Laufey (singer)

Laufey
Laufey in 2021
Background information
Birth name	Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir / 林冰[1][2]
Born	(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 25) Reykjavík, Iceland
Genres	Jazz pop traditional pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar cello
Years active	2020–present
Labels	AWAL
Website	laufeymusic.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	林冰
Simplified Chinese	林冰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lín Bīng Wu Romanization 2lin-pin1 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lam4 bing1

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir (Icelandic: [ˈlœyːvei ˈliːn ˈjounsˌtouhtɪr̥]; Chinese: 林冰; pinyin: Lín Bīng; born 23 April 1999), known mononymously as Laufey (/ˈleɪveɪ/ LAY-vay), is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and record producer. She achieved prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz-inspired pop artist, with critics noting that her jazz-inflected songs have received considerable success for a genre that has largely declined commercially.

Having performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15, Laufey was a finalist in the 2014 edition of Ísland Got Talent [is] (Iceland's Got Talent), and a semi-finalist on The Voice Iceland the following year. She released her debut EP, Typical of Me (2021), and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her debut album, Everything I Know About Love (2022), charted in Iceland and the United States. Its follow-up, Bewitched (2023), won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards (2024) and its single "From the Start" found moderate chart success in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.