Lykke Li is a famous Swedish singer-songwriter and model.
Her mother, Kärsti Stiege, was a photographer, and her father, Johan Zachrisson (stage name Zilverzurfarn), is a member of the Swedish punk-reggae band Dag Vag. The family moved to Stockholm when Li was a toddler and when she was six, they moved to a mountaintop in Portugal where they lived for five years. When she hit 21, Li came to Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City to record her album.
Li released her first EP, Little Bit, in 2007. Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October 2007 and described her music as a mix of soul, electro and “powdered-sugar pop.” Li’s debut album, Youth Novels, was released on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 30 January 2008 and received a wider European release in June 2008.
Her second album Wounded Rhymes was released in 2011. The album was featured on several lists of 2011’s best albums, including Q, Mojo, The Observer, The New York Times, The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone.
Li made her acting debut in the 2014 Swedish crime film Tommy, directed by Tarik Saleh, and recorded a song for the film, “Du är den ende.” She wrote “No One Ever Loved” for the soundtrack to The Fault in Our Stars, which was released on 19 May 2014. Li was also featured as a guest musician on U2’s album Songs of Innocence, performing vocals on the last track “The Troubles.”
Li released her fourth studio album, So Sad So Sexy, on June 8, 2018. Check out her new album today!