Væb (stylised in all caps; , '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 "", where they finished 25th overall with 33 points. They also won the 2025 Sögur Children's Award Festival's Performer of the Year award.
History 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 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 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 " , 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 "". 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 , 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 . 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.
Discography Studio albums Title Details Væb tékk Released: 8 September 2022 Label: Alda Music Formats: Digital download, streaming Væbout Released: 17 April 2026 Label: Alda Music Formats: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays Title Details Væbauer Released: 25 July 2024 Label: Alda Music Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP ICEPeak chart positions for singles in Iceland: "Ofboðslega frægur (Remix)": "Tölur tala": "Bíómynd": "Róa": AUT LTU NLD NOR SWE SWI UKDown. UKSales "Aron Can " 2022 — — — — — — — — — Væb tékk "" — — — — — — — — — "" — — — — — — — — — rowspan="9" "" — — — — — — — — — " (Remix)" 2023 17 — — — — — — — — "" 21 — — — — — — — — " Baby" — — — — — — — — — " (Remix)" — — — — — — — — — "" 2024 10 — — — — — — — — " (Remix)" — — — — — — — — — "Movie Scene" (English version of Bíómynd) — — — — — — — — — "" — — — — — — — — — "" 2025 1 40 28 57 50 9 12 32 33 Væbout "Jaja Ding Dong (Remix)" — — — — — — — — — "Dr. Saxophone" — — — — — — — — — Væbout "" 2026 — — — — — — — — — "Gamerboi" — — — — — — — — "—" 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 "" 2023 rowspan="4" "Stemning"(Stefán Berg featuring Væb) 2024 "" "" 2025 "" Húsið og ég, Vol. 2 "" 2026 rowspan="2" ""
Other collaborations Title Year Album or EP "" 2024 Portú Galinn "" "Side Quest King" (English Version) 2026 Side Quest King(Honkai: Star Rail ThirdAnniversary Theme Song)
Awards and nominations + Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result 2024Sögur Children's Award Festival Lyrics of the Year"" Song of the Year 2025 Performer of the Year Themselves Song of the Year "" Eurovision Awards Miss Congeniality Themselves #ALBM Cover of the Year
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