Susanne Sundfør - When The Lord (Official Video)

Susanne Sundfør has composed an original soundtrack to accompany new Norwegian documentary ‘Selvportrett’ (Self Portrait). Out Jan 10th, available to pre-order now: susannesundfor...
‘Selvportrett’ tells the story of one of Norway’s leading photographer-artists Lene Marie Fossen who was suffering from anorexia and sadly passed away at the beginning of December. ‘When The Lord’ is the lead track from ‘Selvportrett’.
The feature length documentary, directed by Margreth Olin, Katja Høgset and Espen Wallin, follows photographer-artist Lene Marie Fossen who stopped eating at the age of 10, and is a raw and honest insight into her acclaimed photography and her struggle with anorexia. The
film will be released one week after the soundtrack on 17th January 2020.
Watch the trailer here: susannesundfor...
Editor: Helge Billing NFK, Director: Margreth Olin
Instagram: susannesundfor.com
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Website: susannesundfor.com

[@Gebieter]

The first time I saw the name, I googled who Lene was. Because I didn't found a wikipedia article for a person who definitely should have one, I wrote a short one about her (German Wikipedia). A few days later I saw that the community had edited my outline into a way more detailed article. That's for you, Lene.

[@mimi34567]

WOW, You have helped the world get to know Lene's story. Just like Susanne. Thank you SO much! Danke schon mein freund!☮️🕊️♥️ From 🇨🇦

[@ana-zu3gn]

My mom died when I was 8 and as I wanted to die but didn't know how to do It I decided to stop eating. Passed out on stage during a school play 2 months after turning 9 and got rushed to the ER. The average 9 year old weights around 35kg, I was 21kg. The doctors told my grandparents to plan my funeral since I was in a comma. Had two feeding tubes one up my nose and other one on the side of my stomach. Was diagnosed with anorexia and extreme depression after losing my favorite person. Any ED tratment center wanted to admit me since I was so young. I thought I was going to die. I'm 18 now and have permanent kidney and liver damage I need a feeding tube almost all the time but I'm doing so much better, I feel better and just started collegue so yes there is hope

[@mimi34567]

God bless you love, your mom is always with you, she is your angel! Keep swimming!♥️

[@PaxMundi118]

Thank you ❤

[@agathles]

This is probably one of the saddest and at the same time brightest song I’ve ever heard

[@victort4294]

Susanne has truly found herself as an artist. The phrasing and control of her voice is at its peak. The arrangements are powerful and smart. Haunting lyrics. When I imagine an angel’s voice all I hear is Susanne.

[@Liiimes]

The most beautiful voice in the world! Can't get closer to perfect vocals. So beautiful.

[@mooncrysta]

To me it's a hybrid of an angel and demon I guess. It's kinda terrifying but you'd still want to listen to it. It's surreal.

[@quaidparambita8707]

Also hear Enya and Dolores Riordan

[@cassiasouza6144]

Se você é BR, senti um orgulho da terrinha agora. ♥

[@JamesStaubes]

She is so talented. It's extraordinary.

[@kizzy2874]

Becoming an adult can be very traumatic for some kids. It is a time they almost lose their identity, like the transition from cocoon to butterfly. Body, mind and soul changes so much. She held onto her identity through her camera but the illness had a tight grip. Rip little butterfly

[@michellecarter3306]

😭😭

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

I'm completely blown away by the beauty of this song. I'm a big tattooed, shaved headed straight guy but I'm crying buckets here! What an artist.

[@kindarspirit]

Boys don’t cry, men do ❤

[@CynthiaLe13]

Susanne needs to be recoginized by the world, she deserves to be well known. They don't know what they're missing, this truly piece of art.

[@anecho489]

Her writing, composing, editing, key choices, mid song fluctuatuions, she is fckin divine, and undoubtedly one of the most precise masterful emotion conveying voices of the century that mashed together with her razor sharp lyrics that have something everyone can relate to, when listening to her songs all i can imagine is birds in snowy skies with sun beams peaking from cloud to cloud. She deserves nore

[@anecho489]

@YAYFUL1 wow youre insane

[@ED-ew9hb]

@YAYFUL1 And how is the investigation going? Lol

[@unicolor007]

The last mother's scream ... Then you all left. Into your child's nightmare. Forever gone ..like lene. For 10photos.

