Artist
AURORA, real name Aurora Aksnes. Norwegian singer-songwriter who grew up in a small village near Bergen and started writing songs on piano as a small child. She wrote 'Runaway' around age 11-12, originally for a school assignment, and it later became one of the songs that introduced her to the world. Her ethereal, folktronica-tinged art pop earned comparisons to Kate Bush and Florence Welch, and at 21 she became the youngest person honored with a stone on the Bergen Walk of Fame. She's been remarkably prolific since, with five solo studio albums through 2024's What Happened to the Heart? And in 2025 she formed the electronic duo Tomora with Chemical Brothers member Tom Rowlands.
From the notes for Episode 06 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.
