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Björk has spoken out about the sexism that is often leveled at her and Kate Bush, as well as how the latter’s recent success of ‘Running Up That Hill’.
The Icelandic icon was speaking to the NME for the week’s Big Read cover story when he described his enthusiasm for “radical” attitudes and the evolution of Generation Z towards issues such as the environment and gender equality.
“Can’t even begin to describe” her happiness at Bush’s 1985 hit ‘Running Up That Hill’ dominating the charts again after appearing on the most recent season of Stranger Things, Björk recalled how male critics of the star of ‘Hounds Of Love’.
Explaining how critics throughout the ’80s and ’90s were often concerned about “rock boys” singing about “breasts, beer and heroin abuse”, she felt that “writing from a woman’s point of view it was considered a minor art form.”
“I was always quite offended by how often Kate Bush was written about as if she was crazy or like she was a crazy witch, or I was a crazy elf,” Björk said. “We are producers. I’ve written all my scores for 20 years, you know. I’m not bragging, I’m just saying that because people still want me to be a naive elf. If we were boys, they would take us more seriously.”
“Finally, members of Generation Z can imagine a woman’s production or a woman’s world and it doesn’t seem crazy or a thing that they have to ridicule or be afraid of.”
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