björk: declare Independence

[@Jayfive276]

"make your own....STAMPS!"

[@gerryqq1]

Make your own... PANTS!

[@alessandrob9744]

@@gerryqq1 paint the dead ants

[@taylorhall5106]

She’s telling them to think for themself while telling them what to think with her machine. I thought that was kinda interesting.

[@june5877]

to add on, there's the fact that some of what she says is whispered before she sings it, almost as if she's being told what to say... my first time watching the video, but I've always found that detail in the song so scary

[@abraxas9972]

Me, filling out my tax forms: Declare independents!

[@XnaniberiX]

Lmfaoo

[@joeescobar360]

Lol!!

[@daryapeppo2359]

Ha ha!

[@chrismcadam8413]

There is something so disturbingly brilliant about this video

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

I have no idea how these are hidden from me till the right moment. After more than two decades, it is only this week I am getting a chance of independence. I don't know how synchronicity does what it does, but I cannot deny, Bjork has an especial knack for arriving on time.

[@jules850]

Better late than never! X

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

@@jules850 I think she is punctual, but never as quick as one might like.

[@SystemYTP]

This song is so powerful, I’m now stateless

[@sawtoothiandi]

join the club..except members are nyet allowed...🤔

[@nemoism]

Brilliant woman! Always hated how mainstream media and the "know-nothings" portrayed her as weird and crazy. Genius!

[@LightLife4]

That's one of the many reasons why I like her as both an artist and as a creative. She isn't afraid to do her own thing regardless of how people view her. You'd have thought by now that the people behind the clone-types e.g. Little Mix, One Direction, Girls Aloud, West Life and the other manufactured groups would have figured by now why people like Bjork, Goldfrapp, Kate Bush and David Bowie have actual staying power.

[@graememcallister6765]

I use weird as a compliment - I happily call Bjork weird

[@jonhdumal3346]

Fuck you

[@allisonandrews4719]

In 2024 it seems quaint that all they did was call this genius weird back then. If she were an American today she should expect death threats from the President-elect.

[@chrismannion3418]

No one even comes close to being as creative as Bjork.

[@whateverman4945]

im way late to this Bjork party. this is fucking amazing

[@willswanson4264]

+FocusBeam so based off of reading this comment I looked up Venus Hum and found out I really like their music! I haven't looked too far but do you know why its been so long since they made a new album and their most recent one is only remixes? I just want to know if I am getting into a band that isn't making music anymore

[@tcetvel8648]

Nick W you are never late for björk

[@DurkMcGerk]

Raise your flag!

[@govmom]

Never EVER.

[@SeaBiscuit2342]

Bjork is the best female musician Of all time. That is all.

[@Stiffkittens01]

Kate bush, nina Simone, Pj harvey, Aretha Franklin. Close, & that is someone who has just been blown away by her cornucopia production, but still no cigar Oh, & Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj also

[@Stiffkittens01]

I wouldn't she wouldn't even be on the radar If Björk doesn't measure up to Nina, Kate, Tina, Aretha, then how on earth can Fiona?I

[@imanialexander2469]

Nina simone

[@imanialexander2469]

Billy holiday

[@caseygrengs4058]

Best musician.*

[@GalionSilevion13]

This is an anthem of freedom ^^

[@rafaelcamargourango9438]

Happy Birthday, Björk. Raise the flag, iconic and brilliant female!

[@ivanpinedo7592]

No mention of Michel Gondy!? This man is a god! Two un-earthly forces combined. Iceland and France represented!

[@scottwolff6946]

He didn't do so well with The Green Hornet though. Let's be real haha

[@naythre2498]

Tô chocada, quando eu acho que a Bjork não pode me surpreender mais eu descubrou outra obra prima dela, eu não sei nem o que dizer sobre esse video mas é incrível toda essa engenharia e perfomance deles! Impecável nunca vi nada igual

[@suzanalima4722]

those who don't like this woman Sapiens, i have to say that we need digest her message. She makes my mind more free!! thank you, B!!!! Sorry, i don't speak or wrote english very well, but i am learning, sistras, brothers

[@ivanovich1977]

Thank you Björk from Catalonia! We love you! I am a Catalan! Freedom for Catalonia, Euskadi, Scotland and Kurdistan! Great song! ✊✌🎗

[@LeslieRevolutionary]

Björk is a musical goddess. This video is a prodigious testament not only to her music, but her creative mind. Bravo!

