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Pagan Poetry is geschreven en geproduceerd door Björk zelf. Het is het 2de nummer wat als single uitgebracht werd van haar album Vespertine. De clip is gemaakt door Nick Knight, welke overigens daarvoor al eens de foto van Björk maakte die op de cover van Homogenic pronkt.

Een kort interview met haar over dit nummer en de clip:

That’s probably the only song that’s full-bodied, with blood and muscle.

There’s something rather uncomfortable about the experience of that song. It feels like an invasion of your privacy.
Yeah. Hmmmm. I don’t know. When I hear that sort of stuff in other people’s work, I usually find it quite rewarding, so I wouldn’t look at it as uncomfortable. I would say that’s generous. But it’s about wanting to communicate, for sure. It’s less cocoon-ish than the rest of the songs. It’s definitely wanting to tell someone something.

An obvious question, then. Who are you referring to?
[Coquettishly] It’s so obvious, innit?

Matthew Barney, right?
[Smiling] I didn’t say a word.