official video for possibly maybe by björk directed by stéphane sednaoui written by björk/nellee hooper/ marius de vries. ® 1996 BjörkOverseas Ltd/One Little Indian Records Ltd.
This song feels like when you wake up randomly at 2 AM and everything is dead silent and still. I never knew it was even possible to capture that feeling, let alone put it in a song.
I read a comment somewhere that Vespertine felt like telling a secret to someone at 3AM when you’re the most honest version of yourself and now I read this and it’s so true, how amazing is this woman that she can put this type of sensations on her music.
My mom is a severe drug addict so my grandma took custody of me. my mom tried to get better so she stood at my grandmas house for kind of like a rehab and she slept in my room. Then I remember one night I woke up at like 3AM to hear my mom playing this song on my echo. It was like the weirdest vibe I've ever had in my entire life. so I just sat there listening to thus song slowly falling asleep. When I woke up that morning I heard that my mom had left with my own bike to her friends house for some drugs. ever since that night i had this song stuck in my head. I don't even know how I knew possibly maybe was the title I just did for some reason.
I feel like bjork is an ethereal being sent to explore all facets of human emotion and make us really see ourselves and lives. I know she is just a person, but holy shit, she is the most expressive being I have found. Truly touching.
Not to define her, but she’s technically a primarily Scorpio heavy placements. Scorpio are very emotional people. It makes sense for her to be so in touch with her emotions.
two humans with emotions that care more for each other probably than they do themselves alone who have better memories of each other than just a break up made by stupid decisions hastily throw together with each other like catalysts igniting over anything small and insignificant that might have got in the way of having good times with each other when it seemed like stuff was becoming complicated: hi its me again just calling to say i couldn't possibly be more alive because of you given that i have built most of my life around only you although i would still live without you like i'm doing now it's like i'm not even really alive if i don't mean anything to you especially knowing that this distance only serves to bring us further apart and more distanced from you and everyone else i get close to is the worst its like a stranglehold ever slowly constricting my throat pumping blood hotter inside me as i think more and more about you choking back the words reaching such a boiling point because i get so afraid of who i might actually be the more i think about myself which was why i even wanted to change into a more beautiful side of myself since you showed me that i really do somehow look that way to you which seems so impossible because nobody ever even wanted to show me that maybe i am something worthy of another person's love let alone someone i love is there anyway we can look away from those things that made us so separated and if i said something that made you think of yourself as one of those people in my life who were the worst you should get to know them yourself and see for yourself that people do bring me down and away from you just in a weird sort of way i guess i need someone like you in my life i don't know in what way that may be but its so awful thinking that this is my life now knowing that even though i did try my best to be someone who could not be ashamed to say i love you after getting to know you truly and admiring you for so long i guess i got in the way of myself yet again i had to be my own worst enemy which turned me into lets just say one of those people in my life who are the worst like i couldn't just be enough me in a good way to show you a good side of me just that uphill battle i always go through but forget all that talk about me because me is not at all important especially without you think maybe we could at least possibly look at each other and think about any way we could maybe make this wörk? possibly? maybe? probably not...
i know this song is all-in-all about being an introvert while still longing for human connection, and a relationship growing distant, but some of the lyrics i really personally relate to being neglected and ignored as a kid. seeing hope of your parents showing up for you, only for that hope to be crushed, hinting you'd like to spend atleast a little time with them, never knowing what's going on, bursts of anger from them when you become frustrated and mad from getting such little amounts of attention, being so exhausted that you give up trying to gain their attention and just drone through interactions with them. quit doing things to please them, because what difference does it make? those all stand out to me when it's separated from the romantic context.
This is my favorite Björk song. She reflects me when she says "as much as I definitely enjoy solitude, I wouldn’t mind, perhaps, spending, little time with you, sometimes, sometimes". Who could ever express love in those words in modern music, just Björk. I’m introvert and is not easy for me to know some new lover, and when I meet someone I feel it so much. I lived everything the song means, especially that moment when the lover goes far and disappear, I wonder if he joins a cult or if he was abducted by the aliens. This song is full of loneliness and love.
Yeah, i think it's bout a relationship before and after the break up you know? All it starts with Bjork sayin that his flirt founds her out, then there relationship along excites and electric shots her. But after a while that (his) love slowing down little by little, wondering where that love was that he promised. At the end we all know what it means, the break up, and the love and pain caused, she rembrance him with sweetness after all. I really feel this song, the beat so dope and the lyrics exactly whats i've been through this last 2 months.
