Hyperballad - Robyn (Björk Cover) 

I would be so nervous performing a cover knowing the original artist is in the audience

My god Bjork is sitting in front of Robyn like a queen with poker face.... Robyn is a brave woman.

I feel like this is such a difficult song to sing in the first place. The main vocals sets the tone and pace of the song. The background music follows. The voice leads it. Plus singing it in front of Bjork herself. I give it up to Robyn.

What an unbelievable cover. This might be one of the hardest bjork songs to cover and Robyn KILLED IT. I mean she had a symphony behind her but she still killed it.

A lot of people mentioning Björk sitting front row is intimidating, but the middle 3 ppl are the king, queen and crown princess of Sweden. It's quite a front row.

10 years later I still can’t believe someone interpreted a bjork song in a europop fashion like this was so iconic

As a fan of both Robyn and Björk, this an incredible love letter. Thank you so much for the upload!

People think that Björk is sitting there with a stone face, but if you look again, you can clearly see that she is listening. And the smile at the end of the song shows that she was very pleased. The fact that Björk handpicked Robyn to do the cover shows that if Björk didn't think she could do it, she wouldn't have picked Robyn at do it herself. As much as I love the original, this is a stunning cover. Thank you for uploading x

This will always be bjorks song but robyn did it and herself proud and to get that response from Bjork at the end proves she did good.

2 titans of Scandinavian music - Robyn is not Bjork and that’s quite ok. It’s a tribute not an Idol competition and both their smiles are absolutely sincere in this video

Robyn was so nervous you can tell. But bless her heart, she did an awesome job! 👍🎵👍

That high pitched sound right before the orchestra kicks in literally gives me chills head to toe.... then tears.

This is how I found Robyn. Anyone who can do this beautiful song live in front of Bjork so well is a damn legend.

Lying awake in bed next to my sleeping boyfriend, trying not to cry. This is such a beautiful cover of one of my all time favorite songs. Thank you so much for uploading this. It means so much to me.

If I saw this live, I'd cry. Hell, I'm in my room tearing up 10 years after this was posted.

Any negative reviews of this are grounded in the passionate nature of Bjork's fans (thinking no one can cover her music), and the amazing layers of this song in the studio and how hard it is to replicate on stage. Taken as live music, forgetting the album version, this is amazing!

I just stumbled on that video. That so g brings me back to a hard time (depression, suicidal thoughts, …). I only contained myself for about a minute before crying. She nailed it. Powerful, emotionally brilliant, well done. Now I cry of joy for my life is so much better, thanks for posting.

Hyperballad Best Rendition Ever. The Björk smile at the end worth everything. Immense Robyn.

Bjork looked like she was on the verge of tears. I think she loved it. I know I loved this cover.

WHO ELSE TIME-TRAVELED, FROM 2021, WATCHING THIS THROUGH A FLESHLIGHT?!

Björk's music is incredibly difficult to recreate or emulate. But Robyn approaches her artistry in much the same way and it takes this kind of consummate musician to adequately honor Björk's beautiful textures. You certainly don't see many performers in the mainstream attempt to cover Björk because her creations are rather intricate and require a degree of spontaneity that some artists just aren't capable of. Very few artists could manage to pull this off successfully.

This video legit makes me cry. Bjork is amazing, everything about her. I absolutely love Robyn and her version of this song.

12 years to late that I see this cover! BEAUTIFUL and Björk holding her tears in the end 🙌🏻

I love Robyn, I love Bjork, and I love this cover... she creates a very personal cover, with her sound and her style. I love it!

If I were Robyn in this situation, I would have been so nervous to perform one of Bjork's songs right in front of her. My voice would have been shaking relentlessly. Heck, I sang Thunderbolt for someone once and my voice shook like crazy. I wouldn't have been able to make a sound in front of Bjork! Hats off to Robyn for not only getting through the song, but she did it without a bunch of nervousness in her voice. That's commendable to me!

When I first heard this, I didn't like. After a while I could see that there's so much going on. It truly is about the moment. 1st of all Robyn is serenading the Queen herself who is siting in the front row. The other thing is the instrumentation, how amazing the orchestra sounds w/ those percussionists throwing down w/ the violinists,etc. It brings so much.Then the chick in the front row grooving out when everyone else seems dead and Robyn herself singing her heart out.She really pulls it off.

