SHYGIRL in conversation with BJÖRK
Björk and Shygirl were mutual fans from afar before collaborating on two tracks, out this year. Here, they discuss their first encounter, as well as literature, love and DJing
BJÖRK
I'm so honoured to be doing this because I'm extremely excited to know you as a musician, performer and maker of things in this world.
SHYGIRL
I remember after we were first introduced by Area via email, pre-Covid, I drunkenly messaged you one night and told you about my own relationship with your music, how my dad had given me the Hunter single. Or at least it was a single for me because I listened to that song on repeat. He was running nights at a club and people would leave CDs behind, so he would bring them to me to play on my Walkman. Hunter was my soundscape for a period. I always listened to music thinking I was in my own music video - or when I was reading, for atmosphere, I felt like my dad was sending me messages in the music - about his own sentimentality, emotions and vulnerability. That was very precious to me, looking back, this hench, 6ft 4in Black guy sending me Björk, Róisín Murphy and Destiny's Child - like he was making space for emotional women.
And then, when we first met in person, you showed me an amazing part of Soho, which was great because I was there a lot in the Nineties, but it had been a while.
The dinner with Sega [Bodega] was at this place where there were live acts like sword-swallowers every few minutes. I didn't realise it
