Also Ironically Iceland probably would have actually won Eurovision for real if it had happened!! Dadi Freyr giving in to peer pressure and doing a version of ja ja ding dong was one of my fav things last year.
Wait a minute... The Oscars had this performance in their hands... and dumped it on a Pre-Show instead of the awards themselves?!? What idiots... this was stunning... I can't believe I missed this until today. Also can't believe this song lost...
If you compare the two recordings her voice is is a lot smoother and less raw then in the version from the movie. This makes me think that in the film they mixed Rachel McAdams' voice with hers to create an ABBA-like hybrid sound that is a little rougher around the edges. Molly and Rachel actually have similar voices so this would be possible to do. That also explains why Molly is credited under her "My Marianne" middle name in the film rather than under her first and last name. I would love to hear more about where Rachel's voice was used and where Molly's voice was.
Not only is she an extraordinary vocalist - the way the children spontaneously smile at her when she glances back at them and smiles encouragingly. Big heart!!!!
@Soyman the Sorceror If "woke culture" is damaging then how come a certain dark comedy with a bumbling imaginary Hitler recently won an Oscar and became an instant audience favorite?
This song is an anthem not only for Husavik, but for all the small towns around the world, which their inhabitants love regardless of all the challenges that life in a small town brings. Love and a sense of belonging are stronger than anything.
I'm from a mid-sized city and feel this way about it, even! I really love my hometown. I think it's great how so many people all over the world feel the love in this song ♥️
Now I'm definetly crying...my hometown is really not special, with problably 400 people living there, it's not fancy at all. But I would never change it.
The song is solid, the performance was flawless by Molly and the children’s choir, and the visuals overall were stunning. I think the only reason this was snubbed at the Oscars is because the song is from a Netflix movie and the film industry is terrified of being snuffed out by streaming service based entertainment.
It’s actually a really good movie, while the scores on average were decent for the kind of film it is, it’s really better than the critic scores. It’s done with a lot of heart and sincerity and the music is of course phenomenal. It’s definitely Will Ferrel’s best movie in quite a while, and you can tell how much respect he has for Eurovision.
this end credits thing has become an epidemic. Same thing with the bias against comedies. Years ago, I thought That Thing You Do, another song that was integral to the actual movie, should’ve won. This performance was an all-timer.
@@victoriabennage2190 Its more than that... she has the very rare ability to emote in her phrasing. This is what separates good singers from great singers. Good singers can have perfect pitch and hit every note, but without the ability to emote, it won't "grab the audience by the feels". Take for example "How Do I Live Without You" recorded by both LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood. Rimes sang in perfect pitch, hit every note. But when compared to Trisha's, it feels bereft of emotion.
Molly Sandén has been famous I Sweden (where she is from) for being a especially strong vocalist, since she was quite young. Extremely talented. She sings in a way that is very popular in a certain type of Swedish pop. Imagine if you had classically trained singers, maybe a bit of musical theatre too, that is pop. But in a lot of ways is quite similar to this song. But I also think Swedish singers have a bit of a free advantage, that Swedish is very suited for singing. Many singers need to work a lot of adjusting their vowel sounds while singing, so they become ones that are more easy to sing. So when speaking and singing the same word, you would need to make different vowel sounds, or you are going to have a very hard time singing. (This is also the reason why even in languages that have a lot of different accents within it. It’s almost always sang the same way, with a few exceptions) But in Swedish this isn’t the case. You can just use the sounds that you are used to using when speaking Swedish and it works great. Most of the Swedish vocal sounds are extremely similar to the sounds that researchers found are the easiest to sing. Where you have a easier time holding a note longer, keep the pitch and without tensing up. And Swedish also is also spoken with a lot of melody compared to most languages. So you use the melody of the sentence to convey what you mean more or less always more then the actual words you use. Norwegian would probably be among the most extreme in the world in its use of melody to convey emotion and intention. English is on the other side of the spectrum, and is spoken extremely monotone, little melody, few pauses or emphasis. And when I speak English because I can’t use melody when speaking, it feels like I lose most of my personality while I’m speaking. It’s to a much higher degree conveyed by what I say then how. Obviously you can still do it in English. But there are a lot less ‘tools’ available. So many Swedish singers also get a little free head start in finding how to convey emotion while singing.
This song is beautiful, the reason why it did not win it is because it is in a Will Ferrel comedy and the academy thinks everything needs to be ultra serious ultra depressing to be considered “art”. Oscars are so stupid now. Every year I keep expecting them to change, but they don’t.
@@ronbaron4414 No, they may pick mediocre winners most times, but the whole "if it's nominated for an Oscar means it sucks" narrative is just ignorant and overblown, last year they had one of the greatest Best Picture line-ups ever, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Joker, Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 1917, Ford V Ferrari, Little Women, all of them great movies. Oscars are not an indicator of quality in any way but it's not the opposite either.
This song seriously brought me to tears.. when she started singing in Icelandic, I don't even know what she was saying, but it moved something in me. Thank you
They probably knew if they put this in the actual broadcast, that it would have over shadowed all the other songs. Would have made it not winning even harder.
Lars Erickksong line from the movie was never more true than after this beautiful performance: "The perfect song isn’t the winning song, but a song that comes from the heart” She may not have gotten the award but she walked away a winner! This was absolute perfection!
Dont trust it isnt edited in, the fact that they only show it last minute kinda implies to me that it was thrown in tentatively. If it was real it would be featured a lot more, I think.
@@ots1634 I thought this too but a hotel in the town blogged about the performance and said that it was great the northern lights decided to show up for it, so it's real! Very cool!
