Björk and Rosalia have immediately launched a track to “assist struggle fish farming in Iceland” – take heed to the track beneath.
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The track got here with a press release from Björk who mentioned that every one the income from the track will “assist the struggle towards fish farming in Iceland.”
Björk wrote: “Folks on the Fjord Seyðisfjörður have stood up and protested towards fish farming beginning there. We wish to donate gross sales of the track to assist with their authorized charges and hopefully it may be an exemplary case for others.”
She continued: “Iceland has the largest untouched nature in Europe and nonetheless immediately it has its sheep roaming free within the mountains within the summers. Its fish has swum free in our lakes , rivers and fjords. So when Icelandic and Norwegian enterprise males began shopping for fish farms within the majority of our fjords. it was an enormous shock and rose up as the principle subject this summer season. We don’t perceive how that they had been ready to do that for a decade with virtually no rules stopping them.
“This has already had devastating impact on wildlife and the farmed fish are struggling in horrid well being circumstances and since a whole lot of them have escaped, they’ve began altering the DNA within the Icelandic salmon to the more serious and will ultimately result in its extinction.
”There’s nonetheless an opportunity to [save] the final wild salmon of the north. Our group wish to dare these enterprise males to retract their farms! We’d additionally like to assist invent and set strict rules into Iceland’s authorized system to protect nature.
“The vast majority of the nation already agrees with us so this protest is about placing the desire of the folks into our rule-systems.”
You’ll be able to take heed to the track right here:
Chatting with NME beforehand, Björk opened up about her persevering with assist of defending the setting and the way she discovered hope in younger folks difficult local weather change.
She wrote: “Gen Z-ers are actually radical, and I’m relieved that the setting is a precedence for them – I’m up for it! After I learn the information, most of it received’t matter in 20 years. The one factor that basically issues is how we take care of the setting.”
Earlier this month, Björk launched a fantastical animated music video for her new single, ‘Victimhood’.
The clip, directed by Gabríela Friðriksdóttir & Pierre-Alain Giraud, premiered throughout the Icelandic singer’s ‘Cornucopia’ tour cease in Lisbon on September 1.
You’ll be able to see the remaining dates on the tour beneath and get any remaining tickets right here.
NOVEMBER
18 — Krakow, PL – Tauron Area
21 — Hamburg, DE – Barclays Area
24 — Leipzig, DE – Quarterback Immobilien Area
28 — Zurich, CH – Hallenstadion
DECEMBER
2 — Nantes, FR – Zénith
5 — Bordeaux, FR – Arkéa Area
Final month, it was introduced that Björk received the award for Finest Reside Performer on the 2023 Affiliation of Impartial Music Awards (AIM). She’s going to obtain the award at a ceremony going down later this month.
The award additionally is available in mild of her tenth and newest studio album, ‘Fossora’, which arrived final September.