59-624: So Sad So Sexy is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer 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 . Ilsey Juber co-wrote the majority of the album, which is musically influenced by trap . Malay served as an executive producer, with further production by Li's husband Jeff Bhasker , T-Minus , DJ Dahi , Illangelo , Emile Haynie , Jonny Coffer , Kid Harpoon and Rostam Batmanglij , among others. Lykke Li announced So Sad So Sexy on 19 April alongside
118-462: A "blurry, blissful sound", and credits the influence of the "ethereal soundscapes" of Cocteau Twins as well as more distorted styles of American alternative rock . In the 1990s, "dream pop" and "shoegazing" were interchangeable and regionally dependent terms, with "dream pop" being the name by which "shoegazing" was typically known in America. AllMusic describes the dream pop label as covering both
177-517: A "crucial document" of the dream pop movement, commenting that the group "aimed to emulate an ethereality that could just as easily become nightmarish", resulting in music that feels "just out of reach." Their "dreampop" label was subsequently adopted by music critic Simon Reynolds to describe that group and later extended to the nascent shoegazing scene in the UK. Reynolds describes the movement as "a wave of hazy neo-psychedelic groups" characterised by
236-558: A "silken pop groove that display[s] Lykke at her effortless best". Under the Radar called the 90-second album trailer "mysterious" and noted Li appearing in different settings wearing various outfits. Li played various European and North American festivals including the Osheaga Festival in support of the album in mid-2018. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications,
295-768: A Dream" and debuted on 2 March 2015. Lykke Li is a founding partner in Yola Mezcal, which hosted a festival in Los Angeles in 2019 featuring a lineup of all-female performances by Megan Thee Stallion , Courtney Love , and others. Lykke Li has cited Neil Young , the Shangri-Las , This Mortal Coil , the Beatles , and the Rolling Stones as influences, stating, "They aren't pop anymore by today's standards, but they were." Other influences include
354-418: A dream pop sound specific to "the glitzy decay that is L.A.", according to Pitchfork ; that publication called the album a "dream pop classic". The late 1980s dream pop of A.R. Kane and My Bloody Valentine influenced 1990s acts such as Seefeel and Insides , who began incorporating elements such as samples and sequenced rhythms. Ambient pop music is described by AllMusic as "essentially an extension of
413-422: A pared-down drum kit, a necklace made out of percussive instruments, a guitar, a bass and a microphone. Youth Novels was placed on many of the year's Best Of lists and saw Lykke Li sell out tours, including sets at festivals Glastonbury , Coachella and Lollapalooza . She appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien . She appeared on Swedish musician Kleerup 's self-titled album , contributing vocals to
472-488: A picture on her Instagram account, in which she announced her temporary retirement. In 2015, Lykke Li was featured on Emile Haynie 's debut album We Fall on the track "Come Find Me", which also features Romy Madley Croft from the xx . She also teamed up with Woodkid to create a song for the Divergent Series: Insurgent – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . The song, "Never Let You Down",
531-493: A progenitor of the genre, while stating that its Spector-produced parent album All Things Must Pass influenced "many guitar-driven, echo-drenched bands have come around since, mixing powerful rave-ups with moody, reflective down-tempo numbers and a spiritual bent. A.J. Ramirez of PopMatters recognises an evolutionary line from gothic rock to dream pop. The early 1980s gothic-derived " ethereal wave " subgenre, with its effects -laden guitar sounds and female vocals, led to
590-577: A remix EP of "No Rest for the Wicked". German electronic DJ Robin Schulz remixed "No Rest for the Wicked" and the edit was featured in Schulz's debut album Prayer . Lykke Li made her acting debut in the 2014 Swedish crime film Tommy , directed by Tarik Saleh , and recorded a song for the film, "Du är den ende". She wrote "No One Ever Loved" for the soundtrack to The Fault in Our Stars , which
649-488: A response to the cultural landscape of the UK during the 1980s: "After 12 years of Conservative government in Britain, any idealism or constructive political involvement seems futile to these alienated middle-class dropouts." Similarly, according to Rachel Felder, dream pop artists often resist representations of social reality in favour of ambiguous or hallucinogenic experiences. Author Nathan Wiseman-Trowse writes that
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#1732794057468708-439: A song in one go – verse, verse, verse, chorus, the lot. And that would happen with song after song. Finally, I unlocked the gate." On 30 October 2015, Lykke Li posted a photo on Instagram announcing her pregnancy. On 12 February 2016, she announced the birth of her son Dion, whose father is musician Jeff Bhasker , on Facebook. Lykke Li's mother died three weeks after Dion was born; she says that her album So Sad So Sexy
