Björk hasn’t released a new album in four years, her last being 2022’s Fossora. But there’s enough reason to believe a new one is on the way. Here’s everything we know so far.
Has the album been announced?
Formally, no. But in December, an Instagram post revealed that Björk and artist James Merry will be taking over the National Gallery of Iceland during the Reykjavik Arts Festival, which opens on May 30. Dubbed Echolalia, the exhibition comprises three “immersive installations,” two of which are named after the Fossora tracks ‘Ancestress’ and ‘Sorrowful Soil’. The third, however, hints at the artist’s next phase, “a new work based on music from her forthcoming album, currently in development,” according to the festival.
What is Echolalia, anyway?
“A medical condition in which someone repeats the words that someone else has just said, in a way that they cannot control,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. Though not certainly the title of the album, there could be some interesting thematic connections.
Has Björk said anything about the album?
Not explicity. She’s done some interviews, though. Last year, she gave her first filmed interview since 2018 with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I always write one song a month, one every two months,” she said. “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.”
What’s kept Björk busy since Fossora?
She released a concert film documenting her Cornucopia tour, which is why she went on The Zane Lowe Show. She also collaborated with Rosalía for the song ‘Oral’ in 2023, and then again in 2025 for LUX‘s lead single ‘Berghain’.
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