Laufey's A Matter of Time out TODAY!

LAUFEY’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED THIRD ALBUM A MATTER OF TIME OUT TODAY  3RD ANNUAL “A VERY LAUFEY DAY” ON AUGUST 24 Cover art  August 22, 2025—A Matter of Time, the highly-anticipated new album from GRAMMY®-winning LA-based Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey, is now available worldwide via Vingolf Recordings / AWAL. Alongside today’s release, new focus track “Mr. Eclectic” (featuring backing vocals from Clairo) premieres with visualizer—watch / share HERE. Additionally, Sunday, August 24 marks the 3rd annual “A Very Laufey Day”—a global activation where fans across the world are invited to experience a curated “Laufey-inspired day” tailored to their city, complete with various hand-picked activities in each market (75+ cities this year). Activities include “Laufeycore” clothing racks at local thrift stores, specialty “A Matcha of Time” drinks at coffee shops, specialty frozen yogurt flavors, Laufey Book Club selections at indie bookstores, and more. The day will culminate in a special performance by Laufey straight from Los Angeles, which will be officially streamed on TikTok LIVE via a global partnership with the entertainment platform. FIJI Water is the official water sponsor of AVLD as well as the presenting sponsor of the livestream. Laufey will also be launching five limited edition Laufey Book Club collaborative library card designs with public libraries in Los Angeles County, Boston, Phoenix, Fulton County/Atlanta and Reykjavík. Cards will be available in all those system’s library branches, totalling over 175 branches. For further details and the global checklist, visit AVeryLaufeyDay.com.  As Laufey began to craft A Matter of Time, she felt freer than ever. “Every new album for me is a blank book of stories to write,” she says, and it’s true. An artist who pours her life experiences into her work, she infused 2022’s Everything I Know About Love with coming-of-age tales revolving around leaving home, and for 2023’s GRAMMY®-winning Bewitched she dove headlong into young love. Brought to life with sweeping orchestral arrangements, interwoven strains of bossa nova and jazz, and Laufey’s honeyed alto, those albums cemented Laufey as a star who can make sounds from bygone eras feel timeless. Now on A Matter of Time, Laufey further crystalizes her singular sound—one still rooted in her beloved influences, but which forgoes any strict standards or rules. “I’m constantly thinking about classical and jazz, how to properly preserve them and pay homage.” For this album she continues to do so while also noting, “I just wanted to let my heart wander.” To that end, she teamed with a pair of co-producers, one comforting and familiar—Spencer Stewart who worked with Laufey on her first two albums —and one new to her but deeply attuned to artists looking to open up: Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran). Feeling sonically unrestrained gave Laufey the space to share new sides of herself while exploring sometimes heavier themes. “People expect a pretty façade of girly clothes, fantastical stories, and romantic music,” she says. “This time, I was interested in seeing how I could draw out the most flawed parts of myself and look at them directly in the mirror.” A Matter of Time finds Laufey at her most daring—and also playful—as she captures the experience of “real love” in its many forms and what it means to observe as it strips you down to your most vulnerable and anxious. Laufey will perform the new songs on the “A Matter of Time Tour,” which sold over 265,000 tickets upon its initial on-sale, including two sold out Madison Square Garden dates in New York City, two sold out Crypto.com Arena dates in Los Angeles, plus second nights added in Toronto and San Francisco and a dozen other instantly sold out arena shows. The tour kicks off next month and sees Laufey bringing her enchanting and theatrical live show to her largest North American venues to date. See below for details.  Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) has captivated a generation with virtuosic songs of love and self-discovery by manifesting her vision of jazz-and classical-infused pop music. She has become a bridge for the older music she adores, from Chet Baker to Carole King to Ravel, by offering her bold interpretation to a younger crop of listeners who have become deeply connected over time. This was all by design — Laufey’s self-assigned raison d’être — and it worked, allowing her to bring to life the whimsical universe known as “Laufey Land.” Raised between Reykjavik and Washington, D.C., she learned piano and cello as a child, later studying at Berklee College of Music. There, she wrote her debut EP, 2021’s Typical of Me, whose striking single “Street by Street” debuted at No. 1 on Icelandic Radio—the first of many achievements that have grown to include 5 billion global streams, a social media audience of 25 million, the biggest jazz LP debut in Spotify history and an album in Billboard’s Top 20 (both for Bewitched), a growing pile of Platinum plaques, a Forbes 30 Under 30 designation, and being named one of TIME’s 2025 Women of the Year. She’s sold out the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, and London’s Royal Albert Hall; performed backed by the LA Phil, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra; shared the stage with the likes of Noah Kahan, Hozier, Jon Batiste and Raye; and collaborated on records with artists including Barbra Streisand, Role Model, Beabadoobee, and Norah Jones. This spring, Laufey announced The Laufey Foundation, with the primary mission of supporting young musicians with the resources they need, especially through youth orchestras, to reach their full potential. $1 of each ticket sold on the “A Matter of Time Tour’ will go towards The Laufey Foundation.  See early critical acclaim for A Matter of Time: Watch her profile on CBS Sunday Morning HERE. “a phenomenon almost without comparison in contemporary pop.” “There’s only one singer in the world who has their jazz scat solos sung back at them note-for-note by arenas filled with adoring fans. That would be Laufey, a Gen Z artist who transcends genre and medium.” “What’s most charming about Laufey, alongside her undeniable mastery of the Great American Songbook traditions she’s steeped in, is the way she alternately indulges, interrogates, and goofs on them.” “She has a sculptural alto that easily curves into her heart-on-sleeve lyrics, a knack for marrying 21st-century problems with fishhook melodies that recall standards from previous centuries, and a keen sense for framing those vocal lines in arrangements that highlight the tensions lurking underneath.” “…one of Gen Z’s favorite ‘pop girls’; her genre-defying sound breaks down the barriers between jazz, pop, and classical music.” “With her introspective new album, the Icelandic jazz-pop phenom is flipping the record.” Photo credit: Emma Summerton   A MATTER OF TIME TRACK LIST 1. Clockwork 2. Lover Girl  3. Snow White 4. Castle in Hollywood 5. Carousel 6. Silver Lining  7. Too Little, Too Late 8. Cuckoo Ballet (Interlude) 9. Forget-Me-Not 10. Tough Luck  11. A Cautionary Tale 12. Mr. Eclectic 13. Clean Air 14. 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