BJÖRK - MEDÚLLA ALBUM REACTION

[@jaykay9400]

🖤😮‍💨✨TIMESTAMPS✨🤯🖤 Pleasure Is All Mine - 1:05🌟 Show Me Forgiveness - 2:54 Where Is the Line - 3:38🌟 Vökuró - 6:11 Öll Birtan - 8:11 Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) - 9:34🌟 Submarine - 12:00 Desired Constellation - 13:45🌟 Oceania - 15:51🌟 Sonnets/Unrealities XI - 18:00🌟 Ancestors - 19:16 Mouths Cradle - 21:45🌟 Miðvikudags - 23:04 Triumph of a Heart - 23:43🌟 🌟= my fave!

[@luisnicks2863]

ancestors is so good

[@JacketSon]

@@luisnicks2863 agreed. So underrated

[@chanlelecsrevos2848]

@@luisnicks2863 fr

[@thelastofellie3881]

@@luisnicks2863 yessss

[@lyrics7673]

Vökuró is so beautiful

[@MacDoesIt]

This was the first album I heard from her when it came out and I listened to it during a huge thunderstorm that made me stay home from middle school, I feel like the added ambiance made me fall in love with her sound and I’ve never forgotten that day

[@cameron8622]

MAC IS A BJORK STAN WHATTT

[@rigmastasis534]

Never would have I expected to see YOU, HERE!!

[@deletedroses8616]

omg HI KING

[@hoemogenic]

NOT MAC STANNING BJORK A WINNINGGGG

[@leewoodlee557]

Omg King Hi🛐🛐🛐🛐

[@tawfiq5741]

Fun facts about this album! : - This album came out after the 9/11 terrorist attacks during an extreme hostile environment towards immigrants, and making a vocal album is her way of finding unity between people through the human voice. - Ancestors features an Inuit throat singing style practiced in Inuit culture. I had the chance to witness it in Canada in-person and it was such an amazing experience of culture and sound. - She actually performed Oceania at the Olympics! kind of fitting because her whole album is about finding unity across all people through the human voice and the olympics is where people from all cultures and backgrounds gather. hope this was interesting!

[@Graphicbitchery]

the entire album is like running water. Soooo smoooooth and serene.

[@bennshouts]

yesssssss

[@santiblessed3285]

Fun fact about Ancestors: Actually, the singer who accompanied Björk, who's name is Tanya Tagaq, said in an interview that this song was an improvisation (she is a throat singer i believe) and it just so happened to match perfectly with a demo Björk previously made, and that is pretty much the story behind it, i really love the song, the way it just embraces it's weirdness and actually made me cry after a couple of listens. The whole concept of the album, the birth of a child, the desire of becoming a parent and the raw feeling of creating life just drives me crazy, and that is why it is one of my ultimate favourite Björk albums.

[@garrettwalters9938]

The hardest björk album for me to get into but once it clicked it has been one of my favorites

[@CyberChunk77]

capitol hill? ya heard of it? take a good idea and flush it cos lobbyists. the real mafia.

[@logandougherty4141]

I heard somewhere that she composed ancestors after giving birth. It was inspired by her breathing exercises during labour.

[@River.s.]

*Pleasure Is All Mine-* "As the songs of this album were written after the birth of her second child, Isadora, many of the songs were inspired by her experiences and feelings on motherhood. Like “Mouth’s Cradle”, this song is about breastfeeding and the feelings of compassion and bearing strength to her child. Here, she is expressing how it is her pleasure to give her energy and strength through nursing her daughter." - Genius Lyrics *Show Me Forgiveness -* This song was actually written in 1999 but she shelved it until she was actually partially inspired by it to make this album *Where Is The Line -* This song is about her relatives in Iceland asking for money and mooching her for her newfound wealth as a pop star *Vökuro-* This was actually an Icelandic lullaby reshaped into a choir song and is about a father watching over a little girl named Lily *Öll Birtan -* [This one is specifically gibberish] *Who Is It? -* "This is a song I wrote at the end on Vespertine, but I didn’t put it there because I felt it was from a different family - Vespertine was introvert and shy and not very physical a record, and this was a very physical song that I wrote when I was feeling quite strong again." - Björk *Submarine -* Actually couldn't find much on this song but I suppose it ties to the theme of the ocean *Desired Constellation -* The background noise is actually very remix of Hidden Place From Vespertine Specifically “I’m not sure what to do with it” it was distorted to the point where it became this beautiful noise *Oceania -* This one is basically about how the Ocean itself is technically the Mother of all life on Earth and humans, even describing the lands forming in front of her in the blink of an eye while life counts the centuries *Sonnets / Unrealities XI -* "The lyrics on the tenth track of Björk’s Medúlla are “it may not always be so; and i say” by e.e. cummings." - Genius Lyrics *Ancestors -* This one is important, as it's a look into what the album originally could have been like ; She originally was picturing a prehistoric/caveman album for Medúlla but it grew up into her own thing This song kinda being the only trace of that lineage and implying the gibberish is our ancestors attempting to communicate or sing *Mouths Craddle -* This song is about breastfeeding and how she wants to shield her children from the world *Miďvikudags -* [This one is specifically gibberish] *Triumph Of A Heart -* This one is littleraly just about breathing

