Björk - Atom Dance

[@smellingsaltsproductions8682]

I love how every song in Vulnicura references and "revises" previous songs that Bjork wrote about love. "Atom Dance" is referencing and revising "Unison", and it has such a beautiful logic. The first 30 seconds of both songs are very similar in their structure, their timbre, and even the notes that they use... But the themes of "Atom Dance" start up where "Unison" ends. In "Atom Dance", Bjork is no longer in unison with her lover... instead, she claims a unison for herself: a unison with the world around her, and with the listener of the song. This is what will heal and sustain her. (And, of course, "Atom Dance" transforms, halfway through, into a musical duet which abruptly pulls the song into a new shape. It is the sudden unison of voices the signals the song breaking from "Unison"... and blooming into a new, more sustainable type of unison.)

[@ggthewhale]

Family and All is Full of Love

[@smellingsaltsproductions8682]

@@ggthewhale YES.

[@taniahermen]

Unison is my fav :c

[@marisolcasarrubias8451]

Wich song references heirloom?

[@taniahermen]

@@marisolcasarrubias8451 mouth mantra, OK no haha, Idk

[@SleepyCity0001]

We are each other’s hemispheres I am fine tuning my soul To the universal wavelength No one is a lover alone I propose an atom dance Our hearts are coral reefs in low tide Love is the ocean we crave Restlessly turning around and around I am dancing towards transformation Learning by love to open it all Let this ugly wound relief We fear unconditional heart space Healed by atom dance When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me! We are each other’s hemispheres We aim at peeling off dead layers of loveless love No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home Come in themselves fully It scares them all When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me! No one is a lover alone, no one Most hearts fear their own home You are my same hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing No one is a lover alone, no Most hearts fear their own home You are my same hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing Atoms are laughing at last At last

[@4khnaten]

this is the fastest long song ever

[@stonemilker4621]

Only now I found out it's actually 8 minutes long. Thought it was 4.

[@anotherworld8841]

But black lake

[@hamptoonythecat2171]

@@anotherworld8841 Black lake feels loooong to me

[@angelgonzalez5766]

@@hamptoonythecat2171 it feels like quicksand

[@hotmess_express5060]

WTF HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS SONG WAS 8 MINUTES LONG

[@armandowilliams7520]

I'm humbled and honored to have listened to this..

[@anthonyrodriguez4708]

The lyrics of this song merges my favorite things. Poetry, chemistry, science, love and Bjork's voice.

[@nicolodelucia8743]

i like how the way atoms establish bonds is used as a metaphor for lovers here

[@miguelaraujo4595]

3:11 you can feel this in your soul

[@KELE02000]

We are each other’s hemispheres I am fine tuning my soul To the universal wavelength No one is a lover alone I propose an atom dance [Verse 2: Björk] Our hearts are coral reefs in low tide Love is the ocean we crave Restlessly turning around and around I am dancing towards transformation Learning by love to open it up Let this ugly wound breathe We fear unconditional heart space Healed by atom dance [Refrain 1: Björk] When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me! We are each other’s hemispheres [Verse 3: Björk & Antony Hegarty] We aim at peeling off Dead layers of loveless love No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home Most hearts, they fear their own home Becoming themselves fully It scares them off [Refrain 2: Björk] When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me! [Chorus 1: Antony Hegarty] No one is a lover alone, lone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing [Chorus 1: Björk & Antony Hegarty] No one is a lover alone, lone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing [Interlude: Björk] Atoms are laughing at last Atoms are laughing at last At last, at last Atoms are... [Chorus 2: Björk & Antony Hegarty] No one is a lover alone No one is a lover alone, lone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing

[@Rovertimes]

One of my top favorites from the gifted Björk the one and only

[@LegitRockSt4r]

Classic Bjork

[@versationstetralogia]

Vulnicura's greatest song. So powerful

[@saltalgilmour9745]

No one is a lover alone, no one Most hearts fear their own home You are my same hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing

[@chicoryfield4702]

This song makes me very hopeful and also makes me hate the fact that Im hopeful at the same time. I feel my heart bloom everytime I listen to this, but for everyflower that blooms, an arrow feels like destroying it. Such a powerful and marvelous song.

[@sasamilic720]

This song has saved me several times

[@claudiosouza6455]

Hang in there!

