Listen to Björk discuss the magic of David Attenborough documentaries

BBC Radio 6 Music will be airing a conversation between Björk and radio host Mary Anne Hobbs this weekend, during which the pioneering artist and former Crack cover star discusses her fascination with David Attenborough programmes.

“I never really watched television as a kid. My mum was like a bit of a hippie,” she said. “The one thing I did see when I went to my grandparents’ house, was the David Attenborough nature programmes and they became kind of like an obsession of mine.”

“Just the optimism and his generosity and enthusiasm and how he mixed them together to be educational because I love learning about new things. I’m really, really curious. But also that it’s sort of poetic, I think he made that into a beautiful, graceful thing.”

The two have previously collaborated on the 2013 documentary When Björk Met Attenborough, during which they both examined music’s influence on nature.

Björk’s new album Utopia is due out on 24 November via One Little Indian. So far, she’s released the singles The Gate and Blissing Me.

James Merry, who was involved in creating the album’s visual aesthetic, recently detailed the inspiration behind the face flowers and headpieces he’s sculpted for Björk: “The earlier ones took their inspiration from animal forms – like moths, jellyfish, corals – whereas these new pieces are heading into floral, anatomical territory; something orchid-like, alien, sexual.”

Listen to a snippet of Björk’s interview below. You can tune in to hear the conversation on Saturday and Sunday this weekend (18-19 November) from 7am (GMT) on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Read Crack’s in-depth interview with James Merry and revisit our extended run of Björk-related content here.