@@ots1634 you must be not watching it on the day it was streamed. It was live and was the most beautiful performance i’ve ever watched, i literally burst into tears. No way it was edited. The concept that year was different due to the pandemic and they have to do it because of the travel restriction, etc. And still not complaining because no way it can be more beautiful than this.
I think this is one of the unique performance in the Oscars history. This one song literally brings together the entire town of Husavik. Not to mention the campaigns Husavik people conducted for the Oscar run. I rooted this one will win but it didn't, but however we should greatly appreciate on the Oscar nomination first. Such a deserving song. 👏
A song about a town that is likely 100% White...winning an Oscar? I agree the song should have won hand's down. But everything in Hollywood these days is about being "woke."
This is one of the best performances ever. The song, her voice, the location, the background and the adorable choir makes this into an absolute masterpiece. Goosebumps all over!
Idk why this category wasn’t just a competition between Husavik, Double Trouble, Volcano Man, In The Mirror, Come and Play, Lion of Love and Jaja Ding Dong.
I am once again commenting on this video to express my sheer wonder and love for this song and performance. Molly Sanden, the visuals, the young ladies singing, the Aurora, the instrumentalists, the fireworks; it's all just absolutely stunning in every way. And it still stuns/disappoints me to realize that the Oscars relegated this to a preshow. If Lady Gaga or some mainstream American artist had composed this song, they would have put this performance in the highest viewership segment of the show, replayed it a dozen times, and would probably still be talking about it two years later.
This song and the images of Husavik made me ball my eyes out....I was standing exactly where she was 2 summers ago....eating fresh cod on the wharf and staying that the Husvik hotel, just to the left of the screen...i have so many fond memories of Husavik and my travels of the entire country of Iceland. Iceland changed me....and it will always be a part of me.
This has to be the most humble heart warming performance of all of these nominations. These little children singing in their town of husavik a small town and they are all probably excited to be at the oscars. That would melt anyone’s heart.
Yeah, and you can really tell how proud and happy they are when Molly turns to them when they sing the chorus together with her. The smiles on their faces in that moment is just the cutest thing ever!
I was born and grew up in Indonesia but moved to Scandinavia 7 years ago - been living in both Norway & Sweden … this song has been touching my heart …. Where the mountain sing, seagulls and northern light … i am proud to call it now - My home ❄️🌌
I'm 17, Irish and went to Reykjavik in Iceland over Easter on a school trip and it was so beautiful. Also Molly's outfit reminds me of the Northern Lights. So stunning
Here I am just singing about northern lights even when we don't have that here in the Philippines. 😂 Wherever we're from, I think HUSAVIK is our hometown.
@@SR-jr5nh lol the song was won was definitely not expected to win. If you bet on the song that won, you would have won a lot of money cause it was the winner with the least likely chance to win
1:39 this shot of the girls is incredible. It's the first time the singer turns back and looks at them, and they are just beaming back at her. I hope she saw that, that was so cute.
I know. Their beaming faces are just the most beautiful thing ever. And I also love it when Molly turns back after looking at them at 2:00 and you can see the little tear in her right eye
The song from a movie about Eurovision that is actually deeper and more sincere than the majority of real Eurovision songs. EDIT: Whoa, thanks for the likes, I guess I'm not the only one that thinks like this.
Exactly! The way the Russia guy cannot be himself in his home country because he is gay is so sad but sadly true. I’m no Eurovision fan but I liked the movie.
Eurovision was once all about nonstop ballads that were sincere and deep and it was boring and tiring by the end. It still has songs like that and they've won a few years (2016, 2017, 2019, just recently!) but it's not a weakness that many are just fun. It's better entertainment by being variety.
@@occono3543 Eurovision is the most random song consuete ever. From songs from the Crimean genocide to a chicken song of female empowerment and an Italian rock song! Unfortunately there are politics such as voting for neighbours or groups such as balkans or ex-soviet. There are some really good songs though and that’s why I love it.
Molly Sandén is worth gold and diamonds no matter she was robbed in JESC, Melfest and Oscars. She will have that outstanding voice for life and my unconditional love forever.
I can't believe she actually hits that note in the end. In the movie, it's obviously a production/computer generated so I didn't think anyone would ever actually sing it yet she does and with so much power too. Absolutely unbelievable.
Bruh this performance was so fucking cool. - Powerful singer - Good song - Takes place in the actual place that the song is about - A children choir from Husavik (:OOO) - Fireworks!!! (:D) And... ACTUAL REAL NO FUCKING CGI LEGIT AURORA BOREALIS?!?!?!! BRO HOW DID THIS SONG NOT WIN?!?! 😡
@@alchemyst1920 Some weird song that wasn’t even that good, just had that super boring up beat vibes like litterly every single song right now (🙄) and non original (idk y I get those vibes but ye)
You know, the ironic part is, this song was featured in a movie about a music competition where this small town all of a sudden filled all of Iceland with pride... sadly the song didn't win the price but it won everyone's hearts. The song then gets nominated for a real life award where the very much real town gets to be in the spotlight for real. I imagine a lot of Icelandic tuning in for the award ceremony. Sadly it didn't win the Oscars, but the performance sure did win our hearts yet again.
Watched this movie with my mother in law. I couldn't hold back tears when this song came on, something about it is moving and powerful. I think it brought be me back to simpler times, when people had love for one another and not disdain. Small towns seem to hold onto the comradery that cites lose. One day, maybe we'll be able to find our own "Husavik".
She's performed at Melodifestivalen where auto-tune is banned, her song Youniverse is probably still up on youtube there if you want to check out more of her voice! Crazy that she almost ended up actually representing her country at Eurovision (well-- kind of, she made it to the final but I don't think her song was on the podium, either way I still loved it)
Which countries national tresure? Sweden's tresure to have Molly the amazing singer? Or Iceland? Or what ever country produced the song and whatever country the production of the movie was in?
