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Iām lucky to have a brain that never wonders āWhy?ā when I feel something. *laughs* For example, when people were making fun of me at school, I didnāt realize it. So I think that helped me a lot. The first time I fell in love was with a girl. I didnāt question it. I come from a small town, and I remember we were only eleven in my class. And no one was like me. I remember jokes about being gay, but they were mostly for boys. As for my parents, Iāve never really had to come out of the closet. On the other hand, the media outed me in Norway when I was 19. An important newspaper put in a headline that I loved everything, women and bearded men. It was pretty traumatic, because they stole my coming out, in a way.
AURORA on being bisexual and the ways she deals with judgment or misunderstanding about it in an interview for TĆŖtu by Florian Ques | 04.02.2022
Translated by Amroth and AURORA France
photos by Paul Sigve Andersen BT.no | 06.07.2021
And what is growing up if not being fearful of the future, but running head on into it anyway?
I am still afraid, but I barrel into fate with gritted teeth. Every experience brings a lesson, every passing day and night just a page turned in my story.
We are all novels begging to be written. --- Collage from my poetry collection "Winterbrook", out 11/11.
But I'm a leaf. The wind will blow me away someday.
All I do is listen.
Iād like to be heard for once.
Music recommended and/or mentioned by AURORA!
ABBA - Thank You For The Music
Advanced Language
Agnes Obel - Falling, CatchingĀ / RiversideĀ /Ā DorianĀ / The Curse (Robert Hampson Remix)
AirĀ -Ā Sexy Boy
Alice Phoebe Lou and Olmo -Ā Devilās Sweetheart
Alt J -Ā Fitzpleasure / Hunger of The Pine / Pulsher
Amanda Delara (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Amanda Tenfjord (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
And Still I Rise -Ā Wrecking Ball
Ane Brun - A Temporary DiveĀ /Ā All We Want is LoveĀ /Ā Do You Remember
Anna of the North - Lovers
Annie Lennox - No More āI Love Youāsā
AntÓnio Carlos Jobim - Samba De Uma Nota Só
A Perfect Circle - The Outsiders / Weak And Powerless / PassiveĀ / Thirteen Steps (album)
AsbjĆørnĀ - The Love You Have in YouĀ /Ā AsbjĆørn
Askjell - The First GoodbyeĀ /Ā L O S T M Y C O O L / Sofia
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows / Revolver (album)
Beck - Blue Moon
BeethovenĀ - Moonlight Sonata (Glenn Morrisonās version)
Bee Gees -Ā How Deep Is Your Love
Beverly Glenn-Copeland -Ā Sunset Village
Bjork -Ā Army of MeĀ /Ā Homogenic (album) / Human Behaviour /Ā Hyperballad / Joga / Unravel / Violently HappyĀ / All Is Full Of Love (Howieās Version)
The Black Keys - Lonely BoyĀ
BlondieĀ - Heart Of Glass
Bob Dylan -Ā Emotionally Yours / Political WorldĀ /Ā Mr. Tambourine Man (live version)Ā (mentioned as the first song she dug)
Cameron James Laing - The Way
Cats of Transistria - Good Night
CƩline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
The Chemical Brothers -Ā Another World / GalvanizeĀ /Ā Escape 700Ā / Hannaās Theme
Cher - Believe
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Claude Debussy, Alexis Weissenberg - Claire de Lune (mentioned as a song that impacted her as a child)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
Coldplay - Fix You
College/Electric Youth - A Real HeroĀ (mentioned as the song that got her through her teen angst)
The Cranberries - Dreams Ā
Crystal Castles - Air War / Celestica / Sad EyesĀ /Ā Untrust Us
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Damien Rice - Cannonball /Ā Delicate / Volcano
Daughter - Youth
David Bowie - Ziggy StardustĀ / BlackstarĀ (album) /Ā Life On Mars?Ā / Letās Dance
dePresno - Forever
Dido - Here with MeĀ
Dina Ćgon - Tombola 94
DNKL - Hunt
Dolores O'Riordan - When We Were Young
Ed Sheeran-Ā No Diggity vs. Thrift Shop (& Passenger,Ā Kygo Remix)Ā /Ā I See Fire (Kygo Remix)
Edith Piaf - La Vie en RoseĀ (mentioned as a song which makes her cry)
Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood (Morgenstemning)Ā / Solveigās Song
Enya - Amarantine / May It BeĀ /Ā Storms In AfricaĀ /Ā EbudaeĀ / BoadiceaĀ / Watermark / The Memory of Trees (album)Ā
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
EvighetenYoungĀ (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Fka Twigs - Water Me
Fleetwood Mac - Big LoveĀ / Landslide
Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light /Ā Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)
Frankie Valli - Canāt Take My Eyes Off You
Gabrielle - 5 fine frĆøkner
Gaahls WYRD (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Gojira -Ā ExplosiaĀ /Ā Mouth of KalaĀ (mentioned as a song she loves that might surprise people)
