Icelandic musician Björk has revealed that she initially felt embarrassed about the songs on her new album, 'Vulnicura', because they're so incredibly personal. 

During an interview with Britain's The Guardian newspaper, the sensation explained that she wrote extensively about the breakdown of her strongest personal relationship, so hearing the songs back made her feel vulnerable and anxious:

"It's a classic process of grief. Apparently it's pretty similar if, if... a person dies, or you lose your job, or get a divorce. Obviously they are differently, what do you say, devastating. I'm not going to compare divorce to the death of a child. There are other things that are far worse..."

"But then it was like, what are you gonna do? And I think something in me, like a survival instinct as a songwriter, knew that I would never get to the end bit if I didn't go through the other bits, musically... And I did feel really embarrassed about these songs in the beginning."

Björk eventually realised that the tracks weren't as 'embarrassing' as she originally thought: "I was like, OK, it isn't as messy as I thought it was. It is messy, for sure, it's just that there are different types of mess. Some you're up for sharing and some not. And protecting my family was obviously the most important thing. That was priority number one, two and three. But then number four was maybe this sort of hunter in me, this other person who looks and evaluates."

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