It'a such a fantastic album!

This is brilliant! Thank you for an awesome reaction 😃 She will be touring North America this fall so hopefully u get to go and see her because it is just not to be missed!

I had to finish this reaction in 3 different sessions because I wanted to give it my proper attention. I completely agree with you about how cathartic "Some Type of Skin" is. It's so hard to choose favorites on this album because I relate to so much of the lyrical content. Also, off topic, but has anyone ever told you that you have a beautiful nose? It complements the rest of your features perfectly. Respectfully, of course. lol. I don't mean to sound weird. I just can't help but notice a great nose. I love Aurora's nose, too. 😂

23:00 "doesn't hit as hard as other music might" thinking about starvation like. boy you got a big storm comin' :D

I´m really impressed by your sharpness.

"This was a triumph I'm making a note here, "Huge success" It's hard to overstate my satisfaction..." on your deeply moving, informative and beautiful reaction💯❣ Never imagined ever that I would be spending 3 hours watching a reaction and enjoying it so much! Hope Aurora gets to see this😇

I think this is also my favorite Aurora album. Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1) has been hanging on for dear life when it comes to choosing between the two albums, but I think this album has finally won the battle for me. It took me a while, but I really love this album so much. It's such an incredible album - lyrically, musically, vocally, the theme (the heart, the color blue, western philosophy changing the way we think about the heart, etc.), and in terms of being her most personal album. And I love how much she explored and experimented on this album. She really explored so many different facets of her voice, and played around with genres we never thought we would hear her delve into. It's possibly her most important album. I really enjoyed your reaction and interpretation of the songs. Also, My Body is Not Mine is a collaboration with Tom Rowlands from The Chemical Brothers. Check out the credits. 😊

Aurora mentioned that when she's not touring she spends a lot of her life time in the studio...and I picked from this that she is really involved in arrangements and production......I've also seen a docunentary where she ¡s recording sounds and noises all over the place and she said she had something big with ryttm patterns and builds lil mischivious and super talented pretty lady Aurora is definitely a Jack of all trades production wise.....and she's tough she likes things done her way so she teams up with the right people to get things done hats off for the Beautiful Viking Fairy Queen she's absolutely one of the kind kudos her world runs on Love, Magic and Goodness, shit bro, we're so freaking fortunate this , I mean SHE is happening in our Lifetimes...long lve Aurora Asknes

About "Dreams", Aurora told that the story is about her during one of her first live. She faced many hardship, including the lost of three friends if I remember correctly. One was her 17' sweet heart, her first love killed during a mass shooting in high-school. Another commited suicide and I think another died from illness? I believe she's referring to these loved ones in "The Essence" too.

I appreciate your reaction and debriefing of the songs, thank you for sharing this with us :) As a long time fan of Aurora, I think this is one of my favorite album of her, and it's nice being able to "share" with someone all these thoughts and emotions.

i tend to support your interpretation of 'the essence'. thanks for your reaction. if i understood you correctly, you haven't heard the first 2(3) albums? so there is hope for 3 other album reactions? drummers seem to bleed a lot (ringo starr, jaki liebezeit are just two examples).

Dude u gotta chjedk this one, don0t matter if you don't react Aurora is so good, specially live kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbyKnZOVy6_GeoE.html Dublin, not so long ago

Most of the songs on this album have co-writers. You asked during track 15 'My Body Is Not Mine' which was co-written with Tom Rowlands (Chemical Brothers) ... 🤪

I love Mentopolis! Probably my favourite short D20 season!

2:34:03 I think she is saying "chasefire now"

1:35:25 aurora said that one of the reasons she uses so many rhythms is because of the deaf people!