She's singing in Icelandic! Molly done such a great job here. I don't know how the Oscar can go to anyone other than Molly, Husavik and the songwriters. Wish the UK aired it live.
Oscars go to Woke candidates now.. It's not about actual good movies and songs anymore. A song about a black panther terrorist organization won. Why is anyone surprised.
@@TheQuEeNoNhErThRoNe ooops and no. HER is a great singer song is good don't get me wrong about that. But lets stop selecting in demand just to sympathize color or race.
Even though my hometown is thousand of miles away from Husavik, in the middle of the desert, this song always make me think of it, drops of tears fall off my eyes. This song is just lovely, and full of heart.
I couldn't give two shits about the Oscars, but this was a rip-roaring, mind-blowing performance, and would have been the only redeeming thing about Oscars night. Total champion
It's just so magical and beautiful. The flawless vocal, the adorable children's choir, the stunning backdrop, the northern lights, the musical crescendo and epic ending. Just WOW.
This makes me feel really emotional! It's absolutely beautiful; everything from the little children in their warm cardis, her dressed in Aurora Borealis, the stirring music, and her stunning voice! It's just perfect! I want to watch the film now ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@terrybaker8156 I mean you can see the Northern lights outside of the arctic circle as well it's just not as common, I live in the south of Sweden and I've seen them a couple of times here. Amazing!
Everything about this performance was absolutely a masterpiece. the little girls coir, her voice, the place, the fireworks, the northern lights at the very end. So emotional! One of the best Oscars presentations of all time.
The fact that they sing “where the nothern lights burst out in colours” and then the Nothern lights are truly in the background, makes me very very happy
Not a lot of singers are this talented LIVE. Most mainstream artists lip sing on stage or try too hard and sound like an elephant, but wow, Molly is natural and on a different dimension.
Ok manager...gorgeous face, adorable hairstyle, sings in multiple languages, seems genuinely nice, and a powerhouse voice that could shake the world. But yea...Shaving off 20lbs will be the key to her success. Dumbass
@@t.f.b.h That's disgusting, she is so attractive and talent off the charts. I swear the amount of middle aged managers are so out of touch with society they have no concept of what will sell anymore.
Instant tears when those kids sang in icelandic. 😢 Didn't get better when Molly chimed in. Simply gorgeous. And gods, how beautiful the icelandic language is. Lots of love from Norway
I just burst into tears. I have never done that in my life. Just the fact that she's singing it there, in the place it's meant to be. I miss my hometown
People say that the other Best Song nominees have "social value" because they touched on social issues. But Husavik is a simple, but beautiful song that just touches your heart. I'd choose this song over the others.
Social values are important and I am not taking away from the winners at all, but this song is also about social values: about the challenges that people face in a globalised world, where some feel that they have to leave their home to pursue a career and they realise that they want to be back home. It speaks to global and regional equality and inclusion, its a call to say that we can't be a society focused just on cosmopolitans. And given the challenges that democracy faces from those that feel ignored beyond these cosmopolitan entities, the message that this song delivers is a strong social message too.
@@Nazaba09 It's called 'part 1: Molly Sandén going to Husavik' and can be found on her CZcams channel. There's also a part 2 and 3 of her journey to Husavik for this performance.
Ohhhhh my godness !!!!! it was so moving with the little Icelandic girls, it moved me to tears! bravo molly and long live sweden and iceland, i love these countries
I've watched and listened to this more times than i care to count. Everytime, it brings me to tears...It should have been Number one at the Oscars ,not the Pre -show.
Does anyone know who actually won? NO. Because this is the winner of the people, for the people. Never in the history of Oscars has a winning song been so forgotten. Just shows how wrong the jury was. And the real winner is. 🇸🇪Molly Sandén🇸🇪
Who knows her from Melodifestivalen and Junior Eurovision are legends✨🥺
Update: This didnt win, but Molly remains a queen 🇸🇪🇮🇸
Then I guess all swedes are legends? lol
Thanks. 😊 Then I'll guess that all we (old enough) swedes are legends. 😉
She was Eric Saade's girlfriend
I still sing to Det finaste nagån kan få every now and then
I DO!!! I know her from a ling time ago!! I adore her!!!
Why do I feel so proud to be from Husavik but the only problem is that I am Kenyan
That’s not a problem! U are still from husavik and ur amazing
Hahaha, this comment is just so funny! 🌻
No problem. Everyone is from Husavik because of this song and movie. 🥰🥰🥰
Me too but I'm italian😂
@@manda2979 thank you so much love
Ironically just like the movie, Husavik lost but won hearts worldwide. Should have won by ja ja ding dong
Ja Ja Ding Dong was the only acceptable case in which Husavik could have lost Best Song ;-)
Please don't spoil
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Also Ironically Iceland probably would have actually won Eurovision for real if it had happened!! Dadi Freyr giving in to peer pressure and doing a version of ja ja ding dong was one of my fav things last year.
Ding dong!
Wait a minute... The Oscars had this performance in their hands... and dumped it on a Pre-Show instead of the awards themselves?!? What idiots... this was stunning... I can't believe I missed this until today. Also can't believe this song lost...
Muricans didnt want get upstaged. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯
Probably didn't fit their diversity quota
Probably had cardi b play WAP instead
@@MMAoracle Exactly that. Too white to give an award to. This is the world we live in.
The Academy Awards will never give an Oscar to a Will Ferrell movie. Snobs.
The fact that she sounded as beautiful as the recorded version proves that there’s real talent in the world. This was beautiful.
