Feature Photographer credit: Nicole Mago
LAUFEY’S BEWITCHED:
THE GODDESS EDITION DEBUTS TOP 20 ON BILLBOARD 200
PERFORMS TWO SOLD-OUT
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL SHOWS WITH SURPRISE GUESTS NORAH JONES AND JON BATISTE
ATTENDS MET GALA WITH PRABAL GURUNG
TO PERFORM ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON” MAY 9
“Laufey makes music that bridges generations…”—Rolling Stone
“A celebration of modern girlhood, Laufey brings jazz to a new generation”—Vanity Fair
“Gen Z It Girl”—The New York Times
May 7, 2024—Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, the new release from GRAMMY®-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey, is debuting at #18 on the Billboard 200, marking Laufey’s first time in the top 20 on the chart. The expanded edition is also charting as the #1 Independent Album, #1 Traditional Jazz Album, #2 Vinyl Album, and #3 Current Album.
Laufey celebrated over the weekend with two completely sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, featuring surprise guest performances with Norah Jones and Jon Batiste. Also, last night, Laufey attended the prestigious Met Gala as a guest of Asian American designer Prabal Gurung.
On Thursday, Laufey will round out the remarkable week with an appearance on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” to perform her latest single “Goddess,” before finishing up the North American leg of her tour with sold out shows in Boston and Philadelphia.
Bewitched: The Goddess Edition features four brand-new original songs that Laufey wrote in the wake of finishing her 2023 critically celebrated album Bewitched. Upon its release last September, Bewitched was the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify in history and has garnered 1 billion streams to date globally. The album’s hit single “From The Start” is now RIAA-certified Platinum, and in February, 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. The album featured the RIAA-certified Gold singles “Valentine,” which peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart, and “Let You Break My Heart Again.” Today, Laufey has over 2 billion streams across all platforms.
LAUFEY LIVE
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—Seoul Jazz Fest
June 21 —Salt Lake City, UT—Twilight Concert Series (Gallivan Center)
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 19—Montreux, Switzerland—Montreux Jazz Festival
July 20—Gardone Riviera, Italy—Tener-a-mente
July 21—Lucerne, Switzerland—Luzern Live Festival
July 23—Marciac, France—Jazz in Marciac
August 2—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza (with The Chicago Philharmonic)
August 3—Montauk, NY—The Montauk Point Lighthouse
August 4—Newport Jazz Festival—Newport, RI
August 7—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl (with Los Angeles Philharmonic) SOLD OUT
August 17—Tokyo—SUMMERSONIC
August 18—Osaka—SUMMERSONIC
August 24-25—Bangkok—SUMMERSONIC
August 27—Kuala Lumpur—Plenary Hall, KL Convention Centre
August 29—Hong Kong—AsiaWorld-Expo, Hall 10
August 31—Taipei—TICC
September 2—Manila, Philippines—SM Mall of Asia Arena
September 4—Singapore, Singapore—Singapore Expo
September 6—Melbourne, Australia—Palais Theatre SOLD OUT
September 7—Melbourne, Australia—Palais Theatre SOLD OUT
September 9—Melbourne, Australia—Palais Theatre SOLD OUT
September 11—Brisbane, Australia—Concert Hall, QPAC SOLD OUT
September 13—Sydney, Australia—Sydney Opera House Concert Hall SOLD OUT
September 14—Sydney, Australia—ICC Sydney Theatre SOLD OUT
September 17—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre§
September 18—Denver, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre§
September 21—Portland, OR—Moda Center§
September 28—Columbia, MD—All Things Go Music Festival (with The Kennedy Center Orchestra) SOLD OUT
† with Wasia Project
‡ with Matilda Mann
§ special guest to Mitski
Laufey at the 2024 Met Gala
Photographer credit: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images
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