Popular Icelandic-Chinese singer and songwriter Laufey released the music video to her hit song “Madwoman” on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 10 A.M. Eastern time. This song is from her recent Grammy-winning album “A Matter of Time: The Final Hour”. This music video reached over one million views just a mere six hours after it was posted.

Laufey is an accomplished musician. She was a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15 and has made it to a finalist and semifinalist in multiple of Iceland’s television talent shows (such as Ísland Got Talent). She later graduated from Berklee College of Music, where she studied Cello on a Presidential Scholarship. Her music now is often described as a blend of pop, jazz, and classical.

Besides Laufey herself, this video featured a number of other popular “Wasian”, or White-Asian, celebrities from numerous different backgrounds. 

Korean-Canadian actor Hudson Williams has recently become popular due to his award-winning role in the Crave television series, “Heated Rivalry”. 

Actress Lola Tung has become famous from her role as Belly in “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. She also made her Broadway debut playing Eurydice in “Hadestown”. She is of Chinese and Swedish descent and was born and raised in New York City.

Alysa Liu is a Chinese-American figure skater who recently won two Olympic gold medals for the United States. 

Megan Skiendiel is a member of the popular pop group, Katseye. Her mother is Chinese-Singaporean, and her father is American-Swedish. Skiendiel herself was born in the United States but has talked about how these different cultures influence her life.

Fans have been raving over this music video since its release and even before.

Firstly, it has been praised for its diversity and representation of Asian culture. Each of the video’s actors is of a previously mentioned different Asian and white backgrounds. On top of that, these celebrities come from such different backgrounds and have found their fame through different avenues, from Olympic athlete to actor to pop star. There were also references to Asian culture shown through the playing of Mahjong and wearing of a qipao.

Secondly, this music video also had a vintage style to it. The outfits and editing were meant to replicate that of the 1960’s and 70’s.

Overall, Laufey’s “Madwoman” music video has been a great success and highly praised due to celebrity involvement, diversity, and its overall appearance. Make sure to check it out on YouTube to see why it’s been so adored!