In December final yr, Björk revealed that she was engaged on the followup to 2022’s Fossora. Earlier this week, the Icelandic avant-pop artist carried out a shock DJ set on the Venice Biennale.
Clad in an extravagant costume of recycled fiberglass, Björk helped kick off the biannual worldwide artwork and cultural exhibition in Italy, turning the occasion right into a rave. Her look got here from the autumn 2026 Bottega Veneta assortment by Louise Trotter. On X she wrote that the set was for Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, the artist chosen to characterize Iceland on the exhibition.
Björk additionally gave updates on her upcoming album final month, casually mentioning “the brand new album in 2027,” and introduced a photo voltaic eclipse rave in August. This is what she wrote:
expensive pals
i’m so excited to ask you to echolalia could to september .
i’m so grateful and thrilled in your unimaginable response to the rave , me and alejandra and others are having on the eclipse this summer season .
i noticed all of your feedback and wished to therapeutic massage out a possible misunderstanding that has been floating round :
echolalia is just not the title of my subsequent album . it’s an umbrella-exhibition-name . an umbrella that offers 2 of my fossora songs the remedy i at all times dreamed of , and a few new music .
i at all times wished to place “ancestress” and “sorrowful soil” right into a room , spatial state of affairs ? these songs didn´t appear to be reside songs , the sort finest skilled in non-public with many audio system . and with andy huang´s and viðar logi´s visuals in fact . we re-recorded the choir and have textile scores to be loved too .
i’ll share a model of a brand new track in one of many rooms . visually , it’s a collaboration with 2 new unimaginable artists , which i’ll share later . however i need to be honest with my followers ( who’re all in fact scrumptious music-nerds ) in regards to the musical facet of issues :
the brand new music is a model of a track . the ultimate model will likely be on the brand new album in 2027 . before you purchase your tickets , i need to just be sure you know that i cannot be sharing the ultimate instrumentation of my subsequent album till subsequent yr .
i do know it’s a very long time , however 5 years handed between my final 2 albums and that i loved that enormously , i appear to spend longer each time within the world-building and this can be very satisfying to align all of the totally different components ( how equilibrian of me ! )
i feel that as hosts , me and james have so much to supply . his masks exhibition appears to be like elegant !
we reprogrammed and up to date vulnicura VR which appears to be like lastly what we wished it to be which we are going to share right here .after which in fact : it’s the rave ! with arca , ronja , sideproject and extra …
i completely can´t wait
warmthness and love
björk
