Björk to narrate Merlin Sheldrake's nature documentary, Fungi: The Web Of Life

The documentary is about "the ways that fungi have shaped life on Earth for over a billion years", with the film showcasing captivating time-lapse photography capturing the nature of these organisms. Composer Piers Burbrook de Vere leads film's score, whilst Merlin Sheldrake – who authors the book Entangled Life, is set to narrate.

Björk's tenth studio album, Fossora, which was released in 2022 was rooted in grief and thematically toyed with exploring the nature of fungi. She explains the album being about her return to Earth, describing the fungus metaphor as "something that lives underground, but not tree roots. A tree root album would be quite severe and stoic, but mushrooms are psychedelic and they pop up everywhere."

a long dormant dream of mine to narrate a nature documentary has come to fruition .
and i am blessed it is not just any but featuring the magnificent merlin sheldrake
and about fungi . i hope you will enjoy this

warmth
björk

The cinematic narrative explores the ways that fungi… pic.twitter.com/O49quDWbRD

— björk (@bjork) December 4, 2023

Announcing the news of her participation on Fungi: The Web Of Life, she wrote: "a long dormant dream of mine to narrate a nature documentary has come to fruition and i am blessed it is not just any but featuring the magnificent merlin sheldrake and about fungi . i hope you will enjoy this".

Björk recently collaborated with Rosalía on "Oral", with all proceeds from the track will be donated to support the legal fight against foreign-owned salmon farming operations in Iceland brought by residents of Seyðisfjörður.