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Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
Family Tree is a box set of musical material by Icelandic singer Björk. The set consists of a book of lyrics entitled Words , five 3-inch compact discs of rare and previously unreleased material, and a regular-sized compact disc of greatest hits selected by Björk herself.
"Ancestress" was written as a tribute to Björk's mother, who died in 2018. [2] In an interview with Pitchfork , she stated: "If I was a priest, it's what I would've said at the funeral." [ 3 ] The song was "written in an epitaph in an Icelandic folk style" and features heavy use of strings and features vocals by Björk's son, Sindri Eldon. [ 4 ]
Fossora was partially inspired by the 2018 death of Björk's mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir; the songs "Sorrowful Soil" and "Ancestress" are about her, as well as how Björk dealt with her grief. In the album's liner notes, the former is subtitled "a eulogy for Hildur Rúna", and the latter is subtitled "an epitaph for Hildur Rúna".
In promotion of her latest two albums, 2017's Utopia and 2022's Fossora, Björk performed the Cornucopia show from 2019 through 2023.The ambitious production — "a monster to travel with," she ...
Alongside the concert film, Björk released a live album consisting of the performances from the show. [18] The album, titled Apple Music Live: Björk (Cornucopia), was released exclusively on Apple Music and available in spatial audio. [24] According to a press release, the setlist was arranged "to celebrate Björk's lifetime of creative ...
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The following year, Björk released her Greatest Hits compilation, a companion box-set, Family Tree, and a series of live albums, collected in the Live Box box set. In 2004, Björk released her fifth studio album, titled Medúlla, composed almost entirely using human voices and sounds.