Jenny Hval

Jenny Hval ( vaal, born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, and novelist. She has released nine solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky and seven under her own name. In 2015, Hval released her fifth studio album, Apocalypse, Girl, to widespread critical acclaim on the label Sacred Bones. She followed with several well-received solo albums on Sacred Bones and later 4AD Records.

Under the name Lost Girls, Hval has released two full-length collaborative studio albums – Menneskekollektivet (2021) and Selvutsletter (2023) – with her husband and musical partner Håvard Volden.

After initially studying literature and working as a freelance columnist and writer, Jenny Hval has published four novels, Perlebryggeriet (Pearl Brewery) (2009, translated into English as Paradise Rot: A Novel), Inn i ansiktet (Into the Face) (2012) and Å hate Gud (To Hate God) (2018, translated into English as Girls Against God).