Bjork Opens Up About Songwriting Process: “I Always Write One Song A Month”

According to nme.com, Björk has talked about her creative process by revealing that she “always writes one song month.” The Icelandic singer and songwriter sat down for a rare filmed interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 where she discussed her new Cornucopia concert film, which will be out on Apple TV+ on January 24.

At one point in the conversation, Björk said: “I always write one song a month, one every two months. It doesn’t matter what happens in my life, it’s like the full moon or it’s just like a rhythm because I’ve been doing it so long. So I think the minute when I release an album, part of me is so relieved and so bored with the subject matter that I’m super excited to do something the complete opposite. So I start gathering info or research or whatever tech is going on as well. But then just to contradict what I just said… I also really get bored very easily, so I never want to do it twice the same.”

The artist adds: “So sometimes, I will first write all the songs, like I did 2015’s Vulnicura just with string arrangement songs, and then I do the next stage. Or sometimes I will start the complete other… Like with Utopia 2017, maybe on flute arrangements, doing flute arrangements for a year and rehearsing with flute players in my cabin every Friday and with us driving there and gelling together as a group and just becoming really good friends, and that becomes the heart of an album. And then afterwards, I will stick other stuff on top. So I think, yeah… it’s a mix of what’s going on.”