Björk and Rosalía join forces and collaborate for the first time, as Björk claims large-scale agriculture is “devastating for wildlife” in her country
Two of the most distinctive singers of European pop, Björk and Rosalíahave collaborated on a new song to benefit activists fighting against industrial salmon farming in Björk’s native Iceland.
In a statement accompanying the announcement, Björk wrote: “People in Seyðisfjörður are protesting the opening of fish farms there. We would like to donate the sales of the song to help with their legal costs and hope it can be an example to others.”
The famous artist noted, among other things: “In Iceland, with its virgin land, even today its sheep roam freely in the mountains – in summer its fish swim freely in our lakes, rivers and fjords. So when Icelandic and Norwegian businessmen started buying fish farms it was a big shock. We don’t understand how they were able to do this for a decade with almost no regulations standing in their way.”
In 2022, a £118m merger between Iceland’s two biggest salmon fisheries was completed, with Laxar Fiskeldi being acquired by Ice Fish Farm – the company is majority owned by Norwegian company Måsøval. Ice Fish Farm controls the Seyðisfjörður fjord as well as three others in the east of the country and aims to produce 10 million salmon each year.
This industrial salmon farming, argues Björk, “already has devastating consequences for wildlife and farmed fish are suffering. And because many of them have escaped, they have started to change the DNA of the Icelandic salmon for the worse and could eventually lead to its extinction.”
Björk, in addition to being a great artist, is also an activist. In 2008 he founded the Náttúra Foundation to support Iceland’s natural habitats and to protest the construction of aluminum factories there, while in 2015 he campaigned against the construction of an energy project in the country’s mountains, calling for a national park to be created in its place. She has “glorified” the natural world in her music and supported activist Greta Thunberg, saying: “I’m sad because the situation is worse than we thought, but there are some moments that inspire hope, to encourage us to act.” .
The song marks her first collaboration with singer Rosalía. The Spanish artist cited Björk as an inspiration after her 2018 Latin Grammy award, saying: “I want to thank women like Lauryn Hill … Björk, Kate Bush … I shout out to all the women in the industry who taught me that I can do this, because thanks to them I am here.” Their collaboration is Björk’s first song since her 2022 album ‘Fossora’, which she recorded in her homeland.
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Source :Skai
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