ASCENDING TO OLYMPUS WITH AURORA | The Gods We Can Touch Album Reaction

I'm checking out the most recent album from the Norwegian pop icon, and it sounds like we're gonna get a little mythological up in here.
Introduction 00:00
The Forbidden Fruits of Eden / Everything Matters (feat. Pomme) 05:07
Giving In To The Love 19:54
Cure For Me 28:30
You Keep Me Crawling 40:30
Exist for Love 47:01
Heathens 56:01
The Innocent 01:07:15
Exhale Inhale 01:17:28
A Temporary High 01:24:25
A Dangerous Thing 01:29:39
Artemis 01:36:26
Blood In The Wine 01:42:05
This Could Be A Dream 01:48:28
A Little Place Called The Moon 01:57:04
Final Thoughts 02:03:23
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[@JamieArcangel]

Aurora is Norwegian so English is not her first language. I believe that is why she sometimes has grammar mistakes. I find them endearing somehow.

[@Roy-mw5js]

You just stumbled on a genius music artist. Aurora is her real name not a brand. I'm 62 and discovered her about a year ago and she is my favorite singer ever. Her fan base is very tight and if you love her you will really love her. No in-between with Aurora.

[@RunarNyrud]

Aurora took all her notes and made a book.

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I have the book and it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The sketches, and her little thoughts....It's perfect.

[@RunarNyrud]

@@GhostlyEcheveria it sure is... I got it too 🙂

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

Yes the book is amazing❤

[@Goldun-nah]

I thought you meant all her singing notes and the book was this album lol bc I was like that’s a perfect metaphors… but even better finding out you meant she really came out with a book! Going to go get it now. 🏃🏻‍♂️ 😊

[@RunarNyrud]

@@Goldun-nah 😀 She does not know music notes, she said that in an intervju long time ago, and I don't think she have learned.... I have never seen her using it 😄

[@bengtsamuelsson6273]

Really good reaction. Aurora is like a demigod for me. Her lyrics are on the top shelf of poetry with many cultural aspects, modern and ancient. I love this artist to bits. And if you see her live it’s impossible to not immediately fall in love. Thank you for a mature and thoughtful reaction to this genius.

[@ytkdns]

I really enjoyed your reaction, mate. As a fan of Aurora it is always fun to watch someone else experiencing something I'm already familiar with and seeing their reactions to it. It's kinda like back in the day when you'd get a new LP/CD and gathering with friends to listen to it (yes, I'm that old). It's some of that more social aspect of music that we've lost a little bit of with streaming and having access to everything all at once. Don't get me wrong, I love being able to find all kinds of music at the click of a button, but something I enjoyed about sharing music feels a bit lost, and reaction videos, like yours, gives me some of that same feeling, so thanks for that. Good on you for sharing bits about yourself and your journey with us internet strangers as well. That must take quite a bit of courage.

[@talllankyguy]

Glad you enjoyed it! I get what you mean about the social aspect of sharing music. I do think it’s still there, but it’s changed to more of a one-on-one thing. Because I can now pull up any song out of my pocket, it’s easier to casually share the odd song or part of an album with a friend. As for sharing bits of myself with the Internet, I’ve been doing that for a long time with a very small audience, so it’s actually kinda nice that it took until I’d had this much practice with it for these videos to actually get some substantial attention.

[@lillm6874]

I enjoyed this reaction👍 Aurora is Norway’s national treasure imo😊 She started writing music at the age of 6 when she found an old electric piano in the attic. At the age of 9 she added English lyrics. So she’s self taught when it comes to singing and playing piano. She wrote her breakthrough song “Runaway” when she was 11 years old. The music video has over 620 million views, but if you want to check it out I recommend her live performance at the Nobel peace prize concert 2015 She has written songs for series/movies/games, and she sings “My sails are set” Nami’s theme song in “One Piece” She didn’t write this song though. She’s also the wind calling to Elsa in “Into the unknown” from Frozen 2, so she has performed in the Oscars. It would be awesome if you could react to her other albums as well. “All my demons greeting me as a friend” 2016 “Infections of a different kind step 1” 2018 “A different kind of human step 2” 2019 You will see they’re quite different, but every album of hers are great😍

[@kevdenn]

Yes, her previous albums are a must to listen to. You definitely won't be disappointed.

