Everything I Know About Love (album)

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Everything I Know About Love
Laufey - Everything I Know About Love.png
Studio album by
Laufey
Released26 August 2022
Genre Jazz pop
Length44:41(standard edition)
52:54 (deluxe edition)
Label AWAL
Producer
Laufey chronology
Typical of Me
(2021)		Everything I Know About Love
(2022)		 A Night at the Symphony
(2023)
Singles from Everything I Know About Love
  1. "Valentine"
    Released: 14 February 2022
  2. "Everything I Know About Love"
    Released: 21 April 2022
  3. "Fragile"
    Released: 1 June 2022
  4. "Dear Soulmate"
    Released: 6 July 2022
  5. "Falling Behind"
    Released: 11 August 2022

Everything I Know About Love is the debut studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, released on 26 August 2022 through AWAL. [1] The deluxe version was released on 14 October 2022. [2]

Contents

Laufey described Everything I Know About Love as a "hopelessly romantic" album of personal growth. She said the songs were based on her experiences, but were written as if they were fiction, and that she tries to create magic out of difficult or bleak moments. [3]

Background and release

Laufey released the first single, "Valentine", on Valentine's Day, 14 February 2022. [4] The second single and music video, "Everything I Know About Love", was released on 21 April. [5] On 1 June, Laufey announced the album's release date and released the third single, "Fragile", whose music video premiered on 17 June. [3] She released the fourth single, "Dear Soulmate", on 6 July. [6] The fifth single, the bossa nova-inspired "Falling Behind", was released on 11 August. [7]

To promote the album, Laufey posted acoustic versions of all five singles on her YouTube channel. [8] On 1 August, she performed the first three singles on WFUV public radio. [9] [10] [11] In the same month, Laufey sang "Valentine", "Dear Soulmate" and "Falling Behind" for MTV Jammin'. [12] She first performed the first single during SiriusXM's Coffee House Sessions and ConvertKit's Creator Sessions the following month. [13] In the last one, the songs "James", "Everything I Know About Love" and "Like the Movies" were also performed and Laufey was interviewed. [14]

On 22 September, the EP The Reykjavík Sessions was released. It contains live versions of the five singles and "Let You Break My Heart Again". [15] On 22 April 2023, "Valentine" was released on 12-inch vinyl as part of Record Store Day, the live performance at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík posted on 9 September of the previous year as the B-side. [16] [17] A sped-up version of the first single was released on 14 August. [18]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [19]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [20]
Clash 7/10 [21]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [22]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [23]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Everything I Know About Love received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 4 critic scores. [19]

Megan Walder of Clash praised the instrumentation, writing: "Every track demonstrates a beauty in the everyday; in the mundane; in our reality. And combining such observations with the sweeping sounds of orchestral talent and acoustic guitar, the end result, of the combination of these juxtaposing complex and simple elements, is one that feels familiar." [21] Writing for AllMusic, Neil Yeung described the album as "a coming-of-age snapshot from an artist in her early twenties, the effort brims with the hopeless romanticism and possibilities of young love and new experiences". [20]

Cordelia Lam of NME praised Laufey's vocals, stating: "What stands out most here is Laufey’s vocal register – her voice is deep and full-bodied, providing a perfect vehicle for the open-hearted sincerity of these songs. She sings with the warm storytelling tone of the jazz greats." [22] The Line of Best Fit's Laura Freyaldenhoven wrote: "Listening to Jónsdóttir’s soulful vocals surrounded by gorgeously sweeping orchestral arrangements, it’s hard not to think of old Hollywood and 1950s Disney. There is something undeniably comforting to a sound that blends old and new – A safe space to dream and wander along the golden rays of intricate harmonies into a grand cinematic ballroom." [23]

Track listing

Everything I Know About Love track listing [24]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fragile"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
4:01
2."Beautiful Stranger"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
3:21
3."Valentine"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
2:48
4."Above the Chinese Restaurant"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Philip Etherington
3:43
5."Dear Soulmate"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
4:20
6."What Love Will Do to You"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
2:51
7."I've Never Been in Love Before" Frank Loesser
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
3:42
8."Just Like Chet"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
3:36
9."Everything I Know About Love"
  • Laufey
  • Clampitt
3:29
10."Falling Behind"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
2:53
11."Hi"
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
  • Laufey
  • Stewart
3:13
12."Dance with You Tonight"
  • Laufey
  • Peter Fenn
  • Laufey
  • Fenn
2:38
13."Night Light"
  • Laufey
  • Clampitt
  • Laufey
  • Clampitt
4:02
Total length:44:41

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