New Music & Video Release - Laufey's 'A Matter Of Time: The Final Hour' out now - 10th April 2026
Press photo - credit Emma Craft
Artist Name - Laufey
Release Name - A Matter Of Time: The Final Hour
Release Date - 10th April 2026
Genre - Jazz, Classical, Pop Music
Label - AWAL
A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR, the new deluxe version of L.A.-based Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey’s GRAMMY®-winning album A MATTER OF TIME, is out now via AWAL/Vingolf Recordings.
Get it HERE digitally and on all physical formats.
Laufey will unveil a music video for the new deluxe track ‘Madwoman’ on April 14, starring “Heated Rivalry”’s Hudson Williams, Olympic championAlysa Liu, Lola Tung of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and Megan Skiendiel of KATSEYE.
Watch it Tuesday morning HERE
The eagerly awaited deluxe edition features the album’s 15 original tracks, plus four new songs including the previously released ‘How I Get’, ‘Madwoman’, ‘I Wait, I Wait, I Wait’ and ‘I’ll Forget About You (In Time).’
THE FINAL HOUR adds to a landmark year for Laufey, who is set to perform at Coachella this weekend and next before embarking on a tour of Asia in May with sold-out stops in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul and more. She’ll head for Australia and New Zealand later in the summer. The runs follow sold-out U.K. and European legs this year with dates at London’s O2 (two nights), Paris’ Adidas Arena, Dublin’s 3Arena and more.
Earlier this month, 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 honour. A MATTER OF TIME was released to widespread critical acclaim in August, debuting at #3 on the UK Official Charts, #4 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Jazz Albums chart (where it continues to hold a spot in the top 10). 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.
Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) has captivated a generation with virtuosic songs of love and self-discovery by manifesting her vision of jazz- and classical-infused pop music. Raised between Reykjavik and Washington, D.C., she learned piano and cello as a child, later studying at Berklee College of Music. There, she wrote her debut EP, 2021’s TYPICAL OF ME, whose striking single ‘Street by Street’ debuted at No. 1 on Icelandic radio - the first of many achievements that have grown to include nearly 8 billion global streams, a social media audience of 25 million, the biggest jazz LP debut in Spotify history, a growing pile of Platinum plaques, a Forbes 30 Under 30 designation and being named one of TIME’s 2025 Women of the Year. She’s sold out the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Crypto.com Arena and London’s Royal Albert Hall; performed backed by the LA Phil, the National Symphony Orchestra and the China Philharmonic Orchestra; shared the stage with the likes of Noah Kahan, Hozier, Jon Batiste and Raye; and collaborated on records with artists including Barbra Streisand, Role Model, Beabadoobee and Norah Jones.
See widespread critical acclaim for A MATTER OF TIME:
“This is a no skips album that will leave you humming refrains for days afterwards. I’m prepared to call it now as my album of the year - and not just because of the delightful dream ballet interlude in the middle.” - 5/5 London Standard
“Laufey uses her remarkable understanding of her biggest influences, along with technical proficiency, to catch our attention. Lyrically, though, this album is as timely as it gets, particularly for younger fans who are, perhaps, yearning for a more profound unpacking of the dating world they know – of Tinder swipes, ghosting and situationships.” - 5/5 The Independent
“…one of Gen Z’s favorite ‘pop girls’; her genre-defying sound breaks down the barriers between jazz, pop, and classical music.” - Vogue
“With a range like Etta James and millions of fans on TikTok, Laufey is the biggest voice to come out of Iceland since Bjork.” - GQ
“A Matter of Time, her third album, also messes with her formula– subtly, but just enough to present Laufey as a shrewder and more timely musician than her first two albums suggest.” - The Observer Album Of The Week
“A Matter Of Time’ is just as gorgeous as its predecessors, but this time, there’s more darkness shadowing the gleam… an album that should only accelerate Laufey’s already-dizzying trajectory." - NME
LAUFEY - A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR
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)