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Bon Iver – Hey, Ma
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“Hey, Ma” is a nostalgia-evoking song with sentimental imagery of childhood and a mother’s affection. The song features subtle instrumentation behind Vernon’s gliding falsetto with
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Bon Iver – Yi
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“Yi” is the airy instrumental introduction to Bon Iver’s 4th studio album i,i. The intro has some foreshadowing, using chopped sounds that can be heard in other songs to follow on
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Bon Iver – Sh'Diah
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Sh'Diah is the twelfth track on Bon Iver’s upcoming album, i,i.
Prior to its surprise release on August 8, the lyrics were posted on the official Bon Iver website following a
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Bon Iver – We
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We was the sixth track to be released from Bon Iver’s fourth studio album i,i. The track was released on August 8, 2019, the day after fans were able to hear i,i in its entirety at
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mxmtoon – bon iver
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“bon iver” is the first single from mxmtoon’s 2020 EP dusk. The first song released by mxmtoon since her EP dawn, “bon iver” is a track that introduces the theme of dusk and the
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Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”
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33 “GOD” is the fourth track off 22, A Million, released on August 29, 2016. The official lyric video opens with an epigraph quoting Psalm 22:
Why are you so FAR from saving me
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Bon Iver – Faith
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“Faith” is an ethereal and uplifting song in which Vernon sings about faith, both in a spiritual sense and within personal relationships. Vernon opens up about how the faith he
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Bon Iver – 29 #Strafford APTS
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“29 #Strafford APTS” is the fifth track on Bon Iver’s third album, 22, A Million. The track was first performed at Eaux Claires 2016.
Vernon is accompanied on the vocals by Bon
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Bon Iver – 8 (circle)
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“8 (circle)” sticks to the numerical theme throughout 22, A Million, referencing the fact that it is the eighth song on the album, and how the number “8” consists of two circles.
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Bon Iver – Blindsided
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The intertwining bass-drum note in “Blindsided” gives the song a suspenseful rising towards a climax, which come in waves as the five-minute track plays out.
Justin Vernon said at
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Bon Iver – Naeem
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“NAEEM” is a song which, like “Hey Ma,” was first performed in Washington, D.C. in December 2017. Since then, it has been used in Bon Iver’s collaboration with TU Dance on “Come
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Bon Iver – Beach Baby
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During the Philadelphia stop on Bon Iver’s 2011 tour, Justin introduced this song by saying that it’s about when your ex-girlfriend is sleeping with someone else, but you get to
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Bon Iver – 10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄
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The second track from Bon Iver’s third album, 22, A Million, an extended version of the track was released as a promotional single ahead of the album’s release.
While the
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Bon Iver – PDLIF
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“PDLIF” (Please Don’t Live In Fear), is the first glimpse of new material from Bon Iver since 2019 album i,i. The song was created by Justin Vernon and a handful of collaborators
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Bon Iver – AUATC
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The new Bon Iver track “AUATC” – an acronym for “Ate Up All Their Cake” – was released on 5 August 2020 and is characterized by a surprising vocal blend featuring appearances of
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Bon Iver – 00000 Million
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The closer for Bon Iver’s 22, A Million. It was premiered live on August 12th, 2016 at Eaux Claires music festival. The attendees were all given a small hymnal-like booklet with
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Bon Iver – Towers
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[Verse 1] / For the love, I'd fallen on / In the swampy August dawn / What a mischief you would bring, young darling / When the onus is not all your own / When you're up for it
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Bon Iver – Woods
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Bon Iver’s “Woods” is a paragraph of verse repeated 11 times. The verse could be reciting an abbreviated version of how For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver’s debut album, was created
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Bon Iver – Hinnom, TX
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[Intro] / Fall in / Fall out / Fall along / [Verse 1] / In the first of light / Past the Noachide / Bodies wrapped in white / Stranded every pain / Baby, pasts are slain / "I got
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Bon Iver – Heavenly Father
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“Heavenly Father” is the fifth track off of the soundtrack for Zach Braff’s 2014 film Wish I Was Here.
This is the first song released by the band since their 2011 self-titled
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Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI
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Whilst sharing similarities to the title of the unreleased “Hayward, WI”, the nature and purpose of the track diverges radically.
