JFDR

Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 4 August 1994) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist known as JFDR and is a founding member of the musical groups Samaris and Pascal Pinon. She has worked with numerous other musicians and has composed music for film and television. Her father is Icelandic composer and musician Áki Ásgeirsson.

In 2017 her solo album Brazil (produced in collaboration with Shahzad Ismaily) was released. In 2018 she was named "Artist of the Year" by The tabloid magazine. JFDR - White Sun Live. Part I : Strings, an EP of her songs reworked with a string section, was released in 2018. Gravity, a special EP, was released during the 2018 Iceland Airwaves in the form of a bar of chocolate with a download code. In 2020, Jófríður, along with her four sisters, gave a video concert in Reykjavík to an empty hall (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) for the album release of New Dreams. The pandemic also caused the cancellation of her spring and fall 2020 tours. New Dreams won the (Reykjavík) Grapevine Music Awards 2021 album of the year.