“The world has come to know me as this fairly soft-spoken, buttoned-up girl that dances down the street with ribbons in her hair, and I totally am that, but I also can be angry and anxious as well,” Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop singer Laufey tells The Hollywood Reporter .

With the release of her third studio album, A Matter of Time, on Aug. 22, the 26-year-old Grammy winner is leaning into that darker side. The new 14-track collection ballasts her familiar dreamy, coquettish sound with vulnerability and anguish. She calls it her “most daring project” yet.

“The world has come to know me as this fairly soft-spoken, buttoned-up girl that dances down the street with ribbons in her hair, and I totally am that, but I also can be angry and anxious as well,” Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop singer L

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