AURORA - music after death, big nights out and Mother Earth

Abbie McCarthy sits down with Norwegian star AURORA to delve into her latest album ’What Happened To The Heart?’ and her other eras so far. In this conversation AURORA and Abbie discuss embracing the chaos, her defining song ’Runaway’, collaborating with new people, the importance of nature to her work and being an inspiration to Billie Eilish. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Coming up... 00:22 Introduction 00:49 Early years 04:30 First moment sharing music 06:15 Process of making an album 08:19 AUORA’s favourite part of being an artist 09:39 Challenges of being a young female in music 11:47 Defining song ’Runaway’ 14:09 Being an inspiration to Billie Eilish 18:11 Collaborating with Tom from Chemical Brothers 19:32 AURORA’s long term collaborator Magnus Skylstad 20:59 Writing with new people 23:56 Current Era: latest album ’What Happened To The Heart?’ 28:15 Writing in different locations 30:50 Embracing the chaos 34:21 ’The Conflict Of The Mind’ 36:45 ’Some Type Of Skin’ 37:48 Crediting the Earth 39:14 ’When The Dark Dresses Lightly’ 41:33 ’Do You Feel?’ 42:32 A night out with AURORA 46:14 The bond with her fans 48:10 Being a performer & an introvert 50:16 Knowing herself 52:09 Future Era 52:33 Album After Death 54:05 Days Off 56:07 Goodbye & Outro ***Note: we were sent an early stream of the album that was 15 tracks, not 16*** Music produced by JMAC, Freddy Sheed & Rich Zbaraski. The Eras Podcast is a Good Karma Production, recorded at Metropolis Studios. With thanks to our amazing team: Director: Emma Hiley Producer : Joseph Murphy Creative Producer / Guest Bookings: Abbie McCarthy / Good Karma Productions Production Assistant: Ida Just Camera Op: Emma Hiley Camera Op: Joseph Murphy Camera Op 3: Marcus Rexford Studio Engineer: Maher Woo-Shear Editor: Emma Hiley Mix & Master: Maher Woo-Shear Artwork: @malkahart Follow us: Instagram @theeraspodcastuk @abbieabbiemac TikTok @theeraspodcast @abbie__mccarthy