curious fact: when these albums were released we had some theories that the Step I's cover is her inhaling and the Step II's is her exhaling, which makes sense because in IOADK she talks a lot about internal things like relationships and reflecting about herself throughout the album. Then you see in ADKOH she talks more about our impact in the environment and in other human beings around us.
You talked about her producer, and yeah she has A LOT of influence in every detail. there's a documentary where her team says she always changes some things and it ends up getting better than what they thought. SHE'S A GENIUS
15:12 Aurora actually has a concert in a cathedral!!! I recommend watching Aurora live in Nidarosdomen. She is AMAZING live and this particular concert is soooo hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric ❤️🔥
Ok, it is time for the obligatory Aurora airport quote 🙂 Which is a beautiful story, and it is back here that she came up with the concept of "The Gods We Can Touch", which is now an amazing album: "On track eight you say ‘Be god in the shape of a girl’ - what does that line mean to you?" "I was at an airport, it was late, I was alone and my plane was the last one to leave. It was the year before I wrote the song, so 2016, which was a hard year for me because it was quite busy and I was sick all the time - I was in the hospital many many times. So yeah, at the airport… I was on my way home again, I felt a bit out of place, out of my own body, and then I looked at this family. I saw two very tired parents, and then this little girl - she was maybe 3 years old - and she seemed to give them so much joy, even though they were very tired. And she gave me a lot of joy. And then I saw an old couple, leaning over to look at the little girl who was smiling back at them. She seemed to interact with almost everyone at the gate, and make everyone happy. Without even knowing it. And I loved the way happiness and love can be so… simple? Don’t underestimate the power of a child. It was just very magical to see how much it affected everyone and everything. If I was to choose a religion, I would love it if god would be something that you can touch. Something like a little girl, on this earth, and not something that is far away or judges from above, you know?"
I didn't see what Aurora talked about the songs, but I'll leave here my interpretation about each one of them. -- Queendom: she makes it clear that she is a person that embraces the people who are seen as weak, weird and all of that. She supports the communities in society that are oppressed since always. With that, she welcomes us to her queendom, a place without oppression where you can be whatever you want. -- Forgotten Love: she talks about the beauty in moving on from a relationship and recognizing the growth that it brings when you just let it go. -- Gentle Earthquakes: I think this song is about sex, there's a lot of metaphors that reminds me a lot of it, like: "twisted body parts moving synchronized"; "the combination of purple and pink"; "like a gentle earthquake it intensifies, it's like my lungs are breathing fire". -- All is soft inside: It's about how somethings or someone may seem harsh on the outside but everything is soft inside, everyone has something that makes them vulnerable and that's okay. -- It Happened Quiet: Personally I think it's about sexual abuse, but some people interpreted as a environmental issue song and Aurora once said it can be both. -- Churchyard: not a lot to talk about this one, it's about a relationship where one person think they own their partner. -- Soft Universe: Looking for someone to help you handle all the hard things in life that puts you down every day. -- Infections of a Different Kind: This song is too complex to me, but I think she's saying that we have to be our own God, we harm each other in the name of a divine being which we don't even know if exists. The morality of a lot of people is based on the perception of a god, but if you don't do bad things because you fear the condemnation in the future, that makes you a bad person. So she's stating that if there is a God, they would be disappointed in us because if they are perfect and all good, they would see what we are doing on earth and just shake their head.
I think this ep and the next is the most "aurora" sounding album. I actuallyy prefer this one than ADKOH but the title track of that album is one of my all time favorite aurora song, it almost made me cry 😭 but I'm not sure if you'd love it tho... The next album is definitely more pop-y, what I mean is that some song are quiet repetitive but it's still really great! I think it's a good contrast to this ep, which is more experimental and have intricate production BUT the next one's closing track is an absolute bliss! I suggest that before you isten to it, listen to AMDGMAF and IOADK again with great headphones before going to ADKOH and you would appreciate more how she beautifully crafted and weaved these three projects together, and that way, the ending of the saga would be more impactful and emotional. Her latest album, 'the gods we can touch' is really different from her past three projects. It's a mish mash of different sounds from different influences from tango to eastern folk music to a more dance-y, synthy punchy music to a more medieval-like, greek, french vocal deliveries. Aurora wanted to try something new with this album. She said that she can easily make another typical aurora album, a primal, tribal, animalistic art pop album so she wanted to challenge herself and try something different.
@@meyechelangelo Yeah it is very different from Step 1 and Step 2 and very experimental, so many different music styles in 1 album and different instruments. Here is a teaser from an Aurora interview: youtu . be / YytOgPVXqK0&t=3m24s "Sonically what can you tell us about kind of ehh, is this (Cure For Me) kind of representative of what you're exploring on the next record. Is it a sign of what's to come?" "Ehh No! It's very NOT how the album sounds, which is very exciting. But it has something in common with the album, that I am experimenting with new things and new sides, which I am enjoying. Because it is easy for me to make a really "Aurora" album you know, like that feels like nature and Mother Earth. It is very easy for me to do that because it comes so naturally for me, so I have been *really* enjoying just doing something new this time, doing something different. Because this is my third...and a half....album, and it's about time, you know, in my mind I needed to just play around and do something different, and for me music has always been extremely serious and no fun. It's been very like very serious, and I always write very serious things, and I can see myself like standing on stage every night for an hour and being like really sad all the time, because all my songs are so filled with so much sadness, you know. I just wanted to make an album for myself that had a bit more playfulness and cheekiness and wildness. It's very exciting, I'm very excited to share the album with you."
15:10 Aurora performs a concert in Nidarosdomen Cathedral that includes this song. The concert is magical with classical instruments, the huge organ and Oslo Fagottkor, a Norwegian gay choir.
I recomend you do a final episode where you explore some alternatives versions off songs. I personally preferred the live acoustic versions. But I still love this I feel like the world will never appreciate Aurora and willow enough. They too much 💜
I agree with how you rated each song. I loved from all is soft inside till the end sooo much! Her voice and her songs in general are so unique and beautiful
Trust me, the first 3 songs will surely grow on you, especially "Gentle Earthquake" - please listen to it on headphone. It's awhole fucking experience. For now here's my top 8: 1. Gentle Earthquakes 2. Churchyard 3. Queendom 4. It Happened Quiet 5. Soft Universe 6. Forgoten Love 7. All Is Soft Inside 8. title track
@@maybetomorrrrow don't get me wrong, there isn't a single song in this EP is bad tho, they're still my favorites but the others a slightly better (especially Gentle Earthquakes)
I really must strongly recommend reacting to her live. Aurora is 10 times better live especially vocals. But she is an experience, not just sonically. The Aurora HAIK concert is set in a forest near her childhood home. It's so beautiful and she is most in her element here. You wanted a forest. You'll have a lot of Warriors and Weirdos tuning in with you to share the experience... even with minimal editing. Zephyr is so cute! :)
Yay, I've been waiting for this one! I prefer step 2 but this is great as all of her work is. The Gods We Can Touch is my favorite and I think you'll love it, every song is based on a greek god and it is pretty dark. Love the hair and your cat is adorable! Oh, and you must watch her live videos. She is even better live!
she doesn't refer to that label specifically, there's no need to label her if she doesn't do it herself. she is open about her sexuality, and stated she was with a woman before and now a man, and that she embraces it all. she just never specified things in more details.
Nawww I have a feeling that Step 2 would be like your reaction to NFR (especially venice b) 😭😭 i hope I'm not jinxing it tho cuz some songs from it are good. Buttt step 1> step 2 for me 😛
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0:47 - Queendom
3:25 - Forgotten Love
5:59 - Gentle Earthquakes
9:19 - All Is Soft Inside
12:49 - It Happened Quiet
16:17 - Churchyard
20:20 - Soft Universe
24:22 - Infections Of A Different Kind
curious fact: when these albums were released we had some theories that the Step I's cover is her inhaling and the Step II's is her exhaling, which makes sense because in IOADK she talks a lot about internal things like relationships and reflecting about herself throughout the album.
Then you see in ADKOH she talks more about our impact in the environment and in other human beings around us.
You talked about her producer, and yeah she has A LOT of influence in every detail.
there's a documentary where her team says she always changes some things and it ends up getting better than what they thought.
SHE'S A GENIUS
Bro, this EP gives me EARGASM!!
15:12
Aurora actually has a concert in a cathedral!!! I recommend watching Aurora live in Nidarosdomen. She is AMAZING live and this particular concert is soooo hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric ❤️🔥
YES BEST CONCERT IN A WHOLE WORLD
Yesss!❤️👆👆👆
Ok, it is time for the obligatory Aurora airport quote 🙂
Which is a beautiful story, and it is back here that she came up with the concept of "The Gods We Can Touch", which is now an amazing album:
"On track eight you say ‘Be god in the shape of a girl’ - what does that line mean to you?"
"I was at an airport, it was late, I was alone and my plane was the last one to leave. It was the year before I wrote the song, so 2016, which was a hard year for me because it was quite busy and I was sick all the time - I was in the hospital many many times. So yeah, at the airport… I was on my way home again, I felt a bit out of place, out of my own body, and then I looked at this family. I saw two very tired parents, and then this little girl - she was maybe 3 years old - and she seemed to give them so much joy, even though they were very tired. And she gave me a lot of joy. And then I saw an old couple, leaning over to look at the little girl who was smiling back at them. She seemed to interact with almost everyone at the gate, and make everyone happy. Without even knowing it. And I loved the way happiness and love can be so… simple? Don’t underestimate the power of a child. It was just very magical to see how much it affected everyone and everything. If I was to choose a religion, I would love it if god would be something that you can touch. Something like a little girl, on this earth, and not something that is far away or judges from above, you know?"
forgotten love is a grower!!!
There is a verse that is completely in a fictional language!
Great reaction
You can look her concert in the middle of forest. HAIK concert
I didn't see what Aurora talked about the songs, but I'll leave here my interpretation about each one of them.
--
Queendom: she makes it clear that she is a person that embraces the people who are seen as weak, weird and all of that. She supports the communities in society that are oppressed since always.
With that, she welcomes us to her queendom, a place without oppression where you can be whatever you want.
--
Forgotten Love: she talks about the beauty in moving on from a relationship and recognizing the growth that it brings when you just let it go.
--
Gentle Earthquakes: I think this song is about sex, there's a lot of metaphors that reminds me a lot of it, like:
"twisted body parts moving synchronized"; "the combination of purple and pink"; "like a gentle earthquake it intensifies, it's like my lungs are breathing fire".
--
All is soft inside: It's about how somethings or someone may seem harsh on the outside but everything is soft inside, everyone has something that makes them vulnerable and that's okay.
--
It Happened Quiet: Personally I think it's about sexual abuse, but some people interpreted as a environmental issue song and Aurora once said it can be both.
--
Churchyard: not a lot to talk about this one, it's about a relationship where one person think they own their partner.
--
Soft Universe: Looking for someone to help you handle all the hard things in life that puts you down every day.
--
Infections of a Different Kind: This song is too complex to me, but I think she's saying that we have to be our own God, we harm each other in the name of a divine being which we don't even know if exists.
The morality of a lot of people is based on the perception of a god, but if you don't do bad things because you fear the condemnation in the future, that makes you a bad person.
So she's stating that if there is a God, they would be disappointed in us because if they are perfect and all good, they would see what we are doing on earth and just shake their head.
Zephyr is so f*cking ADORABLE ❣️❣️
ISNT HE !!!!
I think this ep and the next is the most "aurora" sounding album. I actuallyy prefer this one than ADKOH but the title track of that album is one of my all time favorite aurora song, it almost made me cry 😭 but I'm not sure if you'd love it tho... The next album is definitely more pop-y, what I mean is that some song are quiet repetitive but it's still really great! I think it's a good contrast to this ep, which is more experimental and have intricate production BUT the next one's closing track is an absolute bliss! I suggest that before you isten to it, listen to AMDGMAF and IOADK again with great headphones before going to ADKOH and you would appreciate more how she beautifully crafted and weaved these three projects together, and that way, the ending of the saga would be more impactful and emotional.
Her latest album, 'the gods we can touch' is really different from her past three projects. It's a mish mash of different sounds from different influences from tango to eastern folk music to a more dance-y, synthy punchy music to a more medieval-like, greek, french vocal deliveries. Aurora wanted to try something new with this album. She said that she can easily make another typical aurora album, a primal, tribal, animalistic art pop album so she wanted to challenge herself and try something different.
You just got me soooooo excited for the gods we can touch!!!
@@meyechelangelo Yeah it is very different from Step 1 and Step 2 and very experimental, so many different music styles in 1 album and different instruments.
Here is a teaser from an Aurora interview:
youtu . be / YytOgPVXqK0&t=3m24s
"Sonically what can you tell us about kind of ehh, is this (Cure For Me) kind of representative of what you're exploring on the next record. Is it a sign of what's to come?"
"Ehh No! It's very NOT how the album sounds, which is very exciting. But it has something in common with the album, that I am experimenting with new things and new sides, which I am enjoying.
Because it is easy for me to make a really "Aurora" album you know, like that feels like nature and Mother Earth. It is very easy for me to do that because it comes so naturally for me, so I have been *really* enjoying just doing something new this time, doing something different.
Because this is my third...and a half....album, and it's about time, you know, in my mind I needed to just play around and do something different, and for me music has always been extremely serious and no fun. It's been very like very serious, and I always write very serious things, and I can see myself like standing on stage every night for an hour and being like really sad all the time, because all my songs are so filled with so much sadness, you know. I just wanted to make an album for myself that had a bit more playfulness and cheekiness and wildness. It's very exciting, I'm very excited to share the album with you."
I recommend to check live version in KEXP for All is Soft Inside and Churchyard. Also It Happened Quiet live in the Current (or Nidarosdomen :) ).
I like the live Current version of “It Happened Quiet” better because of the magical harmonies.
@@rosemay75 The same for me. Prefer The Current one.
The current is better because of Silja and Aurora Vocals
I'm very glad you liked All is Soft Inside because it's one of my favorite Aurora songs!