[@CaptynPugwash]

Are Björk's spaghetti-aerobics classes available in the UK?

[@malteee9073]

In Scottland maybe

[@irishwanderer4206]

Lmfao

[@htsgm]

and in wales

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

Absolutely love this..

[@DRESSEDNVENOM]

Artistic genuis! Love her quirkiness! I luv when art is interpeted through music!Thx Bjork!

[@attilatorok2203]

This is one of my favorite songs of Björk.

[@QuantumSaike]

Yes.

[@LEAA113]

Maybe the best

[@ivanyiattila3547]

Nekem is.

[@TheCallumTR]

Attila Török is that your real last name?

[@afitapcbr111]

Yeap i agree

[@fexfreppl]

björk makes me laugh , cry , get angry & dance like an idiot ! i love this extraordinary woman !

[@mmmadame]

this should be the anthem of 2019

[@itshardtofindabandname]

Could not agree more !

[@davewithaddednutrients3024]

This!

[@your_moms_favorite5864]

No... the anthem of 2020 for California, Washington and Oregon when they create the Nation of West America

[@martinkevill8853]

Masterpiece in song writing and video editing. When a video fits a song perfectly.😊👍🇬🇧

[@lamiradaeli9153]

Thak you for dedicate us this song, from Barcelona with love.

[@cardedeu66]

Thank you Björk to dedicate this song to the catalans the de day before of 1-OCT

[@LightLife4]

What's ironic about this is that since this song was released we've had the debate about Catalonia Independence and both the Scottish Independence and UK Independence votes.

[@RuckRuRaggie]

I fucking love this video...

[@afitapcbr111]

Same 😎

[@DaveAlbiston]

Personally I love this song I feel it reaches out to all the countries that haven't made it yet.. Scotland.. Tibet.. Catalonia.. for instance. I love the song.. video.. ♥ 💜

[@JonatanMartin]

+Dave Albiston Absolutely agreed. Peace bro

[@DaveAlbiston]

I am not aware of any comments Bjork made on Kosovo, the Balkans and/or Eastern Europe so I couldn't possibly comment on that ==/A\==. I like the song though, and can definitely identify with it as far as Scotland, Catalonia and Tibet go. Nothing ever stays the same.. but equally it is true to say that 'history repeats' sometimes endlessly it seems.

[@lolitis01]

@==/A\== Make your own song about what a moron she is for not reading about the history that you've read.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@lolitis01 Lol, nice roast!!!

[@thesandwich5321]

Scotland did have a referendum... most people didn't want to leave, but that might change after Brexit. Ah well. It's their choice.

[@NessiEss]

From Republic of Catalonia.. THANKS A LOT !! LOVE U !!!

[@patricialassance]

She is just a genius!!! Its sad she is not well known in Brazil.

[@danielvinicius1809]

concordo! e essa música tem uma letra que se encaixa direitinho com o nosso país hahahah

[@davidgalan2140]

Catalonia's favourite song

[@MrDanygonc]

And Scotland's

[@victorduranfernandez3262]

Per sempre.

[@kcw2030]

so as Hong Kong's

[@josealfredocruzhernandez9202]

Cataluña es mía.

[@TanitZelda]

And Rif northern Morocco

[@shakka777]

Freedom for Catalonia! II*II

[@blueinkheart]

OMFG why does this video not have more views. This contraption is amazing!!! WHo?!.......What mad genius directed this video?! Someone give them eight Oscars and a Grammy (I actually don't pay attention to either so I forgot which is for film and which is for music. Just give them both anyway)

[@jeniferallan6693]

Wow! Energy! We should all stand up to the government with this song as our anthem. We declare independence from your lies and tyranny!!!

[@PNEUMONIAx]

she's a badass !!

[@dumpsterfornicia]

1:44 Make your own flag. -And the Catalonia flag appears.

[@NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892]

Dont listen to this on your phone, listen to it on the biggest speakers u have.

[@SlackrUk]

She closed with this at the Berlin Festival in 2013. Fantastic energy :)

[@BDX169]

This Video should have a million views or more this is awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ardidafa2328]

Still this song give me a goosebump...wow..who is still liste ing in 2020???

[@nickpastorino5370]

Bjork hosts the best group fitness classes.

