Mutual Core
Björk
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I shuffle around The tectonic plates in my chest You know I gave it all Trying to match our continents To change seasonal shift To form a mutual core As fast as your fingernail grows The Atlantic ridge drifts To counteract distance You know I gave it all Can you hear the effort Of the magnetic strife Shuffling of columns To form a mutual core This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know that I had it in me Withheld your love, an unspent capsule I didn't know you had it in you You hid the key to our continuity I didn't know you had it in you This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know, you didn't know What you resist persists Nuance makes heat To counteract distance I know you gave it all Offered me harmony If things were done your way My Eurasian plate subsumed Forming a mutual core This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know I had it in me Withheld your love, an unspent capsule I didn't know you had it in you This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know I had it in me This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know, you didn't know
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Written by: Bj�rk Gudmundsdottir
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10 facts about this song
Music Video CreationThe music video for "Mutual Core" was created by an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist, Andrew Thomas Huang. The video is a surreal depiction of tectonic plates and sea creatures that sync with the shifting tempos of the song.
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Airplay on MuseumsInterestingly, the music video of "Mutual Core" was exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
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Album Concept"Mutual Core" is part of Björk’s "Biophilia" album. The album - Björk's eighth - explores the relationship between music, nature, and technology. Each song on the album has a unique theme related to nature or science, and "Mutual Core" focuses on tectonic activity and its relation to human relationships.
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Combination of Musical StylesIn the song, Björk fuses electronic music with more classical elements, like using a choir and an organ. This blending of styles resulted in a unique and innovative sound.
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Linked AppAs part of the Biophilia album, "Mutual Core" had its accompanying app where the users can explore the theme of the song- geological and emotional transformations through an interactive game.
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Award RecognitionDirector Andrew Thomas Huang won the UK Music Video Awards in 2013 for his work on "Mutual Core".
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Lighting SchemeThe music video of "Mutual Core" begins with soft light, which increasingly gets brighter as the song heats up, symbolizing underground geological activity.
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ChoreographyThe movement and rhythm of the song were thoroughly interpreted in the choreography of the elements in the video, like rocks and sand, displaying a fight and synergy between them.
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Public InteractionIn November 2012, the video was broadcasted in Times Square at midnight as the "Midnight Moment". This was a large-scale digital art exhibition that reached an estimated 500,000 visitors.
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InterpretationBjörk describes "Mutual Core" as being about both human relationships and plate tectonics. In the lyrics, she discusses seeking a balance in a relationship, which she compares to tectonic plates that must find a mutual core in order to avoid destroying one another.
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