AURORA IS A QUEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNN SHE ALSO INSPIRED BILLIE EILISH
Rewatching the previous Ep's to prepare for What Happened to the heart album reaction!😂❤
This is one of my favorite albums!!! Every song is a 10 for me lol
15:10 Aurora performs a concert in Nidarosdomen Cathedral that includes this song. The concert is magical with classical instruments, the huge organ and Oslo Fagottkor, a Norwegian gay choir.
love this album, it's such a nice album to listen to when you're out in nature
fellow all is soft inside stan let's RISE
I recomend you do a final episode where you explore some alternatives versions off songs. I personally preferred the live acoustic versions.
But I still love this I feel like the world will never appreciate Aurora and willow enough. They too much 💜
YESSS TO THE WILLOW SHOUT OUT ! The best artists are always the most underrated
I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS, DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE PIECE OF WORK FROM HER
THIS ALBUM CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!
I agree with how you rated each song. I loved from all is soft inside till the end sooo much! Her voice and her songs in general are so unique and beautiful
BESTIE IMMA NEED U SITTING NEXT TO ME IN ONE OF MY VIDEOS SOON!!
@@meyechelangelo just tell me when and where and I'm there with a bottle of tequila bb!
Trust me, the first 3 songs will surely grow on you, especially "Gentle Earthquake" - please listen to it on headphone. It's awhole fucking experience. For now here's my top 8:
1. Gentle Earthquakes
2. Churchyard
3. Queendom
4. It Happened Quiet
5. Soft Universe
6. Forgoten Love
7. All Is Soft Inside
8. title track
infections and All is Soft inside are last ones? excuse me what😳
@@maybetomorrrrow don't get me wrong, there isn't a single song in this EP is bad tho, they're still my favorites but the others a slightly better (especially Gentle Earthquakes)
Yeah, your #7 and #8 are the 2 best songs on the album, and yes they are both The best song.
I really like Gentle Earthquakes and Churchyard, but it's much better the live version (especially the KEXP performance)
I really must strongly recommend reacting to her live. Aurora is 10 times better live especially vocals. But she is an experience, not just sonically. The Aurora HAIK concert is set in a forest near her childhood home. It's so beautiful and she is most in her element here. You wanted a forest. You'll have a lot of Warriors and Weirdos tuning in with you to share the experience... even with minimal editing.
Zephyr is so cute! :)
this album is a grower DEFINITELY
5:56 yesssss i love aurora's wild side
infections of a different kind is a saddest song i’ve ever heard in my life
Yes, welcome to the Queendom!
Reverse vocals in gentle earthquakes and at the end of the title track means animal, song from step 2)
what a masterpiece
i'm exated already next Aurora reactions🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
I’m loving the reactions! I look forward to more! 💜
"Reslianna Faresuu
Hongaaah firlessiranna
Faressu hongaaah
Firelessinaniree suranna
Rukireee rukireee
Resilanna faresuu
Hungaaah
Firelessina firelessina firelessina"
Understand with your heart not your brain
YES
I'm raging of happiness lmao 😂 thank you king
The next album is more positive and very pop. Best to keep that in mind before going in.
I can't wait for episode 3
part 2 is the best part (if it had soft universe and all is soft inside as well
Yay, I've been waiting for this one! I prefer step 2 but this is great as all of her work is. The Gods We Can Touch is my favorite and I think you'll love it, every song is based on a greek god and it is pretty dark. Love the hair and your cat is adorable! Oh, and you must watch her live videos. She is even better live!
Subscribed.... loved it
lyrics on this album… fuck…
man check her live performance of It Happened Quiet live in Nidarosdomen a cathedral in norway fucking check it 🤟🤟🔥🔥
Aurora is bisexual!
We STAN
@@meyechelangelo WE DO
she doesn't refer to that label specifically, there's no need to label her if she doesn't do it herself. she is open about her sexuality, and stated she was with a woman before and now a man, and that she embraces it all. she just never specified things in more details.
let’s goooooo
21:44 did he hit whistle note? SORRY HAHAHAHA
or i’m just 😵💫
yaaaaaas
Queendom ❤
Omg your kitten is SOOOO CUTE! Zephyr and Moosifer should have a play date 🖤
MOOSIFER ??? R U KIDDIN ME ??? thats so cute 😩😩
@@meyechelangelo lmao yessss hes a black and white kitty with a Hitler mustache 💀
FINALLYYYY
Nawww I have a feeling that Step 2 would be like your reaction to NFR (especially venice b) 😭😭 i hope I'm not jinxing it tho cuz some songs from it are good.
Buttt step 1> step 2 for me 😛
OMGGGG noooooo
You really should do Ten Love Songs by Susanne Sundfør ✨
She is Openly bi