Every time I watch this, the entire performance, her singing, the light, gradual buildup of the music, blows me away. So awesome.

This is probably one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written; compared to the original, I can see how some people would dislike it, but there's nothing wrong with this version and it's quite nice - it captures some of the 'oomph' and drive of the original certainly, and the string arrangement, though simple, is just as poignant. Terse and fragile, this cover is not. However, it is still a beautiful rendition of arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Thank you for posting this and well done Robyn et al.

I went to the top of a 32 storey building, like 6 years ago, in London. All i had to do was learn forwards and it was over. I came down because someone would have had to pick up that mess and my family would have been devastated. I went to a hospital and cried my heart out I love Bjork, but the original doesnt hit me the same as Robyn's cover. It makes me cry every single time Who says the original of a song cannot be bettered. Robyn did in my case :)

Robyn always gives it everything. Brilliant performance.

There is no comparable musical genius and master as Bjork. This was an incredible tribute by Robyn, with an amazing interpretation of a very difficult song, musically, lyrically, and interpretively. Very, very moving indeed!

This clean my negative thoughts and takes away all my worries, tension, stress and sadness

I heard this song so many times before but this is the first time I learned what the song meant and I cried. Thank you- Robyn you sing with your heart as if you are singing and telling a story to that one and only person and no one else. ❤❤❤

Wished there was a studio version of this. A Björk cover with a Robyn-style production? Addictive.

She killed it and really showed what the song was really about..depression. Bjork was pleased I feel with the rendition. This song is like a diary entry so watching someone sing it I’m sure is somewhat uncomfortable. She looked moved by the homage.

Great performance. Such a gentle sound… Björk’s hyperballad is so much in one song, it’s so beautiful. Robyn’s cover is like a sweet balm after all the excitement Björk’s hyperballad gets in you… beautiful in their own ways

I’ve never heard this version before and I gotta say Robyn did an amazing job 👌🏼

aww bjork at the end was so cute, she looked so happy that Robyn did it well. loved it!

BJÖRK WAS INSIDE THE PERFORMANCE WITH HER. SHE'S A HEARTFELT SONGWRITER. FROM THE HEART ALWAYS. THIS IS ONE OF HER DEEPEST SONGS.

“…and when it lands will my eyes be closed or open?…” 🙏🏻💔

i love this orchestral version, although Bjork's voice is unrivalled - great job Robyn :)

A very reluctant round of applause from the songwriter.

This is the most beautiful thing I've heard, I had to hear it three times! Amazing performance!

This was a fantastic cover

Applause. Magic to see such a magnificent performance by vocalist and muscians. Applause Bjork in tears

Stunning performance from Robyn. Also gorgeous orchestration, music builds and builds ... gives me goose bumps.

Brought me to tears.

Great cover, I've never seen this before, fantastic version. Bjork is insrutable throughout, impossible to tell if she's a) loving it, caught up in the emotion, b) too aware of the cameras recording her reaction or c) hating it.

¡Esto es tenebroso! Esto no es cualquier cover. ¡Es un cover excelente de Björk interpretado frente a ella!

bjork didnt move an inch the whole 4 mins sksks but you could tell she liked it

Sunday treat.

No puedo con la cara de Björk en todo momento jajajaja

não podia existir pessoa melhor pra fazer esse cover, essa música combina muito com a robyn. Robyn deu sangue e ficou muito bonito

It must have been hard to be in the audience with the expectation of being all proper and still at a Polar Music Prize Ceremony. But damn I would have wanted to jump, dance and be totally engulfed in the beautiful music during this performance lol.

I just found this and I've loved bjork since sugarcubes and robyn since bodytalk and I seriously can't believe she did this. Damn. I would have never had the guts. I'm having anxiety just watching this.

The original is the best, but this version is so amazing, I love Robyn and Bjork, they both represent what a true female artist is all about, timeless, creative, ahead of their time and comfortable in their own skin in all their weirdness, not worried about looking perfect or having to be sexually objectified to be liked. They focus in music as an art form and not in record sales, they don't care to be mainstream and they don't look at music as a way to show their body parts so men can drool over them and women would want to be like them, they don't have to try hard (like Gaga) to be different and weird, they just dare to be be their true selves.

