Laufey Lin, a 24-year-old Icelandic musician and songwriter (known by the mononym Laufey to her fans), never dreamed that her music, which she started writing while she was a college student in Boston ...

This was a recent topic among the armchair musicologists of Reddit’s r/Jazz thread, who spend much of their time debating the genre. It’s also the title of a 33-minute deep dive by YouTuber and ...

There is something undeniably magical about Laufey. That’s the reason why she blew up. Why her music - the total antithesis of what you’d consider ‘viral hits’ - keeps captivating the TikTok crowd.

There’s only one singer in the world who has their jazz scat solos sung back at them note-for-note by arenas filled with adoring fans. That would be Laufey, a Gen Z artist who transcends genre and ...

“Jazz” tends to conjure images of dinner parties, smoky speakeasies, or soulfully mature lyrics crooning stories of lost loves. Three years ago, if you asked the average Gen Z individual, you’d find ...

After earning her first Grammy nomination, Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey is showing no signs of slowing down with twin sister Junia by her side Jenna Wang is an Editorial Intern at PEOPLE. Her work ...

With the Grammys coming next week and the Oscar nominations out, I've been thinking about the ways the culture industry — including writers like me — throws things into buckets in order to see what ...

Laufey is standing in the middle of a north London photo studio, about to make a very important decision. “OK, Taylor Swift,” says the Icelandic-Chinese jazz singer, having just chosen the playlist to ...