Goldmund -Ā Image-Autumn-Womb
Great News - Now And Them (album)
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
HALIE (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Hans Zimmer - Cornfield Chase
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra And Chorus - Moon River
Howard Shore -Ā The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Main ThemeĀ (mentioned as a song that she wishes she had written)
Imogen Heap -Ā Headlock / Hide And Seek
Iris -Ā Romance is DeadĀ /Ā lavender and heavenĀ (mentioned as the song she wants played at her wedding)
Japanese Breakfast -Ā Paprika
Jenny Hval - Golden LocksĀ / Mephisto in the Water
John Williams - Hedwigās ThemeĀ (mentioned as a song she wishes that she had made)
John Wizards - Tet Lek Schrempf
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Kangaru
Johnny Cash (mentioned as the artist she likes)
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Kate Bush - CloudbustingĀ /Ā Babooshka
Khold - Myr
Kimbra - Top of the World
Kishi Bashi - I Am the Antichrist to You
Kvelertak (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful
Leif Vollebekk - Elegy
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Live) /Ā Suzanne (Live) /Ā The PartisanĀ (mentioned as an important song which her parents listened to) /Ā You Want It DarkerĀ (album)Ā / It Seemed the Better WayĀ / Greatest Hits (album) / Hey, Thatās No Way To Say GoodbyeĀ
Lorde (mentioned as the artist she would like to collaborate with)Ā
Lou Bega -Ā Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Ofā¦)
Madonna - FrozenĀ / Drowned world/Substitute for Love
Madrugada - Majesty
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Massive Attack - Daydreaming /Ā Teardrop
Mastodon -Ā The HunterĀ /Ā High Road
MasterdonĀ (mentioned as the artist she likes)
Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In
Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight
Metteson - Under Your Shirt
Miki Matsubara - ēå¤äøć®ćć¢/Ā Stay With Me
Moby - PorcelainĀ /Ā A Seated Night
MoykaĀ - Colder
Naaz (mentioned as the artist she likes)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Nicholas HooperĀ - When Ginny Kissed Harry
O. Martin - Nowhere Is Home
Paolo Nutini - Everywhere
Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals
PoliƧa - Happy Be Fine
Prince - Sexuality
Put Your Hands Up for Neo-Tokyo -Ā Get By
Queen - Under Pressure
Radiohead - No Surprises
RED MOON (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
RHODES - Turning Back Around
Rockettothesky - Grizzly ManĀ (mentioned as the first song discovered on her own)
Rƶyksopp & Robyn - MonumentĀ
Robot Koch - Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)
Rudimental - Waiting All Night ft. Ella Eyre
Rusted Root -Ā Send Me on My Way
RY X - Berlin
Sarah Brightman - Eden
SEA CHANGE -Ā Above
Secret Garden - WindancerĀ /Ā Windancer
Seigmen - Monument
Sei Selina - Only When Youāre Asleep
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englarĀ
Silja Dyngeland / Silja Sol - Stemning (DC#27) / Løgneren / SkrubbsÄr
Silvana Estrada - Lo SagradoĀ (album)
SinƩad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
Slayer (mentioned as an artist she likes)
SolĆ„ (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)Sondre LercheĀ -Ā Why Would I Let You GoĀ /Ā Wrecking Ball (cover)Ā /Ā PalindromesĀ /Ā SentimentalistĀ /Ā Lucifer /Ā Bad LawĀ / Patience/ I Love You Because Itās True
Strange Hellos (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
Stromae - Lāenfer
Sufjan StevensĀ (mentioned as an artist she was excited to see at Panorama NYC festival 2016)
Susanne SundfĆør - SilencerĀ /Ā White Foxes
Sushi x Kobe (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
System of a Down -Ā Violent Pornography
Tame Impala - Let It Happen
The Prodigy - Ā Voodoo PeopleĀ /Ā Smack My Bitch Up
The Secret Sisters -Ā Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
Thomas Newman -Ā American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score
Tigran Hamasyan + Arve Henriksen + Eivind Aarset + Jan Bang - Hoy, Nazan /Ā Holy
Tool - Aenema
Underworld (mentioned as an artist sheād collaborate with)Ā - Born Slippy / RezĀ / To HealĀ / 1992-2012 (album she would put it at a rave party as a DJ) /Ā Born SlippyĀ (mentioned asĀ the song that she listened to the most when she first started driving)
Vilde Tuv - Cellevevet / Det blÄser ingen vinder inni huset
Wardruna - Yggdrasil (album)Ā /Ā Runaljod - Ragnarok (album)Ā /Ā FehuĀ /Ā Algir-Tognatale
WDSTCK - Flowers
Wim Mertens - Iris
Wintergatan - SommarfƄgel
Woodkid - Iron
Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Ok?
