Netflix’s musical comedy, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, stars Will Ferrell (who plays Lars Erickssong) and Rachel McAdams (Sigrit Ericksdóttir) as Icelandic singers participating in the widely popular song competition of the same name. It was originally slated for a May 2020 theatrical release to coincide with this year’s real-life Eurovision Song Contest, but was pushed back to June 26 after the competition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While Ferrell sang his own vocals in the movie, McAdams' voice was mixed with the vocals of Swedish singer Molly Sandén, who is also known as My Marianne. The breakout song from the soundtrack is “Husavik,” an ode to Lars and Sigrit’s hometown that is performed during the contest’s finale.
In the scene, McAdams' character switches between English and Icelandic while singing the track:
The soundtrack is produced by Savan Kotecha, who has written and produced hits for Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, and Usher. In an interview with Vulture, Kotecha broke down how the songs came together.
“I have to give a lot of the credit to the co-writers Fatmax [Gsus] and Rickard Göransson,” he said about “Husavik,” before explaining its significance to the movie. “I had them try to come up with ideas, because this one wasn’t necessarily clear [in advance]. It could change the story if you get it right; it adds so much heart to the story. They came and they presented this rough melody with some of the lyrics, and we talked about the themes of the lyrics, and about what the characters are kind of going through, because this one is personal for Rachel’s character. You have to see the movie, but it ties their relationship together.”
