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Laufey Lín Bīng Jónsdóttir was born on 23 April 1999 in Reykjavík, Iceland's capital.Her father is Icelandic and her mother is Chinese, hailing from Guangzhou. [3] Her mother is a classical violinist and her maternal grandfather, Lin Yaoji [], was a violin educator at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, which Laufey credits as partly inspiring her love of music.
The singer and songwriter won a Grammy for traditional pop vocal album in February. Now she's the star of a concert movie shot at the Hollywood Bowl.
Laufey (pronounced Lay-vay) is captivating Gen Z by writing and singing music that almost sounds like it could be from Gen WWII. Go figure, and go marvel. But the 24-year-old has always ...
Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) grew up in Iceland as a multi-instrumentalist kid prodigy, schooled in classical as well as jazz. Now, living in L.A., she’s one of our unlikeliest as well as most ...
Between February and July 2022, Laufey announced the release date for her debut studio album and released the album's first four singles. On 11 August 2022, when releasing "Falling Behind", Laufey explained why she wrote the bossa nova inspired song: "I felt like all the people around me were falling in love and I couldn’t help but feel like I was falling behind".
A Night at the Symphony is a live album and concert video by Laufey with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, released on 2 March 2023. [1] With three new cover songs, the musical material is mostly from Laufey's Everything I Know About Love and Typical of Me. [2] It was recorded at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík on 26–27 October 2022. [1]
In reviewing Laufey’s August concert with the LA Philharmonic, Variety wrote, “Laufey feels like she was born to play the Hollywood Bowl, with her rapturously received pop/jazz/classical set.”
Laufey (singer) (born 1999), Icelandic singer born Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir; Laufey Ámundadóttir (born 1962), Icelandic cell biologist; Laufey Ólafsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic footballer; Laufey Sigurðardóttir (born 1963), Icelandic footballer; Laufey Valdimarsdóttir (1890–1945), Icelandic women's rights activist