I chose to keep some of the subtleties and drop others: - I simplified the song rhythms for legibility and because Laufey sings rubato, so I can't know what "original" rhythm she is taking liberties with. - The piano triplets and sextuplets sometimes change direction. I split it up for ...
She throws in modern-day expressions such as “awkward silence” or “blah blah blah” on her most-streamed song, the bossa nova bop “From The Start.” This might veer into overly kitsch territory if it wasn’t so self-aware. “My songs are old sounds with modern lyrics,” she says...
Special fantasies of “frosted window panes,”“candles gleaming inside,” and “candy cane on the tree” were painted clearly in the next song, “The Christmas Waltz.” The song also has children’s voices singing along with the artist about the cliche found in all Christmas-theme songs...
the Los Angeles-based Icelandic Chinese musician will releaseBewitched: The Goddess Edition, a deluxe version of the album that enamored hordes of fans and fellow musicians alike. The four new tracks onGoddess Edition, according to Laufey, find the artist expressing herself in more “honest and ...
First of all, I’m excited to go home because I haven’t been back since last summer and so much has happened since. My friends have been sending me videos of them hearing my song on the radio and stuff. I’m excited to experience Iceland as the artist I’ve become. ...
The four new tracks on Goddess Edition, according to Laufey, find the artist expressing herself in more “honest and raw” ways than ever. “I’ve definitely shown a fun, lighter side of me in past music that pokes fun at myself, a little bit sarcastic,” she says. “Although...
I love doing my own spin of these songs that I grew up listening to… “Christmas Dreaming” is not the most common one, but I’ve heard so many of my favorites do it. I kind of want to be the modern voice for that song. I looked up the covers that have been done of “...
2, the song has 3.5 million official on-demand streams, according to Luminate. Amid her current 30-date sold-out North American tour, Laufey earned her first chart entry on Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with her seductive beabadoobee team-up, “A Night...
People will take this as a pretty autobiographical song. Maybe all of your songs have been that way, as you’ve explained them in concert, but this one is pretty explicitly so. It’s almost like a “Dear John” kind of song, about feeling wrecked by a bad experience with someone as ...
That was one of the first songs my first piano teacher, Tommy Emmel, gave me the sheet music for. I really sat and worked on that, and I started to get better at playing by playing that song. When it comes toHenry Mancini, I saw the first run ofThe Pink Pantherwith my sister and...