This song as been in my heart for days and now I'm crying hear it for real 🙏💕💕
If you compare the two recordings her voice is is a lot smoother and less raw then in the version from the movie. This makes me think that in the film they mixed Rachel McAdams' voice with hers to create an ABBA-like hybrid sound that is a little rougher around the edges. Molly and Rachel actually have similar voices so this would be possible to do. That also explains why Molly is credited under her "My Marianne" middle name in the film rather than under her first and last name. I would love to hear more about where Rachel's voice was used and where Molly's voice was.
No one remembers who won but everyone knows who’s the best.
Well said 👍
Could not agree more!!! Bull this did not win.
Who did actually win?
Nobody remembers
@@AsianVideoGamer Alexander Lemtov
Omg, I just realised...she's dressed as the Northern Lights!
Good call!
Great observation on detail.
I noticed that. Amazing dress!
And at the end you can see the actual ones in the sky!! Magical 🥰
I want this dress lol
This song will forever 1). Give me chills. 2). Make me tearful. 3). Make me want to visit Husavik. 4). Crack me up remembering Will’s voice in it.
Visit it if you ever get the chance. It's a beautiful little town in the North.
Definitely worth visiting 😍
me too
Yes. Exactly. Perfectly said.
@@__Queen_of_Hearts__ its on my bucket list!!
Not only is she an extraordinary vocalist - the way the children spontaneously smile at her when she glances back at them and smiles encouragingly. Big heart!!!!
I was at concert of hers last year. Amazing show :)
*The way children have been told to smile, because they are on TV.
@@Arek.Arkadiusz Whatever makes you happy, mate.
The Academy doesn't understand a thing. This song is the clear winner.
only realize just now??? the whole academy is a fukinc joke a long long time ago
Oh they understand. They have to vote SJW and Woke or they are called racist. It's not about being best anymore, it's about virtue signaling!
@@eddiewinehosen6665 oh shut up
@@PorQpine09 he's not wrong. it's so dreadfully quota'd and engineered it drove neutrals away in their millions.
@Soyman the Sorceror If "woke culture" is damaging then how come a certain dark comedy with a bumbling imaginary Hitler recently won an Oscar and became an instant audience favorite?
This song is an anthem not only for Husavik, but for all the small towns around the world, which their inhabitants love regardless of all the challenges that life in a small town brings. Love and a sense of belonging are stronger than anything.
I'm from a mid-sized city and feel this way about it, even! I really love my hometown. I think it's great how so many people all over the world feel the love in this song ♥️
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I’m not crying. (I’m from a small island in Indonesia ❤️)
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Now I'm definetly crying...my hometown is really not special, with problably 400 people living there, it's not fancy at all. But I would never change it.
It's the Oscars night, today. It has nearly been 2 years and I am still fussy that they didn't let this masterpiece win the award, ugh
Me too. That's why I wanted to see it again.
This performance is her revenge.
you have to sign up to a satanic cult to be considered.
The song is solid, the performance was flawless by Molly and the children’s choir, and the visuals overall were stunning. I think the only reason this was snubbed at the Oscars is because the song is from a Netflix movie and the film industry is terrified of being snuffed out by streaming service based entertainment.
It’s actually a really good movie, while the scores on average were decent for the kind of film it is, it’s really better than the critic scores. It’s done with a lot of heart and sincerity and the music is of course phenomenal. It’s definitely Will Ferrel’s best movie in quite a while, and you can tell how much respect he has for Eurovision.
The children were so cute!!!
Her voice is out of this world.
She won Junior Eurovision for Sweden when she was 15
Hey man, enjoy your work and talent. All the best!
I didn't know she is an Alien... :P
A week after and I’m here again. This is SO GOOD 😢
Agree! And this song is so perfect!
Husavik was robbed. This should have won the oscar. The only song that was in the movie and not just a part of the end credits.
Frankly I would have been happy if they just put this in the freaking broadcast but we didn’t even get that 😡😡😡😡
Oscars Sucks
this end credits thing has become an epidemic. Same thing with the bias against comedies. Years ago, I thought That Thing You Do, another song that was integral to the actual movie, should’ve won. This performance was an all-timer.
How call the movie where the song play?
@@Andy-nv6ys Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, on Netflix.
I just noticed the Northern Lights in the background at the very end. Got chills again. Such an amazing song and such an amazing singer.
Her voice is insane. I'm not a musician, but it felt... so clear? So clean. Don't know how to describe it. Obviously it's very powerful.
It's almost as though she has perfect pitch
@@victoriabennage2190 Its more than that... she has the very rare ability to emote in her phrasing. This is what separates good singers from great singers. Good singers can have perfect pitch and hit every note, but without the ability to emote, it won't "grab the audience by the feels". Take for example "How Do I Live Without You" recorded by both LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood. Rimes sang in perfect pitch, hit every note. But when compared to Trisha's, it feels bereft of emotion.
It's called Speorg note
@@johnpauljones9310 ...but still she was told that she couldn't make it in the US because of her looks 🤷🏻♀️
Molly Sandén has been famous I Sweden (where she is from) for being a especially strong vocalist, since she was quite young. Extremely talented.
She sings in a way that is very popular in a certain type of Swedish pop. Imagine if you had classically trained singers, maybe a bit of musical theatre too, that is pop. But in a lot of ways is quite similar to this song.
But I also think Swedish singers have a bit of a free advantage, that Swedish is very suited for singing.
Many singers need to work a lot of adjusting their vowel sounds while singing, so they become ones that are more easy to sing.
