Laufey’s highly anticipated new album 'Bewitched' coming September 8

Bewitched, the highly anticipated new album from acclaimed Los Angeles-based Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey, is set for release September 8 via AWAL Recordings. The album’s first single, “From The Start,” has amassed 20 million global streams since its release last month, with over 1 million release-day streams on Spotify.

Today, Laufey shares “Promise,” another new song from Bewitched. “Promise” was written by Laufey and celebrated songwriter/producer Dan Wilson (Adele, Taylor Swift). Of the track, Laufey explains, “‘Promise’ is a song about that one person you can’t quite let go of—the person you promise yourself you’ll stop communicating with but always go back to. It’s a piano ballad written in the form of a story that develops with every verse. Starting with a promise to cut ties with a lover and ending with the inevitable return to the lover.” Listen / share “Promise” HERE. Bewitched is available for pre-order HERE.

The new album follows Laufey’s 2022 debut full-length, Everything I Know About Love, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart and featured hit single, “Valentine,” that peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. Everything I Know About Love was praised by The Fader who said, “Mixing pop with classical flourishes, Laufey captures everyday emotions, like falling in love, and elevates them with a degree of musicality and flair that is anything but ordinary,” while Consequence furthers, “Laufey deftly melds new elements of modern music with more traditional sounds of classic jazz, articulating the push and pull of love and loss with distinct eloquence.”

While Everything I Know About Love shows what Laufey calls her “hopeless romantic” side, Bewitched has a more mature outlook, although it’s still in love with love. Laufey notes, “This is a love album, whether it be a love towards a friend or a lover or life. The first album also touched a lot on things like moving out of my childhood home and moving into a new city for the first time—being an adult. With this one, I’ve experienced a little bit more of that, and I’m writing about the magic in the love of being young.”

Bewitched was co-produced by Laufey and Spencer Stewart, with all songs written by Laufey, apart from jazz standard “Misty.” Additionally, the London-based Philharmonia Orchestra played on tracks “Bewitched” and “California and Me.”

Additionally, Laufey will celebrate the album on the road this fall with ‘The Bewitched Tour,’ which sold out in minutes. The tour will make stops at iconic venues throughout North America including two nights at San Francisco’s Fillmore, Chicago’s Thalia Hall, New York City’s Town Hall, and Los Angeles’ Theatre at the Ace Hotel. Full tour routing below.

More recently, Laufey was featured on breakout singer-songwriter d4vd’s new single “This Is How It Feels.” Listen HERE.

Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is looking to bridge the gap between the past and the present, the history books and social media, the Reykjavik concert hall Harpa and the Los Angeles rock dive Troubadour, by writing, recording, and performing songs that are truly timeless, inspired by jazz greats and classical masters while possessing a point of view that could only be conveyed by a 21st-century twentysomething. Laufey explains, “As a musician, my goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road.”

Raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing, the Icelandic-Chinese artist grew up playing cello as well as piano and became hooked on the jazz standards of Ella Fitzgerald after digging through her father’s record collection. 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. Following the release of her 2021 Typical of Me EP, Laufey was named Best New Artist in Jazz and Blues at the Icelandic Music Awards and hosted her own show on BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds. By 2022 Laufey was the most streamed jazz artist on Spotify, with 450 million streams across all platforms.

LAUFEY LIVE

• May 30, 2023—Manila—The Filinvest Tent SOLD OUT
• May 31, 2023—Taipei—Clapper Studio SOLD OUT
• June 2, 2023—Jakarta—Java Jazz Festival
• June 3, 2023—Singapore—Alex Blake Charlie Sessions SOLD OUT
• June 5, 2023—Tokyo—Blue Note Tokyo (Two shows) SOLD OUT
• June 8, 2023—Sydney, NSW—Oxford Art Factory SOLD OUT
• June 9, 2023—Melbourne, VIC—Howler SOLD OUT
• June 10, 2023—Melbourne, VIC—Howler SOLD OUT
• June 26, 2023—Ottawa, CA—Ottawa Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
• June 27, 2023—Ottawa, CA—Ottawa Jazz Festival
• July 8, 2023—Ghent, BE—Gent Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
• July 9, 2023—Rotterdam, NL—North Sea Jazz Festival
• July 11, 2023—Montreux, Switzerland—Montreux Jazz Festival
• July 13, 2023—Elstree, UK—Home Farm Glamping
• July 15, 2023—Pori, FI—Pori Jazz
• August 2, 2023—Caroga Lake, NY—Caroga Lake Music Festival
• August 26, 2023—Port Townsend, WA—THING
• September 16, 2023—Los Angeles, CA—The Ford* SOLD OUT
• September 20, 2023—Hong Kong—KITEC MusicZone SOLD OUT
• September 21, 2023—Hong Kong—KITEC MusicZone SOLD OUT
• October 8, 2023—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore SOLD OUT
• October 9, 2023—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore SOLD OUT
• October 11, 2023—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall SOLD OUT
• October 13, 2023—Vancouver, BC—Hollywood Theatre SOLD OUT
• October 14, 2023—Vancouver, BC—Hollywood Theatre SOLD OUT
• October 17, 2023—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot SOLD OUT
• October 18, 2023—Englewood, CO—Gothic Theatre SOLD OUT
• October 20, 2023—St. Paul, MN—The Fitzgerald Theater SOLD OUT
• October 21, 2023—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall SOLD OUT
• October 22, 2023—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall SOLD OUT
• October 24, 2023—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues SOLD OUT
• October 25, 2023—Detroit, MI—Majestic Theatre SOLD OUT
• October 27, 2023—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall SOLD OUT
• October 28, 2023—Montreal, QC—Corona Theatre SOLD OUT
• October 29, 2023—Boston, MA—The Wilbur SOLD OUT
• November 1, 2023—New York, NY—The Town Hall SOLD OUT
• November 2, 2023—New York, NY—The Town Hall SOLD OUT
• November 3, 2023—Philadelphia, PA—Theatre of the Living Arts SOLD OUT
• November 4, 2023—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre SOLD OUT
• November 6, 2023—Nashville, TN—Riverside Revival Nashville SOLD OUT
• November 7, 2023—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse SOLD OUT
• November 9, 2023—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall SOLD OUT
• November 10, 2023—Austin, TX—The Paramount Theatre SOLD OUT
• November 11, 2023—Dallas, TX—The Echo Lounge & Music Hall SOLD OUT
• November 13, 2023—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren SOLD OUT
• November 15, 2023—San Diego, CA—The Magnolia SOLD OUT
• November 17, 2023—Santa Ana, CA—The Observatory SOLD OUT
• November 18, 2023—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at The Ace Hotel SOLD OUT
• November 19, 2023—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at The Ace Hotel SOLD OUT

*with Los Angeles Philharmonic