HIPSTER RUNOFF » Lykke Li

Name that AltBroad Celebritie Look a like

Carles — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:29:27 +0000

was looking at pix of tweens on the lookbook website. Not sure how to purchase 1, but I think I want 2 buy this 1 who looks a lot like 1 of my fave femalt celebrities.

Photo via lookbooktween

Yall… Who does she look like?

Hints:

She is from Scandinavia
She wears buns in her hair
She sings meaningful songs that u can put on mix CDs for girls
One of her songs is about being ‘a lil bit in <3 with u’
Sometimes she sings over the electrobro KLEERUP
She reminds s00 many ppl of ‘Stevie Nicks’
It’s not Uffie / Alice Glass

Does n e 1 know who it is?

miss u

Lykke Li + Kings Of Leon = MNSTRM?

Carles — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:34:04 +0000

Yall. Lykke Li is alright. Does she write her own music or does she just deliver ‘charismatic performances’ over well produced songs. She kinda reminds me of a sexie old woman/cougar or something like that.

Does she remind yall of an artistic cougar in this vid? (this is what people are basically saying when they compare her 2 Stevie Nicks.)

N e ways, the song “Knocked Up” by Kings of Leon is a meaningful song about wanting to have a child with some1 that you love, even though ur young. Not sure if that’s a message that I can identify with, but I think it’s fun 2 know that in the past, ‘raging against ur parents’ was by doing stuff like ‘getting a girl preggers’+’starting a family without much money.

[MP3]
Kings of Leon – Knocked Up (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix)

Previous pretty good song where Lykke Li sings over some electro producer’s work
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/06/i-am-not-sure-what-to-think-about-lykke-li-yet.html

Myspaces
http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli
http://www.myspace.com/kingsofleon

Previous Lykke Li meme that I might have to revisit.

Bonus cougar meme

I am not sure what to think about Lykke Li yet.

Carles — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:21:00 +0000

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