AURORA on 'What Happened To The Heart?': “Apathy is the biggest enemy to progress"
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2024
- As AURORA announces her "most personal album yet" - 'What Happened To The Heart' - the Norwegian alt-pop pioneer talks to NME about searching for love and humanity in ever darker times, the situation in Palestine, working with Yungblud collaborator Chris Greatti and The Chemical Brothers Tom Rowlands, her book about 'The Gods We Can Touch', favourite sign language, and general advice for life
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"I'm really tired, but only in my body. My soul is awake." ~ Aurora Aksnes
Wow. That is just.. ethereal.
One of my favorite quotes regarding apathy comes from an old starwars game I played as a kid. "Apathy is death. Worse than death. Because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects."
That’s a hauntingly beautiful quote , thank you
Ah darth traya, not a story the jedi would tell you 🤔
@@thatgirldaniel9830 glad to share it with people! If you're curious the game is Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Are you Vegan or apathetic?
“In the midst of our high-tech, ostentatious, hedonistic lifestyle, among the dazzling monuments to history, art, religion, and commerce, there are the black boxes. These are the biomedical research laboratories, factory farms, and slaughterhouses - faceless compounds where society conducts its dirty business of abusing and killing innocent, feeling beings. These are our Dachaus, our Buchenwalds, our Birkenaus. Like the good German burghers, we have a fair idea of what goes on there, but we don’t want any reality checks.”
Dr. Alex Hershaft, Warsaw Ghetto survivor
Intelligent, thoughtful, humble, funny, beautiful and unique. The world would be a better place with more people like her in it
Then she wouldn’t be so unique
It's not easy at all. The world is usually very cruel toward anyone that are unusual and don't want to play the silly games most people do, about being "normal" and similar absurd ideals.
I've become pretty much crushed flat myself, trying it, even here in Norway, but I hope things are easier for youth now, at least it seems it worked for Aurora here in Norway, but she must have been lucky with many things.
I'm one! :D
I like this interviewer he takes his time with Aurora and is very calm and lets her speak her mind
It probably helps that he's been interviewing her since she started.
There's a long form NME interview, with this guy, for every one of her past album releases.
There's another guy, on the channel B-Sides TV, who's done long interviews with her for every album cycle since the debut as well. I really hope they hook up again this time! It makes a difference when the person she's talking to is someone she has some history with. They get each other and like each other.
I loved the look that she gave us while he said conflict of the heart 😭
She was like, you guys know 😏
19:55 lol
we all caught it 😂
i was like do your research before interviewing artists.
so funny, love that she didnt correct him. It was probably just a slip up
It is remarkable how Aurora uses her music to continuously develop her true self. Her clear views on the things of this world show that she is in tune with herself.
Indeed
I think her biggest gift seems to be having always known exactly who she is.
I squealed when Aurora brought up how Avatar was one of her favourite childhood shows because it just makes so much SENSE
Right?? Wasn’t it the most obvious thing in the world that she would be a huge fan of avatar even though I’ve never seen her talk about it before.
She’s grown and matured so much, she sounds much wiser now. I’m so proud of her, she’s glowing!
I find it so interesting how Aurora helps me feel alive, since the first time I started listening to her music about 4 years ago, her music has helped me feel everything more, feel my own life. Recently I have been feeling like I am dead, like I can't feel life anymore. I don't know if this sounds stupid, but listening to her sharing her opinion on recent matters, realizing she thinks the same as me, but seeing how she hasn't lost hope unlike me, it kind of helps me have a bit of hope too. Somehow her music and her mind always helps me feel more grounded and at the same time more spiritual.
it's not stupid at all !! I understand perfectly what you mean and feel kind of the same
I was like this for 5 years, I think it is called depersonalisation, or at least is very similar to it. I think it was caused by very long loneliness and having absolutely nobody in my life who I feel like understands a glimpse of who I am and how I see the world. At some point I forgot who I was myself, and what I like or dislike, and wether I dreamed or experienced something. I was depressed for years before it started. It eventually slowly went away. I am not entirely sure why. Something inside me changed, but also I met people who are actually nice and found my own worth a bit from that.
You know, you can't Lost Hope when you found so much people who thinks with their Heart, even if it's a broken one. I know it's a minority, but WE are here.
Aurora's interviews at NME are always really lovely ✿ and she looks great omg
i found youu stuff
Yes and yes! And with Phil Marriott!
