Song · Laufey
“Tough Luck” by Laufey
From the album A Matter of Time (2025)
“Tough Luck” by Laufey appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album A Matter of Time. Its best result is #62 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #394 indie & aaa song of 2025.
"Tough Luck" was the second taste of A Matter of Time, the third album from Icelandic singer Laufey, dropped in 2025 right alongside the album's announcement. It's a sly bait-and-switch: light, jazz-tinged melodies up top, and underneath a candid account of a relationship gone hard, with one explicit line that marks a real step outside her usual style.
Laufey wrote it, composed the music with Spencer Stewart and produced it with him; she sings lead and plays cello, Stewart plays acoustic guitar, Junia Lín adds violin and Stephen Kaye mixed. She road-tested it at a Grammy conference in April 2025, ahead of the official release, then gave it its first TV airing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in May. It followed "Silver Lining" as her second release of the year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
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