Lykke Li

Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born March 18, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden), better known by her stage name Lykke Li, is a singer. She was raised by artistic parents (her mother was a photographer, her father is a musician); she lived in Portugal for five years and spent winters in Nepal and India. At one point, she worked as a dancer on Swedish TV. Li released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 4 February 2008, prior to a wider European release this June. The...
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Lykke Li - Breaking It Up

Lykke Li is brilliant. All her songs sound refreshingly different and, for me, she is one of the stand out artists of the year. Breaking It Up is the third single of the critically acclaimed début ... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

On her full-length debut, Lykke Li sounds like she's been waiting to refashion the classical torch song her whole life. Youth Novels is all teasing and heartbreak, with production (from Peter Bjorn... Read more

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Lykke Li - Breaking It Up

Lykke Li has an extraordinary voice. Some singers, like Mariah Carey or Leona Lewis, have extraordinary voices in the sense of sheer range and technical ability and some people have extraordinary v... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Youth Novels seems, upon a superficial reading, to be a curious moniker for 22-year-old Swedish singer/songwriter Lykke Li’s debut album. It subsumes no eccentric, memorable Dickensian characters, ... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Above-standard indie pop release by another Swedish sensation. I like Lykke Li a lot, but I guess that’s not a surprise. She’s warm, likeable, that strong girly type that I am inadvertently dra... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

With a tiny voice, minimalist arrangements and simple lyrics, this Swedish songwriter has crafted what seems like a magical album, where all its small elements coalesce into something quite big. Li... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Would Abba have posted a YouTube video of themselves busking on a Stockholm street with a toy piano? Well, that idea works for their oddball homegirl Lykke Li, a charming, globe-trotting hippie kid... Read more

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Lykke Li - Breaking It Up

Breaking It Up is essentially an incredibly silly pop song done very well. At the core is a soft kick-drum embellished with handclaps and Lykke Li's velvet-soft voice cooing over the top. Schoolyar... Read more

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Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Door het internet fanatiek met liedjes te bestoken wist de toen 21-jarige Zweedse Lykke Li vorig jaar al de aandacht op zich te vestigen. Haar single Little Bit werd wereldwijd een culthitje en haa... Read more

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