[@ARA-ys4zx]

In love with Catalonia

[@jaumefabrega4659]

Catalonia, declare INDENPENDENCE!

[@oskrglz2671]

Independencia total.....himno declare independece

[@noidentity09]

I'm so happy of Björk and Michel Gondry working together again, they're one of the best creative duos!

[@davidh8724]

Thank you for this beautiful anthem! We have voted last Sunday... and we won!

[@guayotabencomo9458]

Absolutely fantastic Björk. Declare independence, freedom for Canary Islands!!

[@Imgonnawatchthis2]

I love how practical this video is, it only seems like a documentation of a perfomance artwork.

[@dalafantpetit-buro4067]

Greenland, but Catalonia as well. And all the nations of the world.

[@chicalleje]

Is it not what we all should do? Declare our independence. My anarquist hymn from now on. Bjork is such a great artist and and makes you think as well. Freedom and good life!

[@luis32789]

Free Puerto Rico! ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!

[@sergiobarr]

excelente tema en Lima tambien la tocó cerrando el concierto.. Buenisimo concierto!!!

[@merceengelbarts1728]

Thank you Bjork!!! Kisses from Catalonia❤️

[@juanvc1]

Shes amazing! Bjork, in Mexico we love you!!!!

[@yandroscaos7]

thanks Björk from Barcelona, Catalonia, for this song!

[@alexandrenixon215]

Catalan Republic, soon a reality

[@wennesmota3860]

One of my favorite songs of Björk! "Declare independence Don`t let they do it to you"... We need to do this!

[@josemariamarin7087]

Thank you Björk i visca Catalunya!!

[@MecdiAn]

f'ing Genius. never gets old.

[@enricoanderlini5940]

I love a wild animal. For a long time this has been in my destiny, and now it's coming true. Wild animals run away if they feel that someone is approaching, they bite if they try to catch them. Only the mating season calms them, and not entirely.

[@chb3676]

I am gonna start my own currency and use it to pay for a ticket to one her concerts

[@akiimallen1865]

best female artist of my time. no one and i mean no one sounds like her. i understand what she is trying to convey here.

[@LightLife4]

Bjork's a intelligent lyricist. Listen carefully and the song's about protecting national identity and fighting colonialism

[@MissLilyVideos]

Classic Gondry video. He always does stuff with machines and mechanics, very cool. I love Bjork and this song is great.

[@vicfreecss]

Björk is truly out of this world. My emotions cringe to her art, so incredible.

[@ornitorrinc999]

Catalunya lliure! Països Catalans lliures del colonialisme espanyol! Gràcies Björk! Thank you. Takk, við elskum þig.

[@kevinflo]

Greatest music video of all time and second place isn't close

[@chloejones1548]

A definite contender for Björk's best song

[@mateusmamani8263]

OMG, this song is so freaking wonderful! 😍😍😍😍❤❤❤ I can't help but jump when I listen to it. It's definitely my fave song from Volta.

[@BobColeMusic]

Took me less than 1 second to recognize this as a Gondry video. Love this.

[@eliasmsv3156]

This sounds like the anthem for an uprising in a movie

[@Majeed.]

Conscious and Spiritually Awake. Don't Let Them Do That To You!

[@vicky8867]

Not my favorite Björk song, but this is one of the coolest videos of hers or one of the coolest videos ever.

[@NerdilyDone]

I love this. The song is about independence, but the video portrays it as a message of media control...declare independence, just like you're being told to.

[@laquitopich]

I love you.

[@AN474-e1o]

PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 KURDISTAN! TIBET! HONG KONG! PUERTO RICO! CATALONIA! GREENLAND! UYGHURISTAN! KONIGSBERG! BRITTANY! DECLARE INDEPENDENCE!

[@cazatrash5799]

Catalonia!

[@AuthenticDarren]

Just seen your video for the first time Bjork. Reinds me why your my favorite pin-up. (no lie) Yours truely, AuthenticDarren xxxxx.

[@ArcadePerfect]

the wonderful thing about any good pop music, is the way it can be transposed from circumstance to circumstance, but for me it reminds me of my time when I moved up from London to Yorkshire... [I'm going to shut up]

[@nic3899]

I don't really listen to Bjork, but I always come back to this video, simply amazing

[@alienchow680]

I CAN]T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS....FAVORITE SONG EVER!!!

