The rap group Reykjavíkurdætur (Daughters of Reykjavík) stepped on stage at Nasa yesterday evening. The performance was part of the Iceland Airwaves music festival which began yesterday.
The artists appeared on stage clad only in beige undergarments from Lífstykkjabúðin (The Corselette Store), a classical women's underwear and lingeria store founded in 1916 in Reykjavík, in a bid to move the spotlight from their stage appearance and on to their lyrics (and might have been inspired by Kanye West fashion 2016 collection).
“We go on stage to have our voices heard, to convey a message, and to play music,” band-member Sigurlaug Sara told Nútíminn. “But we also wanted to fight the warped image many women have of their bodies. Each of us is different and it was challenging to go on stage wearing such revealing clothes, but we decided that we wouldn’t allow society’s demands about perfection to stop us. It’s great that we also got that message across.”
Iceland Airwaves was first held as a one-off event in an airplane hangar at the domestic airport in Reykjavík in 1999. Since then it has become an annual event with thousands of music lovers, journalists, and music industry people in attendance. Around 9000 tickets were sold this year, 5000 of them to foreign guests.
The rap group Reykjavíkurdætur (Daughters of Reykjavík) stepped on stage at Nasa yesterday evening. The performance was part of the Iceland Airwaves music festival which began yesterday.
The artists appeared on stage clad only in beige undergarments from Lífstykkjabúðin (The Corselette Store), a classical women's underwear and lingeria store founded in 1916 in Reykjavík, in a bid to move the spotlight from their stage appearance and on to their lyrics (and might have been inspired by Kanye West fashion 2016 collection).
“We go on stage to have our voices heard, to convey a message, and to play music,” band-member Sigurlaug Sara told Nútíminn. “But we also wanted to fight the warped image many women have of their bodies. Each of us is different and it was challenging to go on stage wearing such revealing clothes, but we decided that we wouldn’t allow society’s demands about perfection to stop us. It’s great that we also got that message across.”
Iceland Airwaves was first held as a one-off event in an airplane hangar at the domestic airport in Reykjavík in 1999. Since then it has become an annual event with thousands of music lovers, journalists, and music industry people in attendance. Around 9000 tickets were sold this year, 5000 of them to foreign guests.
