Young singer Aurora. About life and work

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The name of one of the goddesses of the ancient Romans, the dawn goddess Aurora, is widely used in the world of show business. This is the name of the group, it is used as a pseudonym. Accordingly, today there are many musical projects of the same name in different countries with this name. A new name on this list is young Norwegian singer Aurora. Only with the difference that this is her real name, and not a pseudonym invented for the scene. Avrora Aksnes - songwriter, singer. She began her musical career very early. It is impossible not to pay attention to the strong voice of the singer. Her performance style is an interesting folk-pop combined with delicate electronics, which is very pleasing to the ear. Music critics pin great hopes on Aurora, predict her success and a great future.

Childhood of the singer

Aurora Aksnes is originally from Norway. She was born in the city of Stavanger 15June 1996. Then the family moved to Os, which is located near Bergen, where the future singer spent her childhood. Interestingly, her first steps in music were made with the help of a toy piano. At first, even her parents did not know about her passion. She has been seriously practicing the game since the age of six, she was inspired by the work of world-famous musicians Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. At the age of 9, the girl begins to compose her own music. Aurora's mother accidentally found out that the songs that her daughter secretly sings in the bedroom are her own. She convinced young Aurora to reveal her talent and share her creativity with others. This played an important role in the development of Aurora as a singer and musician. And who knows, if not for mom's advice, we might not have known about the Norwegian young starlet.

Singer Aurora. Biography and creativity

The whole life of Aurora Aksnes is closely intertwined with her favorite pastime - music. She is really very talented, and everything that she has achieved at such a young age is entirely her merit. The girl was engaged in music from early childhood, from her parents there was absolutely no pressure and coercion to do this. Despite the fact that the singer Aurora has been writing her music since she was almost 9 years old, her relatives did not know about it for a long time. For some reason, she was embarrassed to show her first creations to her relatives, not to mention strangers. Today, Aurora Aksnes herself writes the lyrics and music for her songs, in addition to her first inspirations, Bob Dylan in particular, she has another example in the person ofNorwegian singer Susanne Sundför. Her debut on stage was a performance in the assembly hall of her native school, Nordal Grieg. And only a year after that, the young talent will fall into the field of view of the general public. Today, the singer Aurora, biography and creativity, photos of the performer are known to a wide range of the public.

How did it all start?

Axnes at the age of sixteen already releases his debut single called Puppet. After that, one after another, a couple more singles follow. And it all started quite unexpectedly. One day Aurora's song was accidentally heard by one of her friends. He liked her, and he had an interesting idea. A friend asks Aurora to send him this song, and he uploads it to one of the Norwegian music sites. The Made Management company, having heard the track of an unknown artist, became interested in the singer, and soon begins a fruitful cooperation with Aurora Aksnes. The release of the first track called Puppet took place in 2012 in December. Then, in May 2013, it was followed by the track Awakening. So, the singer Aurora worked with this company, and in 2014, in October, she signed a contract with Glassnote and Decca studios.

First success

Suddenly and rapidly begins the musical career of a very young singer. Who knew that her first single from Decca Under Stars (November 2014) will be followed by a new one in February next year - Runaway. In six weeks in the UK, the single was played over 1 million times on Spotify. It was just a stunning success, which is not at allexpected the singer Aurora. The biography of the girl takes on a new twist regarding creativity. The clip shot for the song Runaway already had 10 million views. It was received positively by various Internet music blogs and the national press, in particular the NME magazine. Pop star Katy Perry also began to support the talent of the young singer.

The development of the singer's creativity and her immediate plans

National radio stations BBC Radio One, 6Music, Radio Two paid special attention to Aurora's song Running with the Wolves released in April 2015. Thanks to her frequent rotations, the young singer gets into One's to Watch. After that, Aurora began to take part in various festivals, for example, Way Out West, Green Man Festival, Wilderness. And already in September of the same year, her third single Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) appeared, about which the national press and music Internet blogs wrote. Then it was included in the FIFA 16 soundtrack, with which Aurora performed in London at a sold-out concert and in Brixton as the opening act for Of Monsters and Men.

The singer's next single was Conqueror, and a music video was filmed for it. Aurora Axmes is thinking about releasing her debut album, which appeared already in March 2016 under the name All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend. Reviews of music critics about this work of the young singer were mostly positive. After the release of this first album, Aurora embarks on a European tour. She also appeared on American television shows with JimmyFallon, as well as on The Conan O'Brien Show. At the end of her tour, the singer is already preparing to record new songs, which, she hopes, will definitely be included in her second album. The young performer is not going to stop there and will soon delight her fans with new songs.