Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (born 6 May 1989) is an Icelandic musician. Nanna originally performed solo, performing by the name Songbird. She is now the lead vocalist and guitarist, along with Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, of the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men.

Nanna Bryndís
Nanna in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir
Born	(1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 33) Garður, Iceland
Genres	Indie pop indie rock indie folk folk rock acoustic
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter musician
Instrument(s)	vocals guitar piano
Years active	2009–present

Biography

Nanna was raised in Garður, a town in southwestern Iceland.[1] She has two sisters, one is a make up artist and the other a teacher.^{[citation needed]} As a child, Nanna attended music school. Before Of Monsters and Men had become established, Nanna had a solo musical project called Songbird. She wrote and performed music on open mic nights around Reykjavik and was a video store clerk.[2][3]

Of Monsters and Men

Since expanding her Songbird phase, Nanna recruited five musicians, that eventually became Of Monsters and Men in 2010 – Brynjar Leifsson, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Árni Guðjónsson (now, ex-member), and Kristján Páll Kristjánsson.[3] After a week of working together, they won the annual music competition Músíktilraunir.[3]

They soon released their debut studio album My Head Is an Animal in late 2011. The album charted in multiple regions and the band gained popularity worldwide.[4] After the Seattle radio station KEXP broadcast a performance from Ragnar's living room, the band went viral.[5] The album reached No.1 in Australia, Iceland and Ireland and No.1 on the U.S. Rock and Alternative charts. The band was tapped to write a song for the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and then a single Dirty Paws that was used in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 18 months after its release.[6] The song "I of the Storm" was included in the USA television series "Falling Water".

They released three singles called "Little Talks", "Mountain Sound", and "King and Lionheart" and music videos for each. The videos received several million views on YouTube, the one for "Little Talks" having the most views (316 Million views as of September 2021).[7]

The band went on to release the album Beneath the Skin in 2015, along with three music videos and thirteen lyric videos. Their latest album, Fever Dream, was released in May 2019. They performed the songs “Alligator”, “Wild Roses”, and “Wars" on Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen and released music videos for each.

Artistry

Nanna cites some of her favorite musicians/influences as Gayngs, Lianne La Havas, Arcade Fire, Feist, and Justin Vernon, of the alt-folk band Bon Iver.[8][9][10]

References

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[ru] Нанна Бриндис Хильмарсдоуттир