LAUFEY REVEALS SHORT FILM FOR LATEST SINGLE “GODDESS”
LAUFEY REVEALS SHORT FILM
FOR LATEST SINGLE “GODDESS”
DIRECTED BY PAST LIVES DIRECTOR CELINE SONG
CURRENTLY ON SOLD-OUT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
“she is a musical tour de force”—Los Angeles Times
“Laufey’s ascendency to major-league pop artist is one of the most heartening musical phenomena of the last couple of years…”—Variety
“There’s a little bit of magic in every Laufey song.”—Elle
April 11, 2024—Today, GRAMMY®-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has revealed a short film for her latest single “Goddess.” The picture was directed by Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-nominated and Spirit Award-winning director Celine Song (Past Lives), stars Laufey alongside Will Gao (Netflix’s “Heartstopper” and Wasia Project), and was shot in Brooklyn, NY on 35mm film. Watch / share HERE.
Laufey explains, “It was so special to work with Celine on the ‘Goddess’ short film. She has such a clear vision with her work, which became immediately evident to me while watching Past Lives, and her ideas around ‘Goddess’ harmonized perfectly with the narrative of the song. There was immediately a shared understanding that made the partnership so seamless and I feel so lucky to collaborate with someone whose work I admire so much.”
The video made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop and across MTV’s global network of channels, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards.
“Goddess,” which NYLON hails as “the most dazzling love-scorned song you’ll ever hear,” is the lead single from Laufey’s forthcoming release, Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, due April 26 via AWAL. The expanded edition features four brand-new original songs that Laufey wrote in the wake of finishing her 2023 critically celebrated album Bewitched.
Laufey is currently in the midst of the North American leg of her entirely sold-out “Bewitched: The Goddess Tour.” The tour will make stops at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Anthem in Washington DC, as well as a highly anticipated sold-out performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic in August. See below for full tour routing.
As part of “The Goddess Tour,” Laufey is teaming up with the non-profit Little Free Library to launch the “Little Laufey Library,” a Laufey Book Club branded book-exchange box. Concert-goers will have the chance to visit one of three Little Laufey Libraries at every show and swap books with one another. Additionally, Laufey is partnering with independent bookstores in multiple cities along the tour to create Laufey Book Club pop-ups. Laufey’s favorite books will be available for purchase both in-store and at select shows. Visit https://www.laufeymusic.com/book-club for more information.
2023 was a standout year for Laufey. Bewitched was the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify in history. It debuted at #2 on Spotify’s Global and U.S. Album Charts, as well as #23 on the Billboard 200, #1 on Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart, and #1 on Current Traditional Jazz Albums Chart. The album’s hit single “From The Start” is now RIAA-certified Platinum. Last month, Laufey won the 2024 GRAMMY® for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.”
Los Angeles-based Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) was raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing. In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single “Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. In 2022, she released her debut full-length, Everything I Know About Love, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, featuring the RIAA-certified Gold single “Valentine” that peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. Today, she has 2 billion streams across all platforms and is the biggest streaming artist from Iceland in the world.
Photographer credit: Gemma Warren
LAUFEY LIVE
April 11—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic* SOLD OUT
April 12—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic* SOLD OUT
April 13—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic* SOLD OUT
April 15—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre* SOLD OUT
April 17—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House* SOLD OUT
April 18—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House* SOLD OUT
April 19—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall* SOLD OUT
April 20—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall* SOLD OUT
April 22—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle* SOLD OUT
April 23—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium† SOLD OUT
April 25—Washington, DC—The Anthem† SOLD OUT
April 26—Washington, DC—The Anthem† SOLD OUT
April 28—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre† SOLD OUT
April 30—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall† SOLD OUT
May 1—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall† SOLD OUT
May 3—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall† SOLD OUT
May 4—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall† SOLD OUT
May 7—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre† SOLD OUT
May 8—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre† SOLD OUT
May 10—Philadelphia, PA—The Met† SOLD OUT
May 16—London, UK—Royal Albert Hall‡ SOLD OUT
May 25—Jakarta, Indonesia—Java Jazz Festival
May 28—Manila, Philippines—PICC Plenary Hall (with Manila Philharmonic Orchestra) SOLD OUT
May 29—Manila, Philippines—PICC Plenary Hall (with Manila Philharmonic Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 1—Seoul, South Korea—Seoul Jazz Fest
June 23—Williamsburg, VA—Virginia Arts Festival
June 24—Pittsburgh, PA—Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 25—Pittsburgh PA—Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 26—Rochester, NY—Rochester International Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
June 28—Ottawa, ON—Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 29—Montreal, QC—Montreal International Jazz Festival (Matinee)
June 29—Montreal, QC—Montreal International Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
June 30—Saratoga Springs, NY—Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
July 12—Rotterdam, Netherlands—North Sea Jazz
July 13—Ghent, Belgium—Gent Jazz Festival
July 15—Madrid, Spain—Noches del Botánico
July 16—Barcelona, Spain—56 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz
July 18—Perugia, Italy—Umbria Jazz
July 20—Gardone Riviera, Italy—Tener-a-mente
July 21—Lucerne, Switzerland—Luzern Live Festival
July 23—Marciac, France—Jazz in Marciac
August 1-4—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza (with The Chicago Philharmonic)
August 7—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl (with Los Angeles Philharmonic)
August 17-18—Tokyo, Japan—SUMMERSONIC
August 24-25—Bangkok, Thailand—SUMMERSONIC
September 17—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre§
September 18—Denver, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre§
September 21—Portland, OR—Moda Center§
* with Grace Enger
† with Wasia Project
‡ with Matilda Mann
§ with Mitski
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