björk : ancestress

‘ancestress’ by björk
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DIRECTOR: Andrew Thomas Huang
CO - CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Björk & James Merry
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Object & Animal
EP: Dom Thomas
PRODUCER: Alex Chamberlain
PRODUCTION COMPANY ICELAND: Go to Sheep
PRODUCER ICELAND: Sara Nassim
PRODUCER ICELAND: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir
DOP: Andrew Yuyi Truong
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: Heimir Sverrisson & Dóra Hrund Gísladóttir
WARDROBE BY: Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli
MASKS & CEREMONIAL SPOON: James Merry
STYLIST: Edda Guðmundsdóttir
BJÖRK MAKE UP: Johannes Jaruaak (Hungry)
CHOREOGRAPHER: Erna Ómarsdóttir
EDITOR: Mengyao Mia Zhang
VFX: Wolf & Crow
VFX Producer: Kevin Shapiro
COLOUR: Dante Pasquinelli @ Ethos Studio
Cast and Crew:
Performers
SPIRIT DANCER: Shota Inoue
DANCER: Saga Sig
DANCER: Charmene Pang
DANCER: Emilía Gísladóttir
DANCER: S. Andrean Sigurgeirsson
VIOLINIST: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
VIOLINIST: Geirþrúður Ása Guðjónsdóttir
VIOLINIST: Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir
VIOLINIST: Laura Liu
VIOLINIST: Ingrid Karlsdóttir
VIOLIST: Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir
VIOLIST: Lucja Koczot
CELLIST: Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson
CELLIST: Júlía Mogensen
CONTRABASS PLAYER: Xun Yang
PERCUSSIONIST: Soraya Nayyar
Production and FX
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Gagga Jónsdóttir
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Anna Björk Hilmarsdóttir
KEY PA: Ólöf Birna Bjarnadóttir
PA: Búi Fannar Ívarsson
LOCATION PA: Birkir Kristinsson
SET ASSISTANT: Daníel Bóasson
ARTIST ASSISTANT: Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir
ARTIST ASSISTANT: Rosemary Llagostera
1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson
2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Arngunnur Hinriksdottir
3rd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Anný Björk Árnadóttir
LOCATION MANAGER: Birkir Grétarsson
B CAM OPERATOR: Baltasar Breki Samper
1st AC: Goði Már Guðbjörnsson
2nd AC: Almar Blær Bjarnason
2nd AC: Bjartur Ragnarsson
1st AC B CAM: Eva Rut Hjaltadóttir
2nd AC B CAM: Svava Lovísa Aðalsteinsdóttir
STEADICAM OPERATOR: Þór Elísson
CAMERA TRAINEE: Sigurjón Þór Guðmundsson
VTR: Rútur Skæringur Sigurjónsson
DIT: Arnór Einarsson
GAFFER: Arnaldur Kári Valdemarsson
ELECTRICIAN: Steingrímur Ingi Stefánsson
SWINGER: Helgi Jóhannsson
KEY GRIP: Viktor Davíð Jóhannsson
BEST BOY: Tómas Freyr Jóhannsson
PLAYBACK: Bergur Þórisson
ART DIRECTOR: Sunna Svavarsdóttir
PROPS MASTER: Sigrún Perla Gísladóttir
PROPS MASTER: Melkorka Embla Hjartardóttir
STANDBY PROPS: Kolbeinn H. Bambus Einarsson
SFX SUPERVISOR: Haukur Karlsson
SFX ASSISTANT 1: Frosti Jón Runólfsson
SFX ASSISTANT 2: Gunnar Gunnarsson
CERAMIC JUG: Jón Einar Björnsson
3D PRINTING: Halldór Snorrason
Costuming
BJÖRK HAIR: Hildur Ösp Gunnarsdóttir
WARDROBE ASSISTANT 1: Diana Ros Hanh Breckmann
WARDROBE ASSISTANT 2: Anthony Hoang Day Nguyen
WARDROBE ASSISTANT 3: Ásdís Lúðvíksdóttir
FROM VALENTINO:
TAILOR: SABRINA PAOLETTA
TAILOR: LINA IRENE
TAILOR: CATERINA BAGORDA
TAILOR: ANGELA MACCHIAVELLI
DESIGN TEAM: SABATO DE SARNO
DESIGN TEAM: GABRIELE CUSIMANO
DESIGN TEAM: AMINA TARDELLA
VIP RELATIONS: Paola Cabano
VIP RELATIONS: CHIARA FERRARESE
VIP RELATIONS: Katie Goodwin
CROWD MAKE UP & HAIR: Sunna Björk Erlingsdóttir
CROWD HMU ASSISTANT: Sigrún Jörgensen
CROWD HMU ASSISTANT: Kolbrún Anna Vignisdóttir
CROWD HMU ASSISTANT: Linda Kjartansdóttir
TALENT DRIVER: Helgi Guðmundsson
HMU TRUCK DRIVER: Snorri Þórsson
CHEF: Atli Ottesen
CHEF: Númi Thomasson
CHEF’s ASSISTANT: Úlfur Stígsson
MEDIC: Hulda
COLOUR PRODUCER: Nat Tereschenko
VFX COMPOSITORS: Travis Button, Andrew Nishida
BTS FILMING: Edda Kristín Óttarsdóttir
BTS EDIT & POST: Ali Gill
SPECIAL THANKS: Gabríela Friðriksdóttir

