In December of last year, Björk revealed that she was actively working on the follow-up to her 2022 masterpiece, Fossora. This week, the Icelandic avant-pop visionary surprised attendees at the Venice Biennale with an impromptu DJ set, further cementing her status as a boundary-pushing cultural force.

Clad in an intricate, avant-garde dress crafted from recycled fiberglass—a standout piece from the fall 2026 Bottega Veneta collection designed by Louise Trotter—Björk transformed the prestigious international art exhibition into an immersive rave. She shared on social media that the performance was dedicated to Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, the artist selected to represent Iceland at the event.

Beyond the immediate spectacle, the artist provided much-anticipated clarity regarding her future musical output. Having previously teased a 2027 release window, she took to her platforms to address fan speculation surrounding her upcoming projects, including a highly anticipated solar eclipse rave scheduled for this August.

dear friends

i am so excited to invite you to echolalia may to september .
i am so grateful and thrilled for your incredible reaction to the rave , me and alejandra and others are having at the eclipse this summer .
i saw all your comments and wanted to massage out a potential misunderstanding that has been floating around :
echolalia is not the title of my next album . it is an umbrella-exhibition-name . an umbrella that gives 2 of my fossora songs the treatment i always dreamed of , and some new music .
i always wanted to put “ancestress” and “sorrowful soil” into a room , spatial situation ? those songs didn´t seem like live songs , the kind best experienced in private with many speakers . and with andy huang´s and viðar logi´s visuals of course . we re-recorded the choir and have textile scores to be enjoyed too .
i will share a version of a new song in one of the rooms . visually , it is a collaboration with 2 new incredible artists , which i will share later . but i want to be sincere with my fans ( who are all of course delicious music-nerds ) about the musical side of things :
the new music is a version of a song . the final version will be on the new album in 2027 . before you buy your tickets , i want to make sure that you know that i will not be sharing the final instrumentation of my next album until next year .
i know it is a long time , but 5 years passed between my last 2 albums and i enjoyed that enormously , i seem to spend longer every time in the world-building and it is extremely satisfying to align all the different elements ( how equilibrian of me ! )
i think that as hosts , me and james have a lot to offer . his mask exhibition looks sublime !
we reprogrammed and updated vulnicura VR which looks finally what we wanted it to be which we will share here .

and then of course : it is the rave ! with arca , ronja , sideproject and more …

i absolutely can´t wait

warmthness and love

björk