{"id":111350,"date":"2023-09-20T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/song-exploder-laufey\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:18:14","slug":"song-exploder-laufey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/song-exploder-laufey\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Laufey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4803\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>From The Start<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxbBWnuv1su\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:720px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_0c318c70-6452-45af-9f49-5f4d43adb011\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laufeymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laufey<\/a> is a singer and songwriter initially from Iceland. She studied piano and cello as a child.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onestowatch.com\/en\/blog\/meet-laufey-the-gen-z-artist-making-us-fall-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When she was 15, she was a visitor soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.<\/a>  She went to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berklee_College_of_Music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berklee College of Music<\/a> in Boston, and that\u2019s when she began writing songs. While she was nonetheless a scholar, she had a  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xsn8fIqhk9w?si=pKusxkglyvGrLCcx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">primary hit on Icelandic radio.<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/bwwmusic\/article\/Laufeys-Everything-I-Know-About-Love-Reaches-1-on-Billboards-Alternative-New-Artist-Album-C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Her first album debuted at primary on Billboard\u2019s Alternative New Artist chart.<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1690607869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Her second album, <em>Bewitched<\/em>, got here out in September 2023.<\/a> And for this episode, I talked to Laufey in regards to the breakout hit from that new album: a music referred to as \u201cFrom The Start.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase or stream \u201cFrom The Start\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1690609217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lSD_L-xic9o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laufey - From The Start (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSD_L-xic9o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Song-Exploder-Laufey-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bossa_nova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bossa nova<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spencer_stewart\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Stewart<\/a> \u2013 Producer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentatonic_scale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pentatonic scale<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jazz_standard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazz commonplace<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Gershwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Gershwin<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irving_Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irving Berlin<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cole_Porter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Porter<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] From The Start Laufey is a singer and songwriter initially from Iceland. 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