The Icelandic singer last came to Arizona for her tour “Bewitched: The Goddess Tour,” where she performed at Arizona Financial Theatre. Now, she returned with her “A Matter of Time Tour,” built around her latest album.

The show started right when fans entered the area surrounding the venue, as fans were met with a merch truck and a very friendly face: Mei Mei. 

Mei Mei The Bunny is a signature Laufey “character” who fans were able to physically meet and take a picture with at the show. And, if a fan wanted to take the bunny home with them, they could go purchase a key chain version of Mei Mei at the merch booth.

Opening for Laufey was the multi-talented English singer Suki Waterhouse. Waterhouse started off her set with her songs “Dream woman” and “Supersad,” before shouting out a fan who was attending their 22nd Suki show.

Waterhouse then sang “My Fun,” “Moves” and “To Love,” where she truly enthralled the audience during the bridge. Waterhouse told the audience that she loves Laufey dearly, and is honored to be her opener.

Waterhouse then told the audience that her label had asked her to delete the song “Good Looking” from her Spotify, but she decided not to based on a gut feeling.

“Sometimes you need to trust good looking boys,” Waterhouse said as she segwayed into her final song that now has over 730 million streams on Spotify.

ACT I:

For this tour, Laufey decided to separate the show into four acts. She started off Act I with her new hit song “Lover Girl,” as the arena cheerily clapped along with the song.

She then sang “Dreamer,” which is a song that is well-known for its live version lyric change. In the original song, Laufey sings, “As far as I’m concerned, this witch is numb to love.” However, in the live version, she says, “As far as I’m concerned, this b- is numb to love,” which never fails to make the audience giggle.

The set continued with “Falling Behind,” “Silver Lining” and “Bored,” which held the arena captive in a moment of collective feeling.

“I put myself in the shoes of this opposite character to me. A song of despair,” Laufey said of the next song. With a transition like that, of course she was talking about “Too Little, Too Late.”

She wrote the song from the perspective of a man who was too late and lost the girl he loved to someone else. The song ends with the violin version of her song “Bewitched,” and is composed to sound like an emotional wedding processional.

ACT II: 

“Welcome to my jazz club,” Laufey said after an outfit change and new stage set-up.

Laufey then talked about her love for jazz, and how she was going to sing a jazz version of a few of her popular songs.

She started off Act II with “Seems Like Old Times,” and sped up jazz versions of “Valentine,” “Fragile” and “While You Were Sleeping.”

Laufey has announced that this tour she is giving each show she performs at their own special song that she will only play there and nowhere else. Instead of playing it at the end of the show she had done at prior shows, this night she decided to move up the surprise song to the jazz section of the show, as that’s where she thought it fit best.

Suddenly, she brought Benson Boone out for a ‘mystical, magical’ duet of the song “Somethin’ Stupid.” After moving the crowd with their beautiful duet, of course Boone had to exit the stage with his signature back flip.

For each show, Laufey is also choosing a fan to crown “Best Dressed.” The Glendale winner was a girl named Trinity, who made a Mei Mei bag that Laufey was obsessed with. 

Laufey got emotional and said, “I love getting to meet you guys and talk to you.”

“I’ve been an orchestra kid my whole life and always wanted to sing with orchestras,” Laufey said. 

She then introduced one of the first songs she ever put out, which was recorded with an orchestra, “Let You Break My Heart Again.” Laufey played the piano as the crowd sang along with her, creating a very intimate experience.

ACT III:

Laufey came out for Act III singing “Carousel,” with a moving carousel background.

Next came “Forget-Me-Not,” a masterpiece that entranced everyone like it was a siren song. This song even includes a few lines in Icelandic.

She finished off Act III with “Cuckoo Ballet - Interlude,” with ballet dancers and instruments performing to transition to the final act.

ACT IV:

As a small intermission, a video of Laufey and her identical twin Junia played on the big screens of them making funny costume changes and bickering as siblings do.

Laufey then sang “Mr. Eclectic,” where she danced and posed with a book like a “performative male.” The song also features background vocals from Clairo.

Her next song, “Castle in Hollywood,” is about a friendship breakup, and the audience all connected through the shared experience of no longer being friends with someone who you were once so close to.

Laufey said the next song was about, “making and breaking promises.” 

During “Promise,” the crowd sang along with her so well that Laufey said, “that was such beautiful singing, thank you for the concert.” She continued the performance with “Goddess.”

Another outfit change later, she sang “Tough Luck,” which had recently gone viral on social media.

Following that was “Snow White.” Mirrors surrounded Laufey on set, and she talked about how insecurities can affect a person’s life, but we will soon grow to accept how beautiful and unique we can be, and accept and give continuous love to others.

Next was the iconic “From The Start,” which has more than 830 million streams on Spotify. In the middle of the song, Laufey sings, “She’s so perfect,” and then points the microphone at the audience as they all shout, “Blah blah blah,” as loud as they possibly can. At one point, she even changed the lyrics to, “Phoenix, I’ve loved you from the start.”

“It was just “A Matter of Time” until we made it to our last song,” Laufey said as began singing her final song, “Sabotage.” The song starts slow and gentle, and then many instruments randomly go off for random bits of time, like a musical jumpscare. Then, near the bridge and ending of the song, so many instruments went off at the same time as the bright arena lights flickered like a tornado of sound was happening. At the end of the song, Laufey ran off the stage as the light fixture above her gently fell to the ground, leaving everyone watching astounded.

Encore:

The crowd chanted “Laufey, Laufey,” in unison until she came out for her actual final song, “Letter To My 13 Year Old Self”. As she sang the lines, “One day, you’ll be up on stage, little girls will scream your name,” the entire audience roared “Laufey!” 

If you want to keep up with her on tour, check her out on Instagram @Laufey and on her official fan headquarters account @Laufey Land.