When making your debut album almost kills you
The journey Vernon took in making For Emma, Forever Ago has become something of an indie-folk legend: he recorded the album at his father’s hunting cabin after retreating there to escape adulthood and deal with his heartbreak and three months later, he emerged with an album’s worth of audio.
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0:00 Intro
0:52 Chapter One: Escape
2:30 Chapter Two: Embark
4:40 Chapter Three: Excavate
7:21 Chapter Four: Emergence
8:28 Conclusion
“Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago is a critically acclaimed album that showcases the raw and emotional storytelling of Justin Vernon. The album, which was recorded in a remote cabin in Wisconsin, has a distinct folk sound that is both haunting and beautiful. With hit songs like “Skinny Love” and “Creature Fear,” For Emma, Forever Ago has become a staple in the indie music scene. The album’s themes of love, heartbreak, and self-discovery have resonated with listeners worldwide and solidified Bon Iver’s place in the music industry. With its powerful lyrics and emotive instrumentals, For Emma, Forever Ago is a must-listen for fans of indie, folk, and alternative music.”
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Bon Iver: When making your debut album almost kills you
When making your debut record almost kills you
When you make a groundbreaking record in the woods
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@coyoteserranoband
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I saw a ua teletronic in that cabin 😅
@freebantu6019
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Wonderful… If only I had a family cabin in the woods… Still searching for a safe space #fingerscrossed
@aldebaranz
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Your love is safe with me 🥺
@Trinity-uq5ik
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I like the video, but what about a guitar tuned to open c is amateur..? skinny love is a harder song to play than most the songs on this album built on c f and a minor chords. Haha you did say it "sounds amateur" which I guess is subjective.
@flickds
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Sufjan Stevens long pre-dated Vernon’s first album. Come on feel the Illinois was huge and came out in 2005.
@williamjp2537
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Anyone know what fonts are used in this video?
@whatsthatnow308
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I wonder how many artists of your quality dont have the luxury of a retreat.
@jwht8424
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
For me, Bon Iver will always be For Emma Forever Ago.
@jannikclaen2307
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
one of my favourite albums of all time
@Toscanilda
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Loved the video, but the title is such a clickbait lmao
@ericbriglia5136
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
One of my all time favorite albums.
@waymanmccall5698
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
This album got me through the OIF in 2008. MSgt USMC (Ret).
@poolbwoy6585
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
skinny love tuning is CGEGCC
@ryanmordick9736
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
If there's anything I could say to Vernon it would be a very sincere "thank you". I have so many strong emotional ties to this album as I devoured it as a young man searching my way through life, love, and loss. Thank you for being vulnerable and making this record. I have immensely enjoyed my time with you in that cold, wintery cabin.
@JCC852
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Sitting in a lodge on a holiday watching the sunset into the trees listening to this album with my girlfriend is one of the best moments of my life
@DannyWohl
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Sounds like this album didn't almost kill him. Sounds like it resuscitated him
@debajyotisg
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Occasionally, I will put For Emma on Spotify on the weekend after I wake up. I can not truly describe how I feel when I am through with the album. Content? Sadness? Peace? All three at once, perhaps.
@gelleganza
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Watching this on loop, it's my 5th time now:)
@natebullock7180
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
What interview are the clips from?? Please
@DracoMalfoy.12
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I love this man ❤️
@andreaj28
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Great video, thank you
@adelheidsnel5171
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Restacks I played at my mother’s funeral 😢❤
@louis_deg
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
My favorite song on the album is Flume. Absolute masterpiece.
@zantezalighieri
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
jermaVenus jermaPluto
@Kodamair
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I really need to follow in his footsteps.
This album changed my life as a teenager.. but as a man who is currently around Justin’s age during the time of his recording of this album.. I now fully understand how and why he HAD to make that album.
Life is full of pain.
It seems to never end.
Losing what you thought was your true love and accidentally sabotaging other relationships is a pain unlike any other..
At 26, I can barely say I’ve lived a fulfilled life because I’ve been so clouded by depression and hopeless.
I need to do the same and take my music more seriously before I die as a silent and invisible man..
@cstpa1
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
i saw the tour for this album 2008 or 09 elvis perkins opened
@Jays-ug9bd
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
just discovered flume this year and its one of the greatest songs ever
@rioborondy3727
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Masterpiece. He is pure talent.
@zojirushi1
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
4:40 what song is that?
@wlbralx
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
I’ve heard this album hundreds of times and it never fails to make me feel like I have a knot in my throat. Even if I don’t go into it looking to feel emotional. This album man…
@Kstub220
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
The line "By February with winter drawing to a close" at 7:25 is funny if you're familiar with northern wisconsin winters
@threeminuteshate
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Man, this album… it came out only a month or so after my divorce was final. It expressed how I felt and how I hoped. Just the sadness that draped over me at all times, at every moment. I love it so much but I almost can’t listen to it. Not because of the marriage I lost but because it reminds me of how much sorrow I felt. I’m instantly transported back to those dark winter months while I tried to collect myself and find some joy somewhere in the world. Music is as close as we’ll ever get to time travel.
@whatapussy4981
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
to called this album a "masterpiece" is the definition of hyperbole. Any one song from Blood on the tracks is vastly superior to the entirety of this album. A good narrative helps market an album. This album has that… 2 good songs, and not much more
@beta-lactamase
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
This is my favorite album ever. It's so raw and often ambient/minimal at times, yet still so emotionally powerful. I think that the story of the album really is necessary to understand the music.
@inu3112
October 22, 2024 at 9:00 am
Only other two albums that give me this level of raw, vulnerable energy are “ a crow looked at me” by mount eerie and Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan stevens.