Since I can only evaluate new artists based on previous artists who sound or look like one another, I figured I should sort of talk my way through Lykke Li. I have felt pretty neutral towards most of her media that I have been exposed to, but I am confident in what I have been told I am supposed to think:
- She is kute
- She is kurvie
- She is sexie
- Her album was produced by a guy in Peter Bjorn & John
- She has eyes that look like she is kute, helpless, but at the same time, wants 2 give u a tug-me-off.
- She has a kute voice
- “Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October 2007 and described her music as a mix of soul, electro and powdered-sugar pop.” [via wikipedia]
- She’s kute and nice and charming I.R.L.
- Her live shows are pretty good/she has a charismatic stage presence
Here’s a video that I think does a good job of bottling up her ‘essence’ into a consumable product.
So does any one know what the deal with Lykke Li is? What’s she all about? Should I appreciate her in a Feisty kind of way because she can ‘crossover’ and be in iPod nano commercials? Or should I appreciate her in an Alanis Morisette kind of way? I think I might be comfortable liking her when she is remixed by some top tier remix artists.
I’ve also read that she might be an emerging style icon. I feel like if you are a buzzworthy woman who is rising above her alternative celebrity status, there is a 75% chance that you will be regarded as a ’style icon.’ This may or may not be known as the M.I.A.-KarenO Theory.
I did an informal survey of people on streets of major metropolitan areas, and here is what they thought of Lykke Li
Anyways, I like this song by Kleerup that Lykke Li sings on. Apparently he is a good producer for women, though. This is a good song to get vulnerable to, or to put on a mix CD for a girl to think you are deep and understand her personal needs.
[MP3]
Kleerup Until We Bleed (With Lykke Li)
Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli
http://www.myspace.com/kleerup
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first. Lykke Li sounds like interesting Soko.
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is that Steve Aoki’s brother playing piano in the vid?
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sHe WaS ReMiXeD By fREd FalKE. ThAt MaKes HeR ToTeS BNgBl
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needs more bilinda butchers
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chk the Fred Falke remix of ‘I’m Good, I’m gone’
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Listening to her debut album Youth Novels:
May or may not be a good way to get to know the young artist a little bit better???
Possibly a [HGHLY RCMMNDD] link that would make sense when trying to find out what to think about Lykke Li???:
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4031268/Lykke_Li_-_Youth_Novel_(2008)_Mp3.rar
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Super kissable.
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no idea who that is so ive purposefully ignored your entire post
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Check out that EP type thing ‘The Hood Internet’ did, they mash up her tracks with stuff like Holy Ghost, Digitalism, Bookashade etc…
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alt hilary duff.
why is alt pop alt and pop just mainstream?
does timberland make the difference?
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i could def blaze and get down to her
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yea! a post with musical commentary + pie chart! carles, you really can present the shit out of some data. (DID YOU GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL?)
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soooo cuuuuute
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shes pretty fuckin bangable fer shure. im not really positive if i like the music style or not, I’m getting tired of women with kute voices. how about they just show me their kute vaginas.
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well, in sweden, I’d say she is more of a fashion icon than a music icon.. some people just don’t get that. still, don’t you love when you can appreciate an artist in more ways than one?
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Saw her two weeks ago and she was good and she wasn’t even the headliner. She reminds me of Yelle though, who you should blog about (maybe which is kuter?)
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her voice is incredibly annoying
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this video makes me want to pull out my eyeballs…i like the song though
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the Cardigans did it way better,
and kuter
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she kinda looks like cher in that pic.
not very attractive.
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i go to make a comment about aoki and it’s like the second one guess i’ll go give myself a tug job
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i love lykke li
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twee but nice. she seems like she sighs a lot(sigh…).
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lykke li is okay, i think of her as “robyn’s friend” because they did that vid together and they’re swedish.
here is a nice train of thought:
1. reading HRO comments seems more fun than reading some HRO posts.
2. commenter X posted a short comment about their secret desires to be HGHLY BLGGBL and type the word “partie”.
3. commenter Y said WHAT IF KURT COBAIN WAS ALIVE? WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF BLOGS?
4. Fanzines vs. Blogs
5. What if John Lennon was alive?
6. If John Lennon was alive there would be no U2, John Lennon would be U2. If Kurt Cobain was alive there’d be no Radiohead, Kurt Cobain would be Radiohead.
7. What do you think of Diana Ross’s new album CRAYONS? Madonna done good Y/N? Sounds like Rihanna’s first album.
8. Somebody should do a Pitchfork blog about mainstream music. Like what you did with Clodplay but less into the FGGTy and more into the EVERYONE IS TRYING TO BE THE NEW TALKING HEADS.
9. Who is the new Banderas?
10. Is bald the new bangers?
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Same, the Jonas brothers can make any song a decent song .
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