[@BlackSnow2389]

You're not only honoring Lene, but everyone who struggles with an eating disorder. Too often they are tragically misunderstood. Too often I hear people think it must be because we think we're fat or something like that, when the roots are so varied and they can be deeply tragic and existential. I hear this music and see these images, and I feel my eating disorder reflected, but more so in a way that I feel seen. Thank you, Susanne.

[@chrishasyourkeys2808]

Cried like a child

[@100972terjean]

Anyone else notice that Susanne is sitting by Lenes bed, holding her hand at a hospital visit? It's at 2:58.

[@jnjburdett]

Listening once again to this with tears running down my face. The most beautiful song I've ever heard in my 62 years. Powerful sweet sadness.

[@andrewwylie6703]

I was just thinking about what I wrote about this song and I must have been in one of those head spaces only few will ever understand as I'm only 46 years young I don't need to add years onto myself or maybe because I've tried to enjoy life a little bit too much I probably feel that age. I'm not a stupid person and I'm reasonably intelligent although I left school at 16 with all u's but managed to travel the world working and travelling is the best way to learn what matters been lucky to meet so many people from Africa to India and dubai to Azerbaijan and many more places and I learned a fact that everyone should have the chance to learn and its that every race, religion, colour and creed and we all just want to be able to live happily and in peace and we are all the exact same people inside if only people could look past their own preconceptions that are fed to us all I guarantee the world would be so much better off than the way things are today. Every countries people have their own amazing qualities and some of the nicest people I've met on my travels are from the middle east but we all should be making each other better people than we are right now as we all have the same ideas and issues that should combined would make the world united instead of divided, but that's only my feelings and nobody will probably ever read this as much as I would love people to. Peace and love and respect for all its not rocket science folks.

[@calebcancian9321]

@@andrewwylie6703 I read it brother, god bless you, life is a maze, and you arr getting there, to the real meaning...

[@leod2408]

Lene Marie Fossen lived with anorexia since she was ten years old, and through her own stories and experiences, we get along well on her way to her inner gate. She shares openly about traumatic experiences with coercion in the health care system, about the fear of becoming an adult and about living with a disease that is all too often met without understanding and with burdensome mistakes....."My photos are not about anorexia, they are about human suffering" - Lene Marie Fossen

[@Katethebush00]

I love how she dedicates herself to being a photograph she is really good, shows how you can still live and do things you love even with and ed or any mental illness. Truly inspiring.

[@leod2408]

@@Katethebush00 Agree , she was a fantastic story teller til the end. Much respect to her.

[@RubberyCat]

@eaglerising82 In a way, you are right. In another way, you are wrong, in a few ways ...

[@OrchestralOrg]

*you'll never know what it means because it was her unique property.*

[@violeta8445]

Rip :(

[@lostalleycat]

I’m utterly unable to find the right word to describe this feeling.

[@OrchestralOrg]

*sacred capture.*

[@akumanoko6490]

Terbaik memang👍

[@cocolores8849]

Barbarian Poét: Lostalgic Masterpiece of Humanity and a Hymn for interesst in Peace ...😢 ...more than this Thanks for all People Here to life in the Same Time ...before and also after 😢 WE living ... Let us do the best for the World 😢❤ 🕊️ Stop Wars Fromm all Sides in the Same Time

[@Moonz-]

Susanne Sundfør is one of the few real artist

[@TheRedAirOn]

There are many real artists just like in the past. It's also much easier for not-so real artists to exist recently.

[@vampira1409]

Let me go back To when I was young Here I was born And here I will die lonesome Let there be light And let there be love Hear the bells Ring our song Wake me Wake me up my darling When the Lord has descended on us All the worries That you carried with you They are lost in a warm embrace Timelessness Far away From the land Where love is shame And shame is love A prison Away from the dark Snow-covered hearts Softly Lay your hands on me Wake me Wake me up my darling When the Lord has descended on us All the worries That you carried with you They are lost in a warm embrace Timelessness

[@DonArlem]

Thank you so much for this !!!

