Laufey

Laufey is one of those rare artists who makes you feel like you've rediscovered something you didn't know you'd been missing — that warm, late-night jazz-pop sound that feels simultaneously vintage and completely fresh. Born in Reykjavík and classically trained enough to perform cello with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at 15, she took that foundation to Berklee College of Music and quietly built one of the most devoted fanbases on the internet, largely through TikTok intimacy before the algorithm even knew what to do with her. Winning the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2024 felt like the world finally catching up to what her fans already knew. She's twenty-something and writing music that sounds like candlelight — that's not nothing, that's genuinely impressive.

Name (English)

Laufey

Name (Japanese)

レイヴェイ

Reading

れいゔぇい

Born

April 23, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Origin

Reykjavík, Iceland

Occupation

musician / pianist / cellist / guitarist / singer

University

Berklee College of Music

Awards & achievements

• 2024 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.laufeymusic.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/laufey/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4

Tags

• musician
• pianist
• cellist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.