Now available in stores and streaming is 'A Matter of Time: The Final Hour,' the deluxe edition of L.A.-based, Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey's Grammy-winning album 'A Matter of Time.' The deluxe features four new songs: “Madwoman,” “
How I Get,” “I Wait, I Wait, I Wait” and “I’ll Forget About You (In Time)” on the expanded record. The bonus tracks are just as elegant and alluring as the rest of the main album.
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here digitally and on all physical formats.
She played Coachella Festival in Indio yesterday evening on the Outdoor Theater stage (and returns next weekend). The dazzling hour-long presentation included dancers amid a 14-song set with a cover of Carmen Lombardo's Seems Like Old Times and jazz versions of "Fragile" and "Valentine."
Additionally, Laufey has a new music video for “Madwoman,” starring “Heated Rivalry” breakout Hudson Williams, Olympic champion Alysa Liu, Lola Tung of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and “Forbidden Fruits,” and Megan Skiendiel of KATSEYE. Watch the video, directed by Warren Fu (Dua Lipa, The 1975, Daft Punk),
here.
Filmed in LA in the weeks leading up to Laufey’s full-set Coachella debut, the video features an all-star cast of friends and heroes in a Slim Aarons-inspired world where the picture-perfect veneer is not quite as it seems.
“Growing up, I felt a general lack of representation for people who looked like me in music and media. With the ‘Madwoman’ video, I wanted to be that representation,” says Laufey. “The result is what honestly feels like my absolute dream video and exactly what younger Laufey would have loved to see.”
The video represents a convergence of Asian and Asian American talent both in front of and behind the camera—from the all-star cast to director Warren Fu, DP Andrew Truong, production designer Evaline Wu Huang, numerous heads of department, and executive producers Christine Yi and Maiqi Qin of Gold House, Julie Fong of Partizan Entertainment and Oscar Tang, co-founder of Committee of 100. The project celebrates that Asian representation in music, film, sports and the arts is responsible for some of the greatest stories shaping culture today.
Earlier this year, Laufey took home Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for A Matter of Time at the 68th Grammy Awards. The win is her second in the category, following a statue for Bewitched at the 2024 awards which made her the youngest artist to win the honor.
A Matter of Time was released to widespread critical acclaim in August, debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Jazz Albums chart (where it continues to hold a spot in the top 5). In January, Laufey was presented with Icelandic knighthood, the prestigious Order of the Falcon, by President Halla Tómasdóttir.
Laufey’s first children’s book, Mei Mei The Bunny, is set for release on April 21 via Penguin Random House. A live album, A Matter of Time: Live at Madison Square Garden, is set for release April 18 for Record Store Day.
'A Matter of Time: The Final Hour' Track Listing:
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. Sabotage
15. Seems Like Old Times
16. Madwoman
17. How I Get
18. I Wait, I Wait, I Wait
19. I'll Forget About You (In Time)
Laufey photo by Emma Craft.
'Madwoman' music video still by Warren Fu.
Courtesy Sacks & Co. PR
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