[@katk7528]

Thanks

[@LoLofoShowShow]

Thank you I’ve been waiting for the lyrica

[@rivetmom]

vampira1409 Thank you 🙏🏻

[@dusandano4338]

Gorgeous

[@VBeguey]

Susanne's perfect as always. And the story is heartbreaking.

[@paganinnocence]

I just discovered this. I am crying.

[@cr0nes611]

I just cried and cried.

[@raphaelcharroux8798]

probably the most talented artist of the actual generation

[@michaljon1963]

Not only she, AURORA, Tash Sultana and i hope more other artists!

[@TheRedAirOn]

@@michaljon1963 the list goes on and on to perhaps even dozens with beautiful voices

[@Battlenude]

As a grown man I have not cried for ages. But half way thru this powerfull song, i found my self crying my eyes out.. This has to be one of Susanne best production yet, and she sure have her golden Archives. Exellent story with the frames, to be told with her Lyrics and crystal clear pitch Voice!. And my God! For how long did she hold that Amazingly Complex tone at 01:00minute!!?? RIP Lene🧡

[@BokeYuzgen]

It's so heartbreaking. She was a very talented photographer. Susanne's music and voice fit very well to the documentary.

[@JadedAnon]

Lena, you will always be in my heart. They say that when we remember those who have passed on, they never leave us. To those who have crossed over, you remain in our hearts. ❤

[@grandiosa86]

I always asked myself, I still do, today too. Why doesn't Sundfør get the acknowledge that she truly deserve. This is a masterpiece of all 3 criterias - melody - lyrics - message/delivery. Still she cannot even reach 1 million viewers on it. Something is wrong. (with this world.)

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

nothing to add here. criminally underrated. it's a pity

[@grandiosa86]

@@soleywolfgangsdottir I just hope she knows that she deserve better. I know it is not much winnings in being bitter..

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

@@grandiosa86 recently she made a social media post on instagram and it seems that she has no idea how many people outside of norway love and adore her music. still not enough people, though. for me, she is absolut top league.

[@rnor3146]

.....if there is a straight way to the human's soul, then Susanne really helps us to find it.... many thanks. And I do not think someone could have done better to make us reach the absolute purety of Lene Marie Fossen.... Many thanks again Susanne....❤💋

[@mrb80129]

Everyone has their own struggles. Don't judge other people. Love yourself and those around you. A beautiful song with powerful imagery.

[@S._P.]

Id love to love other ppl around me(family), but sometimes they could be a pain in the azz😞......but still doing my best to love 'em🥀✨

[@Yks0]

At least you didn’t mention fucking Jesus or God…

[@יוסילוי-כ1ע]

Hauntingly beautiful....may she rest in peace

[@luisap3818]

Let me go back To when I was young Here, I was born Here, I will die lonesome Let there be light Let there be love Hear the bells Ringin' our song Wake me, wake me, wake me up, my darling When the Lord has descended on us All the worries that you carried with you They are lost in a warm embrace Timelessness Far away From the land Where love is shame And shame is love of a prison Away from the dark Snow-covered hearts Softly, lay your hands on me Wake me, wake me, wake me up, my darling When the Lord has descended on us All the worries that you carried with you They are lost in a warm embrace Timelessness

[@liamwalker206]

She was a brilliant artist. Rip 💐

[@rachelpinheiro2593]

She dies? :/

[@mateoinshape]

No wtf

[@ivipovi666]

@@rachelpinheiro2593 She sings about the artist with anorexia, and yes, she died.

[@eirikenersen8169]

@@ivipovi666 she's not dead no

[@anettesolsrud8318]

@@eirikenersen8169 Susanne is not dead, but the girl in the video is. She was an art photographer.

[@kardosandris]

I'd choose this one as my end credits song.

[@gavinknight1986]

I am 49 years old and agonised over watching this deeply moving video. Rest in peace Line Marie Fossen. Your artwork was powerful, and astonishing. What a moving piece.

