Henrik Widegren - The Revenge of the Nerd

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This is a tribute to all academic nerds. Geeks, stand tall! The future is yours!

Music, lyrics and vocals: Henrik Widegren
Backing vocals: Malmö akademiska kör
Vocal arrangement: Lukas Elgmo
Conductor: Daniel Hansson
Drums, mixing: Markus Nilsson
Bass, guitar, keyboard: Tobias Ekqvist
Creative language consultant: Anna Holmqvist
Produced and recorded by Markus Nilsson and Tobias Ekqvist in Sunnanå studio, Sweden
Mastring: Stockholm Mastring

Music video: Dennis Trulsson
Illustrator: Thomas Costa Freté
Colorgrading: Jörgen Persson
Puppeteers: Henrik Widegren, Jörgen Persson, Thomas Costa Freté

Lyrics:
When I took the school bus I never got a seat
And in football, the ball never touched my feet
On days when we had group work I always stayed in bed
When we went on class trips I wished I was dead
I thought the library was my home
The doctor thought: Asberger syndrome

Who am I in this world?
They all cry: “You’re a nerd!”
Why am I even here?
They say: “Why are you so weird?”

I applied to college and suddenly I found
People who were nice to me, who thought the earth was round
They wanted to know why, to learn and classify
And joked about chemistry and that made me high
And for the first time in my life
I had hope that I might find a wife

I am me in this world
I’m no sheep in a herd
I am free like a bird
I am me. I am a nerd

I wrote my first review. I got my PhD
I was made professor and dean of faculty
I’m always hard at work, diligent and prudent
How convenient that I married my PhD student

And now I can do anything!
I can study the love life of banana flies
Analyse postmodern German architecture
Explain the blood supply to the right adrenal cortex
And research the crap out of Shakespeare’s works prior to Titus Andronicus!

I can fly in this world
I have a brain. I feel no shame
And to the world, I say it loud:
I am a nerd and I am proud!

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Oh. My. God. This song is so underrated. I relate to this on a personal level, for years and years i was bullied and excluded in school. Because of the kind of crappy stuff people told me and the way they treated me I struggled with insecurity, self-worth and self-compassion problems for years. I was so insecure and scared when I started university, I couldn't even go into the school cafeteria and het myself sth to eat; and it took tremendous time, effort, blood sweat and tears and therapy and a chain of new traumas for me to heal from that damage. This might be a fun and humorous song, but it's actually pretty deep. Thanks for doing this Henrik, (and also for everyone reading this comment rn) and if you've read this far please pray for me to reach the "finally i realized that i could find a partner" level, haha.

rumeysaalarcin

I'm a nerd too. It is so touching. I hope every nerds on the earth listen this song

djha

こんなにも素晴らしい曲をありがとうございます！

本当に素晴らしい曲をありがとう。応援してます！

gkamaitachi

Nerds are the reason everything works well in the world... the science, engineering, medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics that needs to happen to advance humanity are done by so called ALL HAIL THE NERDS....

ebubechiibegbula

It was some painful, but when we look back, we're happy.

stephanielim

This made me cry. I don't even want to know how many times this life story will mirror after I lived it - but the end is always beautiful.

In the end, it will all be good. If it's not good, we're not done with it yet.

SuperBottleghost

뮤직비디오 좋고 노래도 좋네요...♡ 오랜만에 채널 다시 왔는데 신곡 많아서 행복 의사선생님 건강하시고 신곡 많이 내주세요

breezes-green

I'm so obssesed with this song, it is so relatable.. as a nerd myself, i can confirm this song is amazing.

آمنةحسانحازممحمد

I loved how the car exhaust disappeared when it passed through Germany

akshat

This has strong [Hecotr and the Search for Happiness] vibes to it.
Hello from South Korea! 대한민국에서 인사 올립니다! Love your Songs! 당신의 음악을 사랑합니다! Continue your good work!

jefferyhanderson

Im now able to relate to this song on a personal level...
gives me goosebumps!

RavinderSingh-tnzi

Awesome music and video, its really uplifting as well
And even though I haven't said this enough times I'm a intern and a musician from India and you're an inspiration for me!

Love from India!

nihitkhunteta