Laufey in the Q studio in Toronto.
The 25-year-old Grammy winner is redefining jazz for Gen Z. She sits down with Q's Tom Power to talk about her meteoric rise and her love affair with the cello.From a young age, Laufey says she felt like a "circus animal." The 25-year-old singer-songwriter grew up in both Iceland and America, never quite feeling at home in either place. She also had a singing voice that wasn't quite like other girls her age.
Laufey grew up in a musical family with deep roots in classical music. Her grandfather was the head of the strings department at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and her grandmother was a piano professor. Her mother is a violinist and her father often played jazz and Brazilian music at home.
During the pandemic, Laufey moved from Boston to Washington, D.C., where her parents had relocated. She wanted to continue her practice of singing jazz standards and playing cello. To keep herself accountable, she decided to post videos of her music online.
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