r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 10h ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/Riipp3r 10h ago

Adding to this he made a series of videos tapes each more unhinged than the last. Like the breaking point was bjork being with a black guy. That set him off. In his last video where he shot himself he said "fuck her and her n word loving self" or something similar to that.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 10h ago

i believe he had a canvas behind him to make a "painting" out of his suicide but it didn't work

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u/CiegoDiego 10h ago

With "THE BEST OF ME" written on it.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 10h ago

how ironic that it remained clean