Aurora Aksnes, known mononymously as Aurora (stylized as AURORA), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Stavanger, she released her debut extended play, Running with the Wolves, in 2015 through Decca Records. Later the same year, Aurora provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song "Half the World Away". At the age of 19, she performed at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
Aurora released her debut studio album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, in March 2016. In 2018, she released her second studio album Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1), followed by her third studio album A Different Kind of Human (Step 2), in June 2019. In January 2022, she released her fourth album The Gods We Can Touch.
For Disney, she did the voice that calls to Elsa in the 2019 Disney animated feature film Frozen II, which is later revealed to be Queen Iduna. Originally, she was conceived as the voice of the North Wind. This can be seen on youtube videos and behind the scenes clips where "North Wind" is seeen on the screen caps.
