Adagio Apassionato

This month, I was looking for new music to listen to and write about and my YouTube Music algorithm led me to Laufey! I’d heard of some of her songs but never gotten down to actually listening to them – but the few I discovered off her album ‘Bewitched’ had me obsessed and I wanted to share my thoughts! The album sounds romantic to the point of being surreal, sublime and idealistic – portraying love through rose-coloured glasses. It takes me back to a fairytale-style idea of love that makes you feel giddy when you listen to it! Laufey manages to infuse this quality into all her songs – even those that describe heartbreak or the more painful parts of love. In a way, by going back to old-school, fairytale ideas of love, Laufey breaks the conventions of today's love songs in two ways.   Firstly, Laufey’s music is very much inspired by jazz. It wasn’t something I’d typically listened to much before discovering her, but I found her style really enjoyable! Much like I experienced it, peo...