Hafdís Huld — Ljós

An Icelandic lullaby is broadly charting today, tracked across 59 country and platform charts after a 98-day absence from the rankings. Ljós comes from the world of Hafdís Huld, the Reykjavík singer who began as a teenage member of the electronic group GusGus before building a hushed solo catalog rooted in Icelandic folk and children's song, per Wikipedia. The track sits among her lullaby recordings — gentle, sparse, sung in Icelandic — the kind of material that travels through sleep and calm-focused playlists rather than radio. Huld has also worked in film, her voice appearing on the soundtrack to Layer Cake, according to IMDb. Its return to broad presence marks the second recorded spike this year for a song built to soothe rather than chart.