[@metehanayan2545]

Actually, submarine is first song she wrote for this album. She couldn't start preparing an album and creating something because of the motherhood and other artistic work. So in this song she counsels herself to start her creative process. To overcome the creative blockage she was in. Just sit down, write a song and start from there

[@River.s.]

@@metehanayan2545 thank u

[@vleaky3430]

I always did thought Desired Constellation had a Vespertine vibe to it

[@sethserrano1747]

oceania was actually the last song recorded for medulla, and she got to perform the song at the olympics in 2004! you should definitely watch it.

[@daipearmain]

I'm so happy you got to this one! Who Is It (Bell Choir Mix featuring The Bústaðakirkja Bell Choir) was the single and video version, and worth checking out. It wasn't on the album as it's instruments. Desired Constellation sounds like an electronic song, but is actually all voice too, the music is a sample of Björk singing the phrase “I’m not sure what to do with it” from “Hidden Place” on her previous album, Vespertine. Medulla and Vespertine both worth listening on headphones with, so many intricacies!

[@daipearmain]

You will absolutely love the bell version! She even wears a bell dress

[@daipearmain]

Björk's Medulla is the most amazing album you're ever bound to hear, and somehow is ethereal while also kind of sounding like trolls fucking in parts 😋

[@CyberChunk77]

too real my dude, too real.

[@Boohnaa]

So glad you reviewed this album. These songs are even more amazing live

[@bennshouts]

omg i bet!!!

[@idkidkidklol683]

YAY BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSS AH, fun fact the bass synths in who is it and desired constellation where made with edited vocal samples, one of the best things about this album is how it showcases how powerful the human voice is, im glad finally someone likes ancestors on a reaction to, my fave track, gibberish yet something super human and emotional and primitive about it that speaks louder then words, the moaning is throat singing

[@disuba]

19:40 The throat singing is not Björk. It’s Inuit singer Tanya Tagag. She’s an indigenous singer that uses throat singing in a contemporary way. She’s most of the voices in Ancestors. She’s amazing and also her twits are funny and fire. Throat singing is an Inuit tradition and it is a kind of an endurance competition between two women until one can’t keep it going. The dizziness and oxygen overtaking is part of the trance they are trying to achieve.

[@diogoserrate6400]

I love how you are venturing into Björk, she's a goddess. Ancestors didn't sit down well for me at first but it's one of my favourites now!

[@abram9516]

I gagged after seeing you enjoying it SO much omg !! everyone was so scared and worried for you and you nailed it 😂😂 that’s why I love your reactions. at this point I just don’t know what reaction expect from you! ❤️❤️ next one is volta and it’s probably the least favorite for a lot of people, but personally I love it! can’t wait which team are you

[@aisatsano]

plsssss you NEED to react to kate bush the dreaming, she’s like bjorks role model, really experimental and totally groundbreaking especially for a 80s album!!!

[@0FRIJOLERO]

Omgggg Kate is a must to!!!

[@myappelgren9577]

yay! medulla is absolutely one of my favourites too! :D Vökuró is a traditional Icelandic lullaby, and for desired constellations - it is actually her voice heavily chopped up and edited in the background. the least vocal sounding for sure (except the piano on ancestors, which i believe is an actual piano) Oceania was sung on the opening of the olympics in Athens 2004. her dress covered the whole stadium :D check it out! Ancestors is a duett with Tanya Tagaq doing traditional inuit throat singing. such a powerful song! and a bit of a shock for most people the first time.. haha. still probably my favourite on the album ^_^ triumph of a heart is very chaotic but has the most fun music video! björk partying and getting dead drunk with her friends in Iceland after a fight with her cat husband 😆worth a watch

[@danidiazxo]

my fave björk album 🖤

[@joerobinson2121]

Ahhh im so glad you like this album!! I feel like based on what u seem to like u would probably like fiona apple a lot, u should listen to When The Pawn or Fetch the Bolt Cutters!!

