Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1965, the daughter of an electrician and an activist. She was something of a child star in her home country, releasing her first album as simply ...
Icelandic singer Björk took the red carpet by storm when she showed up to the 2001 Oscars wearing a big bird draped around her neck -- a handmade dress by Marjan Pejoski NY Post composite / Getty ...
The Icelandic musician has largely shifted her approach to performing live since 2011 Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022.
Midday on a Monday in Iceland’s capital of Reykjavík, Björk walked into a coffee shop and gave me a riddle. Just that morning, our interview had been rescheduled to an hour earlier than originally ...
Björk's 2015 album Vulnicura tells the story of the Icelandic pop artist's emotional journey following a painful breakup with her then-longtime partner, American artist Matthew Barney. "I realized ...
A common and somewhat worn-out refrain from the world of political art is that an artist gives voice to the voiceless. But in the latest work from Icelandic musician and artist Björk, it’s quite ...
Björk shared another preview of her upcoming LP Fossora Thursday with “Ancestress,” a track inspired by the singer’s late mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018. “On my new album, fossora, ...
The pop auteur’s 10th album deals with the death of her mother and the dawn of new love by digging deep into Dutch techno, bass clarinets – and fungi It was, perhaps, only a matter of time before ...
The Icelandic songstress used VR technology and bespoke flutes to create what she calls "digital theater." By Jordan Riefe It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Cornucopia, Björk’s critically acclaimed ...
The Icelandic visionary’s 10th studio album can be thorny and intense, but it finds hope across generations. By Jon Pareles No way around it: “Fossora,” Björk’s 10th studio album, can be heavy going, ...
In our latest essay in which a critic reflects on culture that brings them joy, Holly Williams writes about the remarkable remedial power of the Icelandic icon’s 1997 album Homogenic. We often hear ...
Hair is never just hair in pop culture. It is a manifesto you wear on your head. And when Willow Smith steps out with ...
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