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Laufey review – charming retro romance from a deserved Grammy winner

The Icelandic Chinese singer blends jazz into pop with ease, and her honeyed contralto has found a home in gen Z hearts

She does those?” Laufey is softly backlit, with a cherry-red electric guitar strapped over a white blouse, and despite her wry humour she’s about to perform another dreamily romantic song from her second album Bewitched, which last week won the Grammy for best traditional pop. On Dreamer, the 24-year-old claims to quit dating for good – “I’m throwing in my hat / I can’t take another lifeless little chat!” – yet the airy arrangement adds a theatrical wink, as if it’s the scene before the Hollywood heroine is finally swept off her feet. With lounge-singer poise, Laufey floats through bossa nova single From the Start, performs the syrupy Best Friend as a skit with her violinist twin sister and chases early song Like the Movies with a hint of jazz standard Misty.

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