767-575: A song sung entirely in Swedish, in October 2020. Lykke Li released "No Hotel", the lead single from her fifth studio album, Eyeye , on 23 March 2022. The album was released on 20 May 2022. In July 2022, it was announced that Lykke Li would partner with creative director Theo Lindquist and artist Nick Verstandpresent to present an immersive installation, entitled Ü & EYEYE , at Los Angeles ' The Broad Museum . The project intends "to transform
826-406: A song to the film soundtrack but was reluctant to commit to the project. It was after she had seen an early screening of the film that she decided she wanted to contribute to the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on 16 October 2009. The song " Get Some " was featured in the 15th episode of the first season of Hawaii Five-0 titled "Kai e'e" which aired 23 January 2011. The song
885-540: A version of Lykke Li's " I Follow Rivers ". On 30 April 2011, she performed on Later... with Jools Holland in the UK, playing "Get Some", "Sadness Is a Blessing" and "I Follow Rivers". Lykke Li played at the 2011 Latitude Festival , held between 14 and 18 July 2011 at Henham Park in Suffolk, England. She appeared with her band on US late night talk show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in August 2011 and on
944-523: A wall of noise." The music tends to focus on textures rather than propulsive rock riffs. Effects such as reverb and echo are ubiquitous, with tremolo and chorus also heard on recordings. Lyrics are often introspective or existential in nature, but may be difficult to hear or incomprehensible in the mix. In the view of critic Simon Reynolds , dream pop "celebrates rapturous and transcendent experiences, often using druggy and mystical imagery". In 1991, he suggested this escapist tendency might be
1003-408: Is a founding member. She also contributed a cover of " Silver Springs " to a 2012 Fleetwood Mac tribute album, which included renditions from Best Coast , Marianne Faithfull , and MGMT . In 2013, she was featured as a guest musician on David Lynch 's third studio album, The Big Dream , performing vocals on the lead single, " I'm Waiting Here ". On 27 February 2014, Lykke Li released
1062-611: Is a member of the Swedish punk-reggae band Dag Vag . Her younger brother, Zacharias Zachrisson ( a.k.a. Vacation Forever), is also a musician. The family moved to Stockholm when Zachrisson was a toddler and when she was six moved to a mountaintop in Portugal where they lived for five years. The family also spent time in Lisbon and Morocco, and winters in Nepal and India. She moved to Brooklyn , New York City, for three months when she
1121-413: Is a superb reinvention of Lykke Li." Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said, "Li's defeat and grief are palpable, yet she delivers with such grace and control, which offers a glimmer of hope for the fellow romantically downtrodden. With production to match, so sad so sexy succeeds in providing a relatable therapy session for love's final gasps." In a less positive review, Exclaim! critic Jenna Mohammed said
1180-648: The Late Show with David Letterman in November 2011. Belgian DJ/producer The Magician's remix of "I Follow Rivers" is featured in Jacques Audiard 's 2012 film Rust and Bone and the 2013 Palme d'Or -winning Blue Is the Warmest Colour . Lykke contributed to the 2012 compilation "Volym 1" with the track "Come Near" released by the Swedish artist collective and record label INGRID where she
1239-519: The "approach to the sheer physicality of sound" integral to dream pop was "arguably pioneered in popular music by figures such as Phil Spector and ( Beach Boys founder) Brian Wilson ." The Beach Boys recorded an early dream pop song, " All I Wanna Do ", for their 1970 album Sunflower . Critic Jim Allen, who cites the Beach Boys as the "godfathers" of the style, says that the song's unprecedented "cinematic dream sequence" production style marks
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#17327940574681298-461: The "loud, shimmering feedback" of My Bloody Valentine and the "post-Velvet Underground guitar rock" of Galaxie 500 . My Bloody Valentine showcased a unique dream pop sound on their 1988 debut album Isn't Anything , with guitarist Kevin Shields employing a tremolo-arm technique in order to produce "an amorphous drone, at once visceral and disembodied". Galaxie 500 provided a "cornerstone" of
1357-439: The 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 19 April and the 2009 Lollapalooza festival on 8 August as part of the promotional tour for Youth Novels . Her song "I'm Good, I'm Gone" featured in the game FIFA 09 , whilst a remixed version was featured in the 2009 horror film Sorority Row . The song " Possibility " was written for the 2009 film The Twilight Saga: New Moon . Lykke Li had been asked to write
1416-525: The Broad’s Oculus Hall into a hyper-sensory cathedral of female romantic fantasy", says a statement released about the installation. The opening night will feature a special performance by Lykke Li and her band in the Broad's lobby and third floor galleries. In March 2024, Lykke Li performed June Carter Cash song "Ring of Fire" during final credits of Netflix movie "Damsel". In September 2010, Lykke Li
1475-508: The Durutti Column "embodied the cliché of the suicidal dream-pop guitarist in the mid-1980s" with his "narcotic performances" presaging later acts such as My Bloody Valentine and Galaxie 500 . The Dif Juz album Extractions (1985) would expand the dream pop sound, incorporating saxophone, shifting tonalities, and off-kilter rhythms. Film director David Lynch , unable to obtain the rights to This Mortal Coil's version of "Song to
