Norwegian pop star makes her way to Calvin University

Sigrid performs at Calvin University Sept. 27.

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org

Most Americans probably have not heard of pop singer Sigrid. Well, she is from Norway for starters, not a place known as a music capital.

With that said, Sigrid received more than 58 million views on her “Stranger,” and while that is only half of what Taylor Swift pulled in for her recent “You Need to Calm Down, it still a good sum of viewers considering Sigrid pulls in around 10 million per video. (Her most recent video, “Mine Right Now,” is at only around 900,000 partly due to the fact that Sigrid is not in the video due to flight delays. Director Max Siedentopf had to take the singers place making the video just worth watching…and the song is pretty catchy.)

In 2017, Sigrid rose to fame with the release of her debut song “Don’t Kill My Vibe.” She won the BBC Music Sound of 2018 and her single “Strangers” on the UK Singles chart. In March, she released her debut album “Sucker Punch,” with plans for a worldwide tour which will bring her to Grand Rapids.

Sigrid performs Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. at Calvin University’s Covenant Fine Arts Center, 3201 Burton St. SE. Tickets for the concert went on sale today.

The show is part of the Calvin University’s concert series which includes Frankie Cosmos, Sept. 24; Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, Sept. 25, Thompson Square, Nov. 1, and Lucy Dacus, Nov. 6. In fact, Cockburn releases his new instrumental CD, “Crowing Ignites,” a few days before coming to Calvin.

For tickets to the Sigrid concert or any of the other Calvin University shows, visit http://www.calvin.edu/boxoffice.