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\n\tLaufey is Billboard\u2019s newest cover star! Lil Nas X is responding to backlash for the use of religious imagery, celebrity lookalikes and more in his new video teaser for his track \u201cJ CHRIST.\u201d Anderson .Paak\u2019s Apple Music series \u2018.Paak House Radio\u2019 is back for season 2 and features guests like aespa, Saweetie and Victoria Monet. And more!<\/p>\n
\n\tTetris Kelly:
Lil Nas X is pissing all kinds of people off, we get a first look at the Amy Winehouse biopic, Anderson .Paak has a ton of fun with aespa and Victoria Monet, we run down the top songs on TikTok, and Laufey is our Future of Jazz cover star. This is Billboard News. I\u2019m Tetris Kelly, back on Thursday, January 11th and we continue our Future of Genre cover stars with Laufey.<\/p>\n
\n\tLaufey:
I knew I wanted the album to be called \u2018Bewitched\u2019 before I started writing any of the songs. I knew I wanted it to be a little bit more mature and I wanted it to be more confident. I think my first album was a little bit aloof, it\u2019s very, you know, hopeless romantic. This second one, although it has elements of that, you know, I\u2019ve experienced more with love. I\u2019ve matured more. I think my writing has gotten better. Some of the references I put into my music, the classical references, especially, are so obvious that sometimes I get DMs or messages from my fans saying like, \u201cWait a minute, I was listening to Bach today and I found the beginning of \u2018Everything I Know About Love.’\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cYep, you got it.\u201d And I love that. I love spreading it in. I mean, I need to do a deep dive into the classical references in \u2018Bewitched\u2019 but there are so many. It feels very, very validating, especially in the category that I am in, you know, it\u2019s all my heroes. It\u2019s all legends, so getting to be a voice in that category is just incredible and especially with this album that I wrote at home, it\u2019s just, it\u2019s crazy. Taylor Swift was one of the first songwriters that I really, like songwriter artists, that I really resonated with. Every song while you\u2019re listening, you can visually see what\u2019s happening, and it turns into a little movie. And I think that\u2019s something, though she has changed genres so many times, she\u2019s always kept true to that. It\u2019s always that Taylor Swift storytelling, that songwriting, that is the common denominator. That\u2019s one thing I really want to do in my lifetime as a musician, and it\u2019s inspired me greatly.<\/p>\n
\n\tTetris Kelly:
For the full profile head to Billboard.com. We\u2019ll have another cover story for you tomorrow.<\/p>\n