What language does the band Sigur Ros sing in?

Question

I knew they were from Iceland, but I don't know the language.

Answer 1

They have a few songs in Icelandic, but for the others, It's actually a made up language called 'Hopelandic' or 'Volenska' in Icelandic.

Here's what it says from their website

what language does jónsi sing in?

on von, ágætis byrjun and takk, jónsi sang most songs in icelandic but a few of the songs were sung in 'hopelandic'. all of the vocals ( ) are however in hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska in icelandic) is the 'invented language' in which jónsi sings before lyrics are written to the vocals. it's of course not an actual language by definition (no vocabulary, grammar, etc.), it's rather a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument. jónsi likens it with what singers sometimes do when they've decided on the melody but haven't written the lyrics yet. many languages were considered to be used on ( ), including english, but they decided on hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska) got its name from first song which jónsi sang it on, hope (von). tracks 7-9 on takk are in hopelandic.

Answer 2

Some of their songs are in Icelandic and some of them are in a language that they made up themselves and call Hopelandic ("Vonlenska" in Icelandic). The lyrics that are in Hopelandic don't really mean anything at all, they are just random sounds. Sigur Rós want people to use their own imagination and find their own meaning behind those lyrics.

Answer 3

the language they speak isnt icelandic, well some of the songs are but mostly it is made up and they call it hopelandic

Answer 4

they are from iceland but sing in a nonsense language using sounds resembling icelandic.

basically, they make it up

aus balakino mafayup ara es jheudcopik

Answer 5

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Answer 6

they are from Iceland.