Aurorinha tá cada dia mais gata! Minha dream girl!
💯
We need books for all the albums! 🥹
Such a lot of wisdom from her… every words she speaks is a statement… I’ve never found someone that speaks to my souls directly like her
Better to be aware of what she says than automatically think everything she says is wise. For example at the end she said "don't do drugs" then a second later she said "don't be a don't:er, do be a do:er". Great wisdom ;-)
Accepting the contradiction is a wise way to accept ourselves as humans … nothing particularly wrong in it imho
@@Vitupers what do you mean by that? did you actually mean anything by it or did you simply just say something that sounded meaningful?
@@breaker5454 well if it doesn’t sound meaningful to you I’m sorry, to me it does… have a day🫶🏽
I think in this video she carefully tried to select her words. That’s very humbling to see how she sort of admits that she hasn’t all the answers yet figured out but that she tries to help anyways in her own way
At the same time, I think she is burning to talk about the new album and its music and what it means to her, but is forced to hold back.
I looove that she just talks and says everything she wants to say. Nobody does that, and I think we need to. We need to make time to listen and to talk. We are social creatures and yet I think we feel we need to apologise for just speaking our minds in whatever flow-y, river-like way we wish
I hope she does an art book or exhibition for some of her art pieces.
Her facial expressions are a true pleasant and satisfying train to my brain. It feels like her words are just a part of a bigger picture that can be decoded just by the undertstanding of her thoughts.
How is it possible that each video, performance or interview I see... I LOVE her even more.. 😍😍😍.
because there is little else around
@@mattiemclean9882 well... there is plenty around. But I've never met any like Aurora
@@Toxicdemon2 Look harder. She's just a pretty normal, Norwegian girl. Like a typical nice aunt, inviting the children in for waffles and milk. Just so happy the world enjoy such a Norwegian person as herself. I live like 15-20 minute away from her, and have a friend from the same place she went to school.
@@elvenkind6072 Perhaps in Norway. Might be another reason to move to Norway 😉😄
@@Toxicdemon2 I pray you will experience the western coast here. When I grew up here as a child, some years we visited my mothers family in northern Norway, and I would just sit in the back seat of the car with my mouth open, watching such amazing beauty everywhere. You can't help it, but become filled by this beauty. The bitter winters, where the cold days and darkness, dead trees and withered grass, last longer the half the year, only make the springs even more amazing. It feels like levitating above the ground (actually, when the farmers let loose the lambs to the green grass, they just jump around with unreleased energy, back legs kicking the air higher then their head, it feels much like that for humans too) when the sun finally come back, shining with warm rays, making the little birds sing beautiful songs, and flowers and green, fertile, lush things flow up everywhere, and the snow of the mountains turn into rivers, that alone power almost the entire country with electricity, because of the immense power of the transformation.
If you can't move here, at least try to visit the western coast, somewhere after May and before October.
Wishing for a nice weekend for you and yours, with love from me and my kitty Lucis. 🙂
i love listening to her talking about everything she wants to talk about, but especially if it's about new songs or albums, her wisdom is really inspiring
I love how Aurora talks so candidly about the world changing, people focusing less on their hearts & giving up what they love for the sake of “efficiency” due to AI being created. It’s so necessary to listen to our heart, because it’s more than just a muscle. It’s our core as a living being . Can’t wait for her new album ❤
I laughed and agreed when she said she hates when books in a series are different sizes. It bugs me, too. 😁 It would be awesome to have the book for every album - wow!
Great interview with NME, as always.
She is spot on about AI and social media influencers. I was well into adulthood before all this came on, so I can easily see the potentially dangerous deceptiveness of it. But if I were raised immersed in it, how could I know? Nothing to compare it against. That she is well aware, and speaks very well about it, is a blessing to her generation, imo.
She is everything the world needs, her message is so clear. His soul and his art are aligned. We are all here to vibrate the same frequency and be free
This is what you get when a big intellect is a person who sees the world in a different way. Insight. AA, a world treasure.
I really REALLY love interviews with Aurora, they're so much fun. We can be talking and just out nowhere you get an "I WROTE THE EFFING BOOK" lol. I'm SO excited about this new album, can't wait for it to come out.
I love that she wants to keep consistency with the book sizes. So considerate
I don't know if is only me but just listening to Aurora speak gives me the chills & calm❤
Forgot how amazing Aurora is, so wise, hilarious and compassionate. Challenging/questioning the mainstream, the rich, the systems and politics, not many people in the public eye would do this. Proud of her 💛🌸🎠
Aurora is such a wonderful person.