[@DamienHurts]

Found this in my recommendation list and something told me I needed to click on it. Wow, I wasn’t prepared for the waves of emotion that would crash over me, engulfing me in tears. I wept within the first minute. What a sublime portrait of a woman, thank the lord that her story lives on, and her fantastic pictures. Her self portraits are so haunting, so exquisite and overflowing with emotional intent. Susanne’s song perfectly encapsulates the meaning of the source material.

[@SammysMysASMR]

Wow what an incredible voice and homage to Lena Marie Fossen RIP 🙏🏽

[@constructor2763]

You have met an angel. Not many can say that Susanne.

[@steventan2754]

I have no belief for gods or angels, but you make me question myself, Susanne. Rest well, Lene.

[@SaggyMarley]

i had noe belief in god either until i tried DMT. i still don't believe the god mentioned in the bible or other religions but i believe that there's some creator to this universe.

[@steventan2754]

@@SaggyMarley if this creator needs drugs to be seen or felt or whatever then that's definitely an interesting way of communication :)

[@ChromaticaCitizen]

our atoms are recycled into another universe and thus she is alive somewhere else, fulfilling a new destiny, in another universe. far from where we exist.

[@dantron7073]

God/Universe/Consciousness is the only thing that exists. You are merely a fragment of God disguised under the illusion of ego and separation.

[@kattepai]

@@steventan2754 The feeling is there, all the time. Everywhere. All. The. Time. It's all about where you focus your attention. We're just so caught up in all the money and drama.. :) I was a non - believer myself.

[@rahulbindhu]

I don't know why this makes me cry every time I listen

[@katheryntaylor9810]

I've never been a shallow person. I suffered anorexia myself and got through it by some miracle. Lene Marie made me see beauty in a way I had never seen it before. She was a magnificent photographer and it's such a shame that she is gone. I read a quote somewhere that said, 'the greatest artists are often tormented souls'. Her work touches me every time I see it and I seek it regularly because it's so amazing.

[@Battlenude]

Thank you for these words.. Thank you

[@CodyChromeBand]

This is the most stunning art on the internet. Change my mind

[@gabsbbe]

She (Lene) was blessed now. Of course she’s listening to this beautiful song in heaven. Rest In Peace.

[@davicocktail]

Gabriel Canto your handsome

[@ironhat2]

when words are created to respond to this, I will.

[@temporarydive]

Stunningly beautiful. Susanne is a Norwegian treasure. This documentary brought me to tears. Lene Marie was an immense talent. Rest in peace.

[@cyozdemir113]

I'm so glad I've witnessed this. Thanks for bringing her story with your beautiful music. May she rest in peace

[@SametDemiran]

Sen var ya adamsın.

[@sudenurodabasi]

Her zaman mükemmel bir ruh olduğunu kanıtlıyor

[@agentrose4489]

Oha burada Türkler varmış şaşırdım yalnızım sanıyordum

[@agentrose4489]

@@sudenurodabasi Kanka ben de beş yıldır falan konserine gidemediğim için deli gibi ağladığımı hatırlıyorum :'(((

[@ДмитрийДмитрий-х4в]

Боже, как прекрасно❤! Где поют ангелы эти, когда они нашептывают тебе? Почему они поют только с тобой?...

[@wltschmrz1945]

I listen to this song every day now. If I fail to find God in the world, I can at least find God in Susanne's voice.

[@temporarydive]

Her voice will forever be one of those closest to my heart.

[@simrenbajaj6000]

I think I experience God when I feel love/compassion for another person

[@veloyozh]

Absolutely beautiful song and voice.

[@MangoBalloon]

I recently lost the love of my life to a senseless hit and run, and this resonates with my pain so much.

[@ruinsane100]

That is awful. I am sorry for you loss. 🌷

[@pleiadesluciernaga8877]

I'm so very sorry to hear that.

[@S._P.]

Susanne & Aurora...I dont know why, but they like have their own Magic✨, captivate and touch ppl's Heart...somehow They r just Magical✨...r most of Norwegian Artists like them,...Magical like them 🥀✨

[@infernality]

Не могу смотреть это видео без слёз, каждый раз плачу…

[@stoogethree4438]

Lene Marie Fossen. One really wonderful photographer and sweet, strong soul. I hope you are at peace finally. What a tribute!

