Björk
Icelandic singer
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2025 | Björk is set to appear in an upcoming documentary 'Monk in Pieces', an interview film about Meredith Monk |
January 25 2025 | Released 'Apple Music Live: Björk (Cornucopia)', a digital download exclusively on Apple Music, accompanying the Cornucopia concert film. |
2024 | Björk is featured on Jlin's song 'Borealis' from the album Akoma. |
2024 | Appeared on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia for the first time, photographed by Viðar Logi. |
November 20 2024 | Björk presented an immersive sound installation called 'Nature Manifesto' in collaboration with art director Aleph Molinari and IRCAM. This installation was showcased at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as part of the 'Biodiversity: Which Culture for Which Future?' forum, addressing issues of biodiversity and ecosystem collapse. |
October 2024 | A newly discovered large butterfly species was named Pterourus bjorkae in her honor. |
2023 | Rolling Stone names her the 64th-greatest singer and 81st-greatest songwriter of all time. |
2023 | Björk narrated the documentary 'Fungi: The Web of Life' about fungi |
2023 | Performed at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, during the Cornucopia tour, which was later filmed and released. |
2023 | Björk and collaborators release 'Fossora' music video, featuring a performance with clarinet sextet Murmuri and Kasimyn against a backdrop of pulsating spores |
2023 | Björk released the live single 'On and Ever Onward' from Mount Wittenberg Orca (Expanded Edition). |
2023 | Björk released the remix 'Woe (I See It from Your Side)' for Shygirl's track, featured on the album Nymph_o. |
2023 | Björk released the charity single 'Oral' in collaboration with Rosalía. |
2023 | An expanded edition of the EP 'Mount Wittenberg Orca' was released as part of Record Store Day. |
November 2023 | Posted on social media criticizing the Israeli occupation of Palestine during the Israel-Hamas war. |
November 21 2023 | Released the single 'Oral' featuring Rosalía, with proceeds donated to Aegis, an environmental organization she founded to stop intensive fish farming in Icelandic fjords. |
April 22 2023 | On April 22, 2023, Björk released 'The Fossora Remixes,' a limited edition remix LP during Record Store Day. |
2022 | Björk provided background vocals for the soundtrack of the film 'The Northman', with contributions from Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough |
2022 | Stated her reason for returning to Iceland was due to America's gun violence. |
2022 | Nick Knight directs 'Ovule' music video, featuring Björk in custom Gucci dresses and a 3D-scanned avatar exploring different states of mind |
2022 | Björk releases 'Atopos' music video, described as a 'party at a mushroom rave' in a fungal underworld, featuring a masked Björk, a bass clarinet sextet, and DJ Kasimyn |
2022 | Andrew Thomas Huang directs 'Ancestress' music video, depicting a ritual funeral for Björk's late mother Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir |
September 30 2022 | Her latest album 'Fossora' was released, continuing her exploration of themes and sounds. |
September 1 2022 | Björk launched a podcast titled 'Björk: Sonic Symbolism', which ran until October 13, 2022. In this series, she conversed with philosopher Oddný Eir and musicologist Ásmundur Jónsson about the creation of her albums, exploring the emotional landscapes and musical textures involved. |
April 22 2022 | Appeared in the feature film The Northman, directed by Robert Eggers, alongside her daughter Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney. |
2020 | Hamrahlíðarkórinn choir recorded choir adaptations of Björk's songs 'Sonnets/Unrealities XI' and 'Cosmogony' for the album 'Come and Be Joyful' |
2020 | Björk collaborates with Arca on the song 'Afterwards' from the album KiCk i. |
2020 | Björk Digital exhibition concludes its global tour with a final presentation at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
October 5 2020 | A digital version of the Björk Digital exhibition is made available online, accompanied by an exhibition catalogue, audioguides, and Instagram filters. |
August 2020 | Joined the cast of The Northman, a feature film by Robert Eggers, alongside her daughter Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney. |
January 2020 | Björk developed a sound installation named 'Kórsafn' in collaboration with Microsoft, Listen, and Atelier Ace, designed for the lobby of the Sister City Hotel in New York City. The installation features an evolving music composition based on 17 years of choral recordings that responds to real-time weather data. |
2019 | Björk releases the Utopia (Bird Call Boxset USB edition) which includes the track 'Arpeggio'. She is also featured in a Fever Ray remix of 'This Country Makes It Hard to Fuck'. |
2019 | Björk debuts visual backdrops for 'Tabula Rasa' and 'Losss' during her Cornucopia residency show at The Shed in New York City. |
November 1 2019 | Björk released the EP 'Country Creatures' in collaboration with Fever Ray and The Knife. The EP includes remixes of songs by Fever Ray and The Knife, showcasing Björk's contribution to the remix of Fever Ray's song 'This Country Makes It Hard to Fuck.' |
September 27 2019 | Made a surprise appearance during Arca's Mutant;Faith performance-art piece at the Shed, debuting the collaboration 'Afterwards' in Spanish and gibberish. |
September 6 2019 | Vulnicura VR is released on Steam for virtual reality platforms including Oculus Rift, Valve Index, and HTC Vive, featuring the virtual reality videos from the Björk Digital exhibition. |
August 14 2019 | Björk thanks MIS San Paulo for hosting Björk Digital's first exhibition in Brazil and hints at an upcoming Vulnicura VR app for those who have not yet experienced the VR exhibit. |
June 18 2019 | Björk Digital opens at the Museu da Imagem e do Som in São Paulo, Brazil, marking its first stop in a year. |
May 2019 | Launched Cornucopia, her most elaborate staged concert, which opened at The Shed in New York and later traveled to Mexico and Europe. |
November 12 2018 | Announced her new concert production Cornucopia, centered around the Utopia album. |
September 24 2018 | Music Week publishes an interview with Andrew Melchior, technical adviser on Björk Digital, discussing the planned full Vulnicura VR album release before Christmas 2018, though the release did not ultimately happen that year. |
May 22 2018 | Appeared as the headlining musical guest on Later... with Jools Holland, her first time on the BBC series since 2011, performing a set including a flute rendition of 'The Anchor Song'. |
March 22 2018 | Björk Digital returns to Mexico City at the Centro Nacional de les Artes. |
2017 | Björk releases her first song book '34 Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord and Celeste', featuring arrangements of songs from her catalogue. |
2017 | Björk's music video for 'The Gate' was named the best music video of 2017 by Pitchfork. |
2017 | Björk released the single 'The Gate' from her album Utopia, which peaked at number 11. |
November 24 2017 | Björk's album 'Utopia' was released, reflecting her evolving artistic vision. |
October 2017 | Tweeted dedicating 'Declare Independence' to Catalonia during their independence referendum. |
September 19 2017 | Björk Digital opens at the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art at the New Tretyakov Gallery. |
August 2 2017 | Björk announced the imminent release of a new album via a handwritten note on social media, coinciding with an interview for Dazed's autumn issue. |
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