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Laufey as Screen ‘Goddess’: How Working With ‘Past Lives’ Director Celine Song and Co-Star Will Gao on Music Video Gave the Singer Her First Real Acting Gig
Laufey discusses doing her 'Goddess' short film with 'Past Lives' director Celine Song and 'Heartstopper' actor Will Gao, and getting the acting bug.
“Goddess” is the leadoff single from a deluxe edition of Laufey’s Grammy-winning “Bewitched” album, which arrives later this month, expanding upon the singer-songwriter’s heralded fusion of the jazz, pop-standards and classical styles she grew up mastering and the contemporary, Swiftie-era pop she equally loves. Laufey got on a Zoom with Variety on the eve of the “Goddess” short coming out to discuss hooking up with Song and Gao, her acting aspirations, and instantly selling out her summer Hollywood Bowl show with the LA Philharmonic. Every time I got a note from Celine, I was like, “All right, let’s take it.” It was almost like when I was young and practicing cello, and my mom, who taught me a lot, would tell me to fix this one thing, and it just became this fun challenge to nail it.
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