The XX - Intro
Young Dreams (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)
And overall music without words like soundtracks, movie pieces or classical music
Sources (in no particular order and some might be missing as Iāve been working on that since February 2021):
āAurora feirer Griegā on NRK 2018,Ā i-D interviewĀ ācity guide: bergen with auroraā,Ā INDIE mag interviewĀ āBLESSING OUR EARS WITH AURORAāS DEBUT ALBUMā 2016,Ā Records In My Life (interview 2016), 2014 interview for GAFFA, Auto-Tune Interview for DIFFUS 2019,Ā Aurora guest programs Rage 2019, NRK radio show āAURORA Up Closeā 2017, āLike A Bird In The Night: Clash Meets Auroraā 2019 interview,Ā Spotify Greenroom Wrapped 2021 With AURORA and Sub Urban, Mixtape with the songs for Kzradio,Ā #TBT Mixtape for Billboard,Ā 2016 Artist Survey: AURORA for Under the Radar,Ā Records In My Life (2019 Interview), Nordic Playlist #83, Nine Songs: AURORAĀ for The Line of Best FitĀ 2019,Ā NPRās Guest DJ: AURORA On Her Love Of Heavy Metal And Leonard Cohen 2016,Ā IG storyĀ from March 2020, IG story from September 2021,Ā Interview - Panorama NYC 2016, Tweet from 2016,Ā Spotifyās music & talk show 10 Songs That Made MeĀ 2021, Playlist for Weibo 2022, Interview for NRK 2014, Interview with Jamie Taylor 2016, Playful Playlist for i-DĀ 2022,Ā Midnight Mixtape for Deezer 2021,Ā Daydreaming playlist forĀ HIGHJINKXĀ 2021, ChillDaBeats #038 2021, AURORAās official SoundCloud channel, NRK P3 - Plateprat (record talk) 2017
Special thanks to Amroth for the support and additional resources provided! š¤
FavoriteĀ AURORA lyricsĀ
Black Water Lilies / Blood in The Wine / Giving In To The Love / The Devil is Human / The Seed / Gentle Earthquakes / Runaway / Soft UniverseĀ
Home: a poem about masking
take me home
where is home?
letās search
itāll be worth it when we find it
so letās search
a good home has a good family
so lets find ourselves one
I try and try
but im a little too much
too loud
too sensitive
a good home has a good family
home will be worth it
so lets be a little less
letās be quiet
lets be okay with the jokes they make
I have a good family now right?
though I donāt think Iām home yet
A good home has good decor
so letās decorate
but the interests I decorate with
are a little too weird
too obsessive
too childish
so lets be a little more normal
more controllable
more mature
I have good decor now right?
I donāt think this is home either
if I filled my house
with good family
with good decor
but it never became a home
whatās wrong with me?
oh well
when others visit
this perfectly crafted house
they will feel right at home
in my house
I long for a freedom unachievable in this world,
freedom for my soul.
freedom for my heart.
freedom from my entire being.
ANNE WITH AN E 1x02 | āI Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Meā Ā
Isnāt this just the most beautiful day there ever was? I love autumn. I just love it! Iām so glad I get to live in a world where there are Octobers, arenāt you?
anne with an e ā 2.01 - Youth is the Season of Hope
happiness
Massive reminder to allow yourself to take breaks! You are worthy of rest and doing the things that bring you happiness!
I am so proud of little me.Ā
I'm not easy to love!!