1534-770: The Invisible and an edited version of "Get Some" was featured in the Catwoman trailer for the video game, Batman: Arkham City . She collaborated with singer Kleerup on the song "Until We Bleed", which was featured on an episode of UK TV series Misfits and an episode of the television series Ringer . Her second album Wounded Rhymes was released in 2011. The album was featured on several lists of 2011's best albums, including Q , Mojo , The Observer , The New York Times , The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone . The 19 April 2011 episode of Glee (titled "A Night of Neglect") featured student Tina singing
1593-535: The Siren" for his 1986 film Blue Velvet , enlisted composer Angelo Badalamenti and singer Julee Cruise to record a replacement track. The result was "Mysteries of Love", described by Rolling Stone as a significant development of the dream pop sound which "gave the genre its synthy sheen". The trio of Cruise, Lynch and Badalamenti later recorded the 1989 album Floating into the Night , which further elaborated on
1652-631: The UK-based 4AD. According to Paste , the band crystallized their "swelling, euphoric" dream pop sound on the 1984 album Treasure , with guitarist Robin Guthrie conjuring an array of "woozy textures from his arsenal of effects pedals." The 1984 album It'll End in Tears by 4AD's "dream-pop supergroup" This Mortal Coil was conceived by label head Ivo Watts-Russell and featured members of Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance . The album helped "set
1711-473: The Velvet Underground , Leonard Cohen , and Beach House . Lykke Li possesses the vocal range of a soprano . Of her practice of transcendental meditation , Lykke Li said in 2014: "It's really interesting from a creative point of view. Before, I could only write a few sentences and I'd have to take a break for a few days before I could go back to it. All of a sudden, I could write and finish
1770-428: The album "is an unusual blend of pop and R&B inspiration, but it's not a memorable album. Lykke Li scratches the bare surface of the talent she possesses, making you wish there was just a little more energy." Similarly, Claire Biddles of The Line of Best Fit wrote, "The album's repeated motif of smoking and cigarettes as an addiction metaphor feels try-hard rather than smart. The best tracks are those that transpose
1829-448: The album received an average score of 71 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ilana Kaplan of The Independent wrote, "Li's latest foray in pop is a brilliant display of growth, both personally and professionally. She once again proves that there's no such thing as boring in her music." Consequence of Sound ' s Grant Sharples said, "Although the trap -influenced style wears thin at times, so sad so sexy
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1888-776: The announcement, Lykke Li released the first two singles, "Deep End" and "Hard Rain". In April 2019, she sang lead vocals and appeared in the video for Mark Ronson 's " Late Night Feelings ", the title track from the album of the same name . In July 2019, Lykke Li released the EP Still Sad Still Sexy , featuring four remixes from So Sad So Sexy and two new songs. In a 2019 interview speaking about her fifth studio album, Lykke Li told NME : "I think, maybe to everyone's disappointment, I'm going to really scale it down and back and slow it down. [...] It'll be more like soul music. It'll still be sad, and still be sexy." Lykke Li made her return to music releasing "BRON",
1947-418: The drama of Li's best work to the album's more explicitly pop context." Slant Magazine ' s Josh Goller wrote, " So Sad So Sexy is a sleek, homogeneous pop-oriented album that feels both conceptually half-formed and technically fussed-over." For Pitchfork , Stacey Anderson wrote that "with festival-ready hooks and trap-inspired production, Lykke Li delivers another record about an unraveling romance and
2006-488: The dream pop and shoegaze scenes; it was represented by Cocteau Twins and labels such as 4AD and Projekt Records . Rolling Stone describes "modern dream pop" as originating with the early 1980s work of Cocteau Twins and their contemporaries. AllMusic 's Jason Ankeny credits the Cocteau Twins' "distinctly ethereal" sound and singer Elizabeth Fraser 's operatic, indecipherable vocals with defining their label,
2065-451: The dream pop that emerged in the wake of the shoegazer movement", distinct for its incorporation of electronic textures and techniques such as sampling . Bowery Electric 's 1996 album Beat was described by Long Live Vinyl as an important touchstone of both dream pop and trip hop . The 2007 album Person Pitch by Panda Bear combined Beach Boys-influenced dream pop with modern sampledelic techniques, winning acclaim and exerting
2124-516: The fraught sexuality of its final moments with diminishing returns", and that "her traumas are too often muted by abstraction and unspecificity ... it is beginning to lose its impact". Notes Lykke Li Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlʏ̂kːɛ ˈliː] ), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, model and actress. Her music often blends elements of indie pop , dream pop and electronic . Her debut studio album, Youth Novels ,
2183-409: The genre emphasizes mood and sonics over lyrics, so that "chords and tracks blur seamlessly into one another so frequently that it can be difficult to even decipher when one song ended and another has begun." Common characteristics are breathy vocals, the use of guitar effects, and a densely produced sound, with "nebulous, distorted guitars" paired with "murmured vocals sometimes completely smudged into
