Falling Behind Laufey Genre [portable] -

I tapped the barista on the shoulder. “Great old jazz station,” I said.

Old jazz demanded you understand extended chords, improvisation, and the blues scale. The Laufey genre demands you understand heartbreak . The theory is still there—listen to the chord changes in “California and Me”—but it’s hidden under a melody you can hum after one listen. falling behind laufey genre

She looked at me like I had just called Taylor Swift a “promising up-and-comer.” I tapped the barista on the shoulder

“That’s Laufey,” she said. “From the Bewitched album. It came out last year.” falling behind laufey genre

Last year. Not 1953. 2023.

So yes, I’m behind. I still think of “jazz” as a man in a suit with a trumpet.