Well, last night was one of those nights that has changed the way I look at music for the rest of my life. For a while, I have had doubts about the future of where we can go with sounds, melodies and beat that we have otherwise been recycling since the first note was sang. Every now and then a killer track will melt away from the hard wax-core of an already burned musical candle. I will post on here “to check this great song”, or “that great remix”, never to have completely been amazed by an artist in person that will bring me to completely rant on their musical styling without the need of a specific track for comparison.
This girl, doesn’t need one track that sticks out, she does that all by herself.
Sweden’s very own Lykke. Her music is full of ideas about moving on and breaking free. Just eighteen months ago, she was complaining to her mentor, Bjorn “of Peter and John fame” Yttling, that everything had gone wrong because she was twenty and still hadn’t released an album. I know, when I was twenty the only thing I was worried about was if I had class on Friday, or if I could go out drinking Thursday night (Sad, so sad.) Now twenty-two, she’s finding that things are on track: With the release of her debut album in Sweden through her own label, LL Recordings, in January of this year, and now just released in the US on August 18, she’s taking the music industry by the knockers, and not letting go until someone says ‘Uncle’.
The way she works a tiny drum stick in one hand, and the thin polyester black smock that covers her cat-woman type outfit in the other, she knows what she wants, and it’s the same thing the fans around her want, passion. To see an artist who is fully embracing every moment, every beat, every harpsichord of her stage show is rare. Not since Madonna’s like a virgin performance on the MTV Music Awards have I seen such confidence and appeal.
I have included a copy of the diskJokke remix of Everybody But Me, which is a beautiful remix of her minimalistic track about those nights when you’re out on the town, but you just aren’t feelin’ it. And Tonight, and track of letting go, which I am sure you will hear all over shows like Grey’s Anatomy this fall.
Lykke LI - YOUTH NOVELS (2008) Released August 18, 2008
Lykke Li - Tonight
Lykke LI - Everybody But Me(diskJokke Remix)
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