[@hexel6718]

Hearing her son singing with her on the verses is so touching. Such a beautiful song and letter to her mother ❤

[@michaelshumway4825]

love the callback to "heirloom" from vespertine "My mother and son pour into me Warm glowing oil Into my wide open throat" depicted in the final scene of this music video

[@gabormolnar2208]

ok, i didnt even notice this connection!!!! 🤯

[@mr.boogerbutt6667]

At 5:25. You get this imagery she sang about in "Heirloom" from Vespertine. "While I'm asleep My mother and son pour into me Warm glowing oil Into my wide open throat" Now, Bjork is the one pouring glowing oil into her mother's spirit. Very beautiful.

[@magicolmos]

And her son is singing back up vocals on this song! Really awesome! I too thought of Heirloom immediately

[@magicolmos]

"you see with your own eyes, but hear with your mother's" such a profound and beautiful lyric. So much insight and depth in one short sentence. Bjork is just the best.

[@nicolascandeias2524]

“When you die you bring with you what you’ve given” made me cry like a baby

[@iakdrawllim4127]

such a beautiful track ❤ RIP Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (Björk’s mother), you gave us one of the best things on earth and had a valued life. What an incredible woman you were, not just for giving us Björk, but for your own achievements in life

[@bergspot]

Yeah, saw some while ago an interview with her. Such a great soul.

[@bille77]

What you talking about?

[@lunamonetmonroe]

@@bille77 They are talking about giving respect and reverence to Björk’s mother who is no longer with us in the physical realm.

[@gamer1X12]

@@bille77 Bjork's mother is dead. Put two and two together.

[@sym3428]

Oh this is how I am finding out 🥺 RIP Hildur

[@luisvirgen7740]

“Nature wrote this psalm”. Such a powerful and humbling thing to say. This whole song is a beautiful demonstration of love and respect and such a heartwarming goodbye.

[@gracie99999]

love that

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@Toddles1978]

I’m so sorry about your mothers death Bjork. Sing for her. She hears you. Always. Much warmth.

[@abdulkadirdursun6308]

She doesn't

[@theodour8617]

@Thank me later 🅥 Oh, wow. That is so important!

[@eltondesa4152]

@@abdulkadirdursun6308 she sure does

[@sirbirbalot199]

@Thank me later 🅥 😂

[@yans.3908]

@@abdulkadirdursun6308 you've got a lot to learn about life... Good Luck to you!

[@pablogarciavega1827]

I love the "nature wrote this psalm" lyric. The feeling of grieve towards the lost of a loved one, like a mother, is almost an instinct, written in our nature, catalyzed by our evolution as humans. Then, she sings, in this really fatal but beatiful tone: "it expands this realm", cause even if it's an instinct feeling, almost out of control to our will, it means we're connected by nature to the lost one, an inextricable bound that even death can't break.That's why the song's name is ancestress: it's all about this primal string that connects us to everyone we love, timeless and unbreakable.

[@staceymoable]

I love this concept..I think Bjork was trying to relay this

[@hargitsingh4971]

I was mesmerised by the song and its rhythm but only came to know of Bjork's mother's death when I came to the comments. Song communicates raw emotion.

[@cheaptshirt]

Thank you for this comment. Im sobbing.

[@maylondealmeida6]

Lindo!

[@colinbrash]

I’m blown away that Bjork is still creating songs as powerful as she used to 30 years ago or more.

[@darkcnotion]

She's for real

[@webgpu]

world's evolved, ourselves evolved, bjo is in the past. shes forever in the "experimental" past. lets movon. nothing "new" here.

[@ThreeLeftOverCrest]

what did you think she was doing

[@acjazz01]

It's a completely different style, she has changed a lot. I used to be a fan and consume everything that came from her. I think the last Bjork album I liked was Vespertine in 2001. After that, she changed her style and her music became hermetic and a little tiring.

[@dwpwdlgovasitsb4id13orlife2]

@@webgpu interesting perspective, though I disagree. She seems to always be in the present. Our species has not made it past experimentation, it's just reached a higher level of deception.

[@interstellarbeatteller9306]

"When I was a girl She sang for for me in falsetto lullabies with sincerity. I thank Her for her integrity" ♥♥

[@tomadycomedtodosdeel]

Omg it's so sweet and pain relieving, takes sorrow away, calms down. When I listen to this phrase I can feel an embrace from my mother

[@interstellarbeatteller9306]

@@tomadycomedtodosdeel Nice comment 💞 This is much more than a song. This is poetry of the highest form. These are vocals that jolt your soul. This is music arranged to stimulate your brain. This is a simple message to say we all have one true God; Our Mother.

[@tomadycomedtodosdeel]

@@interstellarbeatteller9306 yes, you're completely right. We're lucky to have born in Björk's era.

