What is it about the Swedes? Their furniture is well-designed and affordable, their citizens are freakishly good-looking, and the pop music they consider mainstream — Robyn, Jens Lekman, Annie, and now Lykke Li — is approximately 9,579 times more innovative and entertaining than the average American radio jam.
Li, a hair-bunned, 22-year-old fashion-forward pixie (and former professional dancer), reminds us of a glitchier, darker Feist, a more organic Goldfrapp, or perhaps a less unicorns-and-headbands version of Bat for Lashes; the video below, in all its wacky, Kubrick-biting glory, is on heavy rotation at the EW offices this week. Watch it and tell us, PWers, if she is as gloriously weird-excellent as we think, or if we’re just full of Swedish meatballs.
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Phenom! Pity it won’t sail here in North America. Most people simply don’t get intentional “cheese”.
mmmm yeahhhhhh
FRAKING AWSOME
this is weirdishly wondeful! I love it…. I will be buying the new Robyn CD tomorrow! I love Swenden and their Swedish meatballs.
love it… the more immediate comparison is stina nordenstam…
I’ve been all about Lykke Li since last year…she’s brilliant. Just like her friend Robyn. I can’t believe it has taken three years for her “new” album to hit US shores. Do yourself a favour and go out and buy it today.
Loved it! Video reminded me of Herbie Hancock in a way.
I wish artists like Lykke Li,Robyn and others were featured in EW like Jessica Simpson and her ilk are.Why not give them more exposure than those over-rated/somewhat talented ones get???
brilliant artist she definately needs more recognition than those other talentless fakes that are only in the music business because they have a somewhat ‘attractive’ image such as jessica simpson. Lyyke li’s album is amazingly soft and catchy clever and also very soothing, listening on a hot summers day when the suns setting running through fields sounds just right to me, shes brilliant and definately needs to be recognised for her genius work.