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Bjork premieres new Michel Gondry-directed video for ‘Crystalline’

By Randall Roberts
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Bjork has just released a Michel Gondry-directed video for her new single, ‘Crystalline,’ and it’s predictably gorgeous. Filled with stop-motion animation, an homage to early filmmaker Georges Melies, crystals growing in slow motion, hypnotic animated line drawings, the singer’s verbal abstractions and, best, a wild drum-and-bass breakdown at the end that hopefully signals a trend, the song, and the video, continue to expand the singer’s range. (Now if someone can add some bass to the track, it’ll be finished.)

‘Crystalline’ is from the Icelandic singer’s forthcoming full length ‘Biophilia,’ which has a street date of Sept. 26. Not only is the album to be released in the standard formats, but Bjork, ever the boundary-pusher, plans to release it as a series of mobile phone apps. Watch the video for ‘Crystalline’ below.

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-- Randall Roberts

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Randall Roberts

Former staff writer Randall Roberts covered Los Angeles music culture for the Los Angeles Times. He had served various roles since arriving at The Times in 2010, including music editor and pop music critic. As a staff writer, he explored the layered history of L.A. music, from Rosecrans and Sunset to Ventura Boulevard and beyond. His 2020 project on the early Southern California phonograph industry helped identify the first-ever commercial recording made in Los Angeles.

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