She might be a social media-savvy 26-year-old who built her profile on TikTok, but musically, Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey has more in common with the jazz-leaning artists of the past than many of her pop contemporaries.
Indeed, she’s just indicated to BBC Radio 2’s Vernon Kay that she’s also been taking performance, arrangement and production notes from some of the great musicians that inspired her by ensuring that her songs are full of light and shade rather than just crash, bang and wallop.