Not only do I love her music, but I also find her as a person deeply interesting.
She seems to think deeply and very thoughtfully about so many things, giving herself time to reflect and see things from all angles.
What is also clear is that she's very loving and caring, a very rare thing in this world.
Of course, there is also a fun, humours side to her, which is wonderful.
I feel some perhaps see her as odd or strange, but I think that comes down to a lack of understanding.
She's beyond human.
No I think she is more human than most of us
I love this woman so much
she is such a beautiful soul and you can tell how intentional she is with her art, i admire her so much because this, she explains complex concepts in her music and puts it in a way we're able to not just understand what she's saying but also feel it. We would love to see the rest of the books too🫶
I’m a huge fan of this look btw… like a beautiful, warm spring morning 😭 it’s so pretty. Okay now to watch the interview
I love how she uses her voice and which topics she explores publicly.
I AM SO EXCITED! Aurora inspires me so much with her creativity!
The interviews you two do together are always so good
The transition from Aurora speaking about the heart and its history and the interviewer going on with the next question he robotically wrote down for the interview himself, felt to me as a good example of what Aurora was talking about. It would be epic if the conversations would've just stayed within the conversation of the heart
I doubt Aurora will see this comment but her conversation is wonderful.
The heart now by science is being verified as a quantum capable device. It puts out a large magnetic field of which is hard to measure with current instruments but is interconnected to the universe / the field of consciousness / creation.
Gregg Braden is a good source on the science behind this. Mind Heart coherence and the Human Potential as organic beings based on love.
We do not need technology to invade our being, we are the technology we are looking for, Pure Human and return to a connection with nature.
Times are changing and for the better.♥
I love her so much❤ pure energy and with such an open heart and soul, to learn and expand with the world. 🙏🏼☺️
I feel like Aurora is some sort of fairy or goddess who has the ability to help us feel better. No matter how stressed out I am, once I hear her music or hear her talking it feels like I can take a fresh breath of air. I have the new album on repeat, hope she releases all the books someday!
Also really like the interviewer and how he just lets her talk while asking interesting questions and I love the fact she's learned Sign Language. I've been learning American Sign Language due to my Autism and how I'll go non-verbal.
"Thank You" in ASL is your fingers together like a 5, palm facing your face/ chest, then bring the tips of the 3 long fingers toward the tip of your chin, once you've done that bring it away from your chin in a straight line and that's how we sign "Thank You", or at least how I've learned😅 Hard to explain it.
Oh my godd i love her so much, we have so many things in common. It hurts not to be able to give her a hug
How can this person be so young yet so wise! She speaks of Balance and that is what this World needs. None of us are Identical, we all have differences, but we as Humans, should rejoice in the fact that we are all different. It is exactly what makes us Human. Harmony is possible in the World, but before it happens, we will have to learn to accept that we will always have differences and that's OK.
As for the Album, I'm kinda scared! Dark Aurora, we have seen but mostly in a lighthearted way. This doesn't sound lighthearted! And yes, I still miss the Jellyfish! 🪼
and it is beautiful also. all the differences we hold but the similarities we share. so many small things we're made of.
She will be 28 this year , hardly young . She sounds a lot younger tbh . Just hope she's authentic
"I want every song to have huge balls" Aurora giveth and she giveth some more, this time she's giving us huge balls praise the queen!
i lovee this interviewer, he blends really well with aurora's personality ❤
Aurora makes my cold heart feel.
Thank you for sharing. So nice to see her still being humble and sweet,and silly. Love her so much. From Arkansas, USA.❤❤❤
I never expected a “Baby lock them doors and turn the lights down low” reference 😂
Already during the first two minutes it is apparent that this interview is going to be pure gold. Must come back later...TY for now!
Brilliant interview. @Aurora - your wisdom, humour, compassion and deep thoughts always make me smile, cry then laugh out loud and just help me not to feel so isolated in this confusing, devastating yet magical world.
She doesn't seem 'weird' anymore. More like the cool kid.
I feel like there have been three Auroras since she became famous: the small and still a bit more shy Aurora, then the spiritual hippy more outgoing jellyfish hair Aurora and now this new a bit more adjusted seeming Aurora
On the spot 👍🏻
I am relieved now. Thanks for this!!
