Björk reveals the backstory of new single ‘Oral’ with Rosalía
nme.comannounced she was teaming up with the Spanish superstar in October in order to fight fish farming in Iceland. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Björk has expanded upon the origins of the song.“I recorded it between [1997’s] ‘Homogenic’ and [2001’s] ‘Vespertine’,” she said. “It was just so different; it was so poppy.
It didn’t fit either album somehow. But I never forgot about it. It was always kind of rolling around in my brain.At the time, the song was in analog, physical tape form, meaning it was very difficult to locate as the Icelandic singer had forgotten its name.
For years, it went undetected, until March 2023.“There was this aristocrat, like in the financial district, who had a sex scandal or something, and there was a court case about him and his two sons,” Björk explained. “I was touring in Australia at the time, and I was watching CNN.
In the ribbon of headlines at the bottom of the screen, it said, “Oral or not oral?” Like, “Was it oral or not oral?”“I was like, “Wow, that’s the name of the song: ‘Oral.’” And I texted my manager and said, “Could you look in the analog multitracks and find the song called ‘Oral,’” and he found it.
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