She brings a playfulness to this grand venue, giggling after wrapping up the choral melodies of ‘Falling Behind’, and dancing in time to the rhythmic breakdown of ‘Beautiful Stranger’. Tonight, ‘Everything I Know About Love’ – Laufey’s accomplished debut album – is reworked into classical arrangements, showcasing her ability to flit between the guitar, piano, cello and violin like it’s child’s play.
It is, perhaps, precisely this attention to detail that has drawn fans of multiple generations to see Laufey perform at Harpa, a world-class concert hall in Reykjavík that has previously hosted Björk, and is home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. “I just love playing the piano, isn’t it lovely?”, she exclaims, giddy at her moment of recklessness. There is a collective sigh of relief as Laufey, now beaming, looks over at the conductor and offers a conspiratorial nod. 1,600 audience members laugh along with her, and the music resumes. A pair of cymbals quietly tremble in protest.Īfter a few seconds of tense silence, Laufey makes a joke in her native tongue of Icelandic. As the 23-year-old takes to the piano to perform a sprightly jazz standard, the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist – born Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir – immediately shakes her head and stops playing. The glare of the stage lights close in on Laufey as she stands before a 55-piece orchestra, who are producing a swelling crescendo of sound that engulfs the stage.
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