Laufey
4/27/20261 hr 52 min
Laufey (A Matter of Time, Mei Mei the Bunny, and Bewitched) is a two-time Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Laufey joins Armchair Expert in between Coachella performances to discuss growing up between Iceland and the US with a violinist mother in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, how having an identical twin helped shape her sense of self, and navigating her identity as a biracial kid in a homogenous society. Laufey and Dax talk about the discipline of classical music training at Berklee, building a fanbase during COVID through her Sunday livestreams and vintage jazz-inspired covers, and why she believes general admission is the best way to experience Coachella. Laufey explains how discipline should be about building habits rather than winning, how choice can be more overwhelming than limitation, and how vulnerability is the real key to connection - both onstage and off.
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First 90 secondsDax Shepard· Host0:00
Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert. I'm Dax Shepard, I'm joined by Monica Padman.
Monica Padman· Host0:05
Hi there.
Dax Shepard· Host0:05
Hi. Today we have Laufey.
Monica Padman· Host0:08
Yes.
Dax Shepard· Host0:09
We have Laufey. She is a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, and what was so special is we got her right between her two performances at Coachella.
Monica Padman· Host0:18
I know. We got her, like, right off the presses, and so we got to hear about how that first c- uh, experience went.
Dax Shepard· Host0:25
Yes. And then, um, added bonus, she brought her identical twin sister.
Monica Padman· Host0:29
Oh, it was so fun.
Dax Shepard· Host0:30
So, so what about life?
Monica Padman· Host0:31
We love twins.
Dax Shepard· Host0:31
We love twins. We have a twin expert just coming on. I mean, it's, it's really in the zeitgeist. Uh, her albums, Everything I Know About Love, Bewitched, A Matter of Time, and a new deluxe album out now, A Matter of Time: The Final Hour. She also has a children's book out now called Mae Mae the Bunny.
Monica Padman· Host0:50
Yes, we- Which we'll hear about.
Dax Shepard· Host0:51
Yeah, Mae Mae gets a little nervous before a big performance.
Monica Padman· Host0:54
Of course she does.
Dax Shepard· Host0:55
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