Queendom
Forgotten Love
Gentle Earthquakes
All Is Soft Inside
It Happened Quiet
Churchyard
Soft Universe
Infections Of A Different Kind
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Infections Of A Different Kind – Step 1
Published: 02 Feb 2022, 21:45
Infections Of A Different Kind – Step I Is The First Chapter Of The Second Studio Album By Norwegian Singer And Songwriter AURORA. Surprise-Released On September 28 2018 The Album Features Eight Songs That Address Issues Such As Domestic Violence Global Warming Connection/connectivity And Fear Of Intimacy. The Title Being That Of The Eighth Track Which AURORA Declared As "the Most Important Song I've Ever Written". On The Day Of Releasing Her Debut All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend She Said That It Was "the First Album Of Many" That She Has Planned. As Of May 12 2016 After Coming Back From Her European Tour AURORA Announced That She Was Ready To Begin Writing And Producing More Material Which Eventually Formed Her Second Studio Album. She Has Said In A Facebook Event That She Has 15 Demo Songs And Has Written 1 000 Songs/poems. According To AURORA Her Second Album Was Expected To Be Released In The Fourth Quarter Of 2018. Between 2017 And 2018 AURORA Presented Eleven New Live Performances Queendom All Is Soft Inside Soft Universe Churchyard The Seed In Bottles Feeling And Animal. Two Other Tracks Cocoon Formerly Known As "Ocean Rose" And Wavelengths Were Cited By AURORA Among Those Composed And Recorded During The 2017 "Bergen Song" A Songwriting And Songwriting Camp Held Annually At Eponymous City. The Singer Also Stated Between The End Of 2017 And The Beginning Of 2018 That She Had Recorded A Total Of Fifteen New Demos And Even Some Of Her Old Songs Kept Off The First Album. In The End However AURORA Opted For Include Only Seven Of The Songs Performed Live On Infections Of A Different Kind – Step 1 Adding A Brand New Song That Gives The Title To The Release. Between April And August 2018 The Singer Released Two Singles Queendom And Forgotten Love Which Were To Be Included On Her Second Studio Album. Aksnes Recorded The Album During Her Stay In France In January Of That Year And The Production Included The Producers Askjell Solstrand Roy Kerr And Tim Bran With Aksnes Herself Also Involved In This Aspect. Some Of The New Material Was Anticipated In Live Performances Including Festivals Like Lollapalooza and Coachella. While Maintaining Some Of The Themes And Stories Of The Previous Album This Production Would Mark The First Time That Aksnes Included Political And Sexual Themes In Her Songs. Most Of The New Inspiration For These Came From The Interaction That She Had With Her Fans During Her First Tour. The Music Video For Queendom Saw Its Release In May 2018 And It Included A Message To Her LGBTQ Fans Such Message Was Portrayed By Aksnes Herself Kissing One Of Her Female Dancers During What Was Described As A "big Kissing Party" That Shows That "every Type Of Love Is Accepted And Embraced" In The Singer's "Queendom". "Infections Of A Different Kind - Step I" Debuted At #7 On The Norwegian Album Chart Achieving Platinum Certification A While Later. The Album Also Debuted On The Netherlands Album Charts At Position 191. The Second Part Of The Project A Different Kind Of Human – Step 2 was Released In June 2020. In September 2020 A Japanese Version Of The Album Was Released With An Acoustic Version Of The River And The Single Exist For Love As Bonus Tracks.