Her second single, 'Running with the Wolves' was released in April 2015 and received attention from national BBC stations Radio One, Radio Two and 6Music. The track was also received positively by various online music blogs and national press such as the NME.
'Runaway' achieved success in the UK on streaming service Spotify, reaching 1 million streams after just 6 weeks.
Her first single signed to her labels Glassnote Records and Decca Records, 'Under Stars' was released in November 2014, and 'Runaway' followed in February 2015. Just love everything around you and you’re loving yourself.' Career 2012–2016: All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend Īurora Aksnes at Green Man Festival 2015.Īurora's first track 'Puppet' was released in December 2012, followed by her second, 'Awakening' in May 2013. When asked in an interview regarding her sexuality, she stated, 'I just like to enjoy what is there, and I like to explore. Īurora has mentioned she has been in relationships with men and women.
Songs such as 'Running with the Wolves', 'I Went Too Far' and 'Runaway' were written in this early stage of her life, 'Runaway' being written when she was 12. She began creating melodies at the age of 6, and began writing lyrics at the age of 9. She grew up in Os, a municipality in Hordaland close to Bergen. She has two older sisters, named Miranda and Viktoria. Īurora Aksnes was born on 15 June 1996 in Stavanger, Norway. She has sometimes been compared to Susanne Sundfør, Emilíana Torrini, Florence and the Machine, Eivør, Kate Bush, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Björk. Her music is characterized by a dreamy, emotional and sophisticated pop, but still very catchy and direct in the instrumental sections there are electronic, orchestral and folk elements. This cover appears as a bonus track on the deluxe version of her debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, which was released worldwide on 11 March 2016. Later the same year she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song 'Half the World Away'.
Her debut EP Running with the Wolves was released through Decca Records in May 2015, receiving widespread approval from online music blogs and national press. Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylised as AURORA), is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer.
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