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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. [4] 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.
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’s music most closely aligns with the Great American Songbook: swinging, debonair midcentury pop written by the likes of Cole Porter and Jerome Kern. While she comes from a classical-music ...
The reissue of the album Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, was released the following year and debuted at number one in Iceland, becoming Laufey's first number one album in her native country. Between 2023–25, her cover of " Winter Wonderland " became the highest-charting version of the song in the Core Anglosphere countries, excluding the ...
Laufey songs are comforting yet mischievous, indebted to her background in classical music, with deep vocals that dive effortlessly into those roaring low registers of female jazz icons before her.
Bewitched is the second studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, released on 8 September 2023 through AWAL.Described by Laufey as "a love album, whether it be a love towards a friend or a lover or life", Bewitched deals with a variety of romantic themes in its songs.
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.”
"Valentine" addresses Laufey's experiences and continuous reflection of her first love. [4]The song's genre has been described as 50s traditional pop and classical jazz due to its jazz vocals and scat singing, as well as guitar and piano instrumentation joined by light percussion played with a drum brush.