Soft Universe
"This song possibly discusses the pain of living in the world…”
Aurora wrote Soft Universe together with Fiona Bevan, Cuoros Sheibani and James Jacob (^48.1). This song was borned in April 2017, when Aurora attended a songwriter camp in Bergen. The pictures above is from this camp (^48.2).
At the Aurora Aksnes Fandom Wiki you can read this about the song:
"This song possibly discusses the pain of living in the world and suggests that this pain can be alleviated with the love of someone else who can make a hard and unforgiving world into a “soft” and lovely one. but this depends on the person who listens to the song, as AURORA stated that the songs of this EP can have different meanings to everyone depending on how deep you dive into them." (^48.3)
This song is produced in 103 beats per minute (bpm), and that is no coincidence. 103 is a prime number (and also the total amount of species of crows - coincidence?). Look at this excerpt from an interview with Live in Limbo:
Interviewer: Speaking of tracks, you’ve told us previously that there are 11 tracks on the album, because 11 is your favourite number. I love the reason as to why you’ve said it’s your favourite number – because it’s the same downside up as downside up, right?
AURORA: Yeah, and backward! I also really like 8, because if you look at it in the mirror it’s also the same no matter what. It’s just so satisfying. That’s also why the special song is Track 8.
Interviewer I have a strange fixation with prime numbers, so I love the number 11 too.
AURORA: Oh, I love prime numbers as well! Many of my BPMs, the beat of the song, are often a prime number. (^48.4).
The songs 'Queendom' and 'Forgotten Love' are the only singles that was released before her album, but Aurora did a first time performance of this song when she was in Brazil in 2018, before Infections of a different kind was dropped.
Let's change the world!
Exist for Love!