[@Shalev97]

What a great reaction! I thought you wouldn't like this album but you were so excited!

[@sounding5249]

This one is iconic for sure but her masterpiece is definitely Vulnicura 💛

[@dietfruit]

Stonemilker rly is too beautiful

[@attilamacskassy7130]

Up to this day Black Lake still puts me into a very... very dark place.

[@mirroredheart7292]

I can’t wait till he gets to it. Stonemilker is definitely the best intro track.

[@minapeach]

I so agree, Vulnicura is my favorite🥰

[@liteflightify]

I’ll take Homogenic, Medulla, Vespertine and Post over Vulnicura. Vulnicura is certainly cool. But it definitely could have used some editing. Still, a good album though.

[@neonparadis3]

It's amazing that you liked Ancestors so much, it's known as one of the hardest songs of Bjork to get into and almost a meme because of that lol The woman doing the throat singing throughout the album is Tanya Tagaq, you can see her recording ancestors here at 9:34 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHa9lnV4lLh7jdE (I actually recommend the whole documentary, you get a lot of insight into the making of the album and all of the people who participated)

[@brittanyzielinski2914]

She has a documentary on how this album is created not sure if it’s anywhere streaming wise. Years ago I bought the disc! But gives so much insight into how this album is made because it was a big team effort!

[@bennshouts]

I love this!!!

[@Ura3r]

I never forget when she's singing Oceania in Olympic games! It was incredible!

[@bennshouts]

Omg, love!

[@emilianoparedesesparza2401]

You’re the best 🥰

[@disuba]

6:29 in is Icelandic. She’s Icelandic

[@bennshouts]

Omg the one time I say its gibberish it's actually icelandic haha

[@javier_govi]

Cool reaction. Can’t wait for you to hear Volta :)

[@got2bjosh]

Where Is the Line, Oceania (Olympics song), Mouth's Cradle, & Triumph of a Heart are my favorite songs with the strongest hooks. Keep the rest.

[@mikkoko18]

im surprised that you vibe and loved this album. it is such a masterpiece. i cant wait for you to hear the rest of her discography. OMG, VOLTA will be taking you across countries, BIOPHILIA will take you to the edge of the universe and back to the microscopic level of an atom, VULNICURA will make you shed tears and UTOPIA will revive you to heavens.

[@bennshouts]

HAHAHA i always seem to go against the grain lmao SO KEEN FOR THE REST!!!

[@newentu]

Maravilloso reacción 🤠🤠😸 te faltó Komid!

[@artsificial625]

I'm so glad you enjoyed Medúlla! It's such an amazing piece of art. While it is predominantly a vocal album, there were occasional instruments used: - bass synth on 'Who Is It' and 'Mouth's Cradle' - a gong on 'Pleasure Is All Mine' - piano on 'Ancestors' and 'Oceania'

[@garrettwalters9938]

imo desired constellation is the most beautiful song björk has ever made

[@timothrykrasnapolsky]

AGREED!!!!! 100%

[@mirroredheart7292]

Def up there, although I think for me that song would be Cosmogony from Biophilia

[@stevies-readies]

the demon voices on "Where is the Line" were done by Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of Appa and Momo from Avatar The Last Airbender !!

[@Julian.Romero13]

WHAT WHAT. I adore Avatar. That's such a nice connection

[@davilopes5925]

Omg i didn't know that! Thank you!

[@TY_2020]

If you love Who Is It and want to hear a version of it with actual instruments, I'd recommend checking out it's live version from her Voltaic tour. She uses horns and bells for that version. Alot of the songs on Medulla started out with actual instruments until Björk decided to strip them off and replace them with human voices. She said "I wanted the record to be like muscle, blood, flesh. We could be in a cave somewhere and one person would start singing, and another person would sing a beat and then the next person sing a melody, and you could just kind of be really happy in your cave. It's quite rootsy"

[@Pupeyes]

“How am I going to make it right?” Is a cry from a music goddess who wants to align the universe in a way in which we’re all happy. Also, all those short breathing techniques you hear in Ancestors refers to throat singing which was a way in which early humans communicated prior to the ability to speak

[@bennshouts]

So cool!

[@luisbodart4140]

I loved your reaction in "Ancestors" 😂.

