Lionsong (Kareokieijd Remix By Mica Levi)
Björk
Lionsong (Kareokieijd Remix By Mica Levi) is a single-track remix release that forms part of the Vulnicura Remix Project, focused on reworking songs from Björk's 2015 breakup album Vulnicura. Released in 2015, the “Kareokieijd Remix” appeared digitally and as a limited, single-sided etched translucent 12-inch vinyl on One Little Independent, packaged in a die-cut sleeve as part of a three‑part series of Vulnicura 12"s. It was the first official Lionsong remix issued in the series and is often described as “karaoke-inspired,” reflecting Mica Levi’s intention to strip out Björk’s lead vocal and spotlight the underlying string arrangements.
Musically, Levi’s remix removes Björk’s sung melody entirely and reconstructs the track around the existing strings and new, off‑kilter rhythmic and textural elements, effectively turning “Lionsong” into an instrumental (or “minus one”) piece that invites listeners to mentally supply the vocal line or even sing along themselves. Björk has said she had been following Levi’s work since around 2008 “like a proud aunt” and was excited to see her “full-on composer” side—particularly after the score for Under the Skin—applied to Vulnicura, while Levi explained that she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to foreground Björk’s string writing rather than doing a conventional beat-heavy club remix. In the context of the wider remix project (which also includes Untold’s choral mix and Juliana Huxtable’s darker club version), the Kareokieijd remix is often singled out as the most conceptually radical: instead of intensifying the emotional narrative with new vocals or bass weight, it reframes “Lionsong” as a kind of haunted backing track, underlining just how central the strings and harmonic writing are to the song’s sense of tension and unresolved longing.
Lionsong (Kareokieijd Remix By Mica Levi)
Björk
Lionsong (Kareokieijd Remix By Mica Levi) is a single-track remix release that forms part of the Vulnicura Remix Project, focused on reworking songs from Björk's 2015 breakup album Vulnicura. Released in 2015, the “Kareokieijd Remix” appeared digitally and as a limited, single-sided etched translucent 12-inch vinyl on One Little Independent, packaged in a die-cut sleeve as part of a three‑part series of Vulnicura 12"s. It was the first official Lionsong remix issued in the series and is often described as “karaoke-inspired,” reflecting Mica Levi’s intention to strip out Björk’s lead vocal and spotlight the underlying string arrangements.
Musically, Levi’s remix removes Björk’s sung melody entirely and reconstructs the track around the existing strings and new, off‑kilter rhythmic and textural elements, effectively turning “Lionsong” into an instrumental (or “minus one”) piece that invites listeners to mentally supply the vocal line or even sing along themselves. Björk has said she had been following Levi’s work since around 2008 “like a proud aunt” and was excited to see her “full-on composer” side—particularly after the score for Under the Skin—applied to Vulnicura, while Levi explained that she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to foreground Björk’s string writing rather than doing a conventional beat-heavy club remix. In the context of the wider remix project (which also includes Untold’s choral mix and Juliana Huxtable’s darker club version), the Kareokieijd remix is often singled out as the most conceptually radical: instead of intensifying the emotional narrative with new vocals or bass weight, it reframes “Lionsong” as a kind of haunted backing track, underlining just how central the strings and harmonic writing are to the song’s sense of tension and unresolved longing.