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 ...

We’re all less self-conscious when we’re home alone: daydreaming, listening to records, singing, dancing around all spastic with no one to watch us make fools of ourselves. That’s the idea at the ...

For many manic pixie dream queers, Björk is a queen mother type of figure. “Cocoon,” off of her 2001 album “Vespertine,” is a good example of why — it’s the kind of soft, sonically gorgeous expression ...