Susanne Sundfør - When The Lord (REACTION) First Time Hearing It

[@In_my_own_mind]

Lene Marie’s work and ambition inspired Susanne Sundfør to collaborate with her when Lene asked, composing the original soundtrack to the film ‘Self Portrait’. It became the last piece of art she created as she passed just after the finalisation of the movie. Lene Marie Fossen was one of Norways leading photographers who suffered from severe aneroxia almost all her life. She was only 10 years old when she became ill. She was hung up on the calorie chart and stopped eating certain foods. She wanted to stop the time when she was ten years old. She did not want to grow up, and eventually stopped eating. She denied her body from starting puberty, and struggled with severe anorexia from the age of 13. For the last 7 years of her life, she ate nothing. She drank only nutritional drinks. She died in 2019 at the age of 33. Then she weighed only 17 kg. The film is a raw and honest insight into her acclaimed photography and her struggle with aneroxia. In her film-project she wanted to «undress» the disease, show it in all its horror. How it is to live with it. Expose the shame, confront the disease, break its rules for survival. She always had an inner glow from which she created, regardless of adversity. She really wanted to live and when she took pictures she forgot that she was sick and felt free. In the documentary we see Lene Marie photographing refugees in Greece. She managed to see the movie before she died. Together with her parents, she decided that the film should be launched on schedule, it was important for her that her story could mean something to others and maybe help them.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share a bit of background. Its heartbreaking and devastating. Very admirable that she brought more awareness to this. Glad she still got to see it before she passed.

[@In_my_own_mind]

@@SaeedReacts.You’re welcome. 😊 Not every reactor is interested in the backstories, but I have seen a lot of your reactions and I knew you were, and you had also done some research yourself. its very interesting hearing your reflections and your views in your reaction videos. In this case in particular, I think its important for everyone who watches the video to know the backstory.

[@giuseppecirciello356]

Thanks for doing this reaction. I'm always happy when people reacts and likes her music. She is so good, she deserves to be more known. Her is the voice of an angel and her music is as beautiful as her voice.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing artist! Thanks for watching.

[@mary-loulemieux8282]

Omg Saeed I wept all through this. God love her. Tysm for your reactions . Love from Canada

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely hit me hard as well. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

[@rogermartin5052]

What a truly lovely song! Beautiful voice!

[@bazkeen]

She has such a beautiful voice 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 You could call it enchanting. But such a sad story behind it 😢

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing voice. Heartbreaking story 😞

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

both women became immortal with this one here. let them run, those tears. the scenes from the vernissage, the guy giving lene a hug, this is morten krogvold, a photographer and tv-host, he did an interview with lene. i think it was very short before her death, where they talk about her work and her illness. i can highly recommend to watch it. it's not less sad, though.

[@grykarlsen5054]

This brakes me every time😢 and youre so right ! Lene was taking pics of refugees from Syria to Greece some years ago in this video😢 Your Norwegian is perfect btw. ❤😊

[@SaeedReacts.]

Powerful song and heartbreaking story. Her photo's are amazing. Thank you so much for watching. Greetings from Belgium.

[@marialovaszi8903]

WOOOW😢WONDERFUL SONG❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SaeedReacts.]

Very beautiful and moving.

[@Skelldr]

5:40 that’s the singer Susanne Sundfør holding her hand

[@leavemealoneimjustfreespirted]

I'm not gonna cry this time. I'm not gonna cry this time. 60 seconds in LATER... 🥹😢😭

[@SaeedReacts.]

Its a powerful song and the video hits hard.

[@leavemealoneimjustfreespirted]

@@SaeedReacts. Absolutely!

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

every single time.

[@codexdelux]

So happy you have gone back to Susanne Sundfør. But I wanna press you to do more of her, because her catalogue is so diverse and varied, its dark, its bright its from simple song with just a piano to almost poplike dance songs, and they are all very very good. Try out her live version of the Brothel if you want a darker song, or perhaps try Accelerate if you want more of a poppy sound, or Leikare ljod if you want bright almost gopsel like songs :D

[@SaeedReacts.]

Definitely want to check out more eventually. Thanks for sharing these. I like that she has a wide range of styles/sounds.

[@MusicandCatLover-vc6jb]

Oh, you are now on the line with scandinavian musicians. Besides Aurora my favorite female singers came from Scandinavia (the male ones from UK or America/Canada), don't know why. But i like the vibe, such as Eivor, Maria Solheim, Emiliana Torrini, Tina Dico and Charlotte Eriksson aka The Glass Child (a more unknown independent musician, songwriter and author, too ----> if you want, check her out). By the way, know her and a great voice, too.

[@SaeedReacts.]

A lot of great talent out there! I wrote these names down. Hope i can get too them at some point.

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

there is only one music video that is similar tough to watch, at least for me. it's a masterpiece, really! filmed in stop motion. steven wilson, routine. if you don't know it, go for it.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Havent seen that one yet. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@buza1300]

💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@deepbluehue3]

❄🎇 ☀Thanks Saeed ☀🎆❄ ....Nice thumbnail : ' Deeply moving ! ' Lena Fossen was born in 1986 ... ( a year older than you ) I believe she was 31 when she passed . She never went through puberty due to not enough nutrition . Lene said her inspiration to stop eating was wanting to stay a girl / youth . I think the thought processes are similar but can be different for everyone .( a spectrum ) 🥀My late sister had both Anorexia and Bulimia when she was in her teens 🥀 When she was older and healthy she worked in an eating disorder home as a counselor ... They actually routinely weighed the employees of that establishment because it can be triggering to relapse just as other addictions . ~ You were speaking of the similarities to alcoholism . My mom and I spoke about it recently ... When my sister was my age now ( she was 5 years older than I ) , she was overweight ... Mom said she traded one issue for another ... Food and her relationship with it was never properly functional . Some of the video images are from her taking photos in Greece and Syrian refugees arriving there . 🌼Susanne Sundfor , the vocalist ,is seen sitting bedside in hospital with Lene 🌼 ........🍁🌹The artists mother is holding the rose in the art gallery 🌹🍁

[@SaeedReacts.]

Powerful song and heartbreaking story. But very admirable that she was so open and willing to share this in the documentary. And that can help take away some of the stigma and shame. Which help other people that suffer from this. I definitely relate to trading one addiction for another. Or one issue for another. Seems to be a flaw rooted deep in our psyche or even DNA. Constant vigilance is a part of my routine, but as you said it is different for everyone. Thanks again for sharing this one with me.

[@bob2shred894]

Wow