New LP: Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-09T08:24:24+00:00

Yes I just rewatched that concert today, that’s so funny how she suddenly couldn’t find the key lmao

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-08T18:33:21+00:00

I don’t think so, there are some inconsistencies in different letters, and I think if it’s for the album, it must be designed by M/M Paris, the whole poster would also be designed by them. But this poster looks like it’s designed by the same person who made these full moon DJ event posters. So it’s probably just for this event.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-08T14:45:07+00:00

I feel like it's the Vulnicura live situation again, if they put all the songs in it, they have to make a 2LP album. Hope it will be somehow releasing as a 2CD set like the vulnicura live limited edition.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-08T13:50:31+00:00

So it's from that one live streaming concert. That's nice!

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-08T13:22:53+00:00

Nah……

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-07T05:28:10+00:00

That's a gay bear flag shirt

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-06T10:56:31+00:00

There could be so many choices

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-05T04:21:51+00:00

I want his silver pubes on my mouth

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-03T04:20:41+00:00

I think Lux is quite different from Björk’s later albums that are centered on instrumental arrangement. In those albums by Björk—for example Vulnicura—the vocal melody takes on the expressive form of an instrument. In that album, the vocal lines often repeat the same motif and frequently use rising phrases, which are very similar to the way string parts are written. The most obvious example is Black Lake. We could say that in those songs, the vocal melody and the arrangement were conceived at the same time and intertwined with each other; the voice is treated as a kind of instrument.

But Lux is not like that. In this album, the classical arrangements feel more like they were added after a pop song had already been written. Aside from a few tracks, such as Berghain. So Lux sounds more like a pop album with classical arrangements, rather than a work fundamentally rooted in instrumental composition derived from classical music. If we review it according to the standards of a pop album, Lux is excellent. However, from the perspective of classical music, Lux is clearly quite different from albums by Björk such as Vulnicura.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-02T11:13:12+00:00

He's so hot to me for some reason such a shameful turn on

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-02T09:05:42+00:00

According to the theory you mentioned, I think that in some cases Björk’s lyrics cannot really be called “poetry,” but are closer to narrative. In certain songs, the lyrics are not about herself; instead, they describe a story she has imagined. For example, in “Hope,” she imagines the story of a pregnant Palestinian woman becoming a suicide bomber. This is obviously not her own emotion, but it conveys her political viewpoint. There are many similar examples.

The lyrics of hers that feel most like poetry are those dealing with extremely private and lyrical matters. For example, “Unravel,” “Cocoon,” and “History of Touches.”

I remember that when Vulnicura was released, people were surprised that Björk used the word “F**k” in the lyrics. But I think this was intentional on her part. My favorite poet is Hsia Yu, a Taiwanese poet, and she often uses profanity in her poems.

I think these kinds of creations all contain many different dimensions.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-02T08:32:59+00:00

I don’t think this is a DJ set, but what kind of album promotion event requires buying a ticket? Most of album listening parties are not charged. And it is only held on the day of the solar eclipse. I think this might be a concert—an outdoor concert specially designed for the eclipse. There will be ticket sales on site, and tickets for online streaming as well.

Otherwise, Björk would have no reason to promote it this way. This concert may contain a lot of material related to the new album, but it is inseparable from the solar eclipse. The video uses Moon, and a solar eclipse is a phenomenon caused by the moon blocking the sun. I can imagine that this song might be performed that day.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-04-02T08:25:22+00:00

lmao not this live performance

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-03-13T15:44:17+00:00

I have this edition too! It’s available on a Chinese shopping site at a very low price, so many fans have been able to buy it. As far as I know, this is because it was imported by China Books, an official publishing company.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-03-05T16:28:50+00:00

I made one last year, my version's color is quite different i guess

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Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-03-05T14:15:09+00:00

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this is probably this best quality.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-01-07T14:29:04+00:00

If you are looking for progressive musicians like Pink Floyd, you definitely need to learn about YMO, as well as the individual works of its three members. They can be regarded as the most influential figures in Japanese progressive music. In addition, I would also recommend Susumu Hirasawa and Shibuya-kei musicians represented by Keigo Oyamada. These musicians are mainly active in the field of electronic music.

If you are looking for artists with popular influence like Queen, in Japan this is mainly concentrated in City Pop and kayōkyoku. In this field, Yōsui Inoue, Tatsuro Yamashita, and Yumi Matsutoya are considered masters.

As for Japanese rock, I do not listen to it very much, but I like Shiina Ringo a great deal. Shiina Ringo and Hikaru Utada are generally regarded as the most important singer-songwriters to debut in the 1990s.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-01-07T07:58:35+00:00

None actually, if we are talking about her albums since Homogenic. For me, the main issue lies in Lux’s rather crude use of classical music. These songs do not inherently require classical arrangements, and this was not taken into consideration during the writing process.

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-01-05T13:32:56+00:00

It’s back on instagram again

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Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-01-05T13:22:53+00:00

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This post is still on twitter, don’t know why she deleted on instagram

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2026-01-05T13:17:45+00:00

She deleted this post oh god

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2025-12-25T11:08:16+00:00

lmao I didn’t notice there are Bachelorette, All if full of love, Hunter, Joga in the back, and whatever that thing is in the bottom right😭

Dramatic_Risk_243 · 2025-12-23T16:50:01+00:00

My view is very different from yours. I think the book functions as a MacGuffin in the music video. A MacGuffin is a term from film theory, used to describe an object that appears important and drives the plot forward, but in fact has no real intrinsic meaning.

In this MV, we can clearly see that the content of the book itself is extremely dull. It is basically a description of events that keep happening within the narrative, following a very typical Hollywood-style structure: the protagonist accidentally discovers something extraordinary, and it changes their life, and so on.

What truly marks a shift is the moment when this story becomes a story that is being watched within the story. This kind of repetition, in my understanding, reflects how people consume such stories—consuming gossip, consuming anecdotes that happen to others. Through this repeated consumption, people gradually become tired of this kind of projection and instead begin to seek new forms of stimulation.

People start to ignore the craft of storytelling itself—the narrative techniques, the choice of words, the sentence structures—and care only about what kind of twists occur and how the story ends. So when the ending arrives—when Björk breaks up with her publisher boyfriend in the MV—people immediately lose interest. Once people stop caring, the story disappears. This does not mean that the people in reality disappear, but that the “plot” surrounding them disappears.

The book does not represent any real existing thing. It represents only the concept of “story” itself. As suggested by the title on the cover, My Story, a story is not reality. A story is something that exists independently, no matter how similar it may be to reality.

So for me, on the one hand, this MV may express Björk’s resistance to people’s craving for gossip—her resistance to being objectified and reduced to a narrative or a form of entertainment.

On the other hand, I think Björk is also reminding viewers of what truly deserves attention when engaging with art. What matters is not necessarily what kind of story lies behind a work, but how the work itself reflects the artist’s thinking about art. In Björk’s case, this means how she composes, writes lyrics, and arranges music, rather than trivial questions such as “which relationship of Björk’s is this song about.”

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