On 6 April 2020,
Laufey released her debut single, "Street by Street", which charted at number one on
Icelandic Radio. In the following months, she released "Someone New" and posted several
cover songs and voice memos on her
YouTube channel. On 23 June 2020, Laufey participated in the #BerkleeAnywhere concert series performing her previous singles and "
I Wish You Love". The latter's recording would later be recommended and praised by
Rolling Stone. Laufey released the
extended play's third single, "Best Friend", on 3 March 2021. Its
music video premiered on 17 March and in November of the same year it was performed in
Place Saint-Sulpice for La Blogothèque's A Take Away Show. "Magnolia", the EP's fourth single, was released on 7 April and its music video premiered on 12 May 2021. This song was performed at the
Kennedy Center with the
National Symphony Orchestra as part of
Ben Folds' Declassified series on 12 April 2024. Including the four singles and three other songs, many of which were written in her college dorm room,
Typical of Me was released on 30 April 2021, the year Laufey graduated from
Berklee College of Music. The EP eventually received attention from musicians such as
Billie Eilish and
Willow Smith, and was praised by some music critics. In a four-star review, Neil Yeung of
AllMusic wrote that "every song on
Typical of Me is a gem, brimming with potential" and
American Songwriter's Anna D’Amico ranked the EP third on her list of best albums of 2021. The track "Like the Movies" has been performed several times, including on
The Reykjavík Grapevine's Grapevine Grassroots and
Jimmy Kimmel Live! – Laufey's United States network television debut. It was also part of a live performance in the
KEXP gathering space, recorded on 15 October 2021 along with "Let You Break My Heart Again", "Street by Street" and "Best Friend". == Track listing ==