Same!! This song and Apart by The Cure! So so powerful!!! I think you'd love Undenied by Portishead...xD Oh but when I'm in the anger stage...it's often Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Veauty Of Infidelity : by Type'O'Negative k bye
I remember the one moment that cemented me being a fan of bjorks creative process was dosing off to 5 years and hitting that moment where you’re lucid and awake but you start catching the early stages of your subconscious just flowing around the early dream like state and it was a whole experience
1995, me sitting in a cold room with no electricity gas or heating...all wrapped up in my heavy coat inside my dark room. The power comes comes back so I immediately rush to play Björk’s “Post”, thinking “Possibly May Be” one day, I will be able to look back and say “I achieved it all”. 2019, sitting in my bright warm house in Toronto, thinking I would give anything to live that life one more time to listen to Björk 😍
I love the concept of this video. Björk is free and at peace, in an ethereal state, until she falls in love. Then, the alarm call of that, if you will, 'wakes' her up and she's in her own, physical world that changes with her new-found emotions. When that love dies, and she's at peace with that, she falls asleep and returns to her ethereal state. Genius.
This song reminds me of my sister : full of life , quiet, alone , happy in solitude , High ….and yet now eternally sleeping , watching over her daughter , and our mom (who serverely and utterly misses her, just like i do ..) Love u Noemy
The record crackle and pops on this track is such an interesting texture to add. I doubt anyone else would consciously decide to add something like that to a sound.
Your flirt finds me out Teases the crack in me Smittens me with hope Possibly maybe possibly maybe possibly maybe As much as I definitely enjoy solitude I wouldn't mind perhaps Spending little time with you Sometimes Sometimes Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Uncertainty excites me babe Who knows what's going to happen? Lottery or car crash Or you'll join a cult Probably maybe possibly love Probably maybe possibly love, possibly Mon petit vulcan You're eruptions and disasters I keep calm admiring your lava I keep calm Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Electric shocks? I love them! With you, dozen a day But after a while I wonder Where's that love you promised me? Where is it? Possibly maybe probably love, possibly Possibly maybe probably love, possibly How can you offer me love like that? My heart's burned How can you offer me love like that? I'm exhausted Leave me alone Possibly maybe possibly maybe Possibly maybe Since we broke up I'm using lipstick again I suck my tongue In remembrance of you
Bjork es como mi único crush, si... ella es alguien a quien yo podría tener de amiga, alguien a quien consideraría como el único humano, además de mí... es lo más lejano a un alien, realmente no entiendo porqué la alejan de la humanidad? es algo que me da tristeza, si bjork es prácticamente la representación de mis errores, de mis aciertos, de mí. de usted...
I always thought Post as being her most well rounded and possibly best in her career to date. Homogenic and Debut was amazing too. I'm surprise why not too many people agree with me though.
@@jdl9623 because homogenic and vespertine are more consistent and groundbreaking in their form and soundscape Post is kinda all over the place but her most enjoyable tho
Loved this woman since I was 13 😇, and still love her beautiful truthful soul. I'm 42 now and still love her generous creativity and poductions, this woman's love will never die xx
Im currently thirteen, getting into Björk and her music style. I’ve been watching a lot of Interviews from the 90s and I gotta say, I really love her style
The song lyrics narrate the fluctuating feelings of someone tentatively considering love. The repetition of "possibly," "maybe," and "probably" reflects uncertainty and indecision about love and the relationship. The person enjoys solitude but also contemplates spending time with their partner, amidst the uncertainty of outcomes, likened to winning the lottery or experiencing a car crash. "Mon petit vulcan" suggests an intense and volatile relationship, filled with "eruptions and disasters." The song also mentions the physical effects of love, like "electric shocks," and the disappointment of not finding the promised love, leading to feelings of exhaustion and a desire for solitude. In the end, the lyrics mention using lipstick again and reminiscing about the loved one, possibly indicating a mix of nostalgia and regaining individuality after a breakup.
One of my favorite things about her is that she always has beautiful sounds and melodies in the back of her music; just at the beginning, the core of her song (the beat) is accompanied by such a nice melody.
This remains the most 1990’s video and song to me. They used this music for the late late show on MTV (or VH1 🤔) “insomniac music theater”. I miss the 90’s. Everything was so new and fresh.
Bjork was very influential in my life when I was growing up. I became completely enamored and overwhelmingly inspired from her music and it's what made the person I am today. It set off a complete domino effect for more interesting tastes I developed and became a main starting point for myself (her and Mike Patton were my childhood heroes).