So when speaking and singing the same word, you would need to make different vowel sounds, or you are going to have a very hard time singing. (This is also the reason why even in languages that have a lot of different accents within it. It’s almost always sang the same way, with a few exceptions)
But in Swedish this isn’t the case. You can just use the sounds that you are used to using when speaking Swedish and it works great.
Most of the Swedish vocal sounds are extremely similar to the sounds that researchers found are the easiest to sing.
Where you have a easier time holding a note longer, keep the pitch and without tensing up.
And Swedish also is also spoken with a lot of melody compared to most languages. So you use the melody of the sentence to convey what you mean more or less always more then the actual words you use.
Norwegian would probably be among the most extreme in the world in its use of melody to convey emotion and intention.
English is on the other side of the spectrum, and is spoken extremely monotone, little melody, few pauses or emphasis.
And when I speak English because I can’t use melody when speaking, it feels like I lose most of my personality while I’m speaking. It’s to a much higher degree conveyed by what I say then how. Obviously you can still do it in English. But there are a lot less ‘tools’ available.
So many Swedish singers also get a little free head start in finding how to convey emotion while singing.
I love that she replaced Will Ferrell’s part with a band of Icelandic children
U can't replace will with a bunch of children
@@ericmiller8596 Not even if they stood on each other's shoulders and wore a wig and trench coat?
@@lrose1310 that might work. It's how me and my friends would sneak into the cinema to watch violent movies.
To sing Live in that situation, that flawlessly, Is perfection.
"Want the WooorLLD" 🤣🤣
This song is beautiful, the reason why it did not win it is because it is in a Will Ferrel comedy and the academy thinks everything needs to be ultra serious ultra depressing to be considered “art”. Oscars are so stupid now. Every year I keep expecting them to change, but they don’t.
literally the worst song won lol
You are SO right the movies they nominate SUCK this should have won by a landslide
@@ronbaron4414 No, they may pick mediocre winners most times, but the whole "if it's nominated for an Oscar means it sucks" narrative is just ignorant and overblown, last year they had one of the greatest Best Picture line-ups ever, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, Joker, Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 1917, Ford V Ferrari, Little Women, all of them great movies. Oscars are not an indicator of quality in any way but it's not the opposite either.
TRUTH
They don’t know shit
Is this seriously how good she sounds live? Astounding talent!
She does, and under any circumstance as well 💪
Yes, if you attend one of Molly’s concerts this is actually what you get to hear. She’s breathtakingly good.
She is a phenomenal singer but hasn't won MelFest yet which is a shame.
This song seriously brought me to tears.. when she started singing in Icelandic, I don't even know what she was saying, but it moved something in me. Thank you
The kids singing Will Ferrels adlibs was amazing. But honestly, Molly is one of the best singers in Sweden, if not the whole world.
And Molly smiling with joy as they do it!?!? Beautiful.
Her voice is amazing
I think the best part about the kids is them pronouncing the Icelandic perfectly compared to her butchering of it.
Oh haha, I thought she was actually Icelandic. Sweden should send her to Eurovisiom then.
Yep
What an insult to not include this in the actual broadcast. This would have gone down as one of the best Oscar performances ever.
Eh not better than Queen!
But good
They probably knew if they put this in the actual broadcast, that it would have over shadowed all the other songs. Would have made it not winning even harder.
They have to make room for the host slapping.
Lars Erickksong line from the movie was never more true than after this beautiful performance: "The perfect song isn’t the winning song, but a song that comes from the heart” She may not have gotten the award but she walked away a winner! This was absolute perfection!
I had no idea she was doing vocals for this movie until I listened to this song and, you just instantly know it's Molly
She is singing to the world under a real Aurora. Legendary.
And wearing the Aurora Borealis colors in her dress
Dont trust it isnt edited in, the fact that they only show it last minute kinda implies to me that it was thrown in tentatively. If it was real it would be featured a lot more, I think.
@@ots1634 I thought this too but a hotel in the town blogged about the performance and said that it was great the northern lights decided to show up for it, so it's real! Very cool!
@@ots1634 you must be not watching it on the day it was streamed. It was live and was the most beautiful performance i’ve ever watched, i literally burst into tears. No way it was edited. The concept that year was different due to the pandemic and they have to do it because of the travel restriction, etc. And still not complaining because no way it can be more beautiful than this.
@@ots1634 I think you can see it clearly in the beginning as well, look at the sky through this whole performance ^^
I think this is one of the unique performance in the Oscars history. This one song literally brings together the entire town of Husavik. Not to mention the campaigns Husavik people conducted for the Oscar run. I rooted this one will win but it didn't, but however we should greatly appreciate on the Oscar nomination first. Such a deserving song. 👏
Just like they say in the movie: the best song is not the winning song but the one that comes from the heart.
@@davidhurtado2725 exactly
@@davidhurtado2725 Perhaps it lost because they wanted to hear Ja Ja Ding Dong
@@mnat28 JA JA!
A song about a town that is likely 100% White...winning an Oscar? I agree the song should have won hand's down. But everything in Hollywood these days is about being "woke."
I much much prefer that beautiful, strong, full belt at the end over that "speorg note" in the studio version
This is one of the best performances ever. The song, her voice, the location, the background and the adorable choir makes this into an absolute masterpiece. Goosebumps all over!
The way Molly looks at the kids and the way they look at her :’) this was freaking lovely!!!
My daughter is in the choir and Molly was so nice to the girls....They just love her 🥰
Although looking at the kids was to que them in.
@@lindaarnardottir4721 wow lovely. Love from India
@@lindaarnardottir4721 tell your daughter she did amazing!!!
This should have won the oscar..
Two much WHITENESS for leftist Hollywood.
