Bjork – Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 . Retrieved 5 March 2014. In late 2012, it was reported that Björk had undergone surgery for a polyp on her vocal cords. Commenting on the success of the procedure after years of maintaining a strict diet and using vocal exercises to prevent vocal injury, she "stayed quiet for three weeks and then started singing and definitely feel like my cords are as good as pre- nodule". [225] However, in a review for Biophilia, Kitty Empire of The Guardian stated that pre-surgery Björk still sounded strong, commenting that her voice was "spectacular and swooping", particularly on the song "Thunderbolt". [226] Kessler, Ted (20 September 1997). "Björk: Homogenic". NME. p.54. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 . Retrieved 27 October 2015. Bjork's 'Vulnicura' is Out on iTunes Right Now | SPIN | Music News". SPIN. 20 January 2015 . Retrieved 5 March 2015. Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork Media. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012 . Retrieved 23 December 2011.

Arisen My Senses (Remix EP)". shop.bjork.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018 . Retrieved 21 March 2018. Björk Guðmundsdóttir OTF ( / b j ɜːr k/ BYURK, Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouhtɪr̥] ⓘ; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, bold musical choices, and sometimes eccentric public persona, she has developed an eclectic musical style over a career spanning four-decades, drawing on electronic, folk, pop, experimental, trip hop, classical, and avant-garde music. [2] Davis, Andy. "The secret history of Björk". Record Collector. March 1994. "Kukl [...] indebted, stylistically at least, to the Fall, Killing Joke and Siouxsie and the Banshees."Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 60 ISBN 0-85112-199-3 a b c d "The Rise And Fall Of Kukl". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014 . Retrieved 5 March 2014. grapevine.is (2010). "Björk on Magma Energy". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010 . Retrieved 21 May 2010.

Björk shows support for Scottish yes vote with Declare Independence post". The Guardian. 17 September 2014 . Retrieved 7 March 2017. Kukl's second album, Holidays in Europe (The Naughty Nought), came out in 1986. The band split up due to personal conflict, with Björk keeping a collaboration with Guðlaugur, which was named the Elgar Sisters. Some of the songs they recorded ended up as B-sides to Björk solo singles. [12] [22] Björk releases brand new single 'Declare Independence' on New Year's Eve Side-Line Music Magazine. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2011.Ellen, Barbara (21 July 2001). " 'I used to think I'd live forever...' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 January 2016. DeVille, Chris (18 January 2015). "Björk's Vulnicura Leaks Days After Being Announced". Stereogum. SpinMedia . Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Interview: Bjork talks piracy, punk, Lady Gaga and Biophilia". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018 . Retrieved 14 May 2018.

Release

Kornhaber, Spencer. "Björk's 'Vulnicura' Is the Definition of Devastating". The Atlantic . Retrieved 30 April 2018. Greatest Albums: Post – Bjork". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012 . Retrieved 23 December 2011. On 2 August 2017, Björk announced with a handwritten note on her social media the imminent release of a new album. The announcement coincided with an interview for Dazed 's autumn 2017 cover issue in which Björk talked about the new album. [98] [99] The lead single, " The Gate" was released on 15 September 2017. [100] Its video was directed by the visual artist Andrew Thomas Huang. [101] The same day of the single's release, Björk announced the album title, Utopia, during an interview with Nowness. [102]

She believes “biology is stronger than you think” and has little time for “that postapocalyptic aesthetic of Hollywood films: we’re all gonna die and be survivalists with tinned food and machine guns.” Her preferred option is more: “We are going to be hybrids of plants and mushroom spores, you know, something interesting is going to happen with biology that’s out of our control, but I think we’re going to ride with it because we are – what’s the word?”Björk had her first acting role on The Juniper Tree (filmed in 1986, released in 1990), a tale of witchcraft based on the Brothers Grimm story, directed by Nietzchka Keene. Björk played the role of Margit, a girl whose mother has been killed for practising witchcraft. [12] That summer, former band member Einar Örn and Eldon formed the arts collective Smekkleysa ("Bad Taste" in Icelandic), created with the intention of being both a record label and book publishing company. [12] [22] Various friends, namely Melax and Sigtryggur from Kukl, along with Bragi Ólafsson and Friðrik Erlingson from Purrkur Pillnikk, joined the group and a band coalesced in the collective solely to make money. [22] They were initially called Þukl, but they were advertised as Kukl (the name of the previous band). At a later concert supporting Icelandic band Stuðmenn, they referred to themselves as Sykurmolarnir ("Sugarcubes" in Icelandic). Their first double A-side single, "Einn mol'á mann", which contained the songs " Ammæli" ("Birthday") and "Köttur" ("Cat"), was released on 21 November 1986, Björk's 21st birthday. [22] Björk in a publicity photo with The Sugarcubes in 1988