Jenny Hval

Apr 10, 2025

Jenny Hval - The Artist Is Absent [Video]

"The Artist Is Absent" is just 83 seconds long, but it is so infectious that you will appreciate that the video comes with the "(89 second rewrite)," which is about three minutes long. That fits perfectly into the wondrous world of Norwegian artist, musician, and writer Jenny Hval, who likes to put her creations into a larger context. The new song refers to the absence of music during the pandemic; the title of her upcoming album, Iris Silver Mist (out on May 2 via 4AD), to the perfume she used