[@dejoreljackson1787]

It’s a beautiful tribute. As someone who recently lost a parent and also writes I get it’s sometimes hard to linearly word the feelings. I love how this really encapsulates that feeling. The non standard time signature really expresses just how all over the place you feel after losing someone who knew you before you knew yourself ❤

[@arasharfa]

i would not exist without her.

[@ggthewhale]

Kurosawa right?

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@barmo_bm]

björk has been making what the wanted for years, she doesnt work for the mainstream, she work for the feelings and true integrity. An icon

[@jackneighbors4374]

Agreed. She is truly untouchable. She does not share a category with anyone.

[@dopecat_truecrime]

She truly is the worst thing that happened to music, ever.

[@CMANIS69]

Oh gosh, this is so beautiful and personal. My Mom is dying of stage 4 cancer. It's so hard I don't want to let her go but it is not up to me. I don't want to be selfish. Thank you Bjork!

[@bakis_music]

I’m very sorry

[@djelbert23]

Love you my friend! Always here for you. 💚

[@EvolvedParasite]

I am going through the exact same thing. I know exactly how you feel.

[@amnesiac5361]

🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@franb8224]

🤎🤎🤎

[@joshuahoward6845]

Bjork keeps true to the concept of this album being a happy and/or celebratory one. She managed to celebrate her mother’s life and not her passing here in this song. It is such a rare occurrence in artist expression to be able to do this through pop culture/music. It’s celebratory and yet allows you to mourn your lost loved one in a healing way. I think a few fans were expecting this to be a sad depressing album, so it is quite refreshing imo. Unravel has always been the one that gets me most. This is probably in my top 5 faves of hers lyrically and in mood.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯💯🙏🏼 Very well said!

[@avery1349]

I mean, I wouldn't call this not sad, I'm sobbing hearing it, but it is celebratory, simply in the most painful way we can experience in life.

[@allenrpn]

For me is UNISON . That has it all.

[@eboy-]

I absolutely adore Björk, and this song is no exception. "Ancestress" is a beautiful and moving tribute to her late mother, and her voice is just stunning. This is definitely one of my favourite songs by her.

[@jeremiasdiaz6846]

this is hands down one of her most beautiful songs. she never fails to surprise me and catch me off guard

[@jeremiasdiaz6846]

@Thank me later 🅥 Wow..... I'm at a loss for words. After watching that video, my life has changed. I remain in utter shock, ever since I watched that video 5 seconds ago I violently started metamorphosing into an elf lady mushroom, just like my mothership, Björk... Thank you.

[@jeremiasdiaz6846]

@@Kinyelaa Okay I did not establish this was a promotion space

[@bergspot]

Agree with you. And the photography, setting and all the rest of it!

[@jeremiasdiaz6846]

@@bergspot Absolutely! This is also one of her most cinematic looking music videos. I would def watch a movie like this

[@tesselate8nowait262]

What an achingly gorgeous lament and eulogy for a mother. Being a nurse, I’ve held the hands of people who passed, and comforted families who have complicated feelings of grief and relief. Bjork has evoked such a feeling in me…this was so sad yet beautiful. I’m thankful for Bjork, and for these emotions. I always feel that if I were to lose my compassion, I would leave nursing altogether. It’s an integral part of my role to connect with the grief-stricken in a way that allows them to feel seen and held. I still cry in the coat room, and keep it together on the floor, and I’m grateful.

[@tthomas184]

As someone who lately spends more time in a hospital than I ever wanted to, I've really come to appreciate what wonderful human beings nurses are, who have sickness and death all around. I don't know how you do it. Thank you.

[@LilDroidBlue]

Thank you for being a nurse, for being there for families in their time of loss.

[@makeperceive]

Thank you for what you do

[@ДарьяСурок]

God bless you for your devotion, long live your loved ones

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

Complicated feelings of gried and relief ...hit it right on the head. Not too long ago, my Grandma, who practically raised me, passed away. Yes, obviously it was sad to see her go. But... with her heart condition, her blood was so thin and poorly oxygenated. When she was aware and awake, it... wasn't even really the same person. I will never forget the last thing she said, in what became a rare moment of clarity. She looked at me, and as if the fate of the world rested on her words, said "I love you." I will never forget that

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Only Bjork could sing about her skull being a cathedral. She is so unique and original. No one else in music sings or sounds like her. Great new track.

[@candioree8456]

What a deeply personal and movingly beautiful tribute to her beloved mother. I don't think I've ever experienced a more vulnerable piece of music from Björk...which is saying a lot since all of her music is visceral and soul bearing. My condolences to her. I'm sure her mother looks down fondly at how her daughter has honored & is honoring her life and memory.

[@manuel616_8]

This resonates deep in my heart, i had to say goodbye to my brother and my father recently, as they left this world. There's a place Inhabited by my family, in the Colombian Andes mountains, i would walk with my father throughout the lands where he would taught me about plants like frailejon and how those mountains were a water factory, or more like a sponge absorbing water of the clouds that would came down to the land in their mist form, there were rocks covered with patches of moss, sometimes i would be exploring places with my brother, then some years later, on my own i would run and walk in the herb and the forest, inside the dew that was caressing those giant and thin palm trees, currents of cold wind where i would sing and scream and be loud, i would feel how a tiny part i am in the ecosystem, my soul would elevate and resonate with the surroundings. This piece kind of takes me there. I have yet to return over there, i need to do it.

