Release The Goddesses.
In partnership with Microsoft, FRAUDULENT worked with Grammy-award winning artist Laufey to bring her music to life for a one-night-only experience in New York City.
Projections of three Laufey performances (with stage visuals created using Microsoft’s CoPilot AI tool) were displayed in three locations across NYC – The Metronome at Union Square, Spring Street Park in Soho, and Dumbo in front of the Brooklyn Bridge – for fans to find and passersby to discover. Under the projection was a surprise live performance by the renowned all-women orchestra, The Sinfonietta.
Dressed in the same adornments from her “Goddess” music video, this was Laufey’s world coming to life – characters being released from the “laufeyland” fairytale and into the real world for a day.
Touted as Gen Z’s pop jazz icon, Laufey has undoubtedly revitalized the genre – with a diehard group of young listeners who have even created Laufey-inspired worlds of their own.
Her recent single “Goddess” is a testament to that – fans posting thousands of clips of the song before it’s official release and creating their own content, giving the song life before birth.
This exchange between Laufey and fans shares a parallel sentiment to the lyrics themselves –
themes of fame, idolization, and the desire of wanting to be seen as human. Laufey has created a world in which her fans are the purveyors of the art – the artist is merely a vessel.
For this campaign we needed to continue this arc – a fleeting duet between physical and digital performance that allowed Laufey’s presence to be felt without her physically being there – and most importantly, showcasing the genre on raw display without promotion or preamble.
“I’m a goddess on stage, human when we’re alone.”
Behind The Scenes
Credits.
Experiential Company: FRAUDULENT
Director: DAN ROBINSON
DP: JOSEPH KICKBUSH
Cam Op: JOHNNY KOMAR
Assistant: JUSTIN BUSCHARDT
Orchestra: THE SINFONIETTA