[@remoteheavens7055]

Saaaame ))

[@ZeRoRuLeS561]

divine piece of heavenly music

[@jesusmanriquezsantana1590]

3:37 The strings in that part are just wonderful

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

if this song had a music video to go along with the beats and melodies I would definitely see 2 small atoms under a microscope, then zoom out to a spider dancing its web, then a bird caught in the rain, a thunder storm by the sea with waves crashing, lighting striking the earth and becoming roots under the soft wet ground... the climax of the song would be two snakes interwining and mating.... this is how I imagine this song to be like... very primal and yet so very simple...

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

I'm surprised anyone took time to read the comments but thanks!

[@videogamessports7778]

+Phantom Anna your comments matter : )

[@rovocyte9493]

wow! it's very björkish

[@AuroMancer]

facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/774459982686262/ your description's concept is reminiscent of this short clip

[@JacquesOuiAuRevoir]

interesting because I saw her Friday and 80% of the visuals that accompanied the performance were footage from Planet Earth of animals: snakes, moths, tropical birds; mating and laying eggs.You're a little clairvoyant in a way...

[@kkoun]

A masterpiece!

[@elcarlos0101]

Es como si esta canción fuera para toda la humanidad, una poesía minimalista y sutil. Creo es la más esperanzadora del disco y donde explora un terreno musical algo distinto y poderoso, alguna forma de redención con el universo y consigo misma. Otra obra maestra, sublime.

[@kkoun]

Her singing here is pure heaven like!

[@alexdesmall6916]

kkoun I like the way you speak. It's Björk like :)

[@kkoun]

Thank you

[@svillegassmusic]

Haunting and Painful and Beautiful

[@ojogantonio]

4:36 my fave part

[@hobodawg9364]

Björk, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead all agree: 5/4 SLAPS.

[@vicentegrasset]

heck i love so much 5/4. it's so expressive

[@terrance7220]

Bjork is a disco/ art song singer. Led Zeppelin is a rock band. Radiohead is a pop rock/ electro pop band they have nothing in common. You might as well throw Keri Hilson and Paula Abdul in the mix

[@georgesykes181]

@@terrance7220 but they are all the best at their music

[@miguel77mg]

@@terrance7220 they're talking about the tempo... 5/4 they all use it

[@Euroviking86]

Gorillaz too!

[@ishallremaincalm]

Our world is still in chaos, war and pain because this song only has 117K views... just imagine what would it be like if this had reached millions of people and they all felt it ...

[@veganjotaro]

Sad sad reality. 😔

[@laru09]

To me is like the real voice line in the song are those strings suffering and singing like they were vocal strings, just as Björk and Anhoni

[@andrespineda5981]

beyond ethereal, beautiful composition and the lyrics, Amazing.

[@TheSpookyKing]

5:01-6:46 EARGASM

[@vicenzooooo]

one of the best examples of how 5/4 can be just as hard-hitting and, at the same time, smooth as 4/4 and other time signatures

[@itinerantyogi6163]

beautiful!

[@martinezmix]

love antony's indelible vocals and the beats are pretty sick

[@Amoradamian]

Anohni*

[@jacksweeklymusicreviews3411]

*Anhoni

[@fayecromwell]

@@jacksweeklymusicreviews3411 anohni*

[@jacksweeklymusicreviews3411]

@@fayecromwell kk

[@gxngy6612]

One of bjork’s greatests

[@sjoncb]

damn this is good

[@EmilyIzabellaGK]

top notch collabs. a+b 4ever

[@lucyarque2946]

So intricate

[@enricoanderlini5928]

Yes it is a sensual tangle of stimuli.

[@Giovan95]

the instrumental of this song sounds like something out of legend of zelda: Windwaker

[@maskyparker1926]

I'm probably half of the views.

[@LegitRockSt4r]

Same here.

[@leiram8833]

I'm the other half

[@ensamelfofart]

and I, you are my second hemisphere

[@Enemy_slain]

@@LegitRockSt4r then i must be from other dimension, hi.

[@LegitRockSt4r]

@@Enemy_slain Hi back

[@skinny9283]

Antony Hegarty again, remember Volta?

[@yaggayaggaya9918]

skinny9283 I love it when they collaborate.

[@kinggriffin4279]

yeah i really dont feel like their voices complement each other well tbh

[@4khnaten]

i disagree. björk's voice sounds heavenly with anohni's in this song

[@tomschult133]

@@kinggriffin4279 I kind of agree. But I guess for me my problem is that her music is so personal it's weird for me to hear another voice so prevalent. I still enjoy it, it just kind of takes me out of the intimacy.

