Björk's Son Clarifies Claim That He's a Better Songwriter Than She Is
It can be tough trying to carve out your own career when you’re the progeny of a famous musician. No matter what artists like Sean Lennon or Jakob Dylan do, they’re always going to remain in the shadow of their superstar parents. But while you’re likely already familiar with the sons of your classic rock heroes, you may be unfamiliar with Björk’s son Sindri Eldon, who recently gained some attention on Twitter after an interview he gave more than a decade ago in which he claimed he’s a better songwriter than his mother resurfaced.
“My main statement will be to prove to everyone what I’ve secretly known for ages: that I’m a better songwriter and lyricist than 90 percent of Icelandic musicians, my mother included,” he originally said in the interview. On Sunday, he put together a lengthy thread on Twitter to clarify his comments and provide a little context.
“Ok. first, i+I think it has to be said that this is from like 15 yrs ago,” he wrote on Twitter. “I was an asshole back then, drinking a lot and in a toxic relationship. I had a massive chip on my shoulder and didn’t really know how to deal with it.”
“The interview being quoted was done via email by a guy called Bob Cluness who was my friend at the time, so the responses were meant to be kinda tongue-in-cheek and jokey,” he added. “I was very bitter and angry, yes, but I was also just dicking around.”
“Context doesn’t really impart very well in a text interview,” he continued. “Anger, self-loathing and self-sabotage are things I’ve struggled with a lot in my life. Like everyone who likes their parents, I grew up wanting to be like them, but they made it look so easy, so I didn’t really put the work in like I should.”
ok. first, i think it has to be said that this is from like 15 yrs ago. i was an asshole back then, drinking a lot and in a toxic relationship. i had a massive chip on my shoulder and didn’t really know how to deal with it 1/ https://t.co/8yTDnbRkAG
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
the interview being quoted was done via email by a guy called bob cluness who was my friend at the time, so the responses were meant to be kinda tongue-in-cheek and jokey. i was very bitter and angry, yes, but i was also just dicking around 2/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
obviously, context doesn’t really impart very well in a text interview, and i know this now, but in my early 20s i didn’t really understand this. it’s funny both with interviews and songs that it’s hard to get a sense of how permanent they are when yr making them 3/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
anger, self-loathing and self-sabotage are things ive struggled with a lot in my life. like everyone who likes their parents, i grew up wanting to be like them, but they made it look so easy, so i didn’t really put the work in like i should 4/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
and now looking back on it, it seems like my heart was never really in it enough. even now, i feel like im too self-conscious a performer to ever really deliver a good song. another thing that seems self-evident in theory is that when you shut up 5/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
and stop putting out material and doing interviews, no one notices; they still just judge you by what you said when you were loud and obnoxious. at some point i realized how self-sabotaging it is to do shitty interviews and release shitty albums, so i stopped 6/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
but ppl still treat you as if that shit defines you. do you remember a stupid thing you said 10 yrs ago? have your thoughts/feelings about that thing changed since then? of course they have. but if nobody asks you about it, they’ll just assume yr still that same stupid asshole 7/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
i guess that’s it, i have nothing more to say, but feel free to ask if you want clarification on any particular point. i just wanted to seize this opportunity to announce that i am not the guy who said those things, not anymore, and if ppl are gonna laugh at me and 8/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
judge me, they should know that i also think the guy in that photo was just a titanic asshole that i no longer relate to. that doesn’t absolve me douchy things i said, i know, but i think society is in some small way to blame here 9/
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
Eldon also responded to some Twitter commenters who took issue with the lyrics to his 2014 song “Song of Frustration in the Face of Absolute Fidelity” — “She’s got a boyfriend, of course, of course/Some self-obsessed asshole from her French course/Has he ever cheated on her?/Yes, a few times, but she doesn’t much care/She is all alone with me, drunk on Bud Lite/It wouldn’t take a genius to do this just right/But I’m not gonna do that, no, I’m better than that/Plus, I don’t wanna share a girl with a guy like that” — calling it an “incel anthem.”
but at no point does he say that he never wants to have sex with anyone else. in fact, the implication is that he feels that this girl specifically is beneath him, so sex with anyone else is fine, just not this girl. “incel” could not be a more wrong description of him
— hadrosaur communist guy (@sindrieldon) July 11, 2021
In any case, you can listen to some of his more recent material (2018’s “Ok to Disconnect”) below and judge for yourself whether or not he’s more talented than his mother.
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