[@ArboleSola]

🤍🤍🤍

[@brixtonia]

Qué lindo describiste nuestra parte del mundo y que bonita manera de recordar a tu papá. Un abrazo!

[@mravawishes]

thank you for sharing this

[@baa6]

so beautiful. thank you for your sharing.

[@MoBootz]

So beautiful! I appreciate your self expression and wish you get there again. Sooner than later ! Be blessed 💯

[@Trub8le]

Every day I am glad to be alive at a time to listen to Björk's music

[@ekkiau]

;)

[@vilami710]

7 minutes felt like 2 minutes I could be listening to this song for hours while on the road or just lying down somewhere remembering places and people. Living and leaving life is a journey. Thank you Björk for this beautiful song. Love

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@shanmarwein6288]

I thought that it was 3 minutes.🤦‍♀️ holy shite 7 minutes?? Didn't feel like it.

[@shanmarwein6288]

I thought that it was 3 minutes.🤦‍♀️ holy shite 7 minutes?? Didn't feel like it.

[@austinsideburns]

What an artist she is. That dyslexia line took me by supprise and hit me hard.

[@fearless3073]

Not sure what line that is lol

[@w.h.y.0061]

@@fearless3073 it's about...dyslexia

[@larissapanatta291]

@@fearless3073 2:54

[@yodoleheehoo90]

I have a frayed relationship with my mother for years and I really don't know who she really is anymore or how to approach her anymore. Yet this song still made me cry how at powerful Bjork's bond with her own mother was that she wrote a song to commemorate and celebrate her achievements, while I have no words to say to my mother that would appeal to her and make her see me and not just a different version of her Other daughter. I hope that day comes where I can hug her again, but I don't know...

[@eragonandsaphira1843]

This made me tear up

[@anthonytwhitfield5850]

When my mother died, twenty years ago, "Unravel" carried my heart/spirit through a dark/transformative time. Bjork, you are one of the few human SIRENS in the world. Your sound IS emotion... Again, you have me vibrating with tears.🖤❤️🖤

[@MartinRockstrom]

The fact that Björk’s son has backing vocals here already makes this incredible track 10x better, and the music video just speaks for itself. So glad we’re all able to be here and experience this!

[@Kinyelaa]

Here You go 👉🏾 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZytgZSZqLymnZI

[@pabloplato]

@Thank me later 🅥 quit spamming your irrelevant pingu reboot here.

[@AnnaMaria-zm8cv]

@Thank me later 🅥 yes you are a pain in the ass thriving on others success. Stop with your crap sharing.

[@WicCaesar]

@@pabloplato Report it as spam so it KZbin remove it all at once.

[@pianoplayingfishkeeper2094]

@@pabloplato Where does the link even take you?

[@Nympholita]

This hits my heart. I have lost my lovely Mother in February. My soulmate, a bestest friend, my peacekeeper, my shining light in the dark, guiding hand. Nothing and no one can replace a Mother! Mama, we love you forever and keep your essence alive! 🥺

[@bigguspeepus]

This is such a perfect tribute to her mother, including gongs, singing bowls and tubular bells, things Hildur loved

[@Twilightlilith]

Björk, perhaps you'll never read this, but I just cried with this song. It's so beautiful the way you celebrate your mother with music, with your lyrics and keeping her so close, in you, your memories and how you celebrate her life more than mourn her death. It Made me think so much about my grandmother, she died 1 year ago... And about my mother too, She is still with me but sometimes I am so self-centered as to celebrate that she is still with me and everything she has done for me.Really thank you for all the music you've given us over the years and for this beautiful song!

[@michaeltaylor8537]

It got me too. I've been a fan for a long time. It's hard watching your parents get old and go.

[@LilyBean82]

Bjork's music has made me cry before but never like this. The last line gripped me. A cold palm embalmed. The way the song ends is very much like death. You don't really know when the end will be but you know it's coming, and when it arrives, it's like there's nothing after. No clear cadence, just ever-present absence. My heart goes out to Bjork and her family for the loss of Hildur. May she rest in peace.

[@Paulo-pr8jt]

You're never fully prepared for Björk's genius, even when you've been a fan for years.

[@Slayerpirit]

I havent cried for a decade, but Im crying now. This is the most beautiful tribute and description of parting with loved ones I've ever seen. In this nostalgic melody I can feel the shimmering ray of hope that comforts me. Thank you for this experiance.

[@eeyumpeeyum]

Sometimes the tune reminds me of Unison. But my word what a magical video. To have a funeral procession in the stark landscape of Iceland (I think) is so visceral. The way she shifts from story telling as mundane as doctors and pacemakers to abstract and spiritual thoughts on death and mother-daughter relationship is so relatable ❤️ Bravo Bjork!

[@V1DE0DR0ME]

I was pretty sure i wasn't the only one who detected Unison, and ctrl-F found your comment as sure as day. And what a fantastic follow up description there. Bjork has blessed us, yet again.