@@chriskennison3471 Just say you hate black people and leave lol
YepItsThatGuy Husavik is full of joy. Oscar didnt like it. Blm might protest.
It's not diverse enough
Yes this should have won the oscar but mayby i am not objectiv i am from Europe the Netherlands.
Just realized that her coat is meant to represent the northern lights
Why am i crying WHY THE FUK IM CRYING this is such a masterpiece
Idk why this category wasn’t just a competition between Husavik, Double Trouble, Volcano Man, In The Mirror, Come and Play, Lion of Love and Jaja Ding Dong.
🤣
Preach
JA JA DING DONG!!
Best.
LMFAO 🤣
The aurora borealis just made this even more magical!!!
Yes!!
Yes, I wish they had skipped the fireworks
It's like we all know they get them up there all the time, but just a casual camera pan, and oh look..... there they are.
Most definently💚 it couldn't have been more perfect.
Pure magic!
I am once again commenting on this video to express my sheer wonder and love for this song and performance. Molly Sanden, the visuals, the young ladies singing, the Aurora, the instrumentalists, the fireworks; it's all just absolutely stunning in every way.
And it still stuns/disappoints me to realize that the Oscars relegated this to a preshow. If Lady Gaga or some mainstream American artist had composed this song, they would have put this performance in the highest viewership segment of the show, replayed it a dozen times, and would probably still be talking about it two years later.
This song and the images of Husavik made me ball my eyes out....I was standing exactly where she was 2 summers ago....eating fresh cod on the wharf and staying that the Husvik hotel, just to the left of the screen...i have so many fond memories of Husavik and my travels of the entire country of Iceland. Iceland changed me....and it will always be a part of me.
The whole of Sweden are "cheering" for Iceland tonight!
I´m portuguese and I did it too
I think whole Europe
We're always cheering for Iceland. We love you, now and forever! ❤
I am from South East Asia but I cheered too.
Thank you all so much ❤🇮🇸 We are really proud of Molly and this song even if it didn't win
This has to be the most humble heart warming performance of all of these nominations. These little children singing in their town of husavik a small town and they are all probably excited to be at the oscars. That would melt anyone’s heart.
Yeah, and you can really tell how proud and happy they are when Molly turns to them when they sing the chorus together with her.
The smiles on their faces in that moment is just the cutest thing ever!
It was really touching and adorable
I absolutely melt when she looks back at the children and they all smile back at her. She's so lucky to have that moment with them.
I was born and grew up in Indonesia but moved to Scandinavia 7 years ago - been living in both Norway & Sweden … this song has been touching my heart …. Where the mountain sing, seagulls and northern light … i am proud to call it now - My home ❄️🌌
We're glad to have you 🥰
She deserved the Oscar, but this just goes to show how dumb they are. She's a winner in my books. This song and her voice are incredible!
Technically she wouldn’t have gotten an Oscar even if the song won since she wasn’t a part of the songwriting
It’s a pity Molly didn’t get the Oscar, though H.E.R. deserved hers.
This song is already a winner no matter what.
True!
I thought I had hairfall on my screen when I saw your display pic. HAHAHA
Lol
so trueeee
Agreee 🥰🥰
I'm 17, Irish and went to Reykjavik in Iceland over Easter on a school trip and it was so beautiful. Also Molly's outfit reminds me of the Northern Lights. So stunning
Here I am just singing about northern lights even when we don't have that here in the Philippines. 😂
Wherever we're from, I think HUSAVIK is our hometown.
It’s unfortunate that the academy missed the chance to award this amazing song
Academy has no clue....
It was obvious which song the academy was going to award... unfortunately
@@SR-jr5nh lol the song was won was definitely not expected to win. If you bet on the song that won, you would have won a lot of money cause it was the winner with the least likely chance to win
@@ThisApp That's my point xd
Since that was the song lest likely to win, I knew that it was going to win
Shes not repressed enough to get an award this year 😆😆😆😆
That last shot, it really looks like something straight outta Disney
This song should have won the oscar for best song of 2020. What an amazing performance!
How did this song not win! Still upset in 2024
1:39 this shot of the girls is incredible. It's the first time the singer turns back and looks at them, and they are just beaming back at her. I hope she saw that, that was so cute.
My favourite part of the whole video!
@@gillianfowler5764 Mine too, and I cry every time!
I know. Their beaming faces are just the most beautiful thing ever. And I also love it when Molly turns back after looking at them at 2:00 and you can see the little tear in her right eye
It's so damn cute that it's almost too much! Those smiles ❤
@@bettinastewart5198 I'm a grown man watching that on repeat fully crying haha Simply beautiful.
The song from a movie about Eurovision that is actually deeper and more sincere than the majority of real Eurovision songs.
EDIT: Whoa, thanks for the likes, I guess I'm not the only one that thinks like this.
... and of real Oscar songs.
Exactly! The way the Russia guy cannot be himself in his home country because he is gay is so sad but sadly true. I’m no Eurovision fan but I liked the movie.
Eurovision was once all about nonstop ballads that were sincere and deep and it was boring and tiring by the end. It still has songs like that and they've won a few years (2016, 2017, 2019, just recently!) but it's not a weakness that many are just fun. It's better entertainment by being variety.
@@occono3543 Eurovision is the most random song consuete ever. From songs from the Crimean genocide to a chicken song of female empowerment and an Italian rock song! Unfortunately there are politics such as voting for neighbours or groups such as balkans or ex-soviet. There are some really good songs though and that’s why I love it.
I'm sorry I break out the 666 likes :(
Molly Sandén is worth gold and diamonds no matter she was robbed in JESC, Melfest and Oscars. She will have that outstanding voice for life and my unconditional love forever.
