Bjork: The Ice Queen

On the heels of her new winter-inspired album, Iceland's most famous expat revisits her homeland, its music and, of course, its elves

By Joel Stein/Reykjavik Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001

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    And she keeps her cool. At a party after one of the Riverside Church concerts, says Daniel, a man started throwing glasses at the bartender, with shards flying everywhere. One of the choir members ran over to Bjork, saying, "We have to protect your face." Bjork laughed and said, "Protect my drink." Bjork even acted as a DJ at Daniel's 30th-birthday party, taking the task very seriously. This simultaneously flattered and worried him. "She's got terrible taste in pop music," he said beforehand. "I'm afraid she's going to play Foreigner." She didn't.

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