Eivør’s home, the Faroe Islands, is a small island country in the North Atlantic, which was populated by
Scandinavians in the Viking Age. Originally incorporated into the Norwegian kingdom in the medieval
period, the Faroese have found themselves subject to foreign rule for over 1000 years. Today, the country
is a semi-autonomous part of the Danish kingdom, but it has had its own government since 1948. Eivør is
strongly inspired by the Faroese natural scenery and traditional culture. It is a land of extremes, full of
contrasts, with heavy, dark winters, and bright, joyful summers. Growing up in a small village among the
characteristic steep cliffs and grassy hills, Eivør is deeply inspired by the unique Faroese landscape and
its vibrant traditional folk music. Despite centuries of foreign rule, the Faroese folk culture has
persevered, especially through communal singing and dancing. This cultural resilience in the face of a
harsh nature and foreign dominance strongly informs Eivør’s music: “A very strong part of Faroese
culture is singing together—anywhere people gather, there will be singing,” Eivør explains. “When you
listen to old Faroese traditional music, it’s sung acapella and takes you back to its Renaissance roots. It’s
pure, expressive, and untamed.”

Eivør has cultivated her distinct guttural singing technique under inspiration from beatboxing, throat-
singing, and heavy metal growling to convey the untamed expressiveness inherent to traditional Faroese
music and culture. It is a primal call to return to her roots in natural landscape of her birthplace.