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* WanderlustSong: Fittingly titled "Wanderlust."
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** And again in "Family", the last third of "Black Lake", and "The Gate". It could be said that her most of collaboration with Andrew Thomas Huang falls under this.

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** And again in "Family", "Family," the last third of "Black Lake", Lake," and "The Gate". Gate." It could be said that her most of collaboration with Andrew Thomas Huang falls under this.



* CanonDiscontinuity / OldShame: She doesn't acknowledge her 1977 album. Not to mention that she named her 1993 album ''Music/{{Debut}}''!

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* CanonDiscontinuity / OldShame: She doesn't acknowledge her 1977 album. Not to mention that she named her 1993 album ''Music/{{Debut}}''!''Music/{{Debut}}!''



** Back at it in ''Utopia'', where "Blissing Me" ends with the same flute melody that begins "The Gate", then a string of seamless transitions (but only with the CD track order): "Body Memory" into "Features Creatures" into "Courtship" into "Losss".

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** Back at it in ''Utopia'', where "Blissing Me" ends with the same flute melody that begins "The Gate", then a string of seamless transitions (but only with the CD track order): "Body Memory" into "Features Creatures" into "Courtship" into "Losss"."Losss."



** ''Music/{{Post}}'' explored new sounds, like the {{Industrial}}-ish "Army of Me" and "Enjoy", the big band/jazz "It's Oh So Quiet", and the tribal "Isobel".

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** ''Music/{{Post}}'' explored new sounds, like the {{Industrial}}-ish "Army of Me" and "Enjoy", "Enjoy," the big band/jazz "It's Oh So Quiet", Quiet," and the tribal "Isobel"."Isobel."



* ThePowerOfFriendship: "Headphones", "Jóga" and "Who Is It".

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* ThePowerOfFriendship: "Headphones", "Jóga" "Headphones," "Jóga," and "Who Is It".It."



** She recently experienced a vivid compressed version of "every single fuck" she had together with her lover in "History of Touches".
** And ''twice'' in notably lighter album ''Utopia'', in "Body Memory" and "Sue Me".

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** She recently experienced a vivid compressed version of "every single fuck" she had together with her lover in "History of Touches".
Touches."
** And ''twice'' in notably lighter album ''Utopia'', in "Body Memory" and "Sue Me".Me."



** ''Army of Me: Remixes and Cover'' collects 17 different remixes of the song "Army of Me".
** ''Bastards'' collects remixes from ''Biophilia''.

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** ''Army of Me: Remixes and Cover'' collects 17 different remixes of the song "Army of Me".
Me."
** ''Bastards'' collects remixes from ''Biophilia''.''Biophilia.''



* TheSomethingSong: "The Anchor Song" and "The Comet Song".
* SummonBackupDancers: The video for "It's Oh So Quiet".

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* TheSomethingSong: "The Anchor Song" and "The Comet Song".
Song."
* SummonBackupDancers: The video for "It's Oh So Quiet".Quiet."



** "Pagan Poetry".

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** "Pagan Poetry".Poetry."
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--> ''A mother's house//
Has room for each child//
It's only describing//

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--> ''A mother's house//
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Has room for each child//
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i don't think the icelandic is gratuitous bc that's her native language


* BilingualBonus: Some of her songs have lines in Icelandic, and a couple are even sung entirely in it. Several tracks on ''Medúlla" have Icelandic titles, too.



* CallBack: She repeats "Undo, undo, undo, undo," at the end of "Her Mother's House," which could be this for "Undo" on ''Vespertine.''



* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Some of her songs have lines in Icelandic, and a couple are even sung entirely in it. Several tracks on ''Medúlla" have Icelandic titles, too.

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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Some GriefSong: ''Fossora'' is made up mostly of her songs have lines in Icelandic, and a couple are even sung entirely in it. Several tracks on ''Medúlla" have Icelandic titles, too.this, "Sorrowful Soil" being the most potent example.



* NonAppearingTitle: A minority of her songs, including "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Pluto", "Heirloom", "You've Been Flirting Again", "Hyperballad", "Pneumonia", "Domestica", "Frosti", "Batabid", "Ancestors", "Dark Matter", "Moon", "Cosmogony", "Stonemilker", "Mouth Mantra" and "Lionsong".

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* NonAppearingTitle: A minority of her songs, including "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Pluto", "Heirloom", "Jóga," "Bachelorette," "Pluto," "Heirloom," "You've Been Flirting Again", "Hyperballad", "Pneumonia", "Domestica", "Frosti", "Batabid", "Ancestors", Again," "Hyperballad," "Pneumonia," "Domestica," "Frosti," "Batabid," "Ancestors," "Dark Matter", "Moon", "Cosmogony", "Stonemilker", Matter," "Moon," "Cosmogony," "Stonemilker," "Mouth Mantra" Mantra," and "Lionsong"."Lionsong."



* OneWomanSong: "Isobel", "Jóga".

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* OneWomanSong: "Isobel", "Jóga"."Isobel," "Jóga."



