Anna of the North
Artist
Anna Lotterud, also known by her stage name “Anna of the North”, is a Norwegian electropop artist from Gjøvik, Norway.
While studying in Melbourne, Australia, she met New Zealand producer Brady Daniell-Smith at one of his shows. They soon hit it off, creating her successful debut single “Sway” in 2014, which was an Internet hit and landed her record deals with +1 Records/Honeymoon in the US and PIAS’s Different Recordings in the UK. Not long after the success of “Sway”, Anna, along with her producer Brady, followed up with other hits such as “Dreamer”, “Baby” and “Us” in 2016.
In an interview with Jajaja Music, Anna notes she gets most of her inspiration from sleep deprivation, saying:
I only sleep about 4 hours a week. I get so tired that I start singing lullabies to myself and I’m like ‘shit I better record that.’
Using elements of dream pop, her music has been described as “cool to the touch and warm to the feel”, as well as inhabiting a “warm, hazy atmosphere”.
