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The daughter of an Icelandic father and a Chinese mother, Laufey grew up studying classical cello in Reykjavik. Then she went to Boston’s Berklee College of Music and learned to sing jazz standards.
Growing up, Laufey was surrounded by classical music. Her mother is a violinist for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and from a young age, she began studying and training to be a musician. [11] After spending her youth in Reykjavík, she moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music where she practiced jazz in addition to classical. [12]
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 ...
It seemed especially obvious after Laufey did what seemed like a test run in the summer of 2023, playing with the Philharmonic across the ravine at the much smaller Ford amphitheater.
Typical of Me was predominantly produced by Laufey's classmate Davin Kingston. Many of the songs on the EP were written by her in the Berklee College of Music dorm room, with the goal of making jazz more accessible. [2] [3] The material was mainly promoted on Laufey's social media in 2020–21. [2]
Bewitched peaked at number one on the Icelandic albums chart and was Laufey's first album to chart in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Additionally, the album topped the Australian Jazz & Blues Albums chart. In 2024, to support the album, Laufey embarked on a worldwide concert tour. [5]
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 ...
"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.