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Anna of the North is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jim-E Stack. Those roots explain a lot about how Anna of the North arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sigrid, Kacy Hill, Wet, Mallrat and King Princess, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frank Ocean, The Chainsmokers, Kygo, Tyler, The Creator and Rex Orange County, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Anna of the North, reaching back through Jim-E Stack and forward to Frank Ocean. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Anna of the North is the solo project of Anna Lotterud, an Oslo-based Norwegian singer-songwriter from Gjøvik. Originally formed as a duo with producer Brady Daniell-Smith in 2014, their debut studio album Lovers was released in 2017. Daniell-Smith left the group in 2018, with Lotterud continuing to use the name. Anna of the North's second album, Dream Girl, released in October 2019, was made by Lotterud in association with various producers. Their music has been regarded as "soft, soul-baring electro-pop".
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Anna of the North connections
Anna of the North grew out of Jim-E Stack, shares an orbit with Sigrid, Kacy Hill, Wet and Mallrat, went on to shape Frank Ocean, The Chainsmokers, Kygo and Tyler, The Creator. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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