[@malfunctionnnn]

Oh come on anonhi and bjork are amazing together

[@laru09]

Perreo atómico es una de mis canciones favoritas de la Beyork

[@veganjotaro]

Honestly...te amo. solo este comentario es suficiente.💖

[@itsbenn_]

reclamando espacios cuánticos con el perreo atomico

[@remoteheavens7055]

this is a fairytale...

[@LegitRockSt4r]

Sounds just like 1

[@laceyrawissmann4350]

Almost ethereal.

[@alexdesmall6916]

Laceyra Wissmann if this isn't I don't know what is :)

[@rvufo]

almost?

[@enricoanderlini5928]

Mesmerizing

[@yanhill7555]

goddamn i love arca so much

[@saltalgilmour9745]

Learning by love to open it all Let this ugly wound relief..

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

I was guided to the stories of the heroes, and Venus told me to see myself when I look in her eyes. This had not occurred to me. I had always seen everyone else's eyes, but I had never seen my own. I reclaimed my sould this way. It is now my own again. The duality of my aspects has merged into one. My male and female have merged into one. My body and soul have merged into one. I now need no one, and am bound to no one. I am free, but I know I am the first because I am the herald. By virtue of being the first, I know that you wait for me now. You will be the second. I can call upon the gods and the goddesses to help me. Angels and demons bow to my will. The world of the material is inconsequential. I shall complete my journey in the world of symbols. When I have beaten all that is in my way, then I will return to the world of the material. Then I shall set your human free.

[@enricoanderlini5928]

How about someone's decision to disable comments in almost all the songs posted by Bjoerk? Coincidentally the same thing happened with those of the last Arca album

[@Tjalzo]

OMG, everytime I heard this song is so glorious, I'm loving it!!! What a masterpiece, thanks Björk for being in my life!

[@claudiosouza6455]

"No one is a lover alone".

[@alexdesmall6916]

Enter pain and dance with me ... ? 😓😭

[@jacksweeklymusicreviews3411]

The crashing synths in the first part sound like waves against a beach 🔥🔥🔥

[@kayofelipe7723]

Reminds me of “The OA” ...

[@michaelfaure3476]

Thankyou

[@TheNothingEverything]

Studio ghibli vibes!!

[@James-nm6jb]

I see this as kind of a courtship/mating dance in some way when she proposes an atom dance. they are two hemispheres, the yin and yang, that come together to negotiate love. the 5/4 metre is reminiscent to that of traditional folk dances from across the world. this is a recurring theme in bjorks work - two souls, people, journeys, converging and meeting, coming to an agreement, discussing terms of peace. It feels very fitting that on an album like Vulnicura there is a track like this; at the beginning of any relationship, there is a subconscious 'atom dance', where the two parties propose an agreement of love and a trading agreement (i.e, support, affirmation, in exchange for physical touch, or the like). Conversely, it could be said, that an 'atom dance' invariably takes place at the ending of a relationship too, although at this point, the conversing is much more diplomatic and hardened. There is an account taking, an overview of the damage done and the consequences, and both parties try to move on with their lives after they have agreed to walk away. Of course the damage from heartbreak can never be fully forgotten and it plagues us when we try to start new relationshps, as seen in 'Courtship' from Utopia.

[@regnbuetorsk]

The violin at 4:00. I've heard something similar before...

[@devoneduhmusic]

4:39 💙

[@equidregykfr3523]

Love love love

[@alejandromontesdeoca7142]

pero que bien

[@elijacovic4854]

Lovely

[@rcdftnt]

At last

[@WowwowLulu]

Has arca met Anohni if he’s Björk’s producer

[@veganjotaro]

Most likely yes.

[@PST_PS]

*she's

[@venusblu2168]

6:08 omggg I literally ascended

[@alejandromontesdeoca7142]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@javiarpi]

enter the pain and dance with me... i love my mom

[@galindoof]

Antony & The Johnsons ❤

[@pappfanni1123]

Imádom

[@Missmmmmmmmmmm]

4:00 died

[@enricoanderlini5928]

Slowly though

[@hamptoonythecat2171]

Hello help I am dying because of the evil primal and I need saviors - the M.I.M.E there is a mini bjork in my pocket and it is eating away at my soul thank you

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

You clearly say the right things. I wonder how much you know of what and who you are. Your appearance has not only merged with me. You have grown now. You are not only my experience of being human. At present you appear to be the kitchen's experience of being a kitchen. I must be learning this dance well. Soon I may need a dance hall to contain it. Ultimately, I determine, an entire planet. The entire planet is gripped by forces that drag me lower. My dance must lift me a long way to maintain success. I am led to learn things, the secrets of what is coming. What is coming is not as good as being here. I must learn to let it go, and dance, but my curiosity is inbuilt. That is what brought me this far. There is so much darkness out there. I must replace it with my light. My light is still so small. It never goes out, but the darkness overwhelms me. I should stay here, but Persephone demands I continue to shine in the darkness. I am not allowed to stay for long. I am never allowed to stay for long. My strength grows as I fight the darkness. I am not alone when I am here, but I grow ever more alone, when I am not.

[@koi9826]

wait, the secondary voices are someone else? i honestly thought it was bjork's pitched down

[@shystone7740]

No! She is Ahnohni!

[@veganjotaro]

Ha ha and some people think they don't harmonize! when in reality they are like one voice in female and other in mole body* (I know anohni is a woman, but physically she has a male vocal cord)

[@aragonesis]

@@veganjotaro the voice transcends the gender binary. I love how her voice challenges perceptions of what is feminine/masculine.

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

loveyoutoo

[@belladonna1032]

Dancing with my demons and playing with my shadows.

[@ro.xgc4995]

💜1️⃣✨

[@javiarpi]

i don't even now what to comment

[@joannamo8]

smacznego

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

Thank you for the invitation, but it is no longer inviting enough to get in the way of a cup of tea. You will have to dance alone, until you wake up.

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

seeyaa

[@hannayuki410]

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

ojjj

[@dannymolek6057]

Deus ex Machina

[@Asghdassden]

Cosa non è questo pezzo...

[@FabioPalmitessa]

Chiara Cimino hai sentito anche pagan poetry? Altro pezzo top...

[@Asghdassden]

ascolto bjork da più di dieci anni

[@FabioPalmitessa]

Io da un po' di meno. Ma la ascolto quasi sempre. All'estero bjork è una Dea, mentre da noi non la conosce nessuno quindi trovarne una, è oro colato. Tranne se si va' a caracalla il 31 ed io non posso x via del mio lavoro :). Di pagan poetry mi ha emozionato il live ad hamburg del 2002 se nn erro. Ovviamente ci sono altre top track ma quella mi ha emozionato maggiormente... nice to meet u :) ci sono altre tracce che ti piacciono?

[@Asghdassden]

io l'ho scoperta all'epoca di Medulla, nel 2004, avevo 13/14 anni. amo tutto quello che ha fatto, faccio prima a pensare a quello che ho apprezzato un pò meno :D in generale comunque credo che abbia tirato fuori il meglio di sè negli ultimi anni, anche se Homogenic rimane forse il suo album più completo e geniale

[@FabioPalmitessa]

Sicuro su homogenic, un po' meno sul meglio di se l'ha tirato fuori negli ultimi anni. Una cosa è certa: che bjork ha cosi tante sfaccettature che il ns piacere diventa piacere soggettivo contornato dalle ns emozioni, diverse, in base al ns carattere ed al modo di vedere la sua musica

[@gabormolnar2208]

such a shame that this song wasnt a single with a music video

[@michaelfaure3476]

Yo

[@nikolaremi5793]

:)

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

myselfa

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

MYSELFAtrallalllallala

[@hamptoonythecat2171]

You are a poet.

[@calliespltn]

8 min

[@thorakarlsdottir9389]

hæ

[@dftdty]

Could be a Tool song

[@josephmcgolrick3920]

We are each other's hemispheres I am fine tuning my soul To the universal wavelength No one is a lover alone I propose an atom dance Our hearts are coral reefs in low tide Love is the ocean we crave Restlessly turning around and around I am dancing towards transformation Learning by love to open it all Let this ugly wound relief We fear unconditional heart space Healed by atom dance When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me! We are each other's hemispheres We aim at peeling off dead layers of loveless love No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home Come in themselves fully It scares them all When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me No one is a lover alone, no one Most hearts fear their own home You are my same hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing No one is a lover alone, no Most hearts fear their own home You are my same hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing Atoms are laughing at last Atoms are laughing at last At last, at last Atoms are No one is a lover alone No one is a lover alone, lone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing