Published September 7, 2022
Björk has just released a new single titled ‘Atopos’. This is her first single from her tenth studio album “Fossora” (released September 30).
“Could you play it louder?” Björk said on Twitter after the single’s release.
“This lyric was inspired by what Roland Barthes called the unclassifiable ‘other’, ‘our differences are irrelevant, our union stronger than we are,'” the artist wrote. explained.
she continuation: “[‘Atopos’ is ]Acoustically, it is a world of deep bass. There are 6 bass clarinets, punchy sub-drills, nesting and digging into the ground. “
https://t.co/CMtfh5QuXZ
This is the first video of my album for the song “atopos”.
Could you play louder?The lyrics are inspired by what Roland Barthes described as an unclassifiable “other”.
“Our differences don’t matter
Our union is stronger than we are.”warmth
björk pic.twitter.com/K2IkUoPSi9— Bjork (@bjork) September 6, 2022
The music video was directed by Viðar Logi and features Björk going through a surreal, otherworldly forest. See below.