Churchyard
"After you’ve fought for yourself, become a warrior for those who have not yet become their own warriors"
Following a global album tour, Aurora shared her documentary 'Nothing Is Eternal' , which offered insights into the woodland surroundings in her hometown of Bergen (^47.1). This change of scenery have poured into her music writing as well:
"Well, my life has changed a lot for the last two years. The world I’ve explored has changed a lot."
Traveling around the globe inspired Aurora to approach her music in a more political way.
"Yes, but not in a black or white way... My only political view is that everything should be allowed to have respect and be accepted for what it is... We are more and more united, and everything works better when we’re united. It's nice to see people begin to question things more and more, because it’s so easy to go along with what's already happening" (^47.1)
The song Churchyard is just like the concept of someone bigger using their power in the wrong way, that happens all the time in politics, with children, women... [Trump] is a bully. His thing is to be outrageous... It’s scary to see a leader persona like that, how his speech is the opposite of everything everyone has fought for before him. It proves how quickly a big group of humans can just switch around if someone feeds their anger and fear. It’s really scary.
Thus, she wanted her new music to give people the courage and spirit to stand up and fight for the good things in life:
"After you’ve fought for yourself, become a warrior for those who have not yet become their own warriors" (^47.2)
But she is more subtle in the ways she do it. She don't straight out points us to what is wrong or right, but guides us to think for ourselves:
"Often I think it’s done in the wrong way, by lecturing people... I want to involve people in a nice way, in a way that appeals to the heart and the body first." (^47.1)
Her way of speaking up is through her music:
"Many hearts can react to something that comes out of one heart. It just shows that music is such an important language. It’s the one thing we manage to have in common. The one thing we can all understand and share.” (47.3)
Sources
47.1 - Interview with Independent Magazine
47.2 - Interview with L'Officiel
47.3 - Interview with Scan Magazine