Bjork catches the abstract and translates it into something tangible. “Crystalline” off her seventh album, Biophilia, is a psychedelic experience into the inner crevices of the mind. The image of crystals growing from inside the earth and lighting up with brilliance is both impossible and beautiful. The flying shapes and alternating scopes from inside a pipe organ to faraway galaxies give the song a dream-like quality; nothing makes sense on its own, it's up to you to put the chaos to order.
Her “Internal Nebula” is the tumultuous sea of emotions swaying inside all of us. The light she demands at the end is her determination to overcome her fears. When she finally becomes the sparkle, she has found peace and happiness within her self. The tinkling music in the beginning slowly builds up in tempo and beat to the climactic breakcore at the end, a perfect musical representation as she changes her physical form to ultimately become the bright sparkling lights.
Biophilia introduces a new form of interactive music where the listeners will have to play an app in order for the song to keep playing. The songs on the album are presented as constellations in a galaxy. When you come near a star, you can start the app to play the song. In her song “Virus,” the song starts with a virus infecting a single cell and ends with the cell eventually dying. The listener can play with the virus' life cycle and change the pitch and tone of the song, effectively adding new music to the song and personalizing the experience. Bjork lets the music change and reshape itself, making it a living entity the listener can connect to, just like her album title promises:
bi·o·phil·i·a
[bahy-oh-fil-ee-uh, ‐feel-yuh]
noun
a love of life and the living world; the affinity of human beings for other life forms.
--Mira
“Crystalline”
Underneath our feet
Crystals grow like plants
(listen how they grow)
I’m blinded by the lights
(listen how they grow)
In the core of the earth
(listen how they grow)
Crystalline
Internal Nebula
(Crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo
(Crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia
(Crystalline)
And demand the light
We mimic the openness
Of the warmth we love
Doth till our generosity equalizes the flow
With our hearts
We chisel quartz
To reach love
Crystalline
Internal Nebula
(crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo
(crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia
(crystalline)
And demand the light
Octagon, polygon
Pipes up an organ
Sonic branches
Murmuring drone
Crystallizing galaxies
Spread out like my fingers
Crystalline
Internal Nebula
(crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo
(crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia
(crystalline)
And demand the light
Internal Nebula
(crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo
(crystalline)
I conquer claustrophobia
(crystalline)
And demand the light
It’s the sparkle you become
Conquer anxiety
Sparkle you become
Conquer anxiety
Sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
It’s the sparkle you become
When you conquer anxiety
Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZhkfwrxNOc
Lyric Source: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/bjork-lyrics/crystalline-lyrics.html
News Source: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/bjork-s-biophilia-virus-lets-you-kill-a-1005309462.story
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