“Afterwards” es la sexta canción del cuarto álbum de Arca, KiCk i. La letra fue revelada oficialmente por Björk en su página de Facebook.
Las artistas cantan sobre curarse de sus pasados, usando su dolor como experiencias que han dejado una enseñanza para así seguir adelante. Arca y Björk son frecu...
[Verse 1: Björk]
Anoche cuando dormía
Soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!
Que una colmena tenía
Dentro de mi corazón
Y las doradas abejas
Iban fabricando en él
En él con las amarguras viejas
Blanca cera y dulce miel
[Verse 2: Arca]
P-Papi, I'm your mami
C-Come, let's trade milk
And let me heal you
P-P-Papi, I'm the mami
Let's trade milk
C-Come, let me heal you
[Outro: Arca]
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards
Papi, let me heal you
Together
And afterwards
(The others are just the others)
Afterwards was written by Antonio Machado & Björk & Arca.
Afterwards was produced by Arca.
Arca released Afterwards on Fri Jun 26 2020.
In an interview with Pitchfork about KiCk i, Arca was asked about the idea of Björk singing in Spanish on the album, to which Arca replied:
No, no, no, no. That was her [Björk’s] idea. Rosalía, who was on the same email thread, was helping a little bit with pronunciation. But I really love the way...
I cried when I heard the recording for the first time. When [Björk’s 1997 album] Homogenic came out, it changed the way I saw music and the way I saw music videos. That time was so important. When I hear ‘Afterwards’, it reminds me of that era. The style of Björk singing that was just like ocean-wid...