Robyn - Hyperballad (Live, Polar Music Prize 2010) video

Robyn performing Björk's "Hyperballad" at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, on August 30th 2010, as part of the 19th annual Polar Music Prize ceremony. This year's laureates, Islandic artist Björk and the Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone, each received prize money to the amount of one million Swedish kronor (USD 122000/EUR 92000). His Majesty the King of Sweden handed over the awards during a nationally televised ceremony. The citations were read by Guðmundur Gunnarsson, father of Björk (sitting next to her in this video), and actor Stellan Skargård. The laureates also received pieces of art specially made for them by artists Karin Mamma Andersson and Jockum Nordström. Björk's citation: "The Polar Music Prize 2010 is being awarded to Icelandic artist Björk. With her deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice, Björk has already made an indelible mark on pop music and modern culture at large, despite her relative youth. No other artist moves so freely between avant-garde and pop. With her albums and videos, Björk has taken avant-garde to the top of the charts. She has also always embraced technological advances, combining computers with ancient sounds. Björk has introduced an arctic temperament to popular music and shown how passionate and explosive it can be. Björk is an untameable force of nature, an artist who marches to nobody's tune but her own."