent. But after all this time she prolly just didn't wanna do the effort to speak British english all the time as it's quite difficult for a non native speaker.

How about this? When she lived in London, she had British accent. When she lives in Reykjavík, she has Icelandic accent. Wow, mind blown...

I’ve read people with the Icelandic accent say that they don’t know what she does that weird rolling R thing because it’s apparently not a part of the Icelandic language. That makes me think she’s consciously trying to have some sort of exotic accent which is kind of annoying honestly.

Good thing you read that somewhere so you can justify being annoyed.

Bruh

I don’t really see a similarity between the two but ok.

@@troymcclure8931 They both see music and arts in their personal and distinctive way.