Rosalía and Björk They will release a song together throughout this month of October. One piece beneficial whose income will be allocated to the fight against fish farms in Icelandspecifically, against businessmen who have “changed the DNA of Icelandic salmon“, something that, according to the artist, can lead to extinction.
In an interview with ‘The Guardian’, Björk explained that she asked herself three questions before supporting the movement. “Can we stop it? Can we change it? Can we save Iceland’s wild salmon? The answer to these three questions is yes, we can. The artist has described the industry as “a couple of wild guys who want make money quickly and sacrifice nature. “We are guardians,” says Björk. “We want to protect nature“.
pop love song
The Icelandic artist has also given more details about this song, which will be titled ‘Oral‘. Apparently, although the theme is charitable, the theme of the single is not focused on protest. “It’s a love song, it’s not about fish”, confirms the performer, although “a good punk song could be written about that.” The theme also talks about desire and sex.
The Icelandic composer wanted to emphasize that, although it surprises her audience, it is a pop song: “This is not me at my most experimental.. I’m not really a pop musician […] This is the most ‘poppy’ I’ll ever get. That’s why I wanted to donate it to a good cause.”
Union with Rosalía
A theme that was born in the studio 20 years ago. “I wrote it when I was 30 years old and she is now 30 years old too,” the singer explained, referring to Rosalía. “I have known her for a few years and I decided to send her a message to ask her if she wanted to collaborate. She replied: ‘Yes, I I’m aiming!’”, has commented on how the musical union came about.
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The Icelandic decided to recover this song last March and feature Rosalía’s voice. “It sounded strange. The rhythm was very primitive“But I guess it was slightly inspired by Jamaican dancehall,” he said about what the song was like at first. He then decided to call the Catalan artist to give it a more pop and contemporary touch.
“The way to reactivate the song for an environmental platform in 2023 was get a guest to represent the musical moment”, Björk said. “Dancehall is the grandmother of reggaeton. When I heard it I thought: Rosalía had a lot of reggaeton on her album. “I know she really cares about the issue and wants to act.”