Legend has it; TDDL is the coolest song this decade❤

I see a lot of the songs on this album as doubling two perspectives - a human individual one, and nature's collective one (which calls back to the indigenous activists letter about the earth being our heart, and our heart beating with the earth). For example, "Earthly Delights" I see as humanity/Adam asking God, will you still be here after everything you've given me (nature) dies? And at the end, Nature is the one who responds "There is no God here without me. So will YOU be lonely when everything dies?" I see it as the commentary of humans striving for love of this mystical god in the sky, meanwhile we're killing nature who is really the one taking care of us and loving us through all these earthly delights. Also "My Body Is Not Mine" can be seen as both the individual disconnection from our bodies, as well as Nature saying her body is not hers, because we are using it for ur gain, objectifying it the way women's bodies are objectified as well. "The Blade" is about fighting for these soft hearts to protect them, including for the Earth. "A sword can cut both ways, but I gor sharp blades" I see as being about how rage can be blind, hurting everything and everyone indiscriminately, even yourself, or it can be sharp as a blade, which has only one sharp side and so only cuts where it has to cut, calculated and precise rage that is used to protect.

Here is what she said about Some Type Of Skin on BBC Radio where the song premiered: "This song is very much about the act of building our skin. So, I guess, finding the perfect balance between building up skin so you can protect what's soft in you against what's harsh in the world, but also making sure you let enough light in, so you can let what's beautiful into your soft points. And if you find the balance between both, I think life can be such a heavenly thing on Earth. But it's a lot to be human, I say it so much." She talked about Starvation in an interview on Norwegian radio: "This song begins, like quite a few of my songs, very earthy, down to earth, in the rhythms and in the vocals. But then the song takes you on a journey. In my mind it is that even art is now being attached by the technical, and the soul and essence of it is threatened, which I think is very dangerous. And this happens in the song, which is kind of fun." So I think she means that the EDM/techno beat at the end symbolizes the technical / AI taking over. And then personally I think the very abrupt ending of the song symbolizes "the web crashing". But I wish it had a real ending/outro, though I wouldn't mind that if it was 1 minute longer before that ending. You can see the live performance of Starvation at the Glastonbury festival on the BBC Music channel. She got Tom Rowlands from The Chemical Brothers to produce My Body Is Not Mine (and he is secondary producer on My Name). Here is a quote from Aurora from the latest NME interview on youtube: "I just texted him an evening, and I was like:'Tom, puke, vomit all over my song, please'. And he did. Like for six hours or four hours. Already four hours later, he sent me back and I kept everything." I like the possible dual meaning in that song: "I need no body" / "I need nobody".

Oww your kitty so adorable in the back 🥰🥰

Thank you for this beautiful reaction❤

Very cool and long reaction (I think you said you go fast in some moment :))? ). I am still enjoying it as I am currently after The Dark Dresses Lightly (which is my favorite in this great album ;) ) and still some songs to go :). Thx

This was fun, and a really great reaction and analysis😍 I absolutely love this album, AOTY imo, and her best so far, even though all her albums are great😍 She is the main producer on this album, but she has had some really good help from great artists/producers👍 Aurora and her guitarist Fredrik wrote and produced “A soul with no King” together. And she plays both piano and percussion👍 I highly recommend checking out the stripped down live performance at Vevo, Fredrik on Mandolin and Aurora on piano😍 Also the remix featuring NATURE, which she actually released before the album. I also recommend “Some type of skin” live at Vevo Also a stripped down version. And “The dark dresses lightly” live at the Roskilde festival👍 Tom Rowlands from Chemical Brothers co-wrote “My body is not mine” Aurora has collaborated with Chemical brothers on four songs before, so they know each other quite well. I’m gonna watch your reaction to Billie’s album as well, but I have to wait until tomorrow, it’s over midnight her now and I’m getting sleepy lol Now you should do a reaction to her other albums, starting with the first one👍😉

Well, I for one am so very happy it stopped recording at the very end, best time possible if it was going to happen. Thank you so much, I truly enjoyed your reactions and all your comments, funny ones too, lol. Please think about reacting to the 2 live Vevo's I did a different comment regarding them. Again, thanks for taking the time to do this and for being a compassionate human.

Still watching, but you should treat yourself to her live Vevo performances of Some Type of Skin and also Soul With No King, her voice is up front and in your face, accompanied by Fredrik on the mandolin for both and her on the keybord. Really, I would love a reaction to them but regardless, you just need to experience them both.

