Synopsis

In a vast machine graveyard, Asgeir performs as dancers move through the industrial landscape and a tactical team gradually joins the action. The choreography expands with the song, shifting from restrained, isolated movements to a more forceful and crowded spectacle as the arrangement grows. The camera continuously travels through the setting, linking performers, lighting changes, and unexpected visual encounters in one flowing take. The result is an elegant yet strange performance piece that mirrors the track's gradual escalation.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was designed as a single continuous take rather than a conventionally edited performance clip. Every camera move, lighting cue, dancer entrance, and action had to happen at the correct moment.

• The setting is a large machine graveyard, which was treated almost like another character in the video rather than simply a backdrop.

• The visual concept combines ballerinas with a SWAT-style tactical team, reflecting Asgeir's description of the song as a mixture of elegance, funkiness, and weirdness.

• Several dancers came from the New York City Ballet. The choreography was built to retain the feeling of a live performance, with the performers continuing even if something went wrong during the take.

• "King And Cross" has two official music videos. The earlier version uses gray Icelandic mountain landscapes, mythical elf-like dancers, and a mirror that becomes part of the video's supernatural imagery.

• The song first appeared in Icelandic as "Leyndarmal." Its English lyrics were translated with the help of musician John Grant for the international album *In The Silence*.

• The lyrics began with Asgeir's father, poet Einar Georg Einarsson. A second verse was completed quickly in the studio kitchen by Asgeir, Julius Robertsson, and Julius' brother when they decided the song needed additional words.