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We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Exploring the spectrum of love and pain, Swedish indie pop artist Lykke Li updated the sounds of '50s-'60s girl group pop for the 21st century on her breakthrough debut, Youth Novels. With confessional lyrics and often delicate vocals, she matured on the beat-driven Wounded Rhymes and sweeping I Never Learn Born Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson in Ystad, Sweden, she grew up in a musical family -- her father is a member of Dag Vag -- and enjoyed a multi-cultural upbringing, as her family frequently lived and traveled across Europe, Africa, and Asia. After spending some formative months in Brooklyn as a teen, she returned to the city to record her debut.
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Her music often blends elements of indie pop , dream pop and electronic. Her younger brother, Zacharias Zachrisson , is also a musician and performs under the name Vacation Forever. The family also spent time in Lisbon and Morocco, and winters in Nepal and India. Li released her first EP , Little Bit , in Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October and described her music as a mix of soul , electro and "powdered-sugar pop".
The Swedish singer-songwriter's tales of love gone wrong are relentess but wonderfully realised, writes Kitty Empire. Luke Turner brings us a joyful noise as he rounds up the month in ear-bleeding music. Lykke Li.