Will Reacts | Aurora - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) 

Everybody’s welcome to the Queendom.

Björk was in the audience here on Iceland, from the KEXP article about the concert: "The room was insanely packed as Aurora took the stage. Even the legendary Björk was in attendance, solidifying that, yes, this artist is a big fucking deal (yeah, I freaked out a little bit too). By no surprise, Aurora lived up to the hype." This concert was on Nov 8th 2018 (7.5 months before HAIK), and just 7 weeks earlier (Sep 28th 2018) her 2nd album was released (technically an EP) "Infections Of A Different Kind (Step 1)", and all of the songs in this concert except Runaway was from that EP. Queendom is definitely for everyone, and it has also become a major LGBTQIA+ song for her, where she often waves the rainbow flag on stage while performing it. When it was released she also casually mentioned in an article that she is bi (bisexual AND bilingual as she joked in a live stream). Here are some quotes from her: "Queendom is about celebrating all the differences in us. It's about celebrating the women and the children and animals and the men also. The quiet ones and the introverts, where they can sing and be seen. It's about the shy people and the lonely people and I hope it can be a place where we can come and be lonely together and then not be lonely anymore. Queendom is a place for all of us." ""Queendom is for everyone that hasn't been respected. I'm a feminist because I'm a woman, it's as easy as that. But homosexuality was an even bigger inspiration to the song than feminism. It was after I visited Brazil and some places where I realized the political status around same sex love was really bad. I just thought to myself okay, the world sucks, so I'm going to write this song and make a new world for us.""

she is a force of nature, isn't she?

that is a Fender VI (baritone guitar) he is playing, it has lower strings for bass play.

The other KEXP concert you found was from 3 months after this one on Feb 14th 2019, when Aurora was on a US tour and visited the KEXP radio station in Seattle. She performed only 4 songs that day (Through The Eyes of a Child, Animal, All Is Soft Inside and It Happened Quiet), and there was no live audience, but there is a really nice interview after the songs by the host Cheryl Waters.

Queendom is for everyone 💜 Btw, I know you didn’t vibe so much with her song The River but she made it thinking about how usually men are told not to show weakness, not to cry and so the su**c*d* rate among men is higher. So she says that’s ok to cry, it’s ok to let your feelings be free 🥺

no matter how much industry try to sell her, she stills authentic and passionate

Aurora live always makes her personality shine. She's always performs at a "10" when she is live, but dare I say that she takes it to an 11 when she's done Lollapalooza's. Especially Chile or Argentina or Brazil. All of those are a must see performance filled with Aurora energy. Aurora is soooooo adorable.

This show was the "perfect storm". It is a combination of so many factors to make it such an exceptional show. Aurora band mates are always exceptional, she surrounds herself with extremely talented people, that being said, these band mates have all moved on to other adventures, other than Magnus who is still involved in some aspects of her career, occasionally performing with her still. He never saw himself as a drummer, he identifies mostly as a music producer and he is damn good at both. Silja moved on to a solo career, we all miss her harmonies with Aurora, but, Aurora has awesome new backup singers, guitarist and drummer.

I really enjoyed watching this with you Will😍 And thanks to Courtney👍 The guitar is a 6 stringed bass, a squire VI Kexp Churchyard: Like in “It Happened Quiet”, this was also inspired by domestic violence. I know some wonders what she mean by Churchyard, it’s the same as cemetery/graveyard. In Norway we call it “kirkegård” which is directly translated into churchyard. Gentle Earthquakes: ““Gentle Earthquakes” in a title was originally inspired by an org*sm, I think org*sms are just the most beautiful things to ever exist in this world and it should be filled with just love and joy ‘cause it’s a beautiful gift that has been given to mankind. I was thinking about something that is so powerful and big that it created a gentle an earthquake. Originally that song was inspired by s*x and it was very beautiful, it was a beautiful song. But then I changed it; I don’t often change my mind with songs, especially when I write about things that are so wonderful as s*x. But then I changed my mind and started writing about an entirely different thing. And it became a song that has to do with the female empowerment when a woman decides to leave a toxic place or a toxic man in her life or of course another toxic woman. It’s kind of that empowering song, it became a really empowering thing. Of course, s*x can also be a beautiful and empowering thing but now the song is about when you make a decision for yourself in life that is very hard to make but you do it anyway and you stay string and brave and you change things for yourself for the better! And I just imagined that when you made this big decision it made such a great impact that around you you created a tiny little earthquake!” AURORA All is Soft Inside: This song is a reflection on the speaker's emotional vulnerability amidst a world that can feel hard and unforgiving. Forgotten Love: "Forgotten Love is a song I wrote about how when we choose to fall in love with someone, either a partner or even just the love you have for a friend, we know the risk it takes. How much it would hurt if we would lose this person who we love this much." AURORA In this song she also uses her own made up emotional language😊 Queendom: "Queendom is about celebrating all the differences in us. It's about celebrating the women and the children and animals and the men also. The quiet ones and the introverts, where they can sing and be seen. It's about the shy people and the lonely people and I hope it can be a place where we can come and be lonely together and then not be lonely anymore. Queendom is a place for all of us." AURORA

Yea. Queendom is for everyone (especially for these who has harder in life but generally for everyone). It is called Queendom because she is woman (as she said it is queendom she "does not have p%$is" ;) ). I love this mini concert. It is amazing and one of my favorites. incredible energy and I love setting :).

