![]() “The second I could walk I was given a violin, and then I started playing piano when I was four, taking lessons and started playing cello. Jazz was also in the mix because her father loved the genre. ![]() But she’s smartly figured out how to meld the classic and the modern in all aspects from her sound and confessional lyrics to building a devoted fanbase on TikTok.Ĭlassical music was always a backbone of Laufey’s family growing up-her mother is a violinist and her maternal grandparents were also musicians. It’s apparent through her approach to her music and how she’s absorbed inspiration that Laufey (pronounced “lay-vay”) is a consummate fan-eager to go across genre and aesthetic to create something that at first glance could label her an “old soul,” with her appreciation of a sound that is heavily classical and jazz influenced. Unearthed social media posts acknowledge that she long ago identified as a Gleek-”Give Your Heart a Break” and “Roots Before Branches” remain her favorite Glee covers. She shows me the “sick Harry vinyl” of Harry’s House she just got that’s in a stunning cobalt blue. ![]() It’s a sweltering day in Los Angeles, where she’s based, and is trying to find the coolest place in her white-walled, Spanish-esque style home as she navigates her computer from room to room, wearing a white eyelet top that she describes as basically a “napkin.” She finally finds the best temperature in a room that’s filled with books and music-writers and artists that she’s a fan of. When I get on Zoom with Laufey, the 24-year-old Icelandic Chinese artist who puts other multi-hyphenates to shame as a singer, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, she accidentally shows me around her home.
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