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She’s got a little bit of all-girl punk and even a little reggae in her, and a little Kings of Leon after her, and a little Kanye next to her, and a little Levis on her– daughter of Swedish punk star mum and reggae outfit guitarist dad, Lykke Li has been one of the hottest sensations to come out of Sweden in the past few years in the Indie artist category.
Lykke Li, who is now the face of Levis Curve ID, was approached by Platinum selling and Grammy award-winning artists Kings of Leon to ask her to cover whichever Leon song she wanted.
She chose ‘Knocked Up.’ Other remixes she has done include Beck’s Get Some. Lykke has even collaborated with Kanye West on the song Gifted.
Her debut album, Youth Novels, was based on a relationship she had for three years and was a compilation of dance songs of young love delivered in summer dress simplicity and brightness. The album was produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, and it’s follow up released this year is called Wounded Rhymes, written while she spent her time in a cabin, immobile for want of a driver’s license, and equipped with just a piano, guitar and autoharp, and in musical content, another bout of complaints from unrequited love.
Her music has been featured on the soundtrack of Sorority Row, and was especially requested for the Twilight movie, New Moon, for which she wrote the track ‘Possibility.’
Her music combines soul and electro-pop, with musical arrangements that introduce surprise contributions from an occasional sax or even cowbells, but which always tends to chime in at the chorus with perfect harmony. The booming undertone for all her songs seems to be the base and of course the lace that lightly veils over the musical plushness, is Lykke’s Saint Etienne-like breathy delicate vocals, which have in their crispness the intriguing energy of Bjork without the wails and screeches. Listening to her sing is like listening to the subtle cracks of a hard exterior beginning to give way.
In terms of her style however, Lykke said in a recent interview that she is tough person who has always been a surivivor but longs to be as free as David Bowie.
Dance, Dance, Dance
Gifted
I’m good, I’m gone
Little bit
Tonight
Possibility