Talk:Laufey (singer)

Genre?
In the lede, her genre is listed as modern jazz, but redirects to bebop. Obviously, this is just my opinion, but I’d say her sound is pretty far from bebop. Perhaps smooth or contemporary jazz is a better label? Sethcampbell7293 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 23:35, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

The couple of songs I've heard by her might be bossa nova? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.84.66.236 (talk) 23:29, 2 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I may be a little late, but I would like to state that Laufey spans multiple genres, but is definitely not bebop. Songs like "From the Start" and "Falling Behind" are more jazz, while songs like "Promise" and "Night Light", among others, are more ballads. Some even describe her style of music and vocal vibrato characteristic like older 40s Disney music. Maximus Pinpoint (talk) 02:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Songs like "From the start" and "Falling behind" would be better described as bossa nova than any jazz subset (despite the obvious connection between bossa and jazz). Her "ballads" fit well in the canon of mid-century pop (related terms: traditional pop, tin pan alley era music, and easy listening). Ngort (talk) 17:57, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I see. I'm not super knowledgeable on genres, so your word supersedes mine. Bossa nova is definitely Laufey, for sure. Maximus Pinpoint (talk) 19:05, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

singer
how many studio albums does laufey have 180.191.65.54 (talk) 08:56, 30 November 2022 (UTC)


 * As of now, she has two studio albums, Everything I Know About Love and Bewitched, and one live album, A Night at the Symphony. Maximus Pinpoint (talk) 19:07, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Icelandic-Chinese?
Looks like the singer herself identifies as Icelandic-Chinese according to her website’s about page, this should probably be updated. BlackSpade741 (talk) 18:47, 14 March 2024 (UTC)


 * No it shouldn't. The Icelandic and Chinese in her instagram bio refers to her ethnicity, not her nationality. The same way the Olivia Rodrigo is not called Filipino-American in the lead of her article. Yes Rodrigo has Filipino ancestry, but her nationality is American. She has never claimed that her nationality is Filipino. It is not a situation like Tara Strong who is Canadian-American (even tough she is called Canadian and American in the lead), to my knowledge, Laufey was never raised or lived in China (unlike Strong, who has lived in both Canada and the U.S.). This is only going to cause edit wars like that of the article of singer Dalida (which had a Semi-protection on it due to edit wars on whether Dalida should be defined as Italian, French, or Egyptian in the lead), I strongly advise against calling Laufey "Icelandic-Chinese" in the lead. 70.50.199.125 (talk) 02:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * j 70.50.199.125 (talk) 04:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * MOS:ETHNICITY says the lead section shouldn't mention the subject's ethnicity unless it's a defining factor of their notability. I've removed it. —  Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧   (talk &#124; contribs) 04:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 7 May 2024

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Create dab. Per consensus – robertsky (talk) 06:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Laufey (singer) → Laufey
 * Laufey → Laufey (mythology)

– I'm requesting to move the singer to Laufey because it seems that most people are looking for the singer. |Laufey_(singer) The pageviews show that the singer gets 10x the amount of views constantly. PS this is my first RM so please be patient: I'm still figuring this out. - The Sharpest Lives 14:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support 2nd, it may be better to have a DAB at the base name as the mythology may still be primary by the 2nd criteria.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:30, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Oppose: My largest concern here is the "long-term significance" and "greater enduring notability and educational value" (WP:PT2). Laufey (the singer) has only been active since 2020, whereas the figure Laufey obviously has long-standing significance in a variety of fields and will continue to have influence. Additionally, according to my understanding of WikiNav, far fewer than half of the people who land on the Laufey page then move to the singer's page; only 1.18% of the page views on Laufey (singer) are from people landing on Laufey first. I'm open to hearing from others, though. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 23:29, 8 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Support disambiguation. We are clearly doing a disservice to our readers by having the mythological figure be the primary topic against >90% of the pageviews. The long-term significance argument is, of course, a valid reason to not have the singer be primary, but it doesn't mean the mythological figure should be primary. The analysis of the WikiNav results above is faulty; people who land on the mythological figure page are already a self-selected cohort, having landed there via internal link (almost entirely correctly directed), Google search (having access to the article preview snippet), and Wikipedia search (having the singer pop up as an alternative option in the drop-down), so whether or not outgoing pageviews to Laufey (singer) is over or under 50% is irrelevant. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:48, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose, long-term notability. See Dido / Dido (singer), for example. 162 etc. (talk) 17:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support disambiguation. There is also, of course, the character as it appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The mythological figure is comparatively obscure compared to historical figures such as Dido. BD2412  T 15:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support disambiguation per long term significance. There are also several others whose first names are Laufey: . Natg 19 (talk) 02:23, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose 1st, Support 2nd and create dabpage at basename. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Pronounciation
Her name is not (/ˈleɪveɪ/ LAY-vay). It's still pronounced ˈlœyːvei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqPvHNZeLGY 95.91.251.156 (talk) 12:31, 29 June 2024 (UTC)