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TN: 162 LAUFEY & SPENCER STEWART - PREVIEW 1!
🕑 Added 2025-08-28 17:40:07 +0000 UTCIn our brand new episode, John is joined by singer-songwriter and musician Laufey and producer Spencer Stewart to discuss how they wrote and recorded the album ‘A Matter of Time’.
Having performed on numerous national TV singing shows in her youth, Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey released her first full-length album, ‘Everything I Know About Love’ in 2022. It was praised for seamlessly blending jazz influences with contemporary production. Her second album, ‘Bewitched’, continued this trend with its captivating jazz-pop ballads and earned her the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Laufey met producer Spencer Stewart when they were students at music college in the US and they have been collaborating ever since. Laufey’s much anticipated third album ‘A Matter of Time’ was released on 24th August 2025.
Sitting down at Strongroom Studios in London, the trio discuss how creativity often involves breaking formal rules, why the voice is an underrated instrument, the importance of not being a snob when it comes to technology and their belief that when it sounds wrong in the studio, it might just be because you’ve hit on something really original!
Tracks discussed: Lover Girl; Tough Luck; Too Little, Too Late
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John & the Tape Notes team x
Comments
Tim Adam-Smith
Glad you enjoyed!
Xereina
just finished listening to this episode and gave me a better appreciation for the album, especially for too little too late. "pretty anger" is such a great descriptor for the emotion she's conveying. it's really so spot on. thank you for having laufey on! only thing i wish for was for the episode to be longer!! i need an in-depth breakdown of all the songs on her album!