Minnesota, WI touches on the experiences of the
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Bon Iver – ____45_____
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“ _ _ _ _ 45 _ _ _ _ _ ” is the ninth track on 22, A Million. Note that the underscores in the title represent the number 45 itself – four scores precede the number, and five
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Bon Iver – 666 ʇ
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Pronounced “666 (upsidedowncross),” “666 ʇ” is, appropriately, the sixth track on Bon Iver’s third album, 22, A Million. It contains an electro beat, warm guitar riffs, and
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Bon Iver – Beth/Rest
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In an interview with NPR, Vernon said about Beth/Rest:
You know, I might’ve messed up not expecting them to latch onto it. I think that it makes sense that people are latching
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Bon Iver – Second Nature
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[Verse 1] / Is this our first? Or second nature? / When's that Rapture? Will there be merch? / Where is Mother? She was a stunner, can we page her? / What mine eyes have seen
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Bon Iver – Blood Bank
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The title track to Bon Iver’s 2009 EP, Blood Bank, describes a blossoming love between Justin and a woman. In the song, he goes into detail about various interactions and moments
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Bon Iver – iMi
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“iMi” is the fifth track to be released from Bon Iver’s fourth studio album i,i. The track was released on August 8th, 2019, the day after fans were able to hear i,i in its
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Bon Iver – Michicant
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[Verse 1] / I was unafraid, I was a boy, I was a tender age / Melic in the naked, knew a lake and drew the lofts for page / Hurdle all the waitings up, I know it wasn't wedded love
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Bon Iver – RABi
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“RABi” is the 13th and final track on i,i. The song’s title comes from the lyric “I could rob I”.
Justin Vernon(Writer) from Apple Music: “Just some ‘life feels good now, don’t it
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Bon Iver – Holyfields,
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“Holyfields,” was the seventh track to be released from Bon Iver’s fourth studio album i,i. The track was released on August 8, 2019, the day after fans were able to hear i,i in
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Bon Iver – The Wolves (Act I and II)
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Perhaps the most lyrically direct song on the album. It is also the most musically elaborate. It features auto-tune, densely multi-tracked vocals and significant use of percussion
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Bon Iver – Salem
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“Salem” was the tenth track to be separately released from Bon Iver’s fourth studio album i,i and is the eleventh track on the actual album. The track was released on August 8
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Bon Iver – Babys (AIR Studios – 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)
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[Interlude] / "Babys" take two / [Chorus] / Summer comes / To multiply / To multiply / Summer comes / To multiply / To multiply / [Verse] / And I / I'm the Carnival of Peace / I
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Bon Iver – Jelmore
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Released with “Faith” alongside a general official album announcement for i,i, “Jelmore” is an near-apocalyptic commentary on climate change and social inequality. The discordant
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Bon Iver – 21 M♢♢N WATER
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“21 M♢♢N WATER” is the seventh track on 22, A Million. It was first performed at Eaux Claires 2016 along with the rest of the album.
Breakdown of the song title
The number “21
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Bon Iver – Wisconsin
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Although this song wasn’t on the original release, it remained as a bonus track on iTunes. Accompanied by the simplicity of a muted guitar, Wisconsin perpetuates the solemness of
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Bon Iver – Marion
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Marion was first performed in the ‘Come Through’ shows – Bon Iver’s collaboration with TU Dance.
The song was first named 1867, but Justin said on Twitter that it had been renamed
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Bon Iver – Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
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On this track, Bon Iver covers John Prine’s 1978 song “Bruised Orange”. Bon Iver’s version of the song appeared as the B side to the single release of “Towers”, from his 2011
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Brittany Howard – Short and Sweet (Bon Iver Remix)
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[Verse 1: Brittany Howard] / There are miles between us / Time between us / There is something between us / I may be a fool, to dream of you / But, God, it feels so good to dream
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Bon Iver – U (Man Like)
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“U (Man Like)” is a piano-driven ballad that touches on modern social issues. The Gospel-influenced song features silvery backing vocals from Jenn Wasner, Moses Sumney and Elsa
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Bon Iver – Brackett, WI
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Brackett, Wisconsin is just the name of an unincorporated town 10 miles from Eau Claire, where Justin Vernon lives and grew up in. He went to elementary school in Brackett, though
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Bon Iver – Flume
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“Flume” has an eerily interiorized sound, which matches his unsettling similes. “Lump Sum” begins with a choir of Vernons echoing cavernously, which, along with that rhythmically
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Bon Iver – Speyside
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[Verse 1] / I know now that I can't make good / But how I wish I could / Go back and put / Me where you stood / Nothing's really something now the whole thing's cooked / [Verse 2
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Bon Iver – Haven, Mass
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In early February 2016, early ticket purchasers of the upcoming summer’s Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival were sent a Deux cassette mixtape, including this Bon Iver B-Side, “
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