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Following the recent release of her ninth studio album Vulnicura, Icelandic artist Björk has shared

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Following the recent release of her ninth studio album Vulnicura, Icelandic artist Björk has shared her first visual offering for the single “Lionsong.” Directed by Inez & Vinoodh, the Dutch pair explained the video: ”Björk’s character for “Lionsong” had to be smooth like a spider waiting in her web and seductive like a Balinese dancer cast in bronze. She is seen as if under a microscope, baring her heart while luring us inside the bloody galaxy of her own wound.” Watch the interpretive clip above and pick up your copy of Vulnicura here.

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