Björk is engaged on her first new album since 2022.
Bjork is returning with a brand new album in 2026
The 60-year-old Icelandic musician hasn’t launched a studio album since Fossora nearly 4 years in the past, but it surely seems a recent assortment of tunes could possibly be coming in 2026.
Subsequent summer season, the It is Oh So Quiet hitmaker can have an exhibition on the Nationwide Gallery of Iceland, and a brand new submit on Instagram in regards to the challenge has dropped a serious trace about her future plans.
She and artist James Merry will take over the gallery throughout Reykjavik Arts Competition, which opens on Could 30, and the Echolalia exhibition will characteristic three “immersive installations”.
They are going to every give the general public “a uncommon alternative to interact intimately with works of phenomenal visible, aural and emotional depth”.
The primary two – Ancestress and Sorrowful Soil – take their names from tracks on Fossora.
Nonetheless, the submit – which was shared by Bjork, the pageant and gallery – added: “The third is a brand new work primarily based on music from [Bjork’s] forthcoming album, at present in improvement.”
In the meantime, Reykjavik Arts Competition has supplied extra particulars in regards to the exhibition and new materials.
In an announcement quoted by Visir.is, organisers mentioned: “The primary corridor will characteristic a brand new set up with music that emerges from Björk’s upcoming album.
“This invitations company to discover the subsequent chapter within the artist’s analysis, the place transformation and collaboration are on the core.”
Whereas no additional particulars have been revealed, this seems to be affirmation a brand new assortment is on the way in which.
The unique submit continued: “James Merry’s exhibition includes over 80 artworks and provides a window into the evolution of his creative output over the previous decade.
“The masks on view showcase Merry’s craftsmanship, which uniquely blends conventional strategies with up to date, avant-garde expressions.
“Collectively, these works — the Metamorphlings — kind a household of shape-shifting creations that supply perception into his never-ending fascination with the pure world, in addition to his abiding curiosity in archeology and historical ritual.”