[@nigelrowley]

I honestly didn't know who Lene was so I've just watched an English language interview she gave on TEDx Talks in 2017. I can now understand why Susanne liked her and would want to compose the documentary's soundtrack.

[@TheThereader1]

And when you look into her eyes you ser how tired she is and still shes not giving up. Hope you rest in peace with our God ♥️

[@ghosts480]

She has Angel' s Eyes , and has because to me, she s immortal. I could feel her into nature, whatever, she will be in a part of my mind...

[@andytheartist1]

I’m still listening!!!!

[@itsnis]

Did I just found the most beautiful song in the world? This is not even a song... This is spiritual awakening.

[@gyorgytoth7531]

Sugárzik az empátia. Nagyszerű. Köszönet hogy lehetnek ilyen zenék.

[@ephiesmusic]

Pain in beauty or beautiful pain. Thank you for the soulful inspiration.

[@CUBNUTIC]

Everyone has their peace! Everyone has their trauma! Always hope for a good day. X

[@duncanwcraig9668]

she is a goddess. what an amazing singer songwriter. gratitude from sydney australia.

[@visionofsolace8961]

This is the most powerful song I heard in some time.All of this, the video, the story, the song.This is it.

[@marimalk1]

This video and this song show the rawness of this battle. I feel and see the deep wounds inside, portraited on the outside - that live in the psychy and the soul. I have huge compassion for this deep subject and can relate with my own story♥️ Keep showing up with our hearts first to the people around us. The warmth and love from eachother is the medicine our world need♥️

[@lechacalnounours]

superbe hommage à cette sublime photographe....

[@twistncrawl23]

Me 4 minutes and 11 seconds ago: I'm looking forward to seeing this. Me now: Destroyed 😭😭😭 R.I.P Lene, you beautiful soul 💗💗💗

[@nenanena8127]

I think that perhaps Lene was always an angel...and she's just gone home.

[@steel6866]

This song really has a strong message, thanks for being you Susanne 🖤

[@benlidster9925]

Lene Maries frames are like Caravaggio's chiaroscuro painting technique. Utterly timeless and heart wrenchingly beautiful. I adore her work. It will live on forever xx

[@em38817]

This is incredible.

[@mommoffa]

this is a masterpiece. I have no words. pain and beauty. life. thank you Lene and Susanne dette er et mesterverk. jeg er faktisk målløs. smerte og skjønnhet. livet. takk Lene og Susanne

[@Zeibekkikina]

So emotional & even more heartbreaking when you understand the backstory. May that talented girl rest in peace

[@truslyd]

Good god what a voice..

[@ajrobziur8431]

I think it is the very first song in a long time that has literally broken me every time I hear it. I don't really have many words to describe what this particular song provoques inside of me. I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart...

[@matthewstreacker7402]

Wow, I’m crying. Such a gorgeous memorial song to this amazing photographer.

[@goldgold5252]

This is a remarkable video. But even without the images and lyrics, the beautiful sound of the music is one of the things that makes life worth living.

[@RobertDeMartin]

I'll be honest. It was recommended that I watch this. I have no idea what I just saw and heard. Touched by this? Very much so. I'm going to take a break and look at it again a little later.

[@EscargoTouChaud]

Susanne Sundfør is my favourite Norwegian musician. There's Aurora, Sigrid and Girl in Red who are all good, but Susanne is older, wiser and none can match her songs' soulfulness.

[@rogerhansen7310]

Probably the most beautiful voice I know,,, så er hun norsk!!🙏❤️

[@vladartov2817]

Fantastic photos used in this video!

[@ikarumizu]

Great job Susanne. May Lene rest in peace.

[@flexall7408]

I don't know the story, but this piece of art expresses it perfectly. Masterpiece.

[@rhiannonlat1943]

Thank you so much Susanne for sharing this beautiful song with all of us, I feel so peaceful after hearing it, your voice and music are such a warm embrace to my soul.

[@Atalanta01]

This song is hauntingly beautiful on its own, but with the video, I was struggling to keep it together. Susanne is the perfect choice as the soundtrack for this documentary, her music always brings me to tears.

[@Gan1medes]

Lene Marie Fossen (1986-2019) 🕊️

[@sbasen1]

So beautiful and sad. Chills and tears every time I watch. Very moved by this.

