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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.
On Friday, Nov. 1, the jazz-pop singer (whose full name is Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir) shared a sweet and silly rendition of the holiday classic "Santa Baby," alongside a festive video, which ...
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 2023–24, her cover of " Winter Wonderland " became the highest-charting version of the song in the Core Anglosphere countries, excluding the ...
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.”
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]
"From the Start" was released after Laufey's performance with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, A Night at the Symphony in 2023. [2] Lyrically, the song is about the unrequited love between a protagonist and her best friend, describing it as "a playful mix of old sounds with modern lyrics."
A top Costco executive sounded the alarm on the potential consequences of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs — warning that it will raise prices of goods across the board. “When ...