[@Somberdance]

@@V1DE0DR0ME yes yes same progression than unison... it is like a mushup or somehting... but its bjorl.. all is perfect in her

[@rovingfortune395]

It's pretty much a direct quote - and when you think about it, Unison is all about reconciliation - very fitting. Nearly brought me to tears when I realized where I had heard that refrain before.

[@hilmir]

one part that makes me sad is how she mentions she does not have her mother's story in her mouth. the reality is that Bjork is such a unique individual because she was raised by her mother - idiosyncratic, freeforming, words, sounds. these are the best parts of you, Bjork. she has lived and lives on in you. she is alive.

[@brunn416]

This is the most beautiful comment.

[@hilmir]

​@@brunn416thank u...that part offers such a unique view into how she sees her mother. maybe she is as captivated by her mother the same way the world has been captivated with her all these decades...the mirror we carry within ourselves is sometimes a window.

[@assortedhuman5168]

I think you're right. She was definitely captived by her mom the same way we are to her. But we do have Hildur to thank for Bjork. Not only because she is her daughter but because of everything Bjork learned from Hildur. Think how different Bjorks music would have been without her. Maybe it would still be environmental because Iceland, but her beats and way of being are definitely given to her by Hildur.

[@hilmir]

in Heirloom (Vespertine) she sings of warm life-giving glowing oil that heals when it is swallowed. the oil was dreamt to be baked by her mother and son. we now see the same elixir, given from this generation to the next.

[@David-gv9bs]

Omg your right that makes this video make so much more sense thank you

[@jakub8860]

Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever! (Apokalypsis - Chapter 5:13)

[@nikolademitri731]

I feel like I needed this. My father died a little over a year ago, my mother almost ten years exactly before him, both too young. This kind of art helps the process of processing, the grieving sure, but deeper reflections too. This tribute to your mother is perfection, I feel it, and feel it may be your tribute to your mother, but within it are things universal. Thank you. ♾

[@thailakhampo]

Well said. I've just lost my sister and couldn't find the words to reason my pain and how to accept it. This song hit me where I can make sense of my grieving. It's beautiful.

[@nikolademitri731]

@@thailakhampo exactly! Solidarity! ✊♾

[@josephprovencher6345]

@@nikolademitri731 so sorry for your losses, I can't even imagine losing my mother

[@nikolademitri731]

@@josephprovencher6345 I made peace with it many years ago, to some degree I had made peace with it before her last breath, bc one must. But I thank you. 🙏✌️

[@josephprovencher6345]

@@nikolademitri731 I'm glad that you were able to and I pray I'll have your strength, and np at all.

[@danielguichard6464]

Criminally underrated. For me, the best on Fossora and a incredible portrait of loss, maturity and affection.

[@garbanzostomaco6521]

意味が完全にはわからなくても、聴くとどうしても泣いてしまう 胸がいっぱいになる

[@nenariver1]

'when you die you bring with you what you've given', how beautifully said...

[@schlageschlage]

A tribute done more beautiful than I ever could have ever expected. Thank you 🧧🌋🔮🩸📯❤️‍🔥🕯

[@eduardoleite6144]

She's always true to herself and this time is no exception. She kept digging deeper and deeper. And the visual? Looks like a play in a theather... Next level art🥰

[@vleaky3430]

Reminds me of the Northman

[@eduardoleite6144]

@@vleaky3430 Yes it does...

[@geraldoferreira1945]

Last month, I've also lost my Ancestress... I was waiting so hard to experience it... Thank you, Björk. Thanks to all of your collaborators as well

[@Markus-xm4zv]

My mother died 2022 with the age of 60 only. Thank you Björk for your lyrics. A beautiful testemony

[@Nympholita]

Mine too and she was only 63. I send you warmth and hugs! 🥺

[@Markus-xm4zv]

@@Nympholita thank you. Hugs to you too

[@BenMJay]

If I think about not having my Mom around I cry.

[@andiwrath2293]

Mine too. She was 69.

[@Markus-xm4zv]

@@andiwrath2293 im sorry for your loss. God bless

[@icystorm9968]

I can't quite explain how this makes me feel. It's something that can't be put to words because it's not heard, it's felt. A feeling of something ancient and precious being passed down from one generation to the other. Björk never ceases to amaze me. She'll make you feel feelings you didn't know you could feel! ❤️

[@hisnameisisa]

ENDLESS LOVE FOR THIS WOMAN

[@JAY-cv1jn]

I’m always in for a surprise when she drops her videos, she’s really a work of art.

[@WicCaesar]

Our mothers and sons pour into us warm glowing oil into our wide open throats.

[@anamariaclarinet]

Not long ago a teen boy who was my friend and son of my friends died suddenly. This song and your comments are helping me to release my emotions and grief. I could feel the pain and beauty in the music. Thank you Bjork and you all.

[@MargaretHarmer]

The first time I watched this I didn't appreciate the depth of this music video. Now I find this spectacularly beautiful, a personal tribute to her mother's life and death.