I loved every moment of this unique tribute ❤

We live on a mountain Right at the top There's a beautiful view From the top of the mountain Every morning I walk towards the edge And throw little things off Like car parts, bottles and cutlery Or whatever I find lying around It's become a habit A way To start the day I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you It's early morning No-one is awake I'm back at my cliff Still throwing things off I listen to the sounds they make On their way down I follow with my eyes till they crash I imagine what my body would sound like Slamming against those rocks And when it lands Will my eyes Be closed or open? I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you Safe up here with u

Hard to know what Björk is thinking She had a very strong poker face throughout that performance, except at the end 🤣

This is absolutely amazing and I love hearing this cover. I love both artists and Robyn has by far delivered the best Bjork cover I have heard.

Шикарный кавер. Мурашки по телу и мокрые глаза.

Watching Björk watch Robin perform this is utterly stunning. Such a deep and beautiful song, all heart. These are the women most needed in this time. Thank you. Just stunning 💗

Björk looks like she’s holding back tears if joy 😭😭

Both of them made me cry like kid. Too much beauty in just one place.

People stating Robyn didn’t delivered, just think that Björk herself picked her for this song and that she was looking for and interpretation, not a carbon copy. Robyn put her soul into this performance, if you can’t feel it, maybe music is not your thing after all…

Where have this cover been for the last 10 years? It is perfect!

please... all the bjork fans, look for Kali Uchis covering "Venus as a Boy" is a goddamn masterpiece

love them both and love this take on the song 😭

Beautifully sung Robyn and beautifully orchestrated xx

if you dont love both robyn and bjork your gay card is revoked

Imagining Robyn, breathlessly sprinting back to her dressing room, lighting four cigarettes and cracking open a litre of Smirnoff. That can not have been easy. Brilliant performance.

Beautiful! I got chills listen to this cover. Robyn's voice is made for emotional ballads.

bjork was not disappointed. if anyone can pull this off robyn can. she is that GODDESS

This moves me everyone I listen to it. Robyn has given every part of herself to this cover

i used to watch this everday! She did amazing!

I’ve enjoyed this video for years and was always irritated by the negative comments. It’s nice to see that overtime people have come to enjoy Robyn’s interpretation of Bjork’s incredible ballad. Yes this is a tribute and not a clone performance. Robin is an artist in her own right and her clear admiration for Björk is a testament to her own artistry and musicianship. Kudos to the orchestra for arranging a symphonic version of this classic techno dance hit.

Tears 💕 such a beautiful cover

Judging Björk's face is like: "IT'S 'SAFE UP HERE WITH YOU' PLEASE"

It's so nice to see how the super great artist like Robyn pays tribute to the genius artist like Bjork.

What a beautiful performance by everyone involved. Thank you.

Best Cover ever

this instrumental its so delicious

Robyn, the most underrated female artist on this planet.

Bjork is an Icon to my life..

That is a very good cover. It seems like everyone on that stage is performing carefully/forcefully on egg shells without breaking them; Robyn's soft voice and the guys on the instruments. Quite amazing. Ed: of course, they all are on egg shells, going through all this before you wake up. The performance matches the imagery painted by those lyrics..

Those strings at the end tho!!!! Holy moly.

Robyn absolutely brought the emotional core to this cover and in some measure both honours and transcends the original. What a marriage and the honour in Bjork's face says it all

LOOOOVE THIS VERSION! The strings, the lyrics, the emotion PERFECTION! Robyn covered this so beautifully

I can't believe I've not heard this version till now. A beautiful but heartbreaking song. The original by Björk and Robyn's version are breathtaking. Simply magical.

Beautiful ❤

Beautifully performed. I loved it.

Say what you want about the cover (IMO Robyn was great) but you can't deny she's got backbone to cover that with Bjork sitting in the front row. Dayum!! I think Bjork looked more nervous than Robyn did, until the beat dropped. Then her eyes stopped darting around as much and she seemed to truly be listening to and absorbing in the performance. Love her so much, an exceptionally talented musician and songwriter. 🤍

shit, i was worried bjork wasnt gonna smile there for a min lol

Was not ready for that. Overwhelming intensity.

Bjork looks so touched... I just adore her... She is out of this world..

Robyn is full of heart 🙂

Nobody can imitate her voice!! Bjork is so unique 🥰

This song is a mix of emotions. Freaking, excitement, emotion all together. And this cover is just amazing! One of my favorites Björk’s songs ❤️

Love for this version...

I would love to hear a duet from Robyn and bjork