[@wolfe_tactics9075]

@lillm6874 Dude I see you everywhere spreading Aurora knowledge, and I have to say, thank you. Always love seeing a fellow warrior spreading the word :)

[@lillm6874]

@@wolfe_tactics9075 Thanks, I appreciate it🥰 I’m not a dude though😉

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@lillm6874 Yay, glad you mentioned all the albums. I think he should do them all. 🥰🥰

[@lillm6874]

@@Oldperson-wt3ui 👍❤️🥰🥰

[@mariopardillo8618]

Wow! What a great reaction to this album. Such a pleasure to see songwriter/lyricist react to Aurora's lyrics. I've seen many reactions to this album and no one else has gotten as much insight as you did to her work. Her lyrics are in my opinion outstanding - especially when you consider that English is not her first language. She is also a wonderful, unique singer as well as musician, dancer and arranger/producer. I really enjoyed your educational presentation about drummers :). Interestingly, Aurora likes to "collect" sounds which she records and later uses in her songs. Also, her drummer Magnus Skylstad who's been with her since she started her career is a Producer as well as talented drummer and has been something of a mentor and close friend to her. I don't know if you also react to live performances, but I would recommend watching some of her live performances - she is amazing to watch. It seems like you really liked her "jams", but you might like to see her perform the stripped down versions of "Heathens", "Exhale Inhale" and "A Temporary High". I thoroughly enjoyed watching you discover Aurora and her music - you seem to be a kindred spirit - a lovely human being. I think you two would get along!

[@morten2001]

Massive props to you man, for doing the entire album on your first Aurora reaction👌 and for clocking in a duration of respectable 2 hours and 6 minutes!😃

[@akm2012]

You mentioned her being a disney princess….well she was ‘the voice calling elsa’ in forzen 2!

[@nicolleaguiar2096]

I became obsessed with A little Place Called the Moon since it was released. It's so so beautiful and haunting at the same time I LOVE THIS SONG

[@gliebzeit]

Excellent reaction/analysis/critique video! Thank you for this, Connor. I gotta say, yours is a refreshing analysis of Aurora's music/art. As a bonus we get your positive and quirky personality - I am here for your future forays into album reaction videos. After watching/listening for a second 2-hour piece of enjoyment ... I noticed how similar your interaction with us through the camera is to that of Aurora's. She presents herself besides in song through many, many onstage audience interactions/monologues during her shows. She is also a prolific interviewee - get a dose of her in quirky YT compilations. Thanks again, bud, for this wonderful video. Aurora has had a 10-year career already, which doesn't appear to be slowing. I hope that you venture into more Aurora albums, live in-studio gigs and concert performances.

[@Geralt26]

I think it is very nice reaction for Aurora album. With interesting comments and some quotes from aurora herself. I liked it. And I just love this album and generally all her music :). She is great artist - very creative, beautiful vocals, poetic lyrics and she combines many different sounds and she has her own, unique style. Thx for a Aurora reaction. Ps. And about lyrics it is even more impressive as it is not her first language as she is from Norway.

[@Mijolite]

Thank u for this reaction! Love that you went into the lyrics and gave your thoughts on them, and your interpretations. I highly recommend Aurora's new album that just came out a few days ago, "What Happened To The Heart?". Would enjoy a reaction to that too, if you feel like it!!

