Björk- Medulla Album REACTION

[@caodemonic]

The Björksters missed you 😭🙏

[@elvideoentertainment]

Lol aw thank you, I’m definitely back on it

[@caodemonic]

@elvideoentertainment yess, also it'd be awesome if you did a video in the b-sides you missed! There's some really good ones like Karvel, Scary, Verandi, Domestica, etc.

[@plutox433]

always loved your insight into Björks work. Can't wait for Vulnicura. For me, it's her best work.

[@B4r8ie]

agreed

[@neonparadis3]

Yes, it's about motherhood and pregnancy! The reason she chose to only use vocals was because she was "stuck" at home taking care of her newborn and couldn't go to the studio or like, use a piano while holding her baby, so she began writing it by recording her vocals. She also says that pregnancy and giving birth made her super aware of her body and flesh and bones. The "gasping for air" is Inuit throat singing done by canadian artist Tanya Tagaq. This kind of singing was one of the first to exist even before language, hence "Ancestors". For that track Tanya freestyled acapella for 20 minutes, then Björk took a fragment and, without editing it, placed it over one of her demos and it fit perfectly, with the same build ups and silences.

[@elvideoentertainment]

Wow that’s really cool and insightful and deep. Didn’t know that was a type of singing and to call it ancestors is deep. I like it. Thank you for the insight!

[@momo1696]

Mouths Cradle, Oceania, Triumph of a Heart are highlights from this album

[@HoShIfox19]

Mouth’s Cradle*

[@momo1696]

⁠@@HoShIfox19you are correct lol i always do that with those two songs specifically. Just changed it 🫶🏼

[@gozzywozzy485]

heeey we have the same three faves from this album Who is it (single version) would be fourth place for me

[@nomi.hagen.]

Glad that you get the message of the songs almost instantly. Very accurate. I can't wait for Volta

[@olyophogrific]

you survived through Ancestors LOL, also you should watch the music video for triumphs of a heart

[@dvus1977]

This was a Pleasant Unexpected surprise 😀. Def a treat, especially because im sick in bed 🤧🤒. Her implementation of Beat Boxing, Throat Singers , and other types of Vocalists demonstrate Bjork's undoubted Musicianship, creativity and genius. She was approached by the Olympic Committee in 2003/2004 to commission a Song for the Opening Ceremonies at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens , which resulted in Oceania Glad you got back to continuing Bjork's discography. Cheers 🥂

[@gpeddino]

My favorite Björk album. She brought in lots of guests, like beatboxers, throat singers, full choirs... Apart from a piano in "Ancestors" and a gong in "Pleasure Is All Mine", everything you hear in this album is human voices. The production is exquisite. "Mouth's Cradle" and "Triumph of a Heart" are my favorites.

[@notanotherpopsong]

Can't wait for the Volta reaction next year 😍

[@elvideoentertainment]

This is so funny cause coincidentally I uploaded this video the exact same day I uploaded Vespertine last year 😅 I’ll see you all in 2026😂😂😂 jk

[@Boohnaa]

wow what a sweet surprise for Sonnets/Unrealities, the song is basically about meeting your ex's new lover and wishing them the best, could she do that?

[@elvideoentertainment]

That’s what I like to hear lol Edit cause I didn’t read the second part: and I feel that, I get that

[@outlastinglettuce2626]

​@@elvideoentertainment fun fact: the song lyrics come from a poem by E.E Cummings (same as Vespertine's Sun in My Mouth). After she divorced her partner (same partner she sang about in Vespertine), she performed that song again but know just as "Sonnets", since it wasn't an "unreality" anymore

[@seanstewart9896]

YESS MORE BJORK

[@dylangranados685]

Love your reactions! I hope you react to Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain someday, it's a journey 🤍

[@elvideoentertainment]

I’ll get to her, I have to and thank you🙏🏽

[@AGcouture]

Great review !! Search for Medulla documentary “ The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure” from 2004 is amazing to watch all the process behind this album !

[@tawfiq5741]

I was going to give some context for this album but I forgot that I already did that in the comment section of your vespertine reaction 😅 I encourage you to read it again, it makes the album more enjoyable and make more sense. Cheers! (also, yes, you were spot on when it came to some of the pregnancy/maternal themes)

[@viniciusvallesalves3029]

that album is criminally underrated

[@hebeeeeert]

what a beautiful review.. I still remember the very first day I listened Medúlla... and with this album I began being a huge fan. And it is my 2nd fav Björk album.

[@indiatastic]

Oh wow! Triumph of a ❤ and Oceania are 2 of my top faves ever from her

[@yungpuff4582]

We bouta hit unc status before Volta! We got GTA 6 before volta. Nah fr tho love watching these and hearing your take.

[@elvideoentertainment]

Lmaoo☠️☠️ and thank you 😂😅

[@HoShIfox19]

Oceania is’t really about motherhood its a personification of the ocean, it was written for the 2004 olympics (check her performance) she’s singing to the athletes from the pov of the ocean

[@outlastinglettuce2626]

But from the ocean as a mother's pov, since all life is said to come from the ocean, hence all living beings sharing a common ancestor, though it's really lovely how he extrapolated those lyrics to the human experience of being a mother and giving birth

[@coiffureclips8148]

I was rewatching your vespertine video yesterday! Glad to see you got to this one finally, probably my fav Björk record

[@gxngy6612]

I’m not sure if you’re into her enough to want to, but she released a live album + a film-excerpt-combo a few days ago. It’s from a 2023 concert for her Cornucopia Tour and has some crazy visuals and vocals. maybe you can watch it :) **it’s mainly made of up songs from Utopia (2017), so if you’re doing a discography deep-dive then maybe not yet

[@herb9838]

My favourite Bjork album. Definitely one of her most challenging though

[@plutox433]

been waiting for you to come around to Björk❤

[@octavioandrea]

Gracias ❤

[@eyeorigins77]

army of me and where is the line was allegedly about the same person

[@davidsaturnino6519]

Her brother

[@pinchetono13]

WOOOOOOO 🎉❤ I haven’t seen you on my feed for a hot sec but I’m glad u popped up

[@momo1696]

Oh my god finallyyyyy!!!!!!!!

[@Madefied]

Take a look at the official Who is it video. ❤🎉😅

[@dietfruit]

We need vulnicura badly

[@ricknoreallyiam]

Medúlla e Volta melhores trabalhos da velha

[@divaexperimental]

react to @@@@@ (arroba) by arca 🙏🫶

[@sergiocabezuela9713]

Hi tata❤

[@claudiopina2620]

Fatheeeeer

[@iethergy]

Omg bjork reaction videos have been sooooo dry the past few months

[@gozzywozzy485]

What happened to Selmasongs?!?!?! Please do this small soundtrack album (and maybe watch the movie beforehand?: 'Dancer in the Dark' - Björk gives a truly outstanding performance in it. It made me cry). I rekcon you would really enjoy both the film and the soundtrack

[@jaimico2742]

of the best albums of bjork and the most difficult to get into