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The first day of Coachella was jam-packed with major artists making moves, while the second day seemed to revolve around pure pop. Sunday, day three, featured the weekend’s most eclectic lineup, with all kinds of genres represented on every stage. In the early afternoon, the Argentine rock band Los Fabulosos …

Björk inhabits a colorful world of fuzzy spores and wild flora in the video for “Fossora,” the title track from her 10th album, which came out last year. “For millions of years we’ve been ejecting our spores,” she sings as layers of green pulse around her. “Seedlings and sprouts are …

It’s been three years since Björk premiered the maximalist Cornucopia in New York, a psychedelic environmental cautionary tale that climate change has made permanently resonant (the ongoing tour is slated for Japan next year). If that project looks at our troubled planet with a macro lens, her new album Fossora …

Björk celebrated the resurgent success of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and slammed the sexist music critics who, decades ago, dismissed her and Bush in a new interview. Speaking to NME about how the current state of music differs from when she was first starting out, Björk said there’s …

Björk shared another preview of her upcoming LP Fossora Thursday with “Ancestress,” a track inspired by the singer’s late mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018. “On my new album, fossora, I wrote 2 songs to my mother. This one, ‘ancestress,’ is written just after her [worldly] funeral and …

Björk has cited the epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. as one of the reasons she has retreated back to her native Iceland. Speaking to Pitchfork ahead of her new album Fossora, Björk revealed that — after decades split living in New York and Iceland — the singer moved …

Björk seeks shelter within a slimy, cavernous rave in the music video for “Apotos,” the lead single from her forthcoming tenth studio album Fossora, set for release on Sept. 30. The single, which draws its name from the Greek word for strange, or out of place, puts connection under a …

Björk has revealed the cover artwork for her forthcoming LP, Fossora, along with a heart-felt missive about the album. Writing on Instagram, the singer explained that “each album always starts with a feeling that I try to shape into sound.” She continued, “This time around the feeling was landing (after …

Famous for her forward-thinking ability to consistently reinvent and remix her artistic output, Björk is doing something different for her latest project: looking to the past. Beginning next month, the groundbreaking Icelandic singer-songwriter will launch a podcast series devoted entirely to her expansive catalog. Björk: Sonic Symbolism will offer fans …

Björk will release a new album, Fossora, this fall. The Icelandic singer confirmed the LP, her 10th full-length effort, in a new interview with The Guardian, revealing that it was partially inspired by the 2018 death of her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir. The album’s title, Fossora, is the feminine version …