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

AURORA is from norway and 27 soon 28 years old, and she is not just a AMAZING out of this world good singer she is also an amazing human being with good values, she is unique and has so much passion in everything she does. She is different from other artists. When she makes music she has something to say or tell us, her songs are never meaningless . Many artists sings about being out all night and fucking ect. But her biggest passion and inspiration is mother nature. She does what she can for our planet earth and she has let her fans be a part of it, which I think is amazing. Her songs will always take up importan subjects. Many songs is about the mother earth.. you just have to know more about her story... well she grew up on a very little place in Norway far far away from the city and the quiet was loud. She was out in the woods all the time when she was little so much that her parents used a cowbell to call her in to dinner. She loooves the nature and is really passion about it and the human soul.. that we are to much ashamed to be us, be human... show emotions and being yourselves thats why she used the greek gods as her inspiration in this album because they were so open and had no shame.Her songs about the clima crisis creats sympathy and love for our planet even for the once that dosnt have the same level passion as her. Her music also gives us hope, love and makes us feel importan She also takes action in what she preach about, everytime we buy something of her brand she plants a tree in south America. I have now planted 2 trees and It makes me feel good 💓 I recommend you to see her cop26 concert in that way you can see her speak about her passion and interact with the crowd. I think Aurora is the most authentic person you will ever see in the music industry. She is magic and such a big rolemodel. she have no shame, so free and so artistic. If you liked the audio you will love her live performances, you can really see art created her voice is angelic live and the music just take over her body and she become the music she is on a different planet and at the same time have the biggest stage presence ever, it is very interesting to watch some people think she is to weired but i think she is awesome You should see the documentary "once aurora" that shows the struggle in the beggining of her career as a teenager (goes all the way down to 2017 I think) and you can see her incredible artistic mind while creating music, she write all of her songs mostly alone and are also a producer so she makes everything her way!The "HAIK documentary" shows her love and passion for her fans and her free spirit. everyone should get to know Aurora she really can change the world with her words and mind🥰And be aware of her lyrics they ALWAYS has a meaning behind them and is so poetic. I really really recommend you to check out her live stuff they are better than the Audio versions!!!.. she is so good live it's insane... i hope you check out auroras concert at UMA cop26, or her Haik concert and documentary.

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

Often when she says "she" in the song she often mean mother earth.

[@RuneMoenHolmen]

Half way through now, and I am thinking: You remind me why I love this album. Thank you ❤

[@11_Humss]

There are 3 additional tracks for this album, you should check them out! They are: A potion for love The devil is human The woman I am I really enjoyed this reaction, you should explore her out some more, you will uncover some gems🎉

[@trentt5310]

Finally someone reacts to this album 😭

[@gabeishear]

Ugh I love ur reactions

[@EstelEridani]

More Aurora pleeeease I love your analysis sooo so very much ❤❤❤❤

[@Inepineline]

Great reaction! I appreciate you being so open and honest, and thank you for sharing your own experiences. I know I'm asking for a lot, but I would recommend also listening to her other albums. Infections Of A Different Kind and Different Kind Of Human are personally my favorites 😁

[@grannymegrannyiam6886]

Interesting reaction!🥰

[@CherithArtist]

More Aurora, pleaaaase! Either another album or some of her popular live performances or even her music videos! They all add something different!

[@Tarkus_]

That was very cool hearing your thoughts and analysis of this album! 👍 I feel like this is her most experimental album (at least until she drops her new album soon), so you're getting a lot of different styles. Many people have referenced the Western feel of "Blood in the Wine," but I've not heard anyone make that connection to the other song (I don't even remember what it was). Glad you talked about that accordian-like instrument in "Artemis." I feel like that track and "The Innocent" are way underappreciated, so I was glad to see you liked both of them. Many seem to hate the piano in "The Innocent," but like you, I love it! Hope to see more Aurora on your channel. I don't know what you typically put out for content, but she's at her best live. Just a fantastic performer, and always sounds great. She also has some very creative music videos, though her most popular one, "Runaway," is not particularly creative. (It's her most popular song, though.)