[@bennshouts]

hahahahah

[@zuriekktsugrundist9147]

Bjork has actually scored a couple of films, ‘Dancer in the Dark’ and ‘Drawing Restraint 9’ both of which she also featured in. If you ever get a chance, you should watch ‘Dancer in the Dark,’ it is a beautiful movie.

[@mikesolisr]

jajajsjaja love your reaction to ancestors!!! please keeep reacting to bjork🥰

[@disuba]

this album was directed by her but there’s a full choir, a bunch of beat boxers, Tanya Tagag with the throat singing… and a couple guest singers like Robert Wyatt who did all the male voices in “Submarine”

[@dvus1977]

Fun fact: OCEANIA was used for the OPENING CEREMONY for the 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES in ATHENS. It's VISUALLY STUNNING 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@MR-kt2zv]

Her music videos for this album are SO GOOD.

[@andyapplesification]

She has a version of Who Is It? done with bells and a version of Oceania where she duets with Kelis (it was originally offered to Beyonce but she didn't bite - Beyonce's loss). Also, the beat boxing is Rhazel, Mike Patton does a lot of the deep bass stuff and the breaths throughout the album are provided by Tanya Tagaq who is a punk Inuit throat singer.

[@lucashassen1188]

Ancestors (well a lot of the album really) features Tanya Tagaq, a Canadian Inuk throat singer...should check her out

[@Boohnaa]

Was looking for this comment. Tanya is a unique talent and also so soft spoken in real life

[@lukasalarcon3011]

Looove this reaction, you should react to the Triumph of a heart video, it's awesome

[@LittleElectricChickenHeart]

Can you please react to Kate bush’s the dreaming? It’s my favorite album in the world and Björk favorite Kate bush album. It’s very experimental and emotional I know you’re gonna love it and be surprised by it

[@jkoreosrock]

HELL YEAHHHHH lemme get some popcorn for this

[@bennshouts]

hahahah yasssssssss

[@cristianovia]

One of my favorite for sure!!

[@attilamacskassy7130]

Maybe try her latest album so far (Utopia) next. I'm really curious about your opinion on the song Losss. It includes flutes, bird chirpings and REAL car crash/accident sounds. I went trough a hard time back then, when I heard it for the first time I cried my effing eyes out.

[@disuba]

This album brings a bunch of styles from contemporary voice art and folk voice uses to pop. It’s a nice doorway to the orality wormhole. Next would be Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Roy Hart, Demetrio Stratos, Walter Ong, Kirstin Linklater, Jaap Blonk, Diamanda Galas……… If this stuff interests you there’s a playlist in my youtube profile called VOZ

[@bronaghisgay]

Björk came into a coffee shop a friend of mine worked at once, and my friend said, "Are you B-york?" when she served her, and Björk smiled and replied, "Sometimes."

[@bennshouts]

Hahahaha I love that!!!

[@ДенисКондратьев-у9ъ]

The next album is Volta. Very fun to listen to

[@ryanmarkel289]

Exactly right!!

[@ryanmarkel289]

However -- MOUTHS CRADLE....some of the best choral arrangement.

[@saeedkordab1818]

This album is my 5th favorite album from Björk , oceania tho , is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@igorknown8608]

Iconic album!!!

[@paffstone]

Oceania was the song presented at the Sydney's Olympics 2004. She presented herself in a blue dress with more than 1000 yards of fabric that ended up covering the full green grass area.

[@paffstone]

Actually all the songs were created in instruments. In the studio. And then she told the voice musicians "I want you to sound like this" or "you are going to do this instrument". But yeah all the songs have their instrumental version (no they are not public). But you can see a bit of this process here in KZbin on a Medulla documentary that's called "The inner or deep part of an animal or plant structure" .

[@gozzywozzy485]

Benn if you loved Who Is it, check out the video version (Bell Choir Mix), it's magnificent

[@ОлегСоколов-к7ь]

Fantastic album. You should listening medulla in SACD in 5.1. I’ve bought home theatre for this)

[@TacoBarato]

Oceania is such a masterpiece.

[@edwardgiovani]

First Björk album I heard and purchased at Mega Virgin Record Store.

[@bennshouts]

LOVE

[@googen]

Fun fact: Björk was asked to write and produce a song for the 2004 Olympic Games, Oceania was the result. She performed it live at the opening ceremony. KZbin it!

