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"official artwork" edit
I think the NME article might be mistaken, three of her collaborators on the artwork [1], [2] and [3] called it atopos. 100cellsman 06:09, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- To be clear, NME is quoting directly from her interview with the Guardian which says "Her new album is called Fossora, the feminine version of the Latin word for digger. On the cover, she is a glowing forest sprite, her fingertips fusing with the fantastic fungi under her hooves." Only one of those three Instagram posts actually explicitly calls it the single cover, and while it's still reasonable to be doubtful based on that I'm not 100% either way. If you want to take the cover art down for now just to be safe that's fine by me, but leave the alt text in case it's still good so it'll come right back when the cover is re-added (and if it needs changing that can be done at such time). But keep in mind we might not get an answer to this until the album is out. Who knows, maybe the single and the album use the same photo. I've seen that before plenty of times. QuietHere (talk) 07:11, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- I'm quite sure the artwork is probably for the single "Atopos" (although not much has been released yet so I could be wrong!). It's just that as mentioned before, at least three collaborators on the work posted the image with their captions saying something about "Atopos" - and I'm sure even the one saying '#atopos' is a pretty clear indication that at the very least the artwork is for "Atopos". There are another two collaborators I found ([4] and [5]) who also stated the art is for "Atopos". Whether it is also the artwork for Fossora is unclear, but I'm doubtful it is when no collaborator has said that; the only posts perhaps hinting to this were [6] which said that Björk's new album is coming soon, [7] which announced both the album and the single, and [8] which states the company is happy to be a part of this new era for Björk. There were no other sources I could find explicitly stating the art was for Fossora, except for of course some webpage articles from publications such as NME [9] and the Daily Mail [10] (which in turn only really cite Björk's ambiguous post/caption), and some online stores which have the image as the artwork for Fossora (although this could just be a placeholder as so far the image is the only official image we have for a Fossora-related work). Furthermore, Björk's official interview with The Guardian [11] states the album cover features her as "...a glowing forest sprite, her fingertips fusing with the fantastic fungi under her hooves." While I can see how she could look like a forest sprite in the image, I'm not so sure about the fingertips fusing with fungi under her hooves. I just can't see it in the artwork - there are no fungi coming from her fingertips, and the image doesn't even show her legs, let alone any hooves. So while there is hardly any info about the album/single cover, I'm very doubtful this is the artwork for Fossora and I think it is instead for "Atopos". I have removed the image from the page for now (I have left the alt text there just in case), but of course feel free to undo this if you believe there is enough evidence to warrant it. It's just that, especially when there is currently a lot of doubt around this image, I don't think any of us can draw conclusions to this quite yet. Fastcarrr (talk) 04:34, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
- It appears we have our confirmation. Björk's Bandcamp page has a listing for the album with a completely different cover which does look much more like the Guardian description. I see hooves, I see fingers fusing with fungi, sure looks like a match to me. There's also a Sept. 30 release date listed, hopefully we get confirmation on that soon. QuietHere (talk) 09:46, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- I'm quite sure the artwork is probably for the single "Atopos" (although not much has been released yet so I could be wrong!). It's just that as mentioned before, at least three collaborators on the work posted the image with their captions saying something about "Atopos" - and I'm sure even the one saying '#atopos' is a pretty clear indication that at the very least the artwork is for "Atopos". There are another two collaborators I found ([4] and [5]) who also stated the art is for "Atopos". Whether it is also the artwork for Fossora is unclear, but I'm doubtful it is when no collaborator has said that; the only posts perhaps hinting to this were [6] which said that Björk's new album is coming soon, [7] which announced both the album and the single, and [8] which states the company is happy to be a part of this new era for Björk. There were no other sources I could find explicitly stating the art was for Fossora, except for of course some webpage articles from publications such as NME [9] and the Daily Mail [10] (which in turn only really cite Björk's ambiguous post/caption), and some online stores which have the image as the artwork for Fossora (although this could just be a placeholder as so far the image is the only official image we have for a Fossora-related work). Furthermore, Björk's official interview with The Guardian [11] states the album cover features her as "...a glowing forest sprite, her fingertips fusing with the fantastic fungi under her hooves." While I can see how she could look like a forest sprite in the image, I'm not so sure about the fingertips fusing with fungi under her hooves. I just can't see it in the artwork - there are no fungi coming from her fingertips, and the image doesn't even show her legs, let alone any hooves. So while there is hardly any info about the album/single cover, I'm very doubtful this is the artwork for Fossora and I think it is instead for "Atopos". I have removed the image from the page for now (I have left the alt text there just in case), but of course feel free to undo this if you believe there is enough evidence to warrant it. It's just that, especially when there is currently a lot of doubt around this image, I don't think any of us can draw conclusions to this quite yet. Fastcarrr (talk) 04:34, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Atopos release edit
So it turns out we're getting our lead single tomorrow. Here's a clip from Mary Ann Hobbs' BBC 6 show where she says she'll be premiering the new song tomorrow. News sites haven't picked it up yet but I'm sure they'll be all over it by tonight once the song is available. I don't know if we can use this as our source so I'm not gonna add it, but it's at least a sign to be on the lookout tonight. QuietHere (talk) 16:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)