Laufey caught up with Billboard ahead of Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin' Eve 2025.
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00:00What was your New Year's resolution, or what is your New Year's resolution, rather?
00:04My New Year's resolution is to not worry about little things.
00:11I think I spent a lot of time this year worrying about little things that were out of my control,
00:17and so I would say stop worrying about the little things.
00:22That's great. What was behind the release of A Night at the Symphony?
00:29I grew up playing classical music, so I've always wanted to perform with orchestras
00:35and present my music in orchestral arrangements,
00:39and when I had the opportunity of playing with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl,
00:44I immediately wanted to see if there was a possibility that we could record it
00:49and kind of preserve it forever, and I guess I just grew up listening to this
00:55Ella Fitzgerald at the Hollywood Bowl concert with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra,
01:00and I always had it up on my shelf, and I was like, I want one too.
01:07So yeah, that's kind of the main reason.
01:11My goal as a musician has always been to bring that sound to new audiences,
01:16so I wanted to do that.
01:19Amazing.
01:21You have relationships with other musicians like Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter.
01:25What's it like to be the jazz girl among these hyper-pop ladies?
01:31I mean, I know I'm pegged as the jazz girl, but I don't feel like I am pegged as that.
01:38I think, you know, I feel really, really, really happy that I have my own kind of corner,
01:46and I kind of feel really comfortable in my identity
01:49and really happy that I can even be named among these incredible women
01:54making the kind of music that I do.
01:56I think that really speaks to current audiences
01:59and how very open they are to all kinds of music.
02:04So yeah, it feels, I mean, I'm just very honored.
02:09I'm happy that there is a jazz girl at all, you know,
02:14and that's something that's been missing in the past years.
02:17Like I said, I definitely don't feel like the jazz girl,
02:21but I'm happy to be named among them.
02:25Very cool. Okay, you've teased a new album. What can we expect?
02:29What can we expect from my new album?
02:33I would say a lot of honesty.
02:38It's a little bit more maximalist, I think, so far.
02:42I don't know. It may change, but I'm definitely trying to expand.
02:47I'm pushing the limits of my comfort zone,
02:50and I think that's the best way to describe it.
02:53Awesome. Last question for Billboard.
02:55What artist are you most excited about for new music in 2025?
03:02Ooh, I mean, I really hope Chapel Roan puts something out,
03:05because I love Chapel, and she's so amazing
03:10and a breath of fresh air, I think, in music.
03:16Who else am I excited for? I mean, this is so random,
03:21but I'm obsessed with Dochi.
03:23I got onto the side of TikTok that has these videos of Dochi,
03:27and I think she's so cool and really refreshing,
03:32and it is kind of like this, I think, this nostalgic style.
03:38Yeah, so I hope Dochi as well.