![]() Though Birdy is still only seventeen (but why say “only” when peer artists like Lorde have shown us young women write deep, reverberating songs that crack adult emotion), hearing her voice quiver through her own words is at once powerful and soothing.Ī great starting point is “Not About Angels” (below), a song she wrote for the sound track of the forthcoming film The Fault in Our Stars, starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. on June 3, and this time, the music is entirely original. Her sophomore album, Fire Within, will debut in the U.S. It didn’t matter that the tracks were familiar: Birdy flexed her muscles within the music, and her precise and achingly beautiful voice made each cover a revelation. ![]() Jasmine van den Bogaerde, aka Birdy, was just fourteen when she released her first album in 2011, a collection of covers of heartfelt songs by artists like Bon Iver, the xx, and the Postal Service.
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