You stare at the screen and wonder if anything you felt that day was real: He told you he cared for you, but how can you invest in something tossed off an iPhone keyboard? Björk, ever a seer of what is new and modern, is here to tell you that the emotions you experience through the glass of your hardware are as true as anything. She has characterized Utopia as her “Tinder album” because it’s an exploration of something we all do more and more of: get to know one another online.

Here, the medium is the message. With co-producer Arca, she creates an electronic pastoral of flutes and bird noises that feels as lush as an actual meadow. On the bucolic climax “Future Forever,” she imagines a digitized paradise of love—a productive exercise even if it’s just a hopeful fantasy. The album’s wisdom is clear: If you’re lucky enough to get a text message that makes you blush, be sure to count that blessing and, like Björk has, sing its praises. –Alex Frank

Listen: Björk, “Future Forever”