{"id":9251,"date":"2021-05-06T05:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2021-05-06T21:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:15:46","slug":"musikblogg-swedish-icelandic-collabo-for-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/musikblogg-swedish-icelandic-collabo-for-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Musikblogg: Swedish &#8211; Icelandic Collabo for Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9252\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/h%C3%BAsav%C3%ADk-port-sea-coast-bank-1601646\/\" aria-label=\"Musikblogg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9252\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9252\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg.png 1800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H\u00fasav\u00edk, Iceland. Image by anncapictures from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whales, commercial fishing, northern lights, and a parody film based on the Eurovision song contest. All of these things are connected to the small town of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H\u00fasav\u00edk in northern Iceland, but the latter is garnering some extra attention after last week\u2019s Oscars. Swedish pop goddess Molly Sand\u00e9n performed the song \u201cH\u00fasav\u00edk (My Hometown),&#8221; nominated for Best Original Song from th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e film <b><i>Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. <\/i><\/b>We&#8217;ll highlight this bit of news for this week&#8217;s <em>musikblogg!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t really know about Eurovision yet?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read no further &#8211; watch this quick video to catch you up to speed, it\u2019s worth it. <\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The winners of the Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6Z4M4v05cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Eurovision song contest is back this year after a hiatus in 2020, due to, well, you know\u2026world pandemic-y things. The 2019 song contest winner was from the Netherlands, so this year the final will be held in Rotterdam.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you haven\u2019t ever watched a whole Eurovision final before, I recommend doing that <em>before<\/em> watching &#8220;The Story of Fire Saga&#8221; film. Otherwise, the classic spoofy comedy of Will Ferrell, as well as the cameos by the most popular stars of Eurovisions past, will be wasted. You don&#8217;t have to wait too long until the next final, SVTplay will be streaming Eurovision live on Saturday, May 22.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>H\u00fasav\u00edk in the Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H\u00fasav\u00edk, Iceland enters the picture with the 2020 film <b><i>Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. <\/i><\/b>C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o-written and produced by Will Ferrell, he and Rachel McAdams <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">play <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksd\u00f3ttir. They portray members of the fictional band Fire Saga, who dream of representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In real life, Ferrell is married to Swede Viveca Paulin and spends most of his time living in Sweden. He has come to love Eurovision and was inspired to bring this international music menagerie to broader audiences with this project.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the film wasn\u2019t a critic favorite across the board, Eurovision fans seem to love it. Their ability to capture the campiness, as well as the seriousness of the Eurovision Song Contest, was just the ticket. Also, the original music from this film is right on\u2026 I mean, it did earn both Oscar AND Grammy nominations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>B.Y.O.L. &#8211; &#8220;Bring your own <em>Lopapeysa&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditional hand-knit Icelandic &#8220;lopi sweaters&#8221; are a-plenty in the Oscar performance of &#8220;H\u00fasav\u00edk.&#8221; Swedish pop star Molly Sand\u00e9n is the singing voice behind Rachel McAdams\u2019 character in the film and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2021-04-25\/oscar-2021-who-is-singer-molly-sanden-husavik-from-iceland\">L.A. Times called her the &#8220;Swedish Adele.&#8221;<\/a> Her flawless vocal performance on this original song was a chief reason for the Oscar nomination, you&#8217;ll hear why shortly. In the days leading up to the live Oscars performance in H\u00fasav\u00edk, Molly spent time getting to know the locals. She even sang with the organist in H\u00fasav\u00edk\u2019s iconic wooden church. The B.Y.O.L. moment comes in the live performance when the children\u2019s choir accompanies Molly with the Icelandic lyrics of the song:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0Icelandic\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Swedish\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0English<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vera me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r, me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vara med dig, med dig<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be with you, with you<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00cd H\u00fasav\u00edk vi\u00f0 Skj\u00e1lfanda<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I H\u00fasav\u00edk vid Skj\u00e1lfanda<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In H\u00fasav\u00edk, by Skj\u00e1lfandi<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00cd heimab\u00e6r minn<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hemmabyn min<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my hometown<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notice the similarities between the Icelandic and Swedish? For example, the verb \u201cto be\u201d is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Icelandic and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vara <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in Swedish. Icelandic <em>h<\/em><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eimab\u00e6r<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hemmabyn <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in Swedish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, translating to hometown. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, let\u2019s all enjoy this Oscars performance by Molly and the B.Y.O.L. kiddos: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OtEMBnpnnc4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OtEMBnpnnc4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I&#8217;m not crying, are you crying?! Molly Sand\u00e9n\u2019s new album <a href=\"https:\/\/domskaveta.com\/\">Dom ska veta<\/a> drops I MORGON (tomorrow), May 7, perfect timing to capture some new fans from the Oscars hub bub.\u00a0<\/span>Alright, do you think you\u2019ll watch the film? Or have you already seen it? Tell me what you thought about it below!<\/p>\n<p>Also, for more Molly, see this blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/learn-edith-sodergran-with-molly-sanden\/\">Learn Edith S\u00f6dergran with Molly Sand\u00e9n!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-350x233.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/musikblogg.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Whales, commercial fishing, northern lights, and a parody film based on the Eurovision song contest. All of these things are connected to the small town of H\u00fasav\u00edk in northern Iceland, but the latter is garnering some extra attention after last week\u2019s Oscars. Swedish pop goddess Molly Sand\u00e9n performed the song \u201cH\u00fasav\u00edk (My Hometown),&#8221; nominated for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/musikblogg-swedish-icelandic-collabo-for-oscars\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":9252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[364862,3269,10125,8239,7791],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-culture","tag-learn-swedish","tag-swedish-blog","tag-swedish-culture","tag-swedish-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9259,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions\/9259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}