Only one to say GENIUS ❤️

She’s on fire on this one! Happy you like it!!🎉🎉

Aurora should do more of this kind!

That guitar that he plays is actually a 6-string bass. I think the first one was made in the 60s. John Lennon played one at times. It has lighter strings than a bass, but it's tuned down an octave from a guitar.

You heard All is Soft Inside as part of the Haik documentary … her favorite musician (drawing blank on her name) performed her interpretation of this song for Aurora, I think in a museum, was one of the series of surprises they lined up for her.

I think this is my favorite Aurora's concert ever!!! All Is Soft Inside is my favorite song of her and this version is on my top!

How Silja smiled in the Queendom was so sweet :)

The "guitar" is a Fender VI (six string bass) None of the guys here are still in the band.

All soft inside is the song that Ane Brun cover in the Haik documentary.

It's hard for me to pick a "favorite" Aurora performance since they're all amazing and unique. This might be mine though because of her energy, the sound/mix quality, and her personality shining through. My favorite changes every day though depending on my mood...and I'm sure her best is yet to come!

Oh hell yeah. This is a powerful performance!

This one is a joy 😊. Watched it a bunch! At this point clearly comfortable performing, which she wasn't earlier in her career. That being said, her set (another one with a full band) Live on The Honda Stage, is another great one. Has some of the best live versions with songs from her first album in my opinion. I really like her acoustic/stripped sets a lot, but with a full band, KEXP and Honda Stage are the ones I return to the most.

12:35 Correct, there is no bass in this entire performance. That is a Bass VI you’re seeing/hearing. In this instance it is a Squire Bass VI. Definitely one of my favorite and coolest instruments out there.

This is one of my favorite concerts too!

Queendom is fore all - like it always have been - Its the kingdom who puts women second.

This was my first experience with Aurora. I'd been subbed to KEXP for many years, and the thumbnail for this concert caught my eye when it was uploaded. I watched it, and Aurora has been my favorite musician/human since that moment. Churchyard, Gentle Earthquakes, All Is Soft, and Forgotten Love are some of my favorite songs from Aurora, and this concert is still my favorite live performance of all of those songs. This is a really special concert. I might even enjoy it more than Nidarosdomen.

One of my fave performances! I had a feeling you might enjoy it and I'm so glad you did 🫶🏽

You heard all is soft inside in the Haik concert.

The all is soft inside you hear is the cover version of haik documentary. That ane Brun play for aurora

Love Aurora ❤

I smiled a little at you announcing the songs thinking of the warriors and weirdos watching along with you who’ve all seen this concert a million times :-). So glad you enjoyed it. My favourite concert from my favourite artist (and band).

I believe that that is a six string bass that he is playing.

Queendom is not a song for only women but if it was you can still “vibe to it” without having to apologise 😂 It’s a song for equality though. Aurora is female so a land under her rule would be a Queendom rather than a Kingdom. That’s all the significance of the word here.

My favorite too!

It's a six string bass (so I've heard)

Ane Brun played "All Is Soft Inside" on acoustic guitar and sang for Aurora and her bandmates in the HAIK documentary (in the building I think Aurora said looked like it might be a museum, as they approached it to enter), and then Aurora sang it to the audience in the forest concert, too. 👍 Impossible for you to keep track of it all! You're being exposed to multiple Aurora songs in one go, doing these longer videos! One of the trade-offs of discovering exciting music in long-format exposures like this. But so few reactors dive into long-format videos for reacting to - it's sure a treat to see stuff like this "with" another person who's appreciating the music (I haven't seen this KEXP Iceland video before, for example). Edit: the chorus to All Is Soft Inside reminds me SO MUCH of upbeat/dancy bits that occasionally showed up in Sarah McLaughlan's early stuff... (I lost track of McLaughlan's music after about 1997 so I don't really know if any of her 21st century stuff bears any resemblance to what I'm thinking of)

Yes! I’m so stoked for this! This concert is just so much joy!

Oh yeah, this one is special! 👍

Check out Churchyard Brazil Lollapalooza 2023 version. There you can se how she handel a crowd of 60000. The entire consert is great though.❤

You MUST check live at nidarosdomen. Is a legendary cathedral In Norway. The show is otherworldly

It's not a bass guitar, it's a baritone.

I love your channel❤

Do "the seed", the video.

You should react to the show she played the day after this! At iceland airwaves

I hope you read this.... Dont do too much.... If it starts to be "work" or "i dont want to, but I have too" your quality will drop. When I say quality it is what we see in you eyes, the hunger to see the video, the hunger to know more, the honest reaction, it will not be as pure it it is "a hassel" ...... Then it is better to set a quota. 😊

You know, they shouldn't call it a "reaction video" if you're not actually reacting to it. 😅

Spoilt again by to large PIP .It would have even been better if you had swopped to have the video were you are . Only my opinion. I'm fussy. Great reaction though. Thanks for not pausing to much.

Please, cease to pause the video you’re reacting to 1,5 seconds after pushing play. Otherwise good reaction 😊

Step 1&11 are much better than the gods we can touch