[@rachelm9350]

This melody line is gorgeous

[@euromania6390]

Let there be love

[@joycechi5005]

there is no one doing it like Susanne!!!

[@anamancilla2295]

Wowww what a voice gourgeous

[@aylincabrera3713]

🌷 I love you, Susanne 🌷 ❤️ You're an amazing artist ❤️

So beautiful talent, and it lost...is a really sadly disease the anorexia, thanks for compose this song and showing us the Lene 's history. I don't know her before today....Another voice was gone...

[@AstroMoonGoddess]

Lene has been in my blood since I discovered her. The documentary, this song, her art. Et al. It’s amazing to me that she struggled with time itself. Linear time. Movement. She chose to photograph children and the elderly. Both are eventualities for humans, in general. Yet Lene Marie could not tether herself to either phase of life. She could not go back in time to childhood, nor could she reach old age. I could gauge from her documentary, and Ted Talk, that she, like many others who suffer from anorexia, that there is a heightened need and desire for perfection within the self. I don’t think she had high emotional or social quotient levels needed to move past her own errors and losses. Natural parts of life. Instead she tried to remain standing still. There is an exorbitant amount of pressure that she put on herself, which is entirely evident in what she revealed about herself. The physical world is better because she was in it. I can feel you around me, Lene Marie, and I am loving you. Always. 💚

[@gonzaloalonso7301]

I will always be forever in this land of listening to Susanne's voice, From Chile. 💜✨

[@shaunpierce4174]

If Susanne ever decides to perform in Chile it would give me the perfect excuse to visit your amazing country again, I was in Santiago in May 2018 seeing Erasure.

[@calebcancian9321]

Fan de Aurora?

[@9errante771]

Que sorpresa encontrar este comentario , creo que las compositoras noruegas estan a otro nivel , Susane , Ane Brun ,Anna of the north y Aurora ... saludos desde Antofagasta.

[@gonzaloalonso7301]

@@calebcancian9321 me gusta mucho igual, es exquisito verla y escuchar su dulce voz.

[@gonzaloalonso7301]

@@shaunpierce4174 It would be beautiful if I ever decided to visit Chile ✨

[@JimGlines]

I was unprepared for the onslaught of powerful emotion. Susanne's perfection of voice and Lene's story and photographs are overwhelming. So beautiful, so sad, so real, and so ultimately human. Brava to them both, and peace to Lene. Superb.

[@dariencruz]

Emotiva canción, bella historia que me ha hecho llorar.

[@toastybatch565]

Susanne Sundfor is an artist for the history books. Not only the talent to write such a piece, but to be so cultured as to work with (and expose to me) such a brilliant artist in Lena. I may be biased, though, as besides being Greek myself and Lena working in Greece, in Lena I see my sister who passed of chronic illness as well. It’s strange that art about “human suffering” as Lena puts it seems to be the most fulfilling. While I can’t handle this without crying, I am thankful I have this to listen to every now and again.

[@jaypetersen7049]

May you awaken to the warm embrace that permeates all life, and give thanks for this, and every moment, for they are all precious.

[@1seasoned]

i find myself for the first time ever......speechless.

[@ringmoen1]

Made me cry. Beatyfull.❤️

[@trickyf1]

Words fail me with this! 😢

[@lengman2112]

Wow. I woke up in tears to this. it was in my watchlist which i accidentally left playing while i slept.

[@FringeFan1993]

I love this comment section! ❤️ All the best blessed souls out there 🙌🏻

[@johnnyalphabet]

Every time I watch this I cry: for the beautiful music but mostly for Lene and her talent and her struggle. Her face at the end...heart breaking.

[@janeriklangsholt6805]

Beatiful girl, you suffer so much, and now you have gone, but you will always be with us.Love you, you where so good,Wonderful with People,kind, all the world needs today.❤❤❤🌹🇧🇻👴👵

[@gunnarpaulsen810]

This song is for ALL that struggles please use your local assistance, and try to find hope and sollutions,is out there!!! give it a go .

[@kasteh]

You're so perfect Susanne. I love your voice. Keep always shining.