Björk! – The National Elf Service… and how she shaped the ’90s

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Pop was trying very hard to look polished, predictable and a little bit American in the early ’90s… then Björk arrived, barefoot, uncompromising, and sounding like the future of music. She didn’t just release hit records. She blew open the idea of what a pop star could be: experimental but chart-friendly, weird but deeply human. In this episode of Talk ’90s to Me, journalist and author of Bjork’s Hegemonic, Emily McKay joins Miranda to look back on Björk’s astonishing decade. The creative highs, the tabloid lows, the boundary-pushing videos and ask how one Icelandic artist quietly reshaped the entire sound and attitude of the ’90s. Photo: Mick Hutson RIP/Getty. Follow us on: ⁠BlueSky⁠: https://bsky.app/profile/talk90stome.... ⁠Instagram⁠:   / talk90stomepod   ⁠TikTok:   / talk90stome   ⁠Subscribe to our Spotify playlist⁠: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pa... • Buy Miranda’s book ⁠Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs⁠ through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll be helping the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. ⁠Bookshop.org⁠’s fees help support independent bookshops too: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/97813... • Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ to find out more. Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Liam Tait. Audio and video production by Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Soniq Branding from Artlist. Talk ’90s To Me is a Podmasters production. ⁠www.podmasters.co.uk⁠