[@tvl2868]

i cannot ever predict what her next song will sound like haha

[@alsimanche]

Lol same 😂😂 i don't think anyone can

[@casual_satire]

I want her to do a a metal album

[@volpemarroneveloce5928]

I can. Just another rambunctious song with her singing all over the top without even being on tempo 😅

[@mayatara1980]

Honestly, ans I say this with all my respect for the woman that was the love of my life for more than a decade, since her album Biophilia, all her musics sound exactly the same 😥😐

[@themcroooked]

@@mayatara1980 I don’t think you’ve been listening close enough then, cause every album is almost always something new.

[@calliespltn]

man this is amazing . i had a parent pass away in the last year and the lyrics really spoke to me . “a cold hand embalmed” just .... man. thank you bjork.

[@MultiCarmilla]

Finally I've managed to listen to this song without crying all the time. It's beautiful beyond understanding, painful and full of hope

[@DmytroZinkiv]

Kæra Björk! Vinsamlegast samþykkja samúð mína við andlát móður þinnar. Sannfærð um að hún heyrir þig

[@Linar-qf1fd]

the lyrics are so unbelievably sad and the fact her son is also singing just kind of underlines that she will also be in the position of her mother one day aaaaaaaaaaaa

[@bongledrot7760]

I like how each of the new videos have the lyrics. RIP Bjork's mum

[@WicCaesar]

Good to know someone likes it. I don't. T__T

[@LiaKapp]

I like it too

[@Anonymous-xm8ir]

The amazing thing about Bjork is she could sing about the list of stuff she needs to buy in the supermarket “I will weight 5 apples, 6 bananas, and a grapefruit” and it’s still gold 😂

[@jsmorales]

gRRRapefruit. Yeah, I'd listen to that.

[@cecilsproject6796]

You see with your own eyes But hear with your mother's Someone feels this line? Great work on the rythm of the heart of the song.

[@1fakeplastictree]

ive always hated my mother so I thought id never be able to understand something like this but I can feel the raw emotion in this song, such a perfect tribute. I feel like I can understand completely bjork's mother's impact from this alone. So powerful

[@nannaogashawarmabrendan]

Same. I have mixed feelings about my mother (homophobic for the sake of religion) but I still feel for Björk through this song

[@eerielconstantine5051]

My mother traded her relationship with my sisters and I for money. A house. A man. We always came second to her and her desires. Never once did she ever help us grow, she always wanted us stunted like she stayed. Those feelings still do not take away from the raw emotion, connection, and love this song carries, and one day I hope to be a kind and loving ancestress for someone else someday ❤

[@ann-charlotteaddo1910]

@@eerielconstantine5051❤

[@wasabi.2839]

Feeling empathy for somebody else's experience with something you didn't have a good one it's actually a unvaluable trait, protected it with your life forever.

[@marcosamaraldeoliveira6203]

This music video came out precisely four weeks after my mother's passing. I've been a Björk's fan for quite a long time now, so It was surreal how much a song from my favorite artist could represent the grief I was enduring. For that, I'll forever be grateful. Thank you for your sharing, Björk!

[@frlo6969]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@10-OSwords]

It's official: 'pulsating' is Bjork's favorite word.

[@isabelladasilva6674]

"mountain" is second

[@EvilSnips]

'emotional' is third

[@orangecat5909]

And don't forget "out of it"

[@lllcinematography]

the poor man's throbbing

[@jaimico2742]

embrace

[@valeriecomplex9685]

Almost made me cry. A funeral procession for her mom and the words about the slow deterioration of her heath it's a her most personal song

[@rosenthal1466]

Love the balinese traditional instrument gamelan & gong integrated in this song, björk really did all the Indonesian fans justice. Thank you for showing the world our culture ❤❤❤ (ps: thanks to kasimyn as well 💕)

[@alsimanche]

Oo jadi beneran emang ada nuansa indo nya, tadinya juga mikir gitu tapi takut dikira sotoy .haha

[@SuperVoltaic]

@@alsimanche Awalnya gak kepikiran sih itu gamelan, malahan yg kerasa ada gamelannya yg di album Biophilia

[@alsimanche]

@@SuperVoltaic ya di biophillia emang lebih menonjol instrumen gamelannya, ya awalny aku juga gitu sih, karna gong juga kan gak cuma ada di indo, tapi karena dia kolaborasi sama musis indo juga, makanya mungkin emang ada instrumen gamelannya jg

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@alsimanche]

Ehh tapi keknya bukan deh... Kasimyn cuma nyumbang di beberapa lagu doang, aku liat di credit lagu ini dia gak ada

[@tabootarotreader]

upon re-watching and digesting this fantastic piece of art, there is a lot of Egyptian embalming ritual symbolism. I can truly sense a deep energy being channeled from the Ancestress via Bjork as she processed her Mother's passing. It is interesting that Fossora was her "Mushroom album", as Fungi are the masters of Death & Transformation. Bjork no jokes is on another level creatively! Healing to all beings processing the loss of a loved one💗🍄🩸

[@RyanVoorhies]

she managed to communicate A LOT in this track and there are so many winks to what is going on in the present world. It’s truly an incredible way to honor her mom and a channeling of her voice.

