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Joshua Knapman

Iceland's Eurovision entry was full of leather, fire and chains

They look like something from a 50 Shades of Grey book and sound a bit like a techno Marilyn Manson - it's fair to say Iceland's Eurovision 2019 entry was unique.

Eurovision often gives us the weird and wonderful, and Hatari, who seem fond of the old BDSM scene, were no different.

Their song Hatrið mun was performed in Icelandic, with the (translated) lyrics including: “The hangover is endless. Life is meaningless. The void will get us all.”

And the leather clad group, described as an anti-capitalist, BDSM, techno-dystopian collective, are a bit political. Though the music may have distracted you slightly.

Founded in 2015, Hatari is a political, multimedia project that aims to take the lid off the relentless, unfolding scam that is everyday life.

(Thomas Hanses/Eurovision)
(Thomas Hanses/Eurovision)

They say: " We cannot change things, but we can unveil the anomie of neoliberal society, the pointlessness of every minute spent in the futile race, and the low price for which man now sells himself ever more blatantly.

"We can scream at our own impotence, scream at our collective sleepwalk through routine, and implore our audience to unite, shoulder to shoulder, and dance.

"Dance, basically, or die.

"Hatari represent a considered reflection on hope and hopelessness, power and repression, of image, individualism, despotism, exposing the contradictions that arise when everyone is embedded within the same system and struggling to fight against it.

"We are Hatari. We are all Hatari."

You can follow our live updates of Eurovision 2019, here.

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