[@joanaftf6081]

Feliç diada nacional del País Valencià, Björk!!!

[@irishwanderer4206]

This song is mental in a good way

[@divinesaifsaif2993]

Wooooooooooo AMAZING song your the best Bjork ✌✌✌love you ❤❤❤

[@milimetro_mm]

1st of December of 2018 was Iceland's Independence 100th anniversary and Jóhannesson, Iceland's current president, quoted this song during his official announcement. What a day to be a Björk fan.

[@lindseymason6548]

I’d love to hear her intended meaning behind this song. The video seems as if she is portraying a catch 22. She is telling her people to declare their independence, but her people, like AI, seem to be blind followers. If she is programming (or brainwashing) these people to seek freedom, and they follow what they are programmed to do, is that true freedom? Have they actually reached consciousness? If these people blindly (key word: blindly) obey that order, they are still following their leader’s demands and are not truly free. This may be a representation of something greater, whether that be a specific country’s government or a general mindset. What do you think?

[@muuhhuum9148]

I think you need to shut up!

[@MattCrawley_Music]

I agree, I’d like to know what she means by it. A lot of independence and rebellion movements are vanity projects by their leaders

[@tomastaolo]

Ona je prostě nepopsatelně dorá!!!! fakt její nápady překonají veškerá očekávání posluchače.....

[@harrisabdullah2026]

Just one word "AMAZING"

[@sincherga]

Tibet! Tibet!

[@sewersounds8386]

+Jimmy James tout à fait

[@fredericnowarzyk9967]

planette

[@karc2261]

+sincherga Lenin Lenin! All Nations together!

[@carmenlyon5178]

American Indians!

[@mokocchitl]

sincherga ¡toda América y proletariat de todos los países!

[@LordTeaOfBiscuits]

how can anyone not love the hell out of this song, i feel so godamned stompy now

[@leonardomontes2712]

Well, I sent it to my friend and he said he couldn't listen to more past the 20 seconds of video.

[@CarmenInspira]

Just amazing

[@Giobbe84]

I think the meaning of this video (and song) is being misunderstood by the 99% of the viewers - me included

[@Iunanec]

The first time I watched this video, I saw a propaganda machine (the guitarist) with a charismatic leader (Björk) brainwashing people (the soldiers) who have no way of accessing other media (the ropes and closed room) with a script written by a hidden elite (the sprays at the roof, someone not seen in the video is operating them) that put a select few (the soldiers upstairs that aren't raising the flag) in charge of controlling the new country and how it portrays itself (the painting). Basically, how many dictatorships were born. Then I read about Björk and thought that most likely was the polar opposite of her actual intention, lol.

[@bookowl1775]

@@Iunanec But it looks like that, yes! Maybe it is, tho. I mean, she also has a song called Unison that say we should unite, we should not fight. And this song... maybe just means: do not let other people stop you from being you: Declare independence from them!!! But then, nations separatism..... I dont think so :/

[@bookowl1775]

And... maybe people are understanding plural «you». I think it is more a singular one.

[@bookowl1775]

Oh no forget it. I have just noticed the Greenland flag in her arm lmao

[@Iunanec]

@@bookowl1775 Don't forget the Faroe Islands flag on her other sleeve ;)

[@marilee8288]

Queen of revolutions

[@StarvingPoet]

Perhaps her Post-Punk political soundscapes are the most brilliant part of Björks’ unique works of art!

[@KuroiHato69]

She just gets cooler and cooler!!! Smashing video!

[@eubeast]

Where are my Catalans? Raise your flag!

[@anfosjordasala2411]

AlánZè 亜嵐是 ||*||

[@pereroses]

Here We are

[@davidsiuraneta]

Here we are! //☆\\

[@JoanEscala]

Here we are II*II

[@ibdhartha]

Here we are JI*Ib

[@chrisconnolly7492]

I swear Bjork and Nine Inch Nails should do a song together because this song straight up sounds like Nine Inch Nails. Even her song pluto sounds like Nine Inch Nails.

[@ibdhartha]

Thanks so much from Catalonia! I love you

[@splidheil3327]

possibly one of the greatest buildups in any song ever

[@celticela]

Stunning!!! just icelandic....love you Björk!!!!

[@GROOVETECHSETS]

ty bjork! love from catalonia!

[@joan2cat]

Gracies , gracies, gracies , gracies ....