[@tx0h]

i didn't regret the last two hours. she is better live. just saying.

[@_Xenux]

The timing on this is perfect, a couple hours ago I found you and watched all of your sleep token reactions. Just started the Tame Impala video too. Aurora is another top artist of mine I’d recommend To Be Loved - Askjell ft. Aurora. Askjell does beats and Aurora is singing. It’s worth listening to whether you make a video of it or not

[@tx0h]

i hope the live version.

[@johnytwo]

@@tx0h the studio version is musically stronger for me, though. Probably because the better sound dynamics in it.

[@RunarNyrud]

Hi.... I come bringing popcorn 😊. Hope it is ok that I make several comments. English is not my first language, so please think that the comments are positive. First fun fact are: Aurora Aksnes is her name, uses her first name only as an artist. Aurora is a wonderful and wierd artist, wierd as in beeing herself no matter, as in unique.

[@lillm6874]

I’m bringing the popcorn too👍🥰

[@gliebzeit]

I'm bringing pancakes. 😊

[@Einyen]

Very nice and thorough reaction. Aurora explained in interviews her thoughts behind "The Gods We Can Touch" title and concept. She likes Greek mythology because they had Gods in and for everything, in the earth and water etc. and God of wine and pleasure and even a God that was a hermaphrodite, and the Gods had flaws like humans, they were not perfect. But at some point most of us chose a single God and put him/her far away in the sky judging us from above, and she feels that if we had kept worshipping Gods all around us in nature, we would have taken better care of the planet and nature, like many indigenous cultures still do today. Here is a quote from an Oct 2018 article, 3.5 years before this album was released. She answers a question about a song on a previous album, but ends up explaining this concept, and it is a beautiful little story: "On track eight you say ‘Be god in the shape of a girl’ - what does that line mean to you?" "I was at an airport, it was late, I was alone and my plane was the last one to leave. It was the year before I wrote the song, so 2016, which was a hard year for me because it was quite busy and I was sick all the time - I was in the hospital many many times. So yeah, at the airport… I was on my way home again, I felt a bit out of place, out of my own body, and then I looked at this family. I saw two very tired parents, and then this little girl - she was maybe 3 years old - and she seemed to give them so much joy, even though they were very tired. And she gave me a lot of joy. And then I saw an old couple, leaning over to look at the little girl who was smiling back at them. She seemed to interact with almost everyone at the gate, and make everyone happy. Without even knowing it. And I loved the way happiness and love can be so… simple? Don’t underestimate the power of a child. It was just very magical to see how much it affected everyone and everything. If I was to choose a religion, I would love it if god would be something that you can touch. Something like a little girl, on this earth, and not something that is far away or judges from above, you know?"

[@Battlenude]

Last song was an outro. A very nice outro

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

I really enjoyed your reaction, it was fun and interesting both. I hope you will do all her albums in order, love everyone of them, she is my absolute all time favorite multi talented artist. She is also a fantastic human.

[@gliebzeit]

Judy, can you imagine a more quirky interview than Connor (above) sitting down with Aurora?! Good to 'see' you here. ☺

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@gliebzeit LOL, that would be awesome Greg😃. So glad you are catching up on all the great reactions, this was a fun one. 😍

[@andressuig4044]

I ENJOYED this, I agree with you on the most, "Heathens" is my favorite track from this album too, you can't put Aurora in a box, she's very experimental and I love all she does, she is my favorite artist...

[@Goldun-nah]

1:44:32 lol you getting mad at Aurora for just dropping greatness at our doors and we are supposed to just get gobsmacked with it and just enjoy it on our own. Relatable Lol I wanna blare this album off rooftops for the world to hear!

[@Romina271]

Ame tu reacción, estaría bueno si reaccionaras a algun vivo de ella, definitivamente la parte visual de Aurora es otro viaje aparte de su música.

[@panchiolarranaga1616]

Aurora is so fucking good and so insanely cute she's absolutely the Best of the best!

