She is considered one of Norway's biggest artists. After some of her songs were uploaded online and became popular in Norway, she signed a recording contract with Petroleum Records , Decca and Glassnote Records [ 6 ] in Aurora gained recognition with her debut extended play EP , Running with the Wolves , which contained the sleeper hit " Runaway ". Later that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert , singing a cover of the Oasis song " Half the World Away ".
She was one of the biggest breakouts acts in Norwegian pop music in the s, topping the VG-lista Topp 40 Album for 2 consecutive weeks with her debut studio album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend , [ 7 ] which received generally positive reviews, charting in various European countries and earning platinum certification two times in Norway. Her second studio album Infections of a Different Kind Step 1 was the first part of a two-part album, while the second part was her third studio album, A Different Kind of Human Step 2 Aurora released her fifth studio album, What Happened to the Heart?
Her music is primarily electropop , folk , and art pop with vocals referred to as " ethereal ". She only played piano at the beginning of her career, but later involved herself in percussion and other aspects of music production. She calls herself a "forest person" due to being surrounded by nature, her love of "climb[ing] trees", and being "isolated and hidden". And I used to be terrified of one of my teachers at school, but then I met him a few months ago, and it was really nice.
It's weird how things change. One of her earliest musical memories is finding an electric piano in her parents' attic that once belonged to her sister Miranda. She remembers being fascinated by the melodies that could be produced on that instrument [ 26 ] and singing along to the song " Don't Worry, Be Happy " around the family table. Aurora is the only member of her family to pursue a musical career. I started to make melodies that I recognized. There was something special about being able to play just by yourself β something about the emotion in it made me want to continue playing.
Her parents did not encourage her to pursue this activity as a career or hobby, but she went from imitating classical music to composing her own material, preferring to keep her music private. According to Aurora, the first song she ever finished writing was titled "The Lonely Man". The recording of her song "Puppet" which was originally made as a Christmas gift for her parents and a video filmed by a classmate of her school performance were uploaded online without her permission, which made her angry.