MY QUARANTINE MUSIC!!! Thank you Björk for all of the amazing music you've made. I'm so glad I discovered your creations during the pandemic. Your music truly changed my life. 💪💪💪
my mom once sent me into school with my hair in loads of tiny little buns as a joke to see hiw many of the teachers and parents would comment that I looked like bjork when she came to pick me up during school run.
When i was 16 i got a big crush on her, on my 25s i met a beautiful Peruvian-Japanese girl, she looks like her, we date for 2 years, now she lives in Japan, watching this video make me miss her.
nodijenada you should have got her pregnant and had a dysfunctional relationship. Then divorced her while she got your child and child support. To love and lost or not to have loved at all....decisions.
Björk is possibly maybe the most uniquely artistic musician to live in our times. There aren't many musicians who've experimented at this level of pure self-expression and have been able to appeal to both the creative communities as well as the masses. It irritates me to hear about pop musicians today who are getting credited for their creativity when really they are just plagiarising from the few real artists like Björk.
Exactly!--every one from Beyonce to Gaga offers a watered-down, commercialized version of Bjork's genius, which she gave to us starting 25 YEARS AGO!! IMHO, Bjork is the greatest living Artist (of ANY kind!) on planet Earth.
Not good for you to do that you can do okie bud bud love you love love you buddy merry I love you love and you guys love ❤️ so much love ❤️ hope is a good question mark to see you later on tonight
I love how throughout the song and the music, it starts of how she curious about love and love, with the flirting phases, then she proceeds to playing hard to get "I enjoy my solitude, but don't mind spending some time with you". Then after awhile, She started to fall in love with him. And not too long after that, (maybe) they had a fight (between byork with her love interest), but still love him. ( admiring your lava) then she started to miss the good times when her love interest still loves her on the electric part. And followed by the next phase, this is when she started to realize that this is a one sided love relationship (or, her significant other didn't love her anymore.) And on the last phase, she just live by herself after they broke up, but she still wears the same lipstick (maybe when they were together) for the sake of remembering her ex significant other. - And if you notice (regarding the "possibly maybe, probably love") is becoming sad over time based of off her voice and the tone when she sings that line. It means that she herself isn't sure wether the other person is TRULY in love with her from the start until the end of their relationship. ‼️What an Interesting approach to conveying her emotions I might say.‼️
Björk Ich finde keine Worte, um Dich und Deine Werke zu beschreiben, ausser: DANKE!!! Du bist ein Vorbild und voller Liebe. Bleib wie du bist, voller Emotionen,lebendig und eine Bereicherung für die ganze Welt❤. You're an Hero! Hope to meet ya one Day. Kay Jay Jay
Björk , She is a great artist, she wants to represent through her music, her distinctive voice, her characteristic melancholic, slow, happy, symphonic and quite expressionist style, it seems as if Bjork wants to represent the existence of the human being, love, sadness, long-term memories, anger, mystery, hope, hatred, despair until finally finding what beauty is for others I have always described Björk for her distinctive media style in addition to crediting her as one of my best artists and always I will still love her
La primera vez que escuche esta cancion estaba pasando un momento horrible de mi vida, sin embargo siempre que el trauma vuelve a mi escucho la cancion para sentirme mas tranquila Y FUNCIONA!! ❤ creí que la relacionaría con el trauma de forma negativa pero no es asi, gracias a björk por esta obra de arte :)
As a kid growing up in the early-90's, I was always impressed by Björk's ability to vocalize and express her sexuality in such a way that both inspires & titillates. 💜👽
Dexter Koolegem I don’t know what Dennis Prager is trying to say but the truth is that God created man in His image, male and female He created them. Each gender bears half of Gods image. Read Wild At Heart by John Eldridge to learn more. It’s a quick easy read.
This looks superb, gorgeous! I must confess I had never paid attention to the video, due to the quality which was like really low, now in HD is looks stupendous
This one is how I was introduced to you back in the 90's and I instantly fell in love with you. I remained still and attentive to all there was to appreciate. Still do.
I understand that Björk probably has the "I did that style, I set out to perfect it and I did that and now I've moved on" but sometimes when I hear her new music my first thought is "can I get a chorus I remember after hearing it twice? can I get vocal melodies that really stick in my head?" Ultimately it's Björk's world and you're either living in it and you're not. I suppose these days I visit & I pick and choose newer tracks that touch me like this one did. There will never be an album as perfect as "Post" (or "Homogenic" or "Vespertine" for that matter) but most real artists don't look for perfection, they look for satisfaction of expression.