* ParentalLoveSong: Several.
** "Pleasure Is All Mine" is about breastfeeding.
** "Vökuro" is an old Icelandic lullaby with some updated lyrics.
** "Quicksand" is about Björk's mother getting sick.
** ''Fossora'' dives deeply into themes of motherhood and childhood, with "Sorrowful Soil," "Ancestress," and "Her Mother's House" standing out. The latter two even feature Björk's own children, Sindri and Isadora.
--> ''A mother's house//
Has room for each child//
It's only describing//
The interior of her heart''



* SceneryPorn: The video for "Jóga".
* SerialEscalation: Björk's gonna top everything she has done with a series of concerts that'll promote ''Biophilia''.

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* SceneryPorn: The video for "Jóga".
"Jóga."
* SerialEscalation: Björk's gonna top everything she has done with a series of concerts that'll promote ''Biophilia''.''Biophilia.''



** "Vulnicura Strings (Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version – Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only)", her acoustic mix of ''Vunicura''.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Enjoys ending letters with "Warmthness, Björk".

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** "Vulnicura Strings (Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version – Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only)", her acoustic mix of ''Vunicura''.
''Vulnicura''.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Enjoys ending letters with "Warmthness, Björk".Björk."



* TitleTrack: Notably averted. 2017-release ''Utopia'' finally plays this trope straight as does 2022's ''Fossora''.

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* TitleTrack: Notably averted. 2017-release ''Utopia'' finally plays this trope straight as does 2022's ''Fossora''.''Fossora.''



* WorkingWithTheEx: After her breakup with Stephane Sednaoui, she asked him to direct her video for "Possibly Maybe", a song about him.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: After her breakup with Stephane Sednaoui, she asked him to direct her video for "Possibly Maybe", Maybe," a song about him.
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* CostumePorn: Her entire career is full of this, some notable examples being the Alexander [=McQueen=] kimono on the cover of ''Music/{{Homogenic}},'' the dress that was ''sewn directly onto her skin'' in the video for "Pagan Poetry," the black bodysuit [[FlowerMotifs resembling a dandelion]] on the cover of ''Vulnicura,'' and the iridiscent gown worn in the video for "The Gate." When performing live, she'll often wear a fittingly avant-garde PimpedOutDress, usually combined with a futuristic [[CoolMask mask]] or [[CoolCrown crown]].

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Influenced
+ Music/ArcadeFire, Music/{{Aurora|Singer}}, Music/CharliXCX, Music/ChristineAndTheQueens, Music/{{Kana}}, Music/LadyGaga, Music/AlanisMorissette, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/TravisScott, Music/HikaruUtada

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* PantyShot: The "Oral" video has her and Rosalia's deepfaked body doubles doing martial arts and backflips in loose skirts. Naturally, there's several.



* ThePowerOfFriendship: "Headphones", "Jóga" and "Who Is It".



* ThePowerOfFriendship: "Headphones", "Jóga" and "Who Is It".
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!! Her work provides examples of:

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* LongTitle:
** "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)." Also, the remix compilation ''The Best Mixes from the Album Debut For All the People Who Don't Buy White Labels''.
** "Vulnicura Strings (Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version – Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only)", her acoustic mix of ''Vunicura''.



* PerfectlyCromulentWord: ''Fossora'' is the ungrammatical feminine form of the Latin word "fossor" ("digger").



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** "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)."
** "Vulnicura Strings (Vulnicura: The Acoustic Version – Strings, Voice and Viola Organista Only)", her acoustic mix of ''Vunicura''.



* ThematicSeries: After the relatively impersonal ''Volta'' and ''Biophilia'', the albums ''Vulnicura'', ''Utopia'' and ''Fossora'' form a conceptual trilogy reflecting the singer's own personal life and state of mind. ''Vulnicura'' chronicles the heartbreak after her separation from Matthew Barney and the immediate aftercare, ''Utopia'' is about finding love again and dreaming of a better future, and ''Fossora'' is "coming down to Earth" and reconnecting with family and the land. On the musical side, all three albums feature contributions by Music/{{Arca}} on production duty.



* [[WidgetSeries Weird Icelandic Thing]]: Hell, she's probably the first thing that comes to mind when Iceland is mentioned...
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** From her 1999 "Live At the Chapel" live recording, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3UDYWD1SYE&ab_channel=BjorksMusic "Anyone Who Had a Heart"]], written by Music/BurtBacharach.

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[[caption-width-right:307: Björk wearing her [[IconicOutfit infamous swan dress]] at the 2001 Oscars.]]

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[[caption-width-right:307: Björk wearing her [[IconicOutfit infamous swan dress]] at the 2001 Oscars.]]
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y "You shouldn't let poets lie to you."]]]]



->''"You shouldn't let poets lie to you."''
-->-- '''Björk''', [[MundaneMadeAwesome on her]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y television]].

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->''"You shouldn't let poets lie ->''"If you ever get close to you."''
a human\\
And human behaviour\\
Be ready, be ready to get confused"''
-->-- '''Björk''', [[MundaneMadeAwesome on her]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y television]].
"Human Behaviour"
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** ''Fossora'' fuses harsher beats taken from gabber music and bass clarinets. Lyrically, it concludes the conceptual trilogy of ''Vulnicura'' and ''Utopia'' by focusing on themes of human connection, family, loss, and inheritance.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: After her breakup with Stephane Sednaoui, she asked him to direct her video for "Possibly Maybe", a song about him.
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* TitleTrack: Notably averted. 2017-release ''Utopia'' finally plays this trope straight.

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* TitleTrack: Notably averted. 2017-release ''Utopia'' finally plays this trope straight.straight as does 2022's ''Fossora''.

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