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 1: Emma Hiley
Camera Op 2: Joseph Murphy
Camera Op 3: Marcus Rexford
Studio Engineer: Maher Woo-Shear
Editor: Emma Hiley
Mix & Master: Maher Woo-Shear
Artwork: @malkahart

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