Vilde Iris Hartveit Kolltveit, better know as iris, is a Norwegian singer a… Read Full Bio ↴Vilde Iris Hartveit Kolltveit, better know as iris, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Her debut EP a sensitive being was released by MADE Records on April 10, 2019. She earned some greater recognition from a post by her friend AURORA promoting the music video for cotton candy, lead single from her second EP femme florale, which was released on December 4, 2019.

Her debut album love and other disasters was released on June 4th, 2021. It is preceded by the tracks: lavender and heaven, voodoo voodoo, lovemark, crawl for me and to be mine (is to lose your mind).

2) IRIS originally called "Forgiving Iris", started in 1993 when two members of a Texas college electronic music class, Reagan Jones and Matt Morris, realized they had identical tastes in music. The band began playing covers of their favorite songs at clubs in town, and slowly gained a following. A lucky break led to Iris playing at the KRBE 104.1 festival in Houston with acts like C&C Music Factory and Lucas, as well as a performance at the side stage of the Duran Duran / Waterlilies concert that same year. After the appearance of an early version of the track "Annie, Would I Lie To You" on various compilations, the band signed with Todd Durrant from A Different Drum, and work began on the first record.

3) Iris is a Romanian hard rock band. It was established in 1977 by Ion Dumitrescu (drums), Nuţu Olteanu (lead solo guitar and vocals) and Emil Lechinţeanu (bass guitar). They achieved a huge success, followed by tours throughout Romania and recordings for radio broadcast.
The democratic regime installed after 1989 offered the group a chance they couldn’t have in the communist regime. They started appearing on TV and having tours in Italy. They celebrated their 15th anniversary at an international rock festival in 1991 and 1992 beside Ian Gillan Band, and 25 years in 2001 with Uriah Heep.

4) Iris is the name of a Canadian shoegaze band based out of Toronto. In February of 2015, they released an album titled "Haunt Me".

5) Iris Aneas has made herself a name in Europe with her electronics bathed in pop through recordings in labels such as the German Monika Enterprise. Versatile and eclectic, she writes, produces and sings every one of her songs in a very meticulous way. Her artistic interests and her good taste in electronic music are indisputable. Her sounds seek to surprise you and her melodies are like a journey into the youth. Iris is an artist committed to awakening and the free truth, together with a pure talent on stage. Not only composes music for herself, but also for advertising, as for the prestigious Spanish fashion brand Mango. Her delicate voice merges with the exquisite music of electronic overtone, pop, idm… that depicts her work. Iris Aneas' melodies are adjusted to 528Hz, the Solfeggio frecuency.

6) IRIS is a japanese, Tokyo-based melodic hardcore band. Formed in 2015, they have had used a different name until 2016, when they changed the name to "IRIS". With influences as Napoleon, Counterparts,The Ghost Inside and Hotel Books, they have released an EP, "MORTALITY", and a single, "Misery", featuring C. Hinojosa from Eforos, a Peruvian metalcore band.
Bandcamp: https://irisjpn.bandcamp.com
Members: Ken Nicolas Aioi; Tetsuma Horikawa; Rasta Takamatsu; Kaisei Yamaguchi.

7) Iris was an American post-hardcore/mall emo band from Torrance, California. They released an EP in 2005, "Escaping The Clinic".

Loom
Iris Lyrics

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From the East
A cold wind blows
Across the evening lawn
Summer is surely on its way
Midnight will ask you once again
With words unwary
Does it steal your breath away?

In the shadows of the silver tree line image
Of the high
Skyward brilliance left above
To hone each sparkle in the sky
We're dancing softly to the songs
That may just save us from our doom
Summer gardens are the scene
As we fall into them and loom

Through the deepest cavern hearts
Of crying bravery
Opens the sight's eternal beautiful
Majestic shadows in the night
They have us crazy
Painting themselves against the lights

Seeing an end to an endless strife
I'm crawling out full heart

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Loom" by Iris paints a vivid picture of a summer night where the singer and their companions are surrounded by a beautiful scene of gardens and trees beneath the sparkling sky. The poem starts with a reference to a cold wind blowing from the east, which is a metaphorical reminder that time is fleeting and indicative of the looming reality that summer is almost here. Midnight is personified as a curious inquiry that asks the singer whether the beauty of the night steals their breath away. The refrain "Does it steal your breath away?" invites introspection and existential reflection. It is the kind of question that asks the listener to stop and ponder the significance of the moment they are experiencing, a moment that may soon pass by.

Moving on to the chorus, the singer talks about how they're dancing softly to the songs that may just save them from their impending doom. The garden is a metaphor for life, and the singer says that they're falling into it, implying that they're letting go of their worries and inhibitions and engaging in the beauty of the present moment. The second verse is more abstract than the first as the singer delves into the depths of human emotions. The image of the deepest cavern hearts of crying bravery is an oxymoron, that highlights the complexity and the depth of human emotions. The final refrain "Seeing an end to an endless strife/I'm crawling out full-heart" signifies that through the beauty of the night, the singer is seeing a way out of their problems.

Line by Line Meaning

From the East
The song starts off by setting the stage, talking about the direction the wind is blowing from.

A cold wind blows
The wind blowing across the evening lawn is cold, setting an eerie atmosphere.

Across the evening lawn
The wind blows across the evening lawn, painting a picturesque image in the listener's mind.

Summer is surely on its way
Despite the cold wind, the lyrics suggest that it's indicative of the upcoming summer season.

Midnight will ask you once again
The night is personified here, as it seems to be asking the listener a question.

With words unwary
The night is asking the question in an unguarded, bitter manner.

Does it steal your breath away?
The night asks the listener rhetorically, whether the surroundings are as awe-inspiring to them as they are to the night.

In the shadows of the silver tree line image
The lyrics use metaphors to describe the surroundings, indicating how the dancing group are in a moonlit environment.

Of the high
The shadows of the trees are high and lofty.

Skyward brilliance left above
The sky is brilliantly painted with a celestial image above the shadowy trees.

To hone each sparkle in the sky
The celestial image is brightened, with the stars shimmering like sparkles being polished.

We're dancing softly to the songs
Amidst the beautiful environment, the group is dancing slowly to the background music.

That may just save us from our doom
The group feels that they might be able to salvage their fate, as they dance to the songs in the surroundings.

Summer gardens are the scene
The lyrics point out that the group is surrounded by the dense flora and fauna of a garden, complimenting the summer season.

As we fall into them and loom
The lyrics describe how the members of the group are getting immersed in the surroundings and feeling the surroundings loom over them like a presence.

Through the deepest cavern hearts
The lyrics shift to a metaphorical image of 'cavern hearts', which are the emotions we hold deep within.

Of crying bravery
The emotions expressed in these 'cavern hearts' are a mix of being brave but also feeling the pain of loss or suffering.

Opens the sight's eternal beautiful
The lyrics now suggest that these emotions of bravery and pain, allow the group to see the true beauty in the surroundings, as they perceive them to be eternal.

Majestic shadows in the night
The beauty that the group sees is shadowy, but they perceive it to be majestic and inspiring.

They have us crazy
The overwhelming beauty of everything is affecting the group's senses, leaving them somewhat unhinged.

Painting themselves against the lights
The beauty of the environment seems to be painting/shadowing itself against the lights in the surroundings.

Seeing an end to an endless strife
The lyrics suggest, the group is able to see or anticipate an end to a struggle or fight that appeared to be never-ending.

I'm crawling out full heart
The song ends with the assertion that the singer is coming out of this experience, feeling fulfilled and with a full heart.

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