I can't believe she actually hits that note in the end. In the movie, it's obviously a production/computer generated so I didn't think anyone would ever actually sing it yet she does and with so much power too. Absolutely unbelievable.
? The final note in the movie is a full octave higher than the final note here. Both are beautiful but she did not hit it or attempt it here.
Bruh this performance was so fucking cool.
- Powerful singer
- Good song
- Takes place in the actual place that the song is about
- A children choir from Husavik (:OOO)
- Fireworks!!! (:D)
And...
ACTUAL
REAL
NO FUCKING CGI
LEGIT
AURORA BOREALIS?!?!?!!
BRO HOW DID THIS SONG NOT WIN?!?! 😡
Yes, the only thing missing are some whales jumping in the harbor!! 🐋🦈🐳
@@solna7214 YESSSS!!! 😁😂
Totally. Who did win?
@@alchemyst1920 Some weird song that wasn’t even that good, just had that super boring up beat vibes like litterly every single song right now (🙄) and non original (idk y I get those vibes but ye)
I know right
You know, the ironic part is, this song was featured in a movie about a music competition where this small town all of a sudden filled all of Iceland with pride... sadly the song didn't win the price but it won everyone's hearts. The song then gets nominated for a real life award where the very much real town gets to be in the spotlight for real. I imagine a lot of Icelandic tuning in for the award ceremony. Sadly it didn't win the Oscars, but the performance sure did win our hearts yet again.
Watched this movie with my mother in law. I couldn't hold back tears when this song came on, something about it is moving and powerful. I think it brought be me back to simpler times, when people had love for one another and not disdain. Small towns seem to hold onto the comradery that cites lose. One day, maybe we'll be able to find our own "Husavik".
Can you imagine this voice, on stage, no auto-tunes??? WOW
She's performed at Melodifestivalen where auto-tune is banned, her song Youniverse is probably still up on youtube there if you want to check out more of her voice! Crazy that she almost ended up actually representing her country at Eurovision (well-- kind of, she made it to the final but I don't think her song was on the podium, either way I still loved it)
Is this even real?
Sounds and looks like from another world. Oscar, or not, this video is a national treasure! ♥️
It’s real alright
HER NAME IS MOLLY SANDEN!!!!!!
I Felt the same way, Just like a good Dream!
It was live from Husavik Iceland
Which countries national tresure? Sweden's tresure to have Molly the amazing singer? Or Iceland? Or what ever country produced the song and whatever country the production of the movie was in?
She's singing in Icelandic!
Molly done such a great job here.
I don't know how the Oscar can go to anyone other than Molly, Husavik and the songwriters.
Wish the UK aired it live.
Oscars go to Woke candidates now.. It's not about actual good movies and songs anymore.
A song about a black panther terrorist organization won. Why is anyone surprised.
@@loki76 You guys love to downplay Black History. Get your facts right!
@@TheQuEeNoNhErThRoNe ooops and no. HER is a great singer song is good don't get me wrong about that. But lets stop selecting in demand just to sympathize color or race.
That has got to be one of the best vocal performances I've ever seen. The sustain at the end is astonishing!
Even though my hometown is thousand of miles away from Husavik, in the middle of the desert, this song always make me think of it, drops of tears fall off my eyes. This song is just lovely, and full of heart.
I couldn't give two shits about the Oscars, but this was a rip-roaring, mind-blowing performance, and would have been the only redeeming thing about Oscars night. Total champion
Literally the same for me plus at least in my country we do not care much about the Oscars
Totally Agree
"The best song is not the winning song but the one that comes from the heart"
----- Lars Erickssong
This girls voice is out of this world so rare I see a artist sing live so perfectly and she is one of them.
I'm not even Islandic and this song makes me cry. Makes me think of my hometown and how much I miss home. She sings this so beautiful.
This should have won the Oscars hands down. And I never noticed that the background literally shows the Auroras.
And the Americans would’ve attacked Molly for being a white woman.
@@elvisherrera12 seriously? what's wrong with Americans?
@@ay3336 He's lying and just being dramatic.
49 year old man and I choked up so badly. I'm a dad of 2 girls and watching the hope and joy in those young girls was just magical.
Amen brother!
Me too brother, this gives me hope for our world. ❤
Word!
The Nordic countries did know... 😌 Soon it will all be lost though...
Remember us 🥰💫🍁
❣️
It's just so magical and beautiful. The flawless vocal, the adorable children's choir, the stunning backdrop, the northern lights, the musical crescendo and epic ending. Just WOW.
This makes me feel really emotional! It's absolutely beautiful; everything from the little children in their warm cardis, her dressed in Aurora Borealis, the stirring music, and her stunning voice! It's just perfect! I want to watch the film now ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Her voice is literally perfect and she has SOOOO MUCH CONTROL it’s breathtaking
Imagine singing about the Aurora Borealis... and the actual Aurora Borealis is freakin' literally in the background.
I thought you were kidding.😱surreal
they lit up for her in appreciation
Which surprised me because I didn’t think any part of Iceland was inside the Arctic Circle
@@terrybaker8156 I mean you can see the Northern lights outside of the arctic circle as well it's just not as common, I live in the south of Sweden and I've seen them a couple of times here. Amazing!
It wasn’t, that was a very overcast and windy night across Iceland.
I will never know a world where I don't cry when I listen to this.😢 I am so proud to be from Husavik...🤦🏽 I mean a small Texas town
Everything about this performance was absolutely a masterpiece. the little girls coir, her voice, the place, the fireworks, the northern lights at the very end. So emotional! One of the best Oscars presentations of all time.
This performance is so jaw-droppingly beautiful. The singing, the atmosphere, the northern lights, her dress matching the sky. This should have won!
