Reykjavík Grapevine - mar. 2021, Side 24

Artist Playlist: Hu%inn
Here's a playlist to make you feel all the feelin!s
Words: Huginn & Hannah Jane Cohen Photos: Art Bicnick
Artist Playlist
Check out Huginn on all streaming
platforms.
Huginn plays those weirdly special
easy-going autotune hip-hop jams
that kind of work in every situation.
It’s actually kind of eerie. Anyway, he
just dropped his newest track ‘Geim-
farar’ in late February, which you can
check out on all streaming services.
We sat down with him to talk about
some of his favourite Icelandic tracks.
Trúbrot - Án 'ín
This song is one of my all-time fa-
vourites. It’s been a part of my life
ever since I remember and I love
everything about it—the lyrics,
the melody and the story behind
it. I’ve actually tried doing my own
version of it many times, but I’ve
just never done it justice. I’ll keep
trying! (Eivør’s cover of it, though,
is amazing.)

Hjaltalín - (ú komst vi#
hjarta# í mér
Legendary. It brings up nostalgia.
This song impacted me a lot when
I was a “heartbroken” teenager and
probably affected the type of mu-
sic I wanted to make in the future.
The pure emotions and honesty in
it just speak to me.
Fri#rik Dór - Hli# vi# hli#
Fri!rik Dór is the goat, in my
opinion. He’s got hits on hits on
hits. I think young people are still
discovering this song today and I
think that will continue. I lived in
Denmark when “Hli! vi! hli!” was
released and it blew my mind. I
couldn’t get enough and soon even
my Danish friends got onto Frikki.
I think Fri!rik plays a big part in
my vibe. It was a huge win for me
when we released our song “Einn
Tveir” together. A timeless song.
Valdimar - Yfir borgina
“Yfir borgina” is just the perfect
song. I was 16 when this song was
released, I think, and I’ve listened
to it ever since. It can make me feel
sad, hopeful, thankful and more.
To be honest, I don’t even under-
stand everything he’s saying with
his fancy Icelandic, but I whole-
heartedly agree with him. I love
you Valdimar.
Quarashi - Stun gun
I didn’t know about Quarashi until
2006-7, while I lived in Denmark,
but I just remember thinking how
cool it was that they were from
Iceland. When I started listening
to them, I could finally show my
friends Icelandic rappers in Eng-
lish and brag about it at school and
that did a lot for me. The attitude
in this track is very Eminem-like,
who was my hero then. If I walked
into the classroom with this in my
ear, I would feel like I was the man.
I might have been the only one that
felt it, but it counts! And the song
still rocks today.
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24The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 03— 2021
Not pictured: The mixtape Huginn sent us
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