Bjork - Human Behaviour

What this video is

Released June 7, 1993, 'Human Behaviour' was Björk's debut international solo single, arriving one month before the album Debut and marking her break from The Sugarcubes. The song and video were inspired by David Attenborough nature documentaries and explore the human-animal relationship from a non-human point of view — a thematic inversion that proved prescient for the era's growing eco-consciousness. The track…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of 1990s art-pop and avant-garde music video culture. The track bridges post-punk, UK house, and world music influences in a way that helped define the art-pop template for the decade. The video is credited as a key text in the history of the music video as an art form,…

The director

French filmmaker born 1964 in Versailles. Began career directing music videos for French rock band Oui Oui, in which he was also the drummer. His Oui Oui videos caught Björk's attention, leading to his first major commission: 'Human Behaviour' (1993). He…