Bjork debut era b sides tv#

Then there's the utopia of flutes, which takes her back to her childhood. It's important not to eliminate the shadow – it has to coexist.'

Everything that is dark needs to have a shadow or a lighter side. 'But in the process of making this album I have tried to find my dream place and how I would like to live my life. 'I can go to clubs and see bands and lead a relatively normal life,' she says. From gothic black lace headpieces to masks inspired by plant life, they are works of art. Since 2009, Bjork has been working with embroiderer and collaborator James Merry to make her bespoke masks. I go to more extremes and one is wearing masks to protect myself.'

a swimming pool or amusement park with my kid, there are always at least 20 people with phones around you and it creates a different energy. Wearing elaborate masks is another way she keeps people at a distance. That same environmental DIY punk spirit is still reflected in her fashion looks. We have to support DIY and create solutions ourselves.' I guess my advice to people is we have to go ground-up we can't rely on governance – particularly when it comes to climate change. I have been an active environmentalist in Iceland for decades and it's not easy to get every country on board to sign this. I died the day he didn't sign that Paris agreement. 'I can only say what's been said before, get rid of him. 'Don't even get me started on Trump,' Bjork says.

Bjork debut era b sides tv#

Italian fashion luxury house Gucci called her last year asking if it could use one of her songs in a TV commercial. But that's not the quirky part – the interview is actually conducted with herself: she answers her own questions in a stream of consciousness style that only she can get away with.ījork writes her own rules and others are happy to chime in on her kookiness. There's a floral mask that's part animal instinct meets nature wonderment. On the latest cover of W Magazine, she's wearing a dusty pink Marlou Breuls shirt-and-pant combination, elegantly oversized with accordion-like folds. She recently used Facebook to post her experience of sexual harassment when making Dancer in the Dark with Lars von Trier in 2000 joining the #metoo hash tag of female rebellion. 'The day I can't walk down to the shop and do my groceries is the day my art and music will suffer.'īut Bjork doesn't shun social media entirely. She was linked to electronic producer and artist Goldie (they dated for a while) and moonlighted with Tricky and Howie B who collaborated on her 1995 album Post.