Lykke Li – EYEYE (Album)

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Eyeye (pronounced “Eye”) is the fifth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li, and her first since So Sad So Sexy (2018). Released on 20 May 2022, the album reunites Li with her longtime collaborator Björn Yttling, producer of her first three albums. It was preceded by the release of the singles “No Hotel” and “Highway to Your Heart”.

Described as “an immersive audiovisual album”, Theo Lindquist directed the visual component of the record, starring Li opposite Jeff Wilbusch. The seven minute-long visual loops were shot by cinematographer Eduard Grau on 16-millimeter film.

Tracklist:

1.NO HOTEL

2.YOU DON’T GO AWAY

3.HIGHWAY TO YOUR HEART

4.HAPPY HURTS

5.CAROUSEL

6.5D

7.OVER

8.ü&i

OVERALL RATING: 4 stars

Lykke Li – so sad so sexy (Album)

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so sad so sexy is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li, released on 8 June 2018 by RCA. The album was preceded by the release of the singles “Deep End”, “Hard Rain”, “Utopia”, “Sex Money Feelings Die” and “Two Nights” featuring Aminé.

Tracklist:

01. hard rain
02. deep end
03. two nights (feat. Aminé)
04. last piece
05. jaguars in the air
06. sex money feelings die
07. so sad so sexy
08. better alone
09. bad woman
10. utopia

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Lykke Li – “Hard Rain” & “Deep End” (EP)

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It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from the great Swedish pop singer Lykke Li. She released I Never Learn, her excellently heart-shattered breakup album, way back in 2014. Since then, she’s had a baby, she’s taken a break from performing, and she’s made some music with the Swede-pop collective LIV. But now, after teasing new music, she’s back with a new album, and she’s shared a couple of tracks from it.

Later this spring, Lykke Li will return with the new LP so sad, so sexy — a title that, quite frankly, sounds like something that somebody might yell in Zoolander. She’s also shared “Hard Rain” and “Deep End,” the album’s first two tracks. We don’t yet know too much about the album, but we do know that she’s been putting in work with some serious professionals. Lykke Li’s partner and her baby’s father, the big-name pop producer Jeff Bhasker, co-produced “Deep End” with Malay and T-Minus, while Rostam, formerly of Vampire Weekend, handled production on “Hard Rain.” Meanwhile, the Portland rapper Aminé appears on the album track “Two Nights.”

“Hard Rain” is a hazy, synth-driven ballad, a gorgeously sideways take on pop music that seems to occupy some middle ground between recent-vintage Bon Iver and Take Care-era Drake. And on “Deep End,” Lykke Li surfs a straight-up trap beat, finding beauty in it.

Tracklist:

01 “Hard Rain”
02 “Deep End”

OVERALL RATING

4 stars