From The Begin
Laufey is a singer and songwriter initially from Iceland. She studied piano and cello as a child. When she was 15, she was a visitor soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She went to Berklee Faculty of Music in Boston, and that’s when she began writing songs. Whereas she was nonetheless a scholar, she had a primary hit on Icelandic radio. Her first album debuted at primary on Billboard’s Different New Artist chart. Her second album, Bewitched, got here out in September 2023. And for this episode, I talked to Laufey in regards to the breakout hit from that new album: a tune known as “From The Begin.”
You should buy or stream “From The Begin” right here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click on right here.
Bossa nova
Spencer Stewart – Producer
Pentatonic scale
Jazz normal
George Gershwin
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
