2017–2020: Don't Kill My Vibe and Sucker Punch
In 2016, in partnership with Martin Sjølie, she wrote "Don't Kill My Vibe", inspired by an incident where a producer belittled and patronized her in a songwriting session. [3] After executives at Island Records heard the song, they immediately signed her to a recording contract. [3] On 5 May 2017 she released her debut EP which was named after the song. [3] [10] The EP charted in Norway, Australia, and the United Kingdom. [11] [12] [13] [14] In the spring and summer of 2017, Sigrid performed at The Great Escape Festival, Roskilde Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. She was also a part of The Sims 4: Parenthood soundtrack with the Simlish version of her song, "Don't Kill My Vibe". [15] She is also featured on the 2017 Justice League soundtrack, performing a cover of Leonard Cohen's 1988 classic "Everybody Knows". [16]
In January 2018, Sigrid was announced as the winner of BBC Music Sound of 2018. [17] On 10 February 2018, she was a guest presenter for an episode of The Playlist for CBBC. [18] In the same month, Sigrid won the Newcomer of the Year award at the 2018 Spellemannprisen. On 11 July 2018, Raw, her second EP, which features 5 tracks was released. [19]
On 8 March 2019, Sigrid's debut album, Sucker Punch , was released. [20] [21] The album consists of 12 tracks, including five songs released prior to the album. [22] In 2019, Sigrid toured with Maroon 5 for the Red Pill Blues Tour in Europe, was the support act for George Ezra's tour across the United Kingdom, and headlined a tour in North America and Europe. [23] [24] [25] Sigrid contributed a song, "Home to You" for The Aeronauts soundtrack. [26] She was listed in Forbes "30 under 30" for European Entertainment in 2019. [27]
In 2020, Sigrid was one of many artists that took part in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of the Foo Fighters song "Times Like These" that was organised to raise funds for the COVID-19 pandemic. [28] [29] [30] [31] In May, she was named Spellemann of the Year and won the Pop Artist award at the annual Spellemannprisen. [32] In November 2021, Sigrid performed in Dingle, Ireland as part of the twentieth series of the live music series Other Voices. [33]
2021–present: How to Let Go and There's Always More That I Could Say
Sigrid's second album, the 12-track How to Let Go , was released in May 2022. [34] The album was acompanied by a 50 date world tour, that began in May 2022 with the Radio 1 Big Weekend and ended on 24 November at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. [35]
In July 2025, Sigrid released "Jellyfish" as the lead single from her upcoming third studio album, There's Always More That I Could Say. [36] She released the album's second single, "Fort Knox", in August 2025. [37]
