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I’m just so glad to know Francis Bedgie from Trainspotting was able to leave his dark past behind and build an honest and successful career as a singer in Russia.

In My Skin (Marina de Van, 2002)

Now that I’ve translated every unreleased Hatari song (that I know of), here’s an index of songs and other informative Hatari content I’ve covered. When I do further translation posts, this index will be updated!

Song transcripts/translations

Unreleased

14 ár (14 Years)

Dansið eða deyið (Dance or Die) (a.k.a. the first song from the KEXPort video incorrectly labeled Ógleði)

Engin miskunn (No Mercy)

Klámstrákur (Porn Boy)

Ógleði (Nausea) (not the song from the KEXPort video, which is actually Dansið eða deyið)

Þræll (Slave)

Þú munt hata (You Will Hate)

Collabs

Hlauptu (Run) (by CYBER ft. Hatari)

Officially released

Biðröð mistaka (A Line of Mistakes)

Hatrið mun sigra (Hate Will Prevail)

Klefi/Samed (Chamber/Steadfast)

Ódýr (Cheap)

Spillingardans (Corruption Dance)

Tortímandi (Eradicator)

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Lyric analysis

Klámstrákur

Live show intros/interludes/differences

North Korea nuclear war interlude

Dansið eða deyið/Spillingardans intros

Klámstrákur and Spillingardans in Hljómahöll, May 29th 2019

Secret Solstice concert opening speech (partial)

Cultural context and background information

Note on Icelandic names

‘Spillingadans’ comedy sketch

Klemens sings an Icelandic lullaby

Hatari’s wholesome baking video

Svikamylla 2017 ‘election campaign’

Explainer on Svikamylla ehf. and Allir deyja slf.

Svikamylla ehf. press release on Hatari disbanding in 2018

Icelandic Eurovision commentator’s reaction to Hatari’s qualification and the flag stunt

Glíma, traditional Icelandic trouser wrestling

Sólbjört’s essay on the role of the female dancers in Hatari

Icelandic interviews/documentaries

Pre-ESC

Hatari - fólkið á bak við búningana (Hatari - The People Behind the Costumes)

Söngvakeppnin final Green Room interview

Interview with countertenor giving Klemens lessons

Talk show interview, also featuring finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson

Short mockumentary from the same talk show

Interview with Andrean about his dancing

During ESC

Short ESC opening ceremony orange carpet interview

Micro-interview from the night of the first press conference

Interview with Ronja Mogensen (Klemens’ fiancée) before ESC semifinal

Interview with Klemens’ parents after ESC semifinal

Micro-interview from the day before the ESC grand final

Short interview from the day before the ESC grand final

Short Matthías interview on the flag incident from the night of the grand final

Post-ESC

Brief homecoming interview

Long interview on the flag incident

Non-Hatari work (Matthías)

19-year-old Matthías tries to entice MR freshmen to join the Arts Society

19-year-old Matthías raps in a toga

Two poems by 20-year-old Matthías

Matthías reads a poem by Kristín Ómarsdóttir in 2016

Article on Þvottur, a play written and directed by Matthías in 2016

Newspaper column on Matthías’s breakdown at IKEA

Griðastaður (Sanctuary), Matthías’s graduation project from the Academy of the Arts

2017 workshop version of Griðastaður

TV segment on Griðastaður, interviewing Matthías and Jörundur Ragnarsson

Review of Griðastaður from Visir.is

Matthías’s acceptance speech for Best Newcomer Gríma award for Griðastaður

Article on Takk fyrir mig, a play directed (but not written) by Matthías in 2019

Reflections of a Boy, a short film starring Matthías

Non-Hatari work (Kjurr)

Interview with Kjurr, Klemens and Einar’s old band, for Músíktilraunir 2013 (music competition)

Sólbjört’s research project for her degree from the Academy of the Arts is a 21-page essay (plus sources) on the role of the female dancers in Hatari, containing reflections on the band, feminism, the concept of the backup dancer, and a very interesting description of the process of planning and staging the May 23rd Gamla bíó concert that I attended! Below, I’ve translated and/or summarized the entire essay. It’s a really cool look into her mind and the thought behind the choreography.

I ended up quoting and translating probably the majority of the essay, but I did summarize some parts that were repeating points already made elsewhere or less interesting or relevant to fans of Hatari specifically. To avoid any confusion, I’ve presented the actual quotes in Tumblr’s quote format:

Quote

Anything not in an indented quote is my summary of the bits that I’m not quoting directly, with possible added commentary, etc.

THANK YOU GETTY IMAGES VERY COOL!!!

This is a very strange love affair.

This is an… almost complete transcript/translation of “Þræll” (Slave), yet another unreleased Hatari song, wherein Klemens is in a master/slave relationship and… it may or may not be a healthy one? (Look, I swear I’m not just doing Klemens songs here.)

If you’d like to see other Hatari material transcribed/translated, feel free to drop an ask in my askbox!