I must admit that ever since Homogenic, I’ve felt that Bjork has gone a bit downhill. I know a lot of people think that Vespertine was her best work, but with songs like “Bachelorette” (one of my all-time fav songs) and “Joga,” how could you go wrong?

I thought that Medulla was a step-up from Vespertine, but her later albums have just felt too cold.

Additionally, her videos have gone even more downhill. The collaborations between her and Michel Gondry (“Human Behavior,” “Army of Me,” “Isobel,” “Hyperballad,” “Joga,” and “Bachelorette”) were true works of art. Even non-Gondry videos like “I Miss You” and “All Is Full of Love” were amazing.

That said, the video for “Triumph of the Heart” from Medulla reassures me that Bjork is an amazing artist.

The video starts out with her in bed with a cat — it appears that they are in a relationship or something. They possibly have a fight or something, and Bjork takes off. She meets up with some friends down at a local bar and ends up getting rather trashed. At one point she goes into the bathroom and the various people of the bar do the strange noises that occur throughout the song. Eventually Bjork stumbles out of the bar and tries to walk home. She passes out on the street, and the cat drives up to bring her home. They make up pretty quickly and Bjork kisses the cat, which causes it to grow Bjork-size. The two of them do a dance (pictured above) and then the song ends.

I love how strange and funny the video is. I mean, most of Bjork’s videos are strange, but this one at least has some sort of “plot” and you feel like you know what’s going on.

Spike Jonze, who I am normally not a huge fan of, directed the video. Him and Bjork had previously collaborated for “It’s Oh So Quiet” (which was critically-acclaimed and all), so they make a good artistic pair, as well.