Pascal Pinon In 2009, when they were 14 years old Jófríður and her twin sister Ásthildur, along with Halla Kristjánsdóttir and Kristín Ylfa Hólmgrímsdóttir, formed the group. They released their self-produced first album,
Pascal Pinon, in 2009 which was then re-released by the Morr Music label in 2010. It was described by
Allmusic as “a truly lovely record.” In 2013 the group, now a duo of Jófríður and Ásthildur, released their second album
Twosomeness. A third album,
Sundur, was released in 2016.
Samaris Jófríður, Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir and Þórður Kári Steinþórsson formed Samaris in 2011. The group won the 2011 Icelandic
Músíktilraunir competition and followed this success by self-releasing the EP
Hljóma Þú EP, which then won a 2011 Icelandic
Kraumur award. A further self-released EP,
Stofnar falla, followed in 2012. The group signed with
One Little Independent Records and their self-titled debut album was released in July 2013 to generally favourable reviews. The album combined their compositions with lyrics taken from 19th-century Icelandic poems. Samaris released
Silkidrangar in 2014,
Silkidrangar Sessions in 2015, and
Black Lights in 2016.
Gangly In 2014, Jófríður was involved with the conceptual project Gangly with Sindri Már Sigfússon (
Sin Fang) and Úlfur Alexander Einarsson (of the Icelandic band Oyama) initially releasing the track
Fuck With Someone Else. Gangly went on to sign to UK label AMF Records and made a series of video singles.
JFDR In 2017 her solo album
Brazil (produced in collaboration with
Shahzad Ismaily) was released. In 2018 she was named "Artist of the Year" by The
Reykjavík Grapevine tabloid magazine.
JFDR - White Sun Live. Part I : Strings, an EP of her songs reworked with a string section, was released in 2018.
Gravity, a special EP, was released during the 2018 Iceland Airwaves in the form of a bar of chocolate with a download code. In 2020, Jófríður, along with her four sisters, gave a video concert in Reykjavík to an empty hall (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) for the album release of
New Dreams. The pandemic also caused the cancellation of her spring and fall 2020 tours.
New Dreams won the (Reykjavík) Grapevine Music Awards 2021 album of the year. She won the 2024 Icelandic music award in the category Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, and Electronic for her album
Museum.
Collaborations Jófríður has collaborated with
Low Roar,
Lapalux,
Daníel Bjarnason,
Damien Rice, Aaron Roche, Nini Julia Bang, Sin Fang, Birnir, Max Sokolinski, Kreld, Aves, Örvar Smárason, Strange Boy, and Penelope Trappes. In December 2020 she performed with
Ólafur Arnalds in
A Sunrise Session video.In 2026 Jófríður was featured in a
PBS Great Performances episode.
Soundtrack compositions Jófríður has composed music for film and television including
Dakota Fanning's short
Hello Apartment, Silja Hauksdóttir's feature film
Agnes Joy, and Marteinn Thorsson’s feature film
Backyard Village. She has also composed the music for the television series
Systrabönd (Sisterhood). She performed music for the video game
Death Stranding (2019). In 2022 she wrote the music for the TV series
Randalín og Mundi: Dagar í desember (24 episodes). In 2023 she contributed music to the Icelandic TV series
Stormur and in 2024 to the Icelandic true-crime documentary series
Íslensk Sakamál. In 2025 Jófriður and Áslaug Magnúsdóttir presented the film
A story from St. John’s Eve. == Influences ==