[@pauloferreira8707]

Björk just keeps doing what she enjoys the most. I know and love her beautiful and challenging work since 1995. Thank you so much.

[@purpleteardropss]

this new album gives me strong biophilia and vulnicura vibes and i am here for it

[@chrizznist]

The symbolism and ritual entwined with the off kilter beats of the music was so powerful it made me tear up. There is such strength in Björks music we are blessed with her presence. ❤️

[@jowse]

This is sort of a visual album and I love it. I'm so sorry for your loss, angel. Her soul will live through this beautiful song

[@bigskib]

my mother was just diagnosed with Alzheimer's 10 days ago, thank you for sharing your art, it brings catharsis to others as I'm sure it does to you as well

[@StripeyTigerCat]

This is the most heartbreakingly beautiful music video I've ever seen. It definitely resonates with loss. How beautiful to honor her with something so absolutely GORGEOUS.

[@ricardolucasid]

What a masterpiece. Once again, Bjork giving us the best of herself, she is more and more brilliant. I was very impressed with this music video, you could see the uniqueness of each instrument, the movements, the celebration, the ancestral rites, the magnificent letters, the beautiful tribute. Thank you Bjork for all this. 🫀🌹

[@yuguinh0]

what a lovely, delicate yet intense eulogy 😭 🖤

[@gracie99999]

idk eulogy makes sense to describe itself they should chain it

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

She’s really going all in for this new record

[@IlluminusQ]

this hit so different. im crying

[@crazy-88s]

Once you jump on the flow, it's poetry...

[@gustavotozetti]

Bjork a maior amiga dos trabalhadores lançando música 7 da manhã ❤️

[@maycon________________]

Como é bom não precisar ficar acordado até tarde para ver as coisas dela! ♥️

[@fantasminhacamarada1514]

Kkkkk melhor comentário

[@inb11]

여기는 밤 7시라구 😅

[@portaleterno]

Hahahahaha SIM!!! 😂

[@paulomarques4397]

Inimiga né, to aqui chorando no ônibus

[@publicidad.gratis]

Björk. You are the true definition of pure art. Art trascends and wakes feelings up inside. I always feel it when I watch your videos and listen to your music. You are the big deal. Thanks for sharing your gift with the world 🥰

[@RAYZIGLER]

“Ancestress” [Lyrics] My skull is my cathedral Where this matrimort takes place When I was a girl she sang for me In falsetto lullabies with sincerity I thank her for her integrity My ancestress' clock is ticking Her once vibrant rebellion is fading I am her hopekeeper I assure hope is there At all times My ancestress has left all manners Her pulsating skin rebelling The doctors she despised Placed a pacemaker inside her When you're out of time How you look back changes Did you punish us for leaving? Are you sure we hurt you? Was it just not "living"? She had idiosyncratic sense of rhythm Dyslexia, the ultimate freeform She invents words and adds syllables Hand-writing, language all her own I don't have that story in my mouth When you die, you bring with you what you've given The machine of her breathed all night While she rested Revealed her resilience And then it didn't You see with your own eyes But hear with your mother's There's fear of being absorbed By the other By now, we share the same flesh As much as I tried to escape it This is no mediocre debris My ancestress this is The odour of our final parting Those have been The perfume of separation for centuries The perfume of separation for centuries Ancestress Nature wrote this psalm It expands this realm Translucent skin let go of A cold palm embalmed

[@kabernat]

Thank you ❤

[@74lisaj]

She is amazing

[@wincup]

90년대부터 팬이었습니다. 항상 변치않고 좋은 음악 선사해주셔서 고맙습니다 비요크.

[@kipkipPatrick]

Imagine not being familiar with Bjork and you're a tourist taking pictures of the fin in the background and you see her filming this music video or maybe not really noticing the cameras and you're like wtf. Keep on keepin on lil faerie no one compares to you.

[@witherton8340]

I'm making a five-paragraph essay about volcanoes but this is more important

[@itookallthenames]

It will be better for hearing this

[@witherton8340]

@@itookallthenames Björk went to my house and wrote the essay for me, thank you Björk!

[@DominoManPaul]

Holy shit. She does this transformative heart play every damn time. She's a genius. Give us more and more, Bjork.

[@robertvory]

It is a pinnacle of Bjork's art: visually, sonically and conceptually. I feel like this what she was striving for and finally achieved. She's the only art today.

[@mxxmi]

Nope! I used to be a huge fan but she's on certain albums literally stealing other contributors artistic ideas, visuals, basically their whole vibes and energy to make her her own and doing so let the listeners think its all hers. For the music she collabs yeah but prickly picks again in the partner music so listeners may not be blown away by a real partnership collaboration and continue to think she's a genius and maybe she is still but humble and generous in the collab not really. To me it remains unbalanced and unfair, even if they got exposure.

[@mxxmi]

@@ivan.adriel oh don't mind me I leave you two on your tiny bubble of art anyway.

[@YoSoySafeAsMilk]

@@mxxmi What foil did you use for your tin hat, lad?

[@mxxmi]

@@YoSoySafeAsMilk the one they use in my icelandic bitcoin farm its quite efficient 😂 why ?