The fact that they sing “where the nothern lights burst out in colours” and then the Nothern lights are truly in the background, makes me very very happy
And she's dressed in the northern lights-colors!
The song is amazing, her voice is amazing, and it's so magical that the Northern Lights came out to dance during her song. Just beautiful!!
I would love to visit Iceland...! some day hopefully. Greetings from Latin América
This song gives chills! Hopefully this will be also preformed at Eurovision!
Really!? 😲 I'm in tears now 😭
Amazing news!! ✊🏻♥️
Me too!!! Loove it
@@EduGreek What’s amazing news? OP said “hopefully”. It’s not happening. 🤦♂️
If Iceland wins, who knows..
@@luismenezes8261 well Molly is from Sweden so why would she sing if they won?
I live in Sweden ( Im a refugee ) This feels my heart with love for my new home! 🇸🇪🥺
Välkommen!
Welcome to Sweden! 🇸🇪
And we're glad to have you! I hope you feel at home here!
❤️
❤️🙏!
I got goosebumps hearing this song. The authenticity and patriotism adorned in such a stunning performance. 100% superb
Not a lot of singers are this talented LIVE. Most mainstream artists lip sing on stage or try too hard and sound like an elephant, but wow, Molly is natural and on a different dimension.
Hope that Molly's old LA-manager who told her that she had to lose 20 pounds to make it watched this
Edit: thank you so much for all the likes ❤❤
😱 they did NOT!! Seriously!??? They said that? Bet he's regretting that shit now!
@@sarah-annecarney7552 yuup and she was so young too :(
Ok manager...gorgeous face, adorable hairstyle, sings in multiple languages, seems genuinely nice, and a powerhouse voice that could shake the world. But yea...Shaving off 20lbs will be the key to her success. Dumbass
Molly refused and went back to Sweden! Good on her. The US did her wrong
@@t.f.b.h That's disgusting, she is so attractive and talent off the charts. I swear the amount of middle aged managers are so out of touch with society they have no concept of what will sell anymore.
Instant tears when those kids sang in icelandic. 😢 Didn't get better when Molly chimed in. Simply gorgeous. And gods, how beautiful the icelandic language is. Lots of love from Norway
One of my All Time favorite Songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hon e sååå grym på sjunga, o så fin röst, o bra musik, o vacker på köpet 😍🙏🍀❤️👍🤗
I just burst into tears. I have never done that in my life. Just the fact that she's singing it there, in the place it's meant to be. I miss my hometown
I cry 2.
People say that the other Best Song nominees have "social value" because they touched on social issues. But Husavik is a simple, but beautiful song that just touches your heart. I'd choose this song over the others.
I can't believe it didn't win :(
But during confiment ñast year this song and the movie brought some much joy!!!
Social values are important and I am not taking away from the winners at all, but this song is also about social values: about the challenges that people face in a globalised world, where some feel that they have to leave their home to pursue a career and they realise that they want to be back home. It speaks to global and regional equality and inclusion, its a call to say that we can't be a society focused just on cosmopolitans. And given the challenges that democracy faces from those that feel ignored beyond these cosmopolitan entities, the message that this song delivers is a strong social message too.
@@mrgarypaterson wow. You should have submitted that to the academy awards and maybe Husavik would have won! 🌟
@@mrgarypaterson beautiful statement!! And so true!
This song has more heart than any song actually sung in the 2021 eurovision. Absolutely unreal....
OMG, did you catch the northern lights in the background, right at the end of this wonderful performance?
Wow 67% of Oscar viewers voted this song as the best, more than 4 times that of 2nd place and they lost. Not sure what's going on with the judges.
Snobs.
Oscar has nothing to do with best performance.. Oscar is all about money and power. Sad but true
Where did you read that? I'd love to see that survey.
I think we all know what’s going on…
Did anyone notice Molly changed her swedish pronounciation to icelandic?🙈
Yes, she pronounce much better
She probably got more coaching on pronunciation.
..and she was so sweet watching the children before the chorus.
There’s a video
Where she talks about getting notes on the proper pronunciation.
@@Nazaba09 It's called 'part 1: Molly Sandén going to Husavik' and can be found on her CZcams channel. There's also a part 2 and 3 of her journey to Husavik for this performance.
Ohhhhh my godness !!!!! it was so moving with the little Icelandic girls, it moved me to tears! bravo molly and long live sweden and iceland, i love these countries
Such a silly jolly movie and this song made me cry.. such an angelic voice. Beyond pure talent.❤
It’s SO satisfying when artists that sings huge movie songs like this that we fall in love it sings it just as good live
This still gives me the goosebumps every time I hear it. Makes me want to visit Husavik one day ❤️
I've watched and listened to this more times than i care to count. Everytime, it brings me to tears...It should have been Number one at the Oscars ,not the Pre -show.
Love how her outfit matches the magical northern lights 🌌
Does anyone know who actually won?
NO.
Because this is the winner of the people, for the people.
Never in the history of Oscars has a winning song been so forgotten.
Just shows how wrong the jury was.
And the real winner is.
🇸🇪Molly Sandén🇸🇪
Who won though?
@@nessnas8795 don't know, don't care
@@nessnas8795 a song from the movie “Judas and the black Messiah” :(
@@lucamagic The winning song was ok but now people feel it won only because of the academy's white guilt. Husavik was 20x better.
@@BrianKlidiesAgreed, Husavik should have won but like you said the song that won was ok👍
How thus song didn't win an Oscar is beyond me. Probably because it was from a comedy movie, and they rarely win unless the movie is animated.
Amazing song, amazing Singer. Thank you for the Music how touch the soul.