Swedish Poptart Lykke Li for Sugar Club

Posted on 30th Apr 08 by Contributor | 0

Artist: Lykke Li
Author: Jason Golden

The latest pop sensation. Lykke Lis debut album Youth Novels gets a full European release in May.

Sample some of her addictive mix of electro" soul and candy"coated pop.

POD CONCERTS " AIKEN PROMOTIONS presents:

LYKKE LI

Tickets "15 "inc. booking fee" available from Ticketmaster" Road Records" City Discs" Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie

www.lykkeli.com
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"When you are dancing" you free your emotions and say things you cant with words. Youd never tell how shy I am if you saw how I dance""

Lykke Li cant stay still. Her life and her career are relentlessly pulled forward by an impatient desire to see whats just around the corner" her music full of ideas about moving on and breaking free. Just 18 months ago she was complaining to her mentor" Bjorn of Peter and John fame" that everything had gone wrong because she was 21 and still hadnt released an album. Now 22" shes finding that things are on track. With the release of that album Youth Novels" already out in Sweden through her own label LL Recordings" shes been surprised and maybe a little embarrassed to find that the world is falling at her feet. Shes just the kind of person people cant help falling in love with.

A defining point in Youth Novels is the song Hanging High" which combines Lykke Lis most beautiful melodies with jarringly brutal lyricism: "these razors cutting sharp" it leaves me with an ever bleeding scar" So soft" so suddenly" so that I can not breathe" Im drawn into a circle painted black". "When I wrote Hanging High I couldnt really put my finger on what was wrong in my life" but I could feel in my whole body and soul that if someone let me down again I would not be able to take it. Its a song about walking on thin ice. Im a person whos kind of drawn to the dark sides in life and I can be very dramatic and emotional." Another song" Let It Fall" is about pleasure to be found in the pain of your own tears falling. "I noticed how often I cried" and that its not always a bad thing. I cry when I see movies and God knows how many times I used tears to manipulate my parents. Its also very relaxing and good for you. Its something very poetic and beautiful over tears. Let them fall " the more drama the better." Breaking It Up" meanwhile" returns us to one of our recurring themes. "Its about me always being the one to leave someone in order to pursue my dreams"" Lykke Li admits. "Its about how my creativity is keeping me from having a steady relationship because Im always thinking about new ideas. I do feel bad for beginning things with people when I know its never gonna last. Ill stay a while" but never for long…"