Björk Guðmundsdóttir

No clue why this is on HN, but Bjork is brilliant. IMO one of the greatest living musical artists. If you haven’t listened to one of her records, I recommend starting with Homogenic

EDIT: For deeper dives, note that each album is generally thematic. Vespertine is about physical intimacy, Volta experiments with percussion, Medulla is 100% human vocals, etc. Wikipedia is your friend here :)

Her song "All is full of love" and the music video by Chris Cunningham is hauntingly beautiful, a magnificent work of art: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI (NSFW, lesbian robot sex)

Björk, daughter (dóttir) of Guðmundur. Icelandic names are cool, they keep the son-of- / daughter-of- tradition of old. From Wikipedia:

> Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name

I remember a co-student of mine asking me in, probably some time around 1993, I was studying in Hamburg:

Hey, I have a ticket for Björk in Grosse Freiheit this week, I paid 20 bucks, can't go, want it for 15?

Me: Who is Björk? Whatever, sure.

There were maybe 30-50 people on that concert. It was mindblowing; very personal. I didn't know her music at all and ended up 2m away from the small stage. After that I definitely knew who Björk was. :)