Can't wait too watch this 😊

Great reaction 🎉

you last review of TGWCT one of the best on you tube so looking forward to spending 3 hours with you.

Looking forward to this 💙⚔️🦋

I just discovered your channel, please more album reactions!! you are very authentic. And may i suggest Lana del rey or Lady gaga albums? Take care:)

You know, i think the frequency of the "standard sleep token breakdown" on this album may be why i don't play this album as much as the earlier ones. I didn't know what it was about this album that didn't pull me too much, but i guess that may be why. Im not a musician so i don't really know the words for what im hearing. You gave me the words. Thanks!

nearly two years late, but you could try using the dagger

You should definitely listen to the album Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard by Lana Del Rey it explores themes like death,mortality, love and has very cool melodies! Love this video!

She tame on me until she make me impala

I love humans. The way you recognise every detail and get so invested in each song’s vulnerability is just so nice to watch. It’s also refreshing knowing that someone else loves this album just as much as I do

"oh hi- its a ukulele is what it is" 😭😭 had me gigglin

i love how you really went in depth with this reaction. definitely will be watching more

Haha the ending got me! I am not one of the ones that decodes the lore, but I for sure follow the people who do so I can try to get it. I don't think it makes me any better by any means. For me, its just another layer that is secondary to the feeling the music actually gives. So youre focused on the righr parts of it! Also if you did want a high level overview (without diving into all of the clancy letters), they put out a video called "I am Clancy" that's like 4 minutes long and tells the story up to this album. Not necessary by any means, but just an offer to ease some of the frustration.

In every song of this album, Billie starts with cool phrases with impact, drawing more attention to the music. Example of this is:"i could eat a girl for lunch" or 'things fall apart"

I wanna sit down and yap with this dude so bad. Immediate subscription because I feel like I’m on FaceTime with my bestie just yappin

honestly, keep up the work man! this brings back the feeling of what youtube was like in 2015. when vine compilations were still the main thing everyone was hyped for. it brings back the same feeling of sitting down in the living room on the big roku flatscreen, and just watching thomas sanders vines, and dantdm doing minecraft mod reviews. we really need more of this on youtube y'all, this is the best kind of nostalgia we could ask for.

This is sooo late, but I was a huge fan of Bastille growing up and heard that in this band instantly, and have never heard anyone else compare ST to them so hats off haha! I think it’s the SUPER specific combo of rnb influenced pop vocals in a Southern English accent, with poetic wordy verses and lots of synths/keys in the 2010s alt pop sound. Like, it’s a ridiculously specific combo, and therefore I’d probably kill to hear Bastille cover a ST song and vice versa!!

I played violin in middle and high school. Didn't get to play my senior year. I miss it so much. Billie and Fineas are everything.

idk about the all capitals, but i know Billie once said that she used all lowercase for her early carreer because its easy on the eye and more pleasing to see

I really like the energy you have here. Not obnoxious and over the top, while also not a dead fish just letting the music play with a straight face. this video is just really pleasant, def subscribed

To what you initially thought Sports Anthem was gonna be about- it's worth pointing out that Danny IS actually into sports. I know he's big on Football (specifically the Giants) and I've seen clips of him mentioning watching soccer too. The "the joke is we don't anything about sports" angle isn't one I'd expect from him tbh.

Loved this reaction ❤ I'm definitely subscribing!

People who think there's a second album coming are absolutely the exact same fking self-entitled fools she is mocking with the "when can we hear the next one" line. Really triggers me that so many otherwise intelligent folks have jumped on this delusional bandwagon. Anyway, great reaction, super smart insights, many thanks! P.S. One thing, you're making way too much of the two reworked songs thing with "Blue". You wouldn't have known that if you hadn't read it and she only took the chorus from True Blue ... the lyrics and melodies in the verse are new. No one had heard Born Blue before to my knowledge. Cheers.

birds of a feather is one of her best songs