Væb
Icelandic electronic music duo
Væb (stylised in all caps; pronounced [ˈvai:b], 'vibe') is an Icelandic electronic music duo consisting of brothers Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson (born 4 June 2003) and Matthías Davíð Matthíasson (born 7 December 2004). The duo represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Róa", where they finished 25th overall with 33 points. They also won the 2025 Sögur Children's Award Festival's Performer of the Year award.
01History
Hálfdán and Matthías are two of six siblings born in Kópavogur, Iceland. Their mother participated in the 2008 Söngvakeppnin, with the song "Lífsins leið". Hálfdán won the Icelandic singing competition The Christmas Star in 2015, while Matthías appeared in the 2020 television series Eurogarðurinn and voiced Nemo in the Icelandic dub of Finding Dory. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the two brothers recorded and edited church services for Lindakirkja in Kópavogur, their local church, and live streamed funerals for mourners affected by lockdown restrictions. They formed Væb in 2022 after posting a comedy song on TikTok, "Aron Can (Borðar kál)" lit. 'Aron Can eating cabbage', and deciding to release it on Spotify. They took their name from an acronym of the Icelandic words virðing, æðruleysi, and bullandistemming, meaning respect, serenity, and good atmosphere.
In early 2024, Væb participated in that year's Söngvakeppnin, the national selection method for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Bíómynd". They won their semi-final and placed fourth overall. "Bíómynd" was subsequently nominated for the 2024 Sögur Children's Award Festival's Lyrics of the Year and Song of the Year awards. Væb then won the following year's Söngvakeppnin in February 2025 with "Róa". The song was described as a "a synth-driven pop track with Icelandic lyrics" by Iceland Review. By the time of the latter, they had signed to Alda Music and had released the album Vaeb Tékk and the EP Vaebauer. They subsequently launched a line of Ash Wednesday costumes based on their outfits, which sold out immediately. They then set up a pop-up store in Kringlan Mall.
In March 2025, both Væb and 5miinust, the 2024 Estonian entry for Eurovision, participated in a fundraiser live stream organised by Eurovision YouTuber ESC Gabe, to help raise money for Ukraine in the ongoing Russian invasion. During the stream, they played a Eurovision trivia game, ranked the contest's Icelandic entries, performed karaoke, reviewed fan art, and raised US$3,952. At the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, they placed sixth and qualified for the final, where they came 25th. At the 2025 Sögur Children's Award Festival, "Róa" was nominated for Song of the Year and Væb won Performer of the Year.
On 17 April 2026, Væb released their album “Væbout”.
Væb was asked to create and perform a song for the Children's culture festival in Reykjavik 2026. The lyrics were based on responses from 4th graders of the schools in Reykjavik about what they thought empathy and community meant, the resulting song was "Sama hver það er" ("No matter who it is") which they performed for the opening ceremony at Harpa which was streamed live on local television.
02Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Væb tékk |
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| Væbout |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Væbauer (with Ingi Bauer) |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | Ref. | ||||||||
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| "Aron Can (Borðar kál)" | 2022 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Væb tékk | |
| "Þetta kallar á drykk" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Ríðum ríðum" (with Háski and Rokkkór Íslands) |
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| "Alveg dagsatt" (with Villi Neto, Reynir, and Barnakór Lindakirkju) |
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| "Ofboðslega frægur (Remix)" (with Ingi Bauer) |
2023 | 17 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Tölur tala" (featuring Herra Hnetusmjör) |
21 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Sömmer Baby" (with Lil Curly) |
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| "Ég er á leiðinni (Remix)" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Bíómynd" | 2024 | 10 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Bíómynd (Remix)" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Til hamingju" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Róa" | 2025 | 1 | 40 | 28 | 57 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 33 | Væbout | |
| "Jaja Ding Dong (Remix)" (with Ingi Bauer) |
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| "Dr. Saxophone" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Væbout | ||
| "Þetta reddast" | 2026 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Gamerboi" (featuring Dóttir.x) |
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| ", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes a chart that did not exist at that time. | ||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album or EP | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Macarena gella" (Rjóminn featuring Væb) |
2023 | Non-album singles | |
| "Stemning" (Stefán Berg featuring Væb) |
2024 | ||
| "Fullur" (Blackout Bois featuring Væb) | |||
| "Sótt honum" (Sniglabandið featuring Sprinklr and Væb) |
2025 | ||
| "Cashnúna" (Gulli featuring Væb) |
Húsið og ég, Vol. 2 | ||
| "Lagið um það sem er bannað" (Ragga Holm featuring Væb) |
2026 | Non-album singles | |
| "Sama hver það er" (Barnamenningarhátíðar í Reykjavík featuring Væb) |
Other collaborations
| Title | Year | Album or EP | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kóngur í einn dag" (with Villi Neto) |
2024 | Portú Galinn | |
| "Sem kóngur ríkti hann" (with Villi Neto) | |||
| "Side Quest King" (English Version) (HOYO-MiX featuring Væb) |
2026 | Side Quest King (Honkai: Star Rail Third Anniversary Theme Song) |
03Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sögur Children's Award Festival | Lyrics of the Year | "Bíómynd" | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2025 | Performer of the Year | Themselves | Won | ||
| Song of the Year | "Róa" | Nominated | |||
| Eurovision Awards | Miss Congeniality | Themselves | Nominated | ||
| #ALBM Cover of the Year | Nominated |
Sources and credits
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- PrepartyES - VAEB 07 (cropped).jpg by Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vaeb, Eurovision 2025 1st semi final live show 20.jpg by Wojciech Pędzich, CC BY 4.0
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