LAUFEY ANNOUNCES ‘BEWITCHED: THE GODDESS EDITION’ COMING APRIL 26, LEAD SINGLE “GODDESS” OUT NOW
LAUFEY ANNOUNCES
BEWITCHED: THE GODDESS EDITION COMING APRIL 26
LEAD SINGLE “GODDESS” OUT NOW
Photographer credit: Gemma Warren
March 6, 2024—Today, GRAMMY®-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey is announcing new music with Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, due for release April 26 on AWAL. The expanded edition features four brand-new original songs that Laufey wrote in the wake of finishing her 2023 critically celebrated album Bewitched. The lead single “Goddess” is available now— listen HERE.
Of the new single, Laufey notes, “Goddess is my most honest song yet. I wrote it alone at my piano after feeling like someone had fallen in love with the version of me they’d seen on stage, just to find that I wasn’t what they projected once I was off stage. They deemed me to no longer be a shiny thing when the glamor wore off, reduced to skin and bone.”
The Goddess Edition will also be available on vinyl, cassette, and CD. The expanded package includes dark blue vinyl, an updated booklet, and a custom board game. Exclusive editions will be available at Urban Outfitters with transparent green vinyl, Barnes & Noble with a poster and light blue vinyl, and on Amazon with cloudy clear vinyl.
Laufey is currently in the midst of the European leg of her sold-out “Bewitched: The Goddess Tour.” The entirely sold out North American dates will kick off in April and will make multiple stops at notable venues such as Masonic Theatre in San Francisco, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Anthem in Washington DC, as well as an anticipated performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic. See below for full tour routing.
2023 was a standout year for Laufey. Bewitched was the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify in history. It debuted at #2 on Spotify’s Global and U.S. Album Charts, as well as #23 on the Billboard 200, #1 on Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart, and #1 on Current Traditional Jazz Albums Chart. The album’s hit single “From The Start” is now RIAA-certified Gold. Last month, Laufey won the 2024 GRAMMY® for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.” She also performed “From The Start” at the award show’s Premiere Ceremony and played cello alongside Billy Joel during the performance of his new single “Turn The Lights Back On” during the telecast.
Los Angeles-based Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) was raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing. In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single “Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. In 2022, she released her debut full-length, Everything I Know About Love, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, featuring the popular track “Valentine” that peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. Today, she has over 1.7 billion streams across all platforms and is the biggest streaming artist from Iceland in the world.
LAUFEY LIVE
March 6—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg SOLD OUT
March 8—Reykjavík, Iceland—Eldborg Harpa SOLD OUT
March 9—Reykjavík, Iceland—Eldborg Harpa SOLD OUT
March 10—Reykjavík, Iceland—Eldborg Harpa SOLD OUT
March 13—London, UK—Roundhouse SOLD OUT
April 8—Vancouver, BC—Queen Elizabeth Theatre SOLD OUT
April 9—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre SOLD OUT
April 11—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 12—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 13—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 15—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre SOLD OUT
April 17—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House SOLD OUT
April 18—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House SOLD OUT
April 19—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall SOLD OUT
April 20—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall SOLD OUT
April 22—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle SOLD OUT
April 23—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium SOLD OUT
April 25—Washington, DC—The Anthem SOLD OUT
April 26—Washington, DC—The Anthem SOLD OUT
April 28—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre SOLD OUT
April 30—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall SOLD OUT
May 1—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall SOLD OUT
May 3—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall SOLD OUT
May 4—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall SOLD OUT
May 6—Philadelphia, PA—The Met SOLD OUT
May 7—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre SOLD OUT
May 8—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre SOLD OUT
May 14—Brno, Czechia—JazzFestBrno
May 16—London, UK—Royal Albert Hall SOLD OUT
May 25—Jakarta, Indonesia—Java Jazz Festival
May 28—Manila, Philippines—PICC Plenary Hall (with Manila Philharmonic Orchestra) SOLD OUT
May 29—Manila, Philippines—PICC Plenary Hall (with Manila Philharmonic Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 1—Seoul, South Korea—Seoul Jazz Fest
June 23—Williamsburg, VA—Virginia Arts Festival
June 24—Pittsburgh, PA—Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
June 25—Pittsburgh PA—Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 26—Rochester, NY—Rochester International Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
June 28—Ottawa, ON—Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 29—Montreal, QC—Montreal International Jazz Festival (Matinee)
June 29—Montreal, QC—Montreal International Jazz Festival SOLD OUT
June 30—Saratoga Springs, NY—Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
July 12—Rotterdam, Netherlands—North Sea Jazz
July 13—Ghent, Belgium—Gent Jazz Festival
July 15—Madrid, Spain—Noches del Botánico
July 16—Barcelona, Spain—56 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz
July 18—Perugia, Italy—Umbria Jazz
July 20—Gardone Riviera, Italy—Tener-a-mente
July 21—Lucerne, Switzerland—Luzern Live Festival
August 7—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl (with Los Angeles Philharmonic)
August 17/18—Tokyo, Japan—SUMMERSONIC
September 17—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
September 18—Denver, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*
September 21—Portland, OR—Moda Center*
* with Mitski
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