[@minapeach]

how did you not like mouth cradle! one of my faves! that and oceania❤

[@sagelovescoffee]

Desired Constellation is just pure magic. ❤

[@frimeserotica]

Ancestors parece aquela cena da menina chorando no filme Midsummer

[@axelmelcher6875]

I have seen how MUUUCH you love Björk's albums and how much you were into some of Lykke Li's. So I bet my lungs that you would LOVE Susanne Sundfør. Very Scandinavian with an intense but angelic voice!! :)

[@wagnercorrea_]

I love this album.

[@vmda066]

Hii I saw your reaction to Homogenic before this. You should definitely listen to Vulnicura if you enjoyed the strings!!

[@bennshouts]

Yesss, I'm going too xx

[@swikarkalden]

I hope you don't mind me requesting but can I please put forward Janet Jackson's discography for future reaction videos? I would absolutely love to see how and what you make of Rhythm Nation 1814 and The Velvet Rope in particular.

[@cheersdeer]

You should watch the video for "Triumph of the Heart." It is a fun, silly, wild ride and my personal favourite Björk video.

[@CyberChunk77]

fun? fact that's rahzel from the roots and mike patton from faith no more doing the mouth sounds that sound like instruments.

[@CyberChunk77]

facts dude

[@sagelovescoffee]

I know this video is old but I wonder if u ever reacted to her album “Biophilia”???

[@paffstone]

She speaks icelandic as her native. Some of her gibberish are actually words that we just can't phonetically understand. Vokuro was sang in her original language. Also Sonettes is a poem that she just sang.

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

vökuró is the coolest song, together with who is it. the video for who is it is one of the best by her

[@mafurock33]

Björk on Who is It?: "That was the first song where Rahzel sang, and he did the beat in that song in one take. We just all fell on the floor, we couldn't believe it. There's no overdubs, no treatment - this is it. I felt quite proud -- if you're gonna have a human beatboxer, at least get the real thing."

[@paffstone]

And it is not a piano. It is voice :)

[@Lleimzjames]

Hey handsome , You should try to listen the three Portishead albums. I'm sure you'll like em.

[@jacopomabanfibio4808]

Best album ever Made. PERIOD!!!

[@nomi.hagen.]

You need to react to iamamiwhoami - BOUNTY it is a audiovisual album. All of their albums are. So it would be the best to also watch the videos after if possible.

[@bennshouts]

I actually did this month for one of my patreon's! SUCH AN EPIC AND INTERESTING PROJECT!!!

[@nomi.hagen.]

@@bennshouts WOW really? I am dying. You better react to more of their projects. Please!

[@basti8742]

There’s a full instrumental live version of ‘who is it’ in this show kzbin.info/www/bejne/q17NeZuAma6Ze9U (it’s Björk Live 2007). Really worth checking out if you like the song!!

[@maciel.4539]

Ancestors is soooooo underrated

[@whichwitch7705]

Can you react to HAIM Women in Music part III please? 🌸

[@LennyLaserdisk]

You should react to No Love Deep Web by Death Grips.

[@herbnymph8937]

I’m surprised you enjoyed this one 😂 maybe you’ll actually like Volta too haha, it’s more earthy and has more meat on its bones lol

[@swikarkalden]

I know for a fact that fellow stans will discredit me or label me as a 'fake' fan but from this era onwards, unfortunately Björk's experimentations with her sound didn't really do it for me. I've tried my best to get into her albums from Medulla to Utopia but unfortunately I'm just not into them as compared to Debut to Vespertine. I still respect her like crazy and will forever admire her for what she's done with and for music!!!

[@axlen_l578]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jesuseliasrojasandara4909]

❤️

[@elisonbonell2584]

Ancestor is the best on this album! Its showcases the scope of the human voice in my opinion (in a weird creepy beautiful way)

[@2553he]

I love this album so very much, Who Is It, Where Is The Line, Sonnets/Unrealities XI, Desired Constellation, Mouths Cradle and Triumph Of A Heart are some of her absolute best songs ever.. But honestly the album has her worst song ever too 😂 Ancestors is absolutely her worst song in her career I'm surprised you liked it

[@massimilianopraticelli8986]

LOL, looks like you don't like Björk songs that have a mouth in it. You didn't like Mouth's Cradle and you also didn't like Mouth Mantra.

[@bennshouts]

Omg hahahaahhahaahah DEADDDDDD

[@maciel.4539]

I'm sorry but I cant umderstand a thing of what you say during the songs

[@noxh808]

my least fav bjork album 😩

[@bennshouts]

😭😭😭

[@JacobW567]

This is my least favorite album of hers.

[@bennshouts]

Aww, that's okay