The wonderfully bizarre nature-obsessed artists who should have been sweethearts since kindergarten (if they had gone to kindergarten together, in some kind of enchanted Scandanavian hamlet) have released their seventh video, for the song “Crystalline,” and it looks as if they’re still stuck in the wonderful neon 1990s. This is not a bad thing. Bjork, whose new album and iPhone-iPad app come out tomorrow, is working with Gondry on a 3-D Imax “science musical.” That’s all you really need to know before you start watching these, and giggle-crying into your sweatband.Bjork goes on a magical trip to a rocky Icelandic-ish planet.Bjork ventures on a wondrous exploration of the forest of Iceland with her giant teddy bear – or does she?Bjork goes to the museum with a bomb strapped to her chest.Bjork creates a model of a magical town in the woods. Then bombs it.Bjork, while rocking in her crib, descends into REM sleep.We go on a voyage over a computer-generated version of Iceland – or is it Bjork’s body?Bjork enters a series of recursive dream-worlds, after venturing into the forest and discovering a magical book.
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Crystalline, 2011
Human Behavior, 1993
Army of Me, 1995
Isobel, 1995
Hyperballad, 1996
Jóga, 1997
Bachelorette, 1997
Declare Independence, 2007
Bjork gets on a magical raft and takes a wild ride down a magical river.