Video Premiere: Björk - The Gate

Björk has described her upcoming ninth studio album Utopia as her Tinder album. After her divorce and subsequent 2015 heartbreak album, the incredibly intense Vulnicura it's no wonder. Although we wonder if she's aware how unromantic that app really is and so hard to navigate away from the spam profiles, haha. The Gate is the first taste from her new collection of songs and as with any Björk era it both sounds and looks like an event beyond this dimension. The song, co-produced by Arca, pulsates and gleams and builds around a "care for" aspect that sounds gorgeous. The production really outs the vocals front and centre and both feels like classical music and as a glimpse into the future. The visuals directed by Andrew Thomas Huang lends a warmth and a tenderness coated in armour that we just love. B being a fashionista, too, is clad by Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, looking every inch like the wondrous being she is. Cannot wait for more!

Video Premiere: Björk - Black Lake

The video for Björk's Vulnicura epos Black Lake has been screening at the MoMA in New York for the last three months. Here it finally is online and honestly we can all go home now. It's the definite breakup song and the visuals are piercing to say the least and magnificent. Shot on Iceland in the highlands it tells a dark story of utter heartbreak. The video is brilliantly directed by Andrew Thomas Huang and goes above and beyond to really hammer the message home. Watching it makes you feel a bit powerless since the only thing you wanna do is stop Björk from hurting. It's hypnotizing to watch the darkness surround her and her Iris van Herpen outfits truly makes her become one with nature. The ending gives a sigh of relief until that moment you realize; where is she going?   

Björk - Mutual Core - Video Premiere + Making of

Björk and MOCA just premiered the video to the amazing Mutual Core and we couldn't be more happier with it! Set around a glorious mix of primordial creatures, volcano eruptions and hot blooded emotions it sits perfectly in the Björk universe. The idea of talking in tectonic plates and continents to explain a relationship is pure genius. The force of the eruptions forming a mutual core are indeed similar. The dividing and merging... Also, such a nice reference, as we see it, to All Is Full of Love. Can you spot it, and do you agree? Andrew Thomas Huang directed this, and is also behind the incredible Bastards cover. Watch both the video + making of below! Thoughts?

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