One of the most unlikely — and utterly delightful — new pop stars filled Target Center to near-capacity Saturday night for the sort of performance rarely seen in the downtown Minneapolis basketball arena.

Icelandic-Chinese singer/songwriter Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir — who goes by her first name as a performer — makes music that sounds plucked straight out of a Technicolor blockbuster from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

To drive home the point, she performed on a castle-like stage, with a string section on one end and a jazz band on the other. Several times, her dancers performed mini ballet sets to let the main attraction change into her next gown or flapper dress. She even opened the show with an overture and old-timey credits rolling on the big screens.

Just 26, she’s already won a bes

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