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- Early Life and Education
- Career
- Public Image
Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir was born on 23 April 1999 in Reykjavík, Iceland's capital. Her father is Icelandic and her mother is Chinese, hailing from Guangzhou. Her mother is a classical violinist and her grandfather, Lin Yaoji[zh], was a violin educator at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, which Laufey credits as partly inspiring her lov...
On 6 April 2020, Laufey released her debut single, "Street by Street", which charted at number one on Icelandic Radio. She then launched her first EP, Typical of Me, which she calls her little baby, on 30 April 2021. It includes "Street by Street" and six other songs, many of which were written in her college dorm room. Rolling Stone particularly p...
Influences and music style
Although Laufey was influenced by classical music, classical artists such as Frédéric Chopin, and played it from an early age, she turned to her father's records of female jazz musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to develop her musical style. She has cited Fitzgerald and Chet Baker as her biggest artistic influences, naming the former as her favorite musician. Laufey also cited Taylor Swift, Norah Jones, and Adele as inspirations for her musicianship; she said "[Taylor Swift]...
Critical acclaim
Many critics such as Maura Judkis, an editor at the Washington Post, and editor Murray Stassen from Music Business Worldwide noted that Laufey is "bringing back" jazz to Gen Z, as the genre has largely declined commercially, and has received less recognition than other genres when compared to its heyday. In a 2023 article, Music journalist Michael Dwyer of The Sydney Morning Herald described her as a "TikTok jazz ambassador". Organizations such as Billboard and National Public Radio opined th...
Fashion
Laufey is characterized by her simple and casual fashion style, mixing elements such as lace, pastel colors, and bright metallic elements into her clothing. Vogue and the South China Morning Post have described her fashion style as an "extension to her music",citing a blend of lukewarm colors and jazz-esque clothing incorporated to her clothing during appearances and stage performances.
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