[@Roy-mw5js]

Love Aurora ❤

[@CoffeeJelly51]

❤️

[@Battlenude]

Magnus is the drummer. Magnus is a God on drums. He also helped(sadly he is not with her band anymore..) with sound production as well as build and construct of her music.

[@dulcealvarez6071]

I don't know why in some places the lyrics in you keep me crawling are "love you keep me crawling" when it's "lord, you keep me crawling" For me this song is aurora speaking to god itself and questioning why the expected dynamic with him has to be like that

[@Roy-mw5js]

This album is based on the Greek gods. Her live performances are amazing. Her visual presence is almost as important as her vocals.

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

The last part of giving into the love makes me want to dance in the grass

[@Santiledger]

please react to the new singles calls "Your Blood" and "The Conflict Of The Mind"

[@christopheraguilar911]

Please react to her new album called What happened to the heart it just came out a couple days ago pleaseee react to it

[@guilhermedonato6884]

You are so cool

[@livialip]

Could you react to "through the eyes of a child" also made by Aurora?

[@vengefulmirror]

18:21 sorry but I burst out laughing

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

Aurora use sounds from things like a book clapping togheter or the sound of turning the lights on. She wanted to use the sounds we have everyday. Like every things matter every little things in life. Its so beautiful

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

I have to see your whole video tomorrow it's 01.03 here😅

[@johnytwo]

That is what Bjork did with the whole album Vespertine, it is magical (and also has a song called Aurora in it). But even more magical was when she used this method in the movie/musical The Dancer in the Dark.

[@mariafoslihansen7801]

@@johnytwo cool🥰

[@kaiiser2190]

I just loved your reaction, reallyd did but im going to nitpick a bit, it might look a bit better if you turn up a bit the contrast on your editing software, cause it kinda looks like your lens is dirty

[@johnytwo]

Great reaction. Short tip: If you like more „rocky“ stuff (if it is a word, I am not native speaker - greetings from the Czech Republic), you could try these two: Under the Water, live on the Honda Stage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIeqgoqtaaajbNE All is Soft Inside, live on KEXP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4SVmomZfN-Shc0

[@johnytwo]

Both songs are from different „eras“, as you can tell easily from her hairstyle :)

[@johnytwo]

Or you can do the whole concert. A lot of musicians praised it. And you get to see Aurora and her band in an intimate setting of a small club in Iceland. How romantic, right? :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpC7mKirrbGiZ5I

[@ashleyzito5414]

i think shes saying your traveling fast BECAUSE your dreaming. your like a bird BECAUSE your DREAMING, unlike simply traveling at human speed like like she is. which means you can go anywhere in a blink, kinda like a bird.

[@ashleyzito5414]

and so, 'look at it go.... etc' , is referring to the idea of how crazy dreaming is, how they dance, essnetially, since dreams usually arent in a logical or chronological order, but still offer cinematic beauty, love and meaning.

[@ashleyzito5414]

which is trying to reference the human subconscious, and how there is so much beauty there but, it is usually 'lost in the speed' .

[@hjpp99]

sedusive (Se' Doo Siv)adj. the "cool" way to say seductive. Still not proper english though.

[@wolfe_tactics9075]

Does it matter? It works.

[@hjpp99]

No, it doesn't matter.@@wolfe_tactics9075

[@Einyen]

It is spelled: seducive and if you google it, you will see it is in the Oxford English Dictionary. And wiktionary explains that it is an old "obsolete" word, but still a valid word: seducive (comparative more seducive, superlative most seducive): Obsolete form of seductive.

[@hjpp99]

I guess that explains why it's regarded as a "slang word" in American-english but not in "proper" english ;) @@Einyen

[@s1mperadicator13]

Don't you dare nitpick on AURORA's lyrics. You can't even convey your words from the very start of this video. Your words are all over the place. Wow. The audacity.