She could speak about whatevers on her mind for hours and I would have a great time just listening and watching.
YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW I LOVE HER FR
The Heart got about 40000 Neurons comunicating with your brain so it's definitely more than a pump.❤
Love Aurora.
Every little thing she does is magic
@@Dave-hb7lx Jupp👌
They're different to your brains neurons, they're soley for generating the cardiac rhythm. Plus, twice as many as that die a day in a healthy adult human brain.
Thank you for this one. Aurora is amazing.❤❤❤
Wonderful to see her grow! ❤❤❤
The next next level interview. I love her wisdom and empathy 🥰
I LOVE THIS BOOK! WE NEED ALL OF THEM!!!
Her presence is so lovely
shes an amazing being. i am getting a lot of inspiration from her in my life. this was incredible thank you so much
Beautiful interview
She is so wise ❤ I love her. What a treasure she is in this world. Thank you God for Aurora ❤
She is so inspirational, so true to herself and true to the world. It's magical. Sometimes i ask myself if she is really from this planet. She shares so much love. Thank you Aurora!
I am still in love of all your intense ways of ideas to muse the mind, making everything feel as relative and possible to those who will make a differance. We are the change that improves the world. We're all in this together, we're all just walking each other home. As always thank you kindly for all you do.
I could listen to her talk all day ...,excellent interview 👏👏👏
Only a huge and true heart can speak like her. I like her very much.
Aurora is the Avatar
I’ve been living a hard patch, of discouragement, and ‘desillusion’, because even if I think of myself as a positive and optimistic person, it’s getting difficult to have hope. But binge watching Aurora’s music and interviews really made me feel more motivated to be hopeful and to do everything I can to be the difference I want to see. Thank you for reminding me that, whatever happened to my heart, I can grow it back and feel again the joys of life.
Profound! We need more artists like Aurora. How can you NOT talk about genocide at times like this as an artist? Only the real ones do
She's one of a kind, the interview shows why her albuns are always different and hits deep
i loved every second of this 😭
Great conversation as always. Always enjoy her NME interviews. Just watched her live (still not over it, and mention it as often as I can 😄), and her stage banter really is unmatched. A mix between deep/meaningful and absolutely delightful bullshit. Music was great too 😁. Her last album was really good, so eagerly awaiting the new.
"Two wise words: Be a doer, unless... when you do, and when you don't." - Aurora (2022) Don't forget. Andrew's interviews with her are always the best.
Might explain these words?
Such a beautiful soul. So in touch with the issues we face today. She's surprisingly focused here, it shows another side of her and I like that very much. I love how she gives the camera a gaze at 19:55 when the interviewer doesn't say the name of the song right. She could have corrected him but she chose not to do it that way. She's such a pure, solar soul.
She's such an interesting person. You can tell she's not being quirky for the sake of it, it really seems like that's just what naturally comes out. Great interviewing skills btw
Excellent interview. Thank you ❤
She is so precious
Beautiful singer. Genius🎶❤
We do not have enough musical artists like her, period. The biggest thing I adore about Aurora is the attention to her lyrics. Lyrics are just as important as the sound of your tunes. I adore hearing what she sings every time😭🩷
Love Aurora ❤
This woman is absolutely some ethereal goddess who decided to come to Earth for a little while to have some fun.
22:46 so nice to see them work on something together! I can't wait to listen to this new child
I hope eventually there will be many things in your life that bring you true joy Aurora dear ❤
I love her so much 😭
How can one person be so incredibly lovely…in nearly every way?!
My favorite artist.
It’s a brilliant idea that everyone on the planet learn the same sign language.
Aurora is amazing!
Aurora is mind blowing in a positive sense
She’s amazing☺️❤️
i love her sm
This interview made me smile to much. She speaks of so many thoughts I have but struggle to articulate. The world needs more empathy and love. 🤍
what incredibly important conversations
I would adore having a book for each album 🤯
Aurora is one of the most wonderful and beautiful people on this planet.
A consciência de classe da Aurora ❤
There are very few contemporary artists who deserve to be put up there with the all-time greats. Rory is one of them.
She’s right the world and government has lost touch in what is important
I need that book finally
😭🙏💙 Thank you
More books please!!!
I love how she always goes back to Leonard Cohen. Happens to the heart is the first track of Thanks for the Dance released posthumously 2019.
15:34 Thank you for the hydration check ✅