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AURORA

AURORA grew up near Stavanger, Norway, and was still a teenager when her song "Runaway" began travelling far beyond it. Her music folds folk textures into bright, searching pop, and her delicate voice reached an even wider audience when she sang the wordless call on "Into the Unknown" in Frozen II. She writes about nature, empathy, and the strangeness of being human, and it all sounds like no one else quite manages to.

Start here

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016). Her debut gathers the songs that first made people pay attention: "Runaway," "Running with the Wolves," and "Conqueror" are all here, and it remains the clearest picture of her sound.

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Biography

Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as AURORA (stylised in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Known for blending electropop, folk, and art pop, she has been described as a pioneer of the Norwegian art pop scene and dubbed the "Fairy of Pop". She started writing songs and learning dance at age six, and gained recognition as a teenager after a classmate posted her music online without her knowledge. Initially trained on the piano, she later learned percussion and production.

Aurora signed with Petroleum, Decca, and Glassnote Records in 2014, and released her debut extended play (EP), Running with the Wolves, in 2015. Its lead single, "Runaway", gained massive popularity years later after going viral on TikTok. Her debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, was released to positive reviews in 2016, topping the Norwegian VG-lista and earning international success. Aurora followed her debut with a two-part concept album: Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1) (2018) and A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) (2019).

Her fourth studio album, The Gods We Can Touch (2022), marked her first top-10 entry in the UK.

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