Björk has spoken openly about her sexuality, animalistic instincts and feminism in a new interview.

The Icelandic singer and artist told the Evening Standard she isn’t into “normcore sexuality”. “I like a lot of erotic books and films but I just don’t find the kind of Las Vegas corset-and-fishnet-stockings thing very sexy,” she declared. “It’s a bit mediocre, norm-core”.

She panned the ideas of urban brothels and “corset-and-fishnet-stockings” styles of seduction and sex. Instead, she stated that she preferred looking to the natural world for gratification.

“I like bestiality. I get turned on by nature. I don’t find urban brothel situations very hot. But that’s just my taste… like, National Geographic porn,” the musician said. When asked about her supposed crush on David Attenborough, who she made a documentary with in 2013, she added: “I’m probably more into animals”.

In the wake of her split from her partner, Bjork pondered over the idea of ‘soulmates’ and ‘the one’. She said: “I think the soulmate thing for me distributes over quite a lot of people. I have a really good group of girlfriends and most of them are artists as well.”

Björk also commented on the rise of a new kind of feminism that opens up the platform for issues of gender and sexuality, which has facilitated her speaking out with these thoughts.

“My mum’s generation was really good in the 1970s with protesting,” she said. “Then for my generation, the best proof that women can do what they want, was just to go out and get things done. That’s always been the best way for me to be a strong woman. But in the past three or four years, there’s been a new wave of feminism, especially with girls in their 20s. I thought: ‘Okay, now is the time to moan.’”

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