2242-403: The genre in their 1989 album On Fire , with their downtempo, reverb -laden sound becoming influential. UK bands acts as A.R. Kane, My Bloody Valentine and Ride played an influential role in the development of the movement. Other prominent acts to emerge from the movement include Slowdive and Chapterhouse . The 1990 Cocteau Twins album Heaven or Las Vegas proved an iconic release in
2301-404: The genre. Spin credited My Bloody Valentine's "landmark" 1991 album Loveless with "crystalizing (and obliterating) the genres of dream pop and shoegaze guitar rock." The UK band Lush became an influential act in the genre during the 1990s, with Robin Guthrie producing their 1992 debut album Spooky . The 1993 album So Tonight That I Might See by American band Mazzy Star reflected
2360-477: The point "where the dream pop family tree starts to come into focus." However, the Beach Boys' impact on the genre was not widely acknowledged until after the 2000s. The 1960s work of the Byrds would influence the "swoony harmonies" of later British dream pop groups. The music of the Velvet Underground in the 1960s and 1970s, which experimented with repetition, tone and texture over conventional song structure,
2419-453: The related genre of shoegaze , and the two genre terms have at times been used interchangeably. The genre came into prominence in the 1980s through groups associated with the UK label 4AD , most prominently Cocteau Twins , This Mortal Coil , and A.R. Kane . Subsequently, UK-based acts such as My Bloody Valentine , Slowdive , and Lush alongside US-based artists Galaxie 500 , Julee Cruise , and Mazzy Star released significant albums in
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2478-401: The release of the first two singles from the record, "Deep End" and "Hard Rain". She released the third single "Utopia" on Mother's Day with an intimate video directed by Clara Cullen. On 29 May, she released two more singles, "Sex Money Feelings Die" and "Two Nights" featuring Aminé . On 10 April, Li shared a trailer for the album featuring a snippet of the title track, which Clash called
2537-402: The sixth episode of the first season of Teen Wolf , titled "Heart Monitor" and originally aired 4 July 2011. The song was also used in the film Premium Rush as one of its soundtracks. The song "Unrequited Love" was used in episode 19 ("The Wheels of Justice"), season four of The Good Wife . Lykke Li's song "Melodies and Desires" was featured in the 2010 Australian film Griff
2596-543: The style and featured the Twin Peaks theme and UK top 10 single " Falling ". The term "dreampop" was coined in the late 1980s by Alex Ayuli of A.R. Kane to describe his band's eclectic sound, which blended effects-laden guitar with dub production and drum machine backing, among other elements. The group released their 1987 EP Lollita on 4AD, with production by Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie. Pitchfork describes their debut album Sixty Nine (1988) as
2655-417: The style. It saw renewed popularity among millennial listeners following the late-2000s success of acts such as Beach House . The term dream pop is thought to relate to the "immersion" in the music experienced by the listener. The AllMusic Guide to Electronica (2003) defined dream pop as "an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody". According to Paste ,
2714-637: The template for dream pop" and associated the formerly gothic-affiliated UK label with the style. The album's 1983 single, the Tim Buckley cover " Song to the Siren ", became an influential work in the genre, and saw success in the UK Indie Chart , remaining there consistently for two years. Other early acts to touch on the style included Lori and the Chameleons , Dif Juz , and the Durutti Column . According to Pitchfork , Vini Reilly of
2773-462: The track "Until We Bleed". She also worked with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp on their 2009 album Junior , contributing vocals to "Miss It So Much" and "Were You Ever Wanted". Lykke Li appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly on 18 February 2009. She covered "Knocked Up", originally recorded by Kings of Leon who had approached Lykke to cover a song of her choice, and "Gifted" in which she performs with Kanye West . Lykke Li performed at
2832-461: The video for the title track of her third studio album, I Never Learn . Following the release, Lykke Li released the video for the single "Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone" on 4 March 2014. On 10 April 2014, she released a video for the lead single , " No Rest for the Wicked ". On 15 July 2014, she also released a video for the single "Gunshot". Lykke Li officially released I Never Learn on 2 May 2014. Once again her album
2891-544: Was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album. Lykke Li released her first EP , Little Bit , in 2007. Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October 2007 and described her music as a mix of soul , electro and "powdered-sugar pop". Lykke Li's debut album, Youth Novels , was released on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 30 January 2008 and received a wider European release in June 2008. The album
2950-433: Was also an important touchstone in the genre's development. Their 1967 debut The Velvet Underground & Nico incