AURORA ~ Songwriter REACTS to Step 1 - Infections of a Different Kind ~ FULL Album

[@Luscent]

CANT WAIT FOR STEP 2 AHHH if you wanted to check out my playlist here's the link! spoti.fi/3i1AUyu

[@ghenardinvento604]

Me too🥰

[@matthewmatualage5272]

Me toooo

[@Einyen]

Here is what Aurora said about "Infections Of A Different Kind": "On track eight you say ‘Be god in the shape of a girl’ - what does that line mean to you?" "I was at an airport, it was late, I was alone and my plane was the last one to leave. It was the year before I wrote the song, so 2016, which was a hard year for me because it was quite busy and I was sick all the time - I was in the hospital many many times. So yeah, at the airport… I was on my way home again, I felt a bit out of place, out of my own body, and then I looked at this family. I saw two very tired parents, and then this little girl - she was maybe 3 years old - and she seemed to give them so much joy, even though they were very tired. And she gave me a lot of joy. And then I saw an old couple, leaning over to look at the little girl who was smiling back at them. She seemed to interact with almost everyone at the gate, and make everyone happy. Without even knowing it. And I loved the way happiness and love can be so… simple? Don’t underestimate the power of a child. It was just very magical to see how much it affected everyone and everything.If I was to choose a religion, I would love it if god would be something that you can touch. Something like a little girl, on this earth, and not something that is far away or judges from above, you know?"

[@piesause1376]

Have u seen the new single for her forthcoming album? If so what do u think of it?

[@Luscent]

Not yet! I'll defo talk about it in my July roundup video though!!

[@klipkillkill402]

✨💅Time stands💅✨ 1:22 Queendom 5:26 Forgotten Love 9:13 Gentle Earthquakes 11:42 All Soft Inside 14:34 It Happened Quiet 18:22 Churchyard 21:24 Soft Universe 24:41 Infections of a Different Kind

[@oneupkid]

Aurora took her breath in step 1 hence “this is the breath” and even in her album artwork she’s taking a deep breath. In step 2 she breathes out. She lets it out

[@Luscent]

Ahh cool!!!

[@joogies]

I've noticed how it is reversed at the end too is kind of like symbolic for how this is the breath in. Idk why reversing it makes it feel like it's being pulled in like a breath haha if that makes sense.

[@ilyachap]

Well, kinda yes but kinda no. Step I is supposed to be an exploration of one's mind, more personal, more intimate. And Step II is more political, a commentary on social issues, more of an overview of our society as a whole instead of one singular person.

[@TheOnlyOpie]

@@joogies the reversed bits on Step 1 are actually hidden lyrics from Step 2

[@joogies]

@@TheOnlyOpie water zee lyrics

[@pratikshabaruah3105]

fun fact about Gentle Earthquakes : it started out as a song describing orgasms and sexual ecstasy but it ended up evolving into a song about empowerment and leaving abusive/toxic relationships!!

[@Luscent]

Oh interesting!

[@dulcealvarez6071]

i think aurora is one of those artist that best embrace their fans, she even made a video of the tiktoks that everyone made with her song runaway, thanking the loved that received

[@Luscent]

Aw that's so cute!

[@v3nu5]

step 2 will be a emotional ride for sure, and I mean that in the best way possible

[@Luscent]

I'm ready 🙃🥴😭

[@jessica5497]

Yes! Now is time for Aurora live! She's even better

[@SandraMilenaIden]

All the good sounds comes from Aurora collecting sounds, and she is meticulous about how things should sound.

[@Luscent]

Yeah you can tell!!

[@phoebeel]

I remember lying in bed around 11pm listening to the album for the first time and I just was overwhelmed with the whole thing. When infections played, I just cried and I couldn't understand how someone could write such a short album that feels like you've just experienced all emotions humans can feel while traveling through all millennia of earth's existence. I'm not even exaggerating! I wish I could listen to it for the first time again

[@cc.8805]

Dude I literally JUST watched the previous Aurora reaction last night, divine timing? 😳 👀

[@steffensolhaug4678]

Wow, me to😅

[@Luscent]

It must be!! 🧙‍♂️

[@Dheord26]

@@Luscent You're a wizard,Luscent.

[@dansegelov305]

I see "It happened quiet," as a story about the death of a woman, pushed through an upstairs window by her lover in a moment of jealous rage. Just like "murder song," it's told from the point of view of the dead woman, like her ghost is giving testemony. Through the first verse I picture a cinematic, super slow motion shot from above as she falls backwards towards the ground outside the window. Her eyes, "blue and hollow" and feathers "falling out of a pillow," floating in the air. "is the earth coloured red, as I land like a flower on the meadow. Love is wild." "Don't you speak over my voice, I will return from the shadows, and I'll bleed in your bed, turn it red, like the ground outside your window. Love is wild."

[@Luscent]

Wow!

[@Sofia-Lala]

Gentle Earthquake is the most beautiful song made describing sexual ecstasy😊

[@Luscent]

I love that!

[@ElectriKitty]

gentle earthquake is also about anxiety

[@xingqiu1809]

@@ElectriKitty even aurora herself said that gentle earthquake is about sexual ecstasy "Twisted body parts moving synchronized Watching lightning strike in my lover's eyes All the flowers grow to a luscious field All connecting love becomes a human shield" That line definitely isn't about anxiety plss💀💀

[@jasmijnplant61]

@@xingqiu1809 also in the documentary "once aurora" she was searching for a sound that sounds like an orgasm. I really recommend watching the documentary. It's about the making of her second album

[@RobAndrews18]

Forgotten Love is my all time fav song from her. I cry almost everytime I listen to it. I remember the pain of previous love, and then I go back to the present and realize how beautiful life is moving on, to be free of pain.

[@Luscent]

Me too it's beautiful ♥️♥️♥️

[@hurricanecatrina9548]

She has a newer song called Exist for Love which I believe she called her first true love song. I WILL be singing it for my partner at our wedding someday. Aurora captures the feeling of love so perfectly ❤️❤️

[@beachstar10]

Cure for me

[@Luscent]

Aw I love that!

[@s_amylee]

It seems to be a collective experience of feeling like running through a forest during All Is Soft Inside lol. So many people say they feel the same thing listening to it! It's one of my favorites. Also, I love the way you analyze lyrics, so beautiful. can't wait for Step 2 (it's my favorite out of her 3 albums for sure, you're gonna love it)

[@Luscent]

That's so crazy that she can pinpoint a feeling like that! And thanks!! Looking forward to step 2!

[@yikesman2717]

Aurora uses nature and words synonymous with it as metaphors for other topics in her lyrics. The songs aren't always having nature as the center meaning.. The song 'it happened quiet' is most agreed on being about an abusive relationship turning into a crime of passion. Aurora is a story teller and many of her songs aren't necessarily about her. In this one she's the victim of the crime, falling out the window where she was pushed and how everything was quiet and in slow motion as she fell to her death, "is the earth colored red? As I land". The "silent call" is it her scream? Is it theirs? Then after this her ghost comes back to haunt her killer, "i will return from the shadows, and I'll bleed in your bed, turn it red, like the ground outside your window" Aurora ends with "love is wild" bc love while is beautiful, it can also make people do abhorrent acts in its name.

[@Luscent]

Wow thanks for that interpretation!

[@hedvigkhaugen]

You’ve quickly become one of my favorite reactors! I absolutely love the way you analyze the lyrics, but also the way you let music speak to you! I can tell that your throughly enjoyed listening to this album, and trust me, Step 2 does not disappoint! AURORA said that step 1 focuses more on the inner part of humans, while step 2 focuses more on the outside of humans. You’ll see how they’re very similar, but yet very different;) AURORA is the only artist that has ever made me cry. When I listen to her music, I feel like I’m either connected to a past life or to my very own soul. She makes music bigger than herself, and it touches me so much. Thank you for this, I cried with you on many occasions hehe💛

[@Luscent]

Awww thank you so much!!! I really loved the album and I'm growing to really appreciate what an incredible artist she is!!

[@lordtains]

I agree, I love how you just let your emotions and thoughts run freely!

[@sage97m]

I’ve always interpreted “It Happened Quiet” as a sexual assault story…:( sad but beautiful lyrics when you think of that connection. I don’t know if that’s the true meaning though.

[@LeandroSilva-vf6fy]

Aurora once said that It happened quiet can be interpreted a lot of ways, so that's up to you

[@LeandroSilva-vf6fy]

I interpreted that song as a domestic violence that ended up in the death of the protagonist(when she says "I land like a flower on the meadow"). And Churchyard is a continuation of the story, it adds more content to the story of the character.

[@Luscent]

Wow that's so tragic 😔

[@zarolikse2372]

She did say about the song that one lover kills the other. So you could say this is a murder ballad. But it feels even darker than that. Rape and murder is what comes to mind.

[@LeandroSilva-vf6fy]

@@zarolikse2372 exactly

[@karmajojosiwasversion]

This is my favourite AURORA album and I'm glad you liked it! I feel this is a lot more mature than her first album, I love them both but in this everything is so much more polished, the production is more diverse and the songwriting and themes are also improved

[@Luscent]

Yeah I agree with all of that!! Its like she's fulfilling her potential

[@mabe9535]

It Happened Quiet is one of my favorite songs ever! I can't explain what I feel, I just feel!

[@antonella7470]

HOW TO KILL SOMEONE WITH TWO CHORDS, i felt that. she's my favorite and this is my fav album ♡ this was so nice, honest and interesting to watch. I loved it so much

[@Luscent]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@Sam-lh4pw]

The fact that she made an imaginary language for the bridge in Forgotten Love

[@Luscent]

I know how cool is that?

[@joogies]

I guess something to note too is that Aurora is not often talking from her own point of view. I *think* I remember reading this or from an interview, but my memory is shit. A lot of her music is other people's stories. Hmm what else can I say-- I guess I don't often truly understand the meaning of these songs either because they're kind of heavy, but I love Churchyard the most as an anthem for someone claiming their power back after an abusive situation. And in It Happened Quiet, it almost seems like it's leading up to that when she sings "Don't you speak over my voice, I will return from the shadows". And also singing how love is wild, it seems to be about how a person can mistake abuse for love when it's all they know. Anywhomst, thanks for the reaction. Glad you loved it. Step 2 is beautiful and inspiring. And you've chosen the perfect time to get into Aurora because she's in the midst of a new era's beginning. She just released a song yesterday called Cure For Me that is just as amazing as anything she's done and yet somehow completely different from your expectations of how you think her sound should go. Oh AND it's a gay anthem on top of all that 💕

[@joogies]

Omg I didn't expect that to be so long. Sorry for the whole ass novel.

[@Luscent]

Haha thanks for your opinion!! I'm excited to hear Cure for Me too!

[@Blaufrosch]

okay listening to you experiencing this album for the first time was kind of like experiencing it again myself ... goosebumps love your 'unfiltered/raw' ( i dont know how else to put it into words) reaction. great job! PS: Listen to the live versions. you'll be blown away :P

[@Luscent]

Aw thanks glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@Sofia-Lala]

I think she always will be an interesting artist, partly because she will always experiment with different sounds.

[@Luscent]

She'll always keep you guessing!

[@annadominique1217]

You, crying, when Forgotten Love was playing is so relatable! That was my first reaction too after hearing that song! I just had a bad break up with my supposed to be close friends. I choose peace over them and I never felt bad about it. But the people keep bugging me. And so hearing forgotten love is still so freeing! I felt solace over my feelings. That I have the rights to cut off people that were bad for me! 💖💖💖

[@Luscent]

I love your story so beautiful ❤️

[@annadominique1217]

@@Luscent OMG! You replied! 💗💗💗 I've been following your reactions for sometime now and I really love your interpretations on different songs. Wishing the best for you! 💗

[@ilyachap]

If you ever wondered about the reversed parts in the last song they are lyrics from 'Animal' on Step II. Such as "the weight upon my shoulders" and "with a goddess".

[@Luscent]

Ooh very clever

[@gopherstick]

Step 2 is a crazy bookend, buckle up...

[@melsai9555]

I swear her songs just get better and better Her music always gives me goosebumps when I hear it

[@Luscent]

They're do deep and the more you listen the more you hear!

[@alnatex]

If you want to hear Aurora being really experimental you should listen to Wisdom Cries. And to me All is Soft Inside is about being emotional (soft) in a cold and hard world (all around is stone).

[@Luscent]

I have heard it! Its weeeeird hahaaa

[@christinevr7698]

I love people discovering Aurora. Great reaction. Wait until you soak up the lyrics, inside the melodies and rhythms. Yes, it’s glorious, can’t wait til you review Step 2- a Different Kind of Human.

[@Luscent]

Yes I love how albums grow on you over time and you keep discovering new things!

[@i-klaus]

Yes! This is exactly what I call a reaction. I also melt every time I hear Aurora. And, idiot me, I missed two of their live concerts in Germany.

[@renehoyvik]

Aurora's music have so many different ways to be interpreted and i love that. She is also so enormously wonderful live, she just has such a profound way of transferring her emotion of the song when she is performing. Its an experience. Subbed for the reaction to the next album ^^

[@Luscent]

Awesome and thank you!

[@dansegelov305]

Luscent: "This might be my new favourite album!" Step 2: "Hold my rich modular textures..."

[@Luscent]

Ahhhhhhh

[@dansegelov305]

It's so nice to see other people who react so emotionally to beautiful art, the same as me. You're a fully fledged warrior now. Looking forward to your step 2 reaction! And probably seeing you at Brixton Academy in April next year to experience Aurora live! Here, have a sub.

[@brianbyrne424]

I am a big fan of Aurora, and I have seen many reaction videos dealing with her. No one has ever described her music so eloquently. I am in awe of her, but I am equally impressed with your perception of music and how well you can articulate what you hear. I feel like I can learn so much from your videos, and I’m looking forward to watching more content

[@Luscent]

Wow thank you so much!!

[@CarlosEduardo-mf4ie]

I'm so happy with this reaction... It completely made my day! I can't wait for you to see Step 2 ✨💞❤️ thank youuu so much for this reaction ❤️

[@Luscent]

Aw thank you for watching!!

[@samuellormel1706]

27:02 Yeah, me too

[@luispires7141]

You're so quick and clever to gather all of this information that hits you at once and even make such thoughtful, precise and mindful conclusions out of it that make total sense. Damn, you must be a very caring, empathetic and beautiful human being. Very glad I ended up opening your video. You just got yourself a new subscriber. Ill definitely stay tuned. I truly appreciate what you'be just done here. ❤️

[@mackbw6424]

If he had known the meaning behind it happened quiet I think he would have balled

[@MultiGreenG]

Imogen Heap has amazing music as well. Love how quirky and different her songs are.

[@Luscent]

I think I've only heard hide and seek...

[@MultiGreenG]

@@Luscent oh definitly check out her catalog. Super interesting artist.

[@gandalf9460]

10:01..that's me with almost every song of Aurora. English is not my mothertounge and sometimes I wish it was, just to make it easier to understand what she's trying to say. But I do kinda get deeper into the songs, if I actively listen to them for about 10-20 times. Not a problem tho, because I can listen to her songs everyday, they're just something different.

[@Luscent]

I'll defer be repeat listening! Had Forgotten Love on all weeeeeek

[@natyrdz12]

Listen to Under Stars and Exist for Love! 😭😭 you won’t regret it

[@Julia-jk4hw]

You are going to LOVE The Seed…. Also, “it’s like breathing” 2 seconds later “this is the breath” LOL

[@hulder77]

The best surprise to get home from the mountains and find this reaction waiting. Amazing again...love the reaction, I think we all see ourselves in there with you, reliving the moment we first heard these songs.

[@Luscent]

Aw thanks!!

[@FFrozenCJ]

Omg now you need to react to step 2 and after to the aurora live at HAIK !!! Loved your reactionn

[@luisalafeta7813]

this is my very fave album of all times. thank you for your reaction!

[@rosemay75]

I think you need to react to her live performances... she sounds 10 times better believe it or not. Aurora MUST be experienced live. :)

[@Luscent]

I'm gonna try and book tickets to see her next year!!

[@mickeladrianlamcortes]

I love to see you're reactions is a gift

[@Luscent]

Aw thank you!

[@bradyjustbrady4711]

Once you finish Step 2, there is a number of remixes, acoustic versions, and singles that are just amazing. Particularly: Murder song (acoustic), The River (Askjell remix), Exist for Love, and Cure for Me. All are just incredible!

[@Luscent]

Awesome 😊😊😊

[@leninflorez3919]

I can't wait for you react to the step 2, I love your reactions, you're so cute on it, I love to watch you

[@Luscent]

Aw me too!

[@matheuscervo892]

Hey, Luscent! I will not spoiler anything, but I think you will like to know that Soulless Creatures from Step 2 talks about the perspective of earth 🌎. I didn't get it at the first listening, but when I got it... Wow.

[@Luscent]

Ooh damn

[@fertupatron]

that's how I felt when I listened the entire album for the first time, is just... amazing

[@Luscent]

❤️

[@warriorsandweirdos74]

Lorde - melodrama ❤❤❤ 1 of the best singers/songwriters ever and Melodrama 1 of the best albums ever made but... there is Aurora and that girl stands above everything and from this album infections of a different kind itself, I have mentioned this several times on my old account , for me it is simply the best song ever made, I listen to that song several times every day even though I know it brings tears to my eyes and also it happened quiet is from another dimension

[@henriqueferreira5981]

my god I just felt in love by ur reaction! I need step 2 react on my table soon pleaseeeee

[@gemammar1314]

YESSSS FINALLYYYYY

[@tinntinnamp]

You are very empathetic and caring like Aurora!

[@Luscent]

Aw thank you!

[@brendabmcr]

OMG can't wait for your reaction to her next álbum and the new singles that she already give us such a beautiful artist! Also I always say to the people I shared her music that listening her live versions is such a stuning experience so You should do that, bless You and You have a new suscriber greetings from México 🙏♥️

[@Luscent]

Aw thanks for subscribing!! I'm excited to see her live shows gonna try and book tickets for the tour!!

[@v3nu5]

I've always seen Churchyard as a story of overcoming your fears and not listening to bad people. Like, someone says she belongs in bad places and she'll never get out of there, and then as the song progresses she gets bigger and stronger and is able to leave the "churchyard". That outro sounds to me like shes back to haunt that person who puts her down. Maybe it's her spirit, maybe it is that person's mind feeling remorse. I dont know, but I think it's one of her most intriguing songs

[@Luscent]

Wow love your interpretation!! I love how the song builds and builds the drums add new layers and it becomes quite powerful

[@wobbuchu9019]

I'm just gonna say one thing for step 2 Honey, you got a big storm coming

[@Luscent]

OOOOoOoooOOoo I better buy a new box of tissues

[@Sebas.mm__]

Omggg yessssss

[@lordtains]

Yes! I have been waiting for your reaction to step 1! Looking forward to step 2 ;) I personally like step 2 more than step 1

[@Luscent]

I'm so excited for it!!

[@t.v6876]

my fav song of her is all soft inside makes me feel very free?

[@Max-hc9vu]

You are amazing! you give everything a chance, not only mainstream music, keep it up!

[@Luscent]

Aw thank you!!

[@RobAndrews18]

Can't wait for your reaction video of Step 2 ❤️❤️❤️

[@Luscent]

Me tooo

[@RobAndrews18]

@@Luscent have you filmed it already?

[@Luscent]

@@RobAndrews18 not yet! Its been a busy couple of weeks so I'm not very far ahead atm 😅

[@RobAndrews18]

@@Luscent oh it's alright. Gotta do what you gotta do. We can watch your other videos anyway. Just followed you on IG btw. 🤘🤘🤘

[@sabrinaserafim3890]

she just relesead a song you should react to it!!!

[@philbsmiling]

Beautiful emotional and musically insightful response to the lyrics and soundscape of this phenomenal record with sublime production.

[@Luscent]

Thank you ❤️

[@Gman9214]

Step 2 is my favorite. Im sooo excited!!!

[@Luscent]

I'm so hyped!!!

[@gdavi552]

AMOOOO. infections of a different kind 🇧🇷

[@calistusjay60]

Infections Of A Different Kind feels like a song that plays in the final 5 minutes of someone's life as they drift into the afterlife.

[@Luscent]

Wow 🥺

[@lmn6023]

A Different Kind of Human always gave off that vibe to me.

[@calistusjay60]

@@lmn6023 oh yeah

[@marianopuertas3907]

I enjoyed SO much the whole video. I was like replying and being agreed with all your reactions hahaha Greetings from an argentinian warrior!

[@a01rebirth01]

I love Aurora and i saw Lianne La Havas on the back. U've got such great taste in music!

[@Luscent]

Aw thanks!!

[@morabiesan8723]

I love how he completely ignored the inexistent language in Forgotten love loll

[@Luscent]

I didn't hear it the first few times!

[@leninflorez3919]

And I can't wait for you give me a big heart ❤️

[@timwtf]

She didn’t say “Acid rain”, she said “As it rain”

[@Luscent]

Oh ok!

[@nicolassanchez1217]

I always tought It Happened Quiet had a connection with Murder Song

[@Luscent]

Hmm interesting

[@itimnattinee]

Waiting for step II.

[@pedrohenriquepiovesan2429]

Love from Brasil

[@emmaw2005]

Your videos are AMAZING!!! I just subscribed after watching both of your Aurora videos!! You have an amazing personality and the way you decode her songs are so spot on and so good!! Keep going, your videos are soooo good ! :) and please could you react to her latest album “a different kind of human”

[@Luscent]

Aw thank you!!!

[@leandroaraujo2736]

I loved your react🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

[@LeNaInLoVe]

OMG!! THIS deserves a SUBscribtion from Arctic Lo-Ve Islands (Norway) Can't wait till U gonna react to the HAIK Documentary/concert!! :) It IS a MUST!

[@daviedmmcg]

I saw that you weren't sure about what gentle Earthquakes was about and I don't blame you. Its about orgasms, theres quite a funny moment in one of her documentaries from when she's making this track she tells the producer "You're job is to create the sound of an orgasm ". Love the reaction, really looking forward to what you think of step two! Edit for clarity: Aurora was the executive producer and I think she collaborated with three other producers

[@Luscent]

That's amazing hahahaa

[@vanessaoliveira5422]

Faz o step 2 💙💙

[@richieeast7]

There is something satisfying about the way you speak. Maybe its your accent.

[@Im.awakee_]

💕💕💕

[@amabiliabernardo372]

Bro just wait intill you see aurora in sky:children of the light

[@dylansanmateo5685]

I think he didn’t hear the made up language in forgotten love

[@Luscent]

I've heard it since!!

[@bendurbin5198]

Hey I really loved this reaction! If you like music like this and Lana and Marina I really reccomend giving Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood a listen (she features on chemtrails). Its a really beautiful album and one of my favourites at the moment

[@Blaufrosch]

🎉

[@RommerskirchenFrank]

She got you... welcome to the queendom 🏳️‍🌈

[@lamadrequetepario2585]

React to CURE FOR ME by AURORA

[@RaymondArias]

Luscent, please review "Step 2."

[@andreaskolstad9682]

I love your reactions!!! please react to Auroras music videos to (I LOVE the music video for qeendom)

[@marlondasilva2475]

react AURORA THE CURRENT LIVE 2020

[@delmarcross3491]

Welcome home but your not all the way home

[@TheOnlyOpie]

I could've sworn I already watched this video. Did it get taken down and reuploaded?

[@Luscent]

Nope haha

[@TheOnlyOpie]

@@Luscent dejá vu then, or I'm secretly seeing the future... either way I enjoyed watching

[@joogies]

✨✌️🥺✌️✨

[@reececosgrove6649]

REACT TO ULTRAVIOLENCE

[@chagora1989]

I don't understand why you are single. You seem to ve a very sentimental, passionate person. I think you are a cutie. I wish I could meet you.

[@Luscent]

😳😳😳😊

[@misss7056]

I have no idea why, but you remind me of Keira Knightley.

[@anabarrueso]

Me too! I think it's his laugh

[@Luscent]

I'm pleased to say I get this all the time 😂 one person said I was like the birthchild of Keira Knightly and Tom Holland 🤣🤣🤣

[@misss7056]

@@Luscent Imagine being so handsome people compare you to two beautiful ass people, can't relate.

[@mickeladrianlamcortes]

Please react to this is acting by SIA

[@Luscent]

I know that album way too well to do a reaction haha