Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation
April 24, 2024
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as posted by the channelLaufey, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter, has risen to prominence by taking the trials of today’s dating world — casual relationships, no labels and seemingly endless swiping on apps — and turning them into timeless love songs.
Today, Laufey reads Coco Mellors’s essay, “An Anxious Person Tries to Be Chill () ,” which is about a woman trying to work through her deepseated relationship anxieties and attachment issues in an onagain, offagain situationship. Laufey says she, too, has been an anxious partner. While she thinks a toxic relationship, like the one in the essay, can make for a great love song, she now knows secure relationships can make beautiful music, too.
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