[Cover photo credit to Jonathan Kvien]

The artist Ora the Molecule has shared the video for “Becoming A Human,” taken from her new album Dance Therapy that is out now via Mute. She has also announced May US tour dates that will include Los Angeles, Seattle and New York.

Speaking on the video, she says:

Ulfur was the bartender at this place I used to DJ and one day he told me he wanted to make a music video. I said “sure!” And suddenly he had gathered this huge crew of friends and professionals to create this epic queer action sci fi video. I was blown away. A dream come true.

Nora Schjelderup, the creative mind behind the Ora The Molecule moniker, comments on the track: 

It was written from a dark place, and a light place, it gives some sort of solution for when you tend to nihilistic thinking. The song is about letting go of fear and the self awareness that dictates and controls our experience on this planet. I hope you find the song as you need it.

On Dance Therapy, Schjelderup wrote, recorded, and produced everything, except for a handful of co-Production contributions from Mathias Risdal. 

The driving force behind Dance Therapy stems from Schjelderup’s experience as a DJ, a career that has steadily risen since the pandemic.

She imagined herself being behind the decks, while simultaneously seeing herself in the audience, and asking: “What would I play for that Nora in the crowd to make her day just a little bit better?” Driven by “classic late ‘70s club sounds and Italo-disco,” Schjelderup crafted the “retro-futuristic fever dream” of Dance Therapy. 

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