[@kelsonl6084]

@@mxxmi can't tell if you're being ironic or if you genuinely think that's impressive

[@foxemerald9437]

This is one of the Björk's songs with the most understandable lyrics I heard and that's beautiful.

[@gerardogomez1061]

Can’t believe Björk invented funerals

[@Kurt634]

My Nannans funeral was the other day so this video is stirring alot of emotion within me. Such a beautiful tribute to her mum. I will show this to my mum. I especially like that Bjork has her own son singing on this one so it feels like that is me. "When you die you bring with you what you've given" ❤️

[@Wackaz]

Oh man... I can't believe she is back, and I couldn't be more grateful, even if it's during a time that I can imagine is incredibly hard. I am sincerely and utmost sorry to hear about your mother, Bjork. God bless you and your mother - we love you so much; may God give her a beautiful place in the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm sending you my dearest condolences and prayers.

[@harmonyqueue]

This is one of the most beautiful visual projects Björk has created in her years. I'm always reminded of Björk's sentiment that after she releases a body of work, she always feels like she would do so many different things with it and that she needs to get herself together. Fossora is the first album she has actually taken the time to hear and redo to achieve this, and it resonates so well. It's hard to believe that five years have passed since Utopia, but Fossora feels like the first true Björk work. All those years, all this time, the three years needed to make Fossora and another two years spent redoing it. It is very much my favorite Björk album thus far.

[@tomadycomedtodosdeel]

Y apenas van tres canciones!!

[@icooper82]

:D the album is not out yet :)

[@gabbyparker1869]

The depth in these words is moving me beyond words. You really gave your mother the most beautiful farewell. She is with you. I can feel her spirit through your words and that is a beautiful thing. Thank you for doing the things that you do Björk, it’s beyond inspiring.

[@RyanVoorhies]

not thinking in terms of this being better or worse than the other singles- this is just a very beautiful work of art that needs to just be taken in and absorbed. Such a beautiful meditation.

[@darkeye79]

Simplicity at its best. Even this stripped back, Bjork still sounds so beautiful!

[@melissamissingchriscornell2513]

Björk's beautiful, angelic, distinctly unique voice, along with her avant garde eccentricity, has not changed since I discovered her in High School close to 3O yrs ago, which is why so many of us are still tuning in. I still listen to Post, Homogenic, & Vespertine, my 3 favs, quite often, & absolutely loving Fossora. Björk is a RARE gem & I get not for everyone, but when it comes to authenticity in music & art, there's no one who can compare. I find it interesting how you hardly ever hear artists referencing her as an inspiration, when she very obviously is & often(tries to be) imitated. Yup... I'm talking to you Gaga. Björk was making electronic, funky music BEFORE techno/house & now EDM EVER became mainstream, & her ballads are beautiful in a way that cannot be described in words. In a nutshell I am & will always be a huge fan, plus loud & proud to absolutely adore this woman & so grateful she is still creating art decades later. I hope more & more of the Millennials & Z's tune in because her music/art is truly a gift

[@cloudcastle338]

Björk is the most beautiful creation in existence and it’s unbelievable to me how little appreciation she seems to get she’s phenomenal and so is her music

[@icooper82]

Actually gaga has referenced Björk and boy George as part of her influence. Also miss Elliot has referenced Björk as a big inspiration .

[@icooper82]

oh and madonna

[@cloudcastle338]

@@icooper82 lol I have one boy George song in my playlist I found it on the show “The Goldbergs”

[@melissamissingchriscornell2513]

@@icooper82 I was referring to imitating when I mentioned Gaga.

[@encarnasanchez7814]

Today marks two months since I lost my father to a stroke that went undetected until a week after it happened because it was masked by a heat stroke. This song hits way too close home (especially the lines about the breathing machine) but it's still beautiful and I thank Björk for sharing something so deep and personal with us all. Her mother would be proud

[@gustavomotapitta6232]

I cry everytime I hear this song. It's so beautiful. My mother is the most important person of my life. Listening to this I always imagine the day I'll have to say goodbye to the most precious thing I have in my life. It's so much pain.

[@cheaptshirt]

Only you can write about your mom. Thank you Bjork for this beautiful song, I bet it hurt to write.

[@calaveralma]

Watching this made me realize how fortunate we are to have to feel the love of a mother. Björk is so ahead of her time and Im so grateful for using music to express our feelings.

[@Drakewind777]

The self-referential musical quotation in this is breathtaking. The video and lyrics reference Heirloom, the meter and rhythm and theme of ocean as mother reference Oceania and Ancestors. And I know I'm hearing more little nods that I'd have to relisten to her entire discography to catch - as a superfan this is a such a tearjerking delight of a piece of music. So much there.

[@crestfallenraven]

Outstanding. The Art of true EMPATHY.

[@dreacul]

Bjork is the only person in this world my wife doesnt get triggered if I say I have a crush on. In fact we both are deeeply in love with her music and her art. She's our never ending vibe since the first day we met.

[@isagothmoth]

wow I'm almost crying at the end of the video, I didnt really understand much of the song because I was paying attention to the music and to the video not to the lyrics but really, it just expresses the grief so well