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Article: Björk
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Bj
ö
rk
Singer
For the Record
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On the outside, many describe singer Bj
ö
rk Gund-mundsdottir with metaphors like innocent fairy, Icelandic pixie, and playful sprite. On the inside, Bj
ö
rk describes herself as a single mother who has had to fight hard for what she has and what she wants. Mike Bieber described Bj
ö
rk in
Audio
as
“
waifish and cute on the outside, but a chanteuse with a demon seed, nails-on-blackboard voice.
”
Mim Udovitch of
Rolling Stone
gave Bj
ö
rk the title of
“
The World
’
s Only Cheerful Techno Icelandic Surrealist.
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Bj
ö
rk prides herself on the contradictions. She says her ...