Laufey Presents Short Film For 'Goddess', Collaboration Results With Celine Song

Laufey (Photo: Gemma Warren)

JAKARTA - Iceland-Chingkok multitalented artist Laufey has released a short film for his new single titled 'Goddess'. This short film was worked on by the director of Past Lives, Celine Song, who has now won the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, who also won the Spirit Award.

Recorded in Brooklyn, New York using the 35mm film, the video clip 'Goddess' features Laufey and the Netflix series star Heartstopper, Will Gao, who is also active as a musician on the duo Wasia Project.

'Dapat bekerja sama dengan Celine untuk film pendek Goddess ini adalah hal yang khusus bagi. Dia adalah sosok yang memiliki kevisi yang jelas terhadap karya yang ia garap, dan itu terbukti setelah aku menonton Past Lives, dan ide-ide yang ia punya mengenai Goddess berpadu sepakali dengan narasinya sendiri. Kami bahkan memiliki sebuah pengetahuan yang sama tentang lagu ini yang pada akhirnya membuat proses kerja sama ini berjalan secara mulus, dan aku sangat beruntung bisa berkolaborasi dengan seseorang yang yang kerjanya sangat saya imbiji," terang Laufey tentang project terbarunya ini.

2023 will be an important year in the career development of this Chinese-blooded Icelandian singer. His 'Bewitched' album became his jazz album with the biggest debut number on Spotify in history.

The album debuted in number #2 on Spotify Global chart and US Albums chart, number #23 on Billboard album 200 chart, number #1 on Billboard Independent Albums chart, and #1 on Current Traditional Jazz Albums. Single From The Start The album has also received Gold certification.

Laufey's hard work on the album "Bewitched" reached its peak with his win at this year's Grammy Awards. He managed to bring home a Grammys trophy for the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category. Laufey also performed From The Start at the Premiere Ceremony Grammys. In addition, he also collaborated with Billy Joel on stage to play Billy's single Turn The Lights Back On where Laufey played▁buruk.

Laufey is currently based in Los Angeles. As he grew up he spent time between the cities of Reykjavung, Iceland and Washington DC, the United States, and often visited Beijing, China every year.

Laufey released his first single, Street by Street, in 2020 when he was still a student at Berklee College of Music. The single successfully dominated radio chart-charts in Iceland. In 2022 he released his first full studio album Everything I Know About Love which won the #1 position on the Billboard Alternative New Artist Album.

The single 'Valentine' from the album managed to occupy the #1 Spotify Jazz chart. Today Laufey has managed to collect more than 1.7 billion streams on various platforms and is the musician from Iceland with the largest streaming numbers in the world.