Björk talks flute obsession in new interview with herself

The Icelandic artist's new album, 'Utopia', is due out next month

Björk has interviewed herself for a new magazine piece, covering such topics as creativity, sex, love and flutes.

The Reykjavík musician is gearing up to release her ninth studio album, ‘Utopia’, next month – though a precise release date has yet to be confirmed.

A new feature with W magazine has seen Björk taking up the unusual challenge of interviewing herself about a range of topics, from her creative process to working with Alejandro Ghersi.

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Purportedly speaking after sending the final files of the ‘Utopia’ tracks for mastering, Björk introduces the feature format by writing: “I do have a soft spot for some of them cliché questions like what would you tell your teenage self? perhaps i could reverse it? like what if i could ask a future self stuff?”

From this point, Björk launches into the first proper question: “what is your relationship with flutes?”

Bjork shares the beautiful new video for 'The Gate'
Björk in her video for ‘The Gate’

“Well, i wanted to learn the oboe as a child and my mother couldn’t afford it so i learned the flute and a little bit had this strange immature feeling that it was my second choice for the 6 or 8 years i studied it, depending how you count (recorders included or not),” she reveals at the start of a long anecdote about her relationship with the instrument.

“But it was crazy for this album now coming back to it after all those years later, like looking at a not so “cool” part of my childhood, flutes were always a bit naff, and looking at it so much later through a timeglass and seeing another thread and linking it together and bringing it forth to now.”

You can read Björk’s full interview with herself here.

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Last month, Björk shared the mesmerising video for her single ‘The Gate’.

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