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Árný Margrét Sævarsdóttir (born 2001), known better by her stage name, Árný Margrét (also stylized Arny Margret), is an Icelandic musician.[1] In October 2022, she released her debut album they only talk about the weather.[2]

Early life

Árný Margrét Sævarsdóttir was born and grew up in Ísafjörður, Iceland, and started learning the piano at an early age and later the guitar.[3][4] After graduating high school in the fall of 2020, she moved to Denmark to attend a folk school and practice music. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns, she was unable to return to school for the spring semester and she moved back home to Iceland.[5]

Career

Margret's first official performance was in 2018. In 2021, she signed with One Little Independent Records.[6] She released her first single, "Intertwined" with the label in December of that year.[7] In January 2022, she debuted her second single, "Akureyri".[8] She released her debut EP, intertwined in February 2022.[9][10] Her first full-length album, they only talk about the weather, was released in October 2022.[11][12] During the summer of 2023, she performed weekly in the TV show Sumarlandinn on RÚV.[13]

Discography

  • they only talk about the weather (2022)

EPs

  • intertwined (2022)

Singles

  • "Interwined" (2021)
  • "Akureyri" (2022)

References

  1. ^ Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir; Frosti Logason (1 June 2021). "Eitt best geymda leyndarmál íslenskrar tónlistar fannst á Ísafirði". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ Þorsteinn Hreggviðsson (17 October 2022). "Árný Margrét - They Only Talk About the Weather". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "rkisefnið persónulegt í bland við áhrif frá umhverfi og veðri". albumm.is (in Icelandic). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ^ Halla Ólafsdóttir (7 February 2022). ""Þetta er það sem ég kann vel – og elska að gera"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ Viets-VanLear, Tasha (2022-10-18). "Arny Margret is on the rise | Interview". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Elma Rut Valtýsdóttir (28 October 2021). "Magnaður flutningur Árnýjar Margrétar í Hallgrímskirkju". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Listen to Arny Margret -Intertwined". Folk Radio UK. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  8. ^ Elma Rut Valtýsdóttir (27 January 2022). "Tónlistarundrið Árný Margrét frumsýnir myndband við glænýtt lag". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. ^ Milligan, Shaun (2022-02-26). "Arny Margret - "intertwined"". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  10. ^ Farrell, Margaret (2022-03-03). "Arny Margret Walks Us Through Her Comforting Debut EP intertwined Track by Track". FLOOD. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ Milligan, Shaun (2022-10-20). "Arny Margret - "they only talk about the weather"". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  12. ^ Hendicott, James (2022-10-28). "Arny Margret". Europavox. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  13. ^ Júlía Aradóttir (9 July 2023). "Árný Margrét syngur við vestasta fjörðinn við Ísafjarðardjúp". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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