Laufey, Icelandic Jazz-Pop singer opened up to staying faithful to herself.
Speak with People magazine, Laufey thought about his trip to a candidate for a talent program for teenagers to an artist winning a Grammy.
The singer, who played Coachella, joked on the viral billboards she had during the festival to help fans learn her name, which is the layman.
She said: “I am very proud of my name. I am named after my great-grandmother, so I think that if someone had told me to change it, I would have told them of F — Off. Listen, it was worth it for the display panel alone!”
Laufey, who made her debut in 2022, revealed that she had been influenced by her classic musician mother A house filled with old -fashioned sounds, adding: “When I started singing, I immediately started trying to sing Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee, and all these Jazz singers from the 1940s for the 1950s.”
“I didn’t really think about it. My parents just didn’t listen to new music, so I was just not really aware of that,” she added.
Think about his time on The island has a talent At 14, where she sang Alicia Keys’ If I didn’tLaufey said it was a bit embarrassing, but she is proud to have never changed her musical dreams.
In addition, she noted that she had built a solid base of fans with her vintage style and her relatable words, saying: “I think [Gen Z] care[s] On the relationship with words and artists and sounds. They care about feeling a certain type in a way and creating moods, and jazz music is so great for that. “”
Laufey recently released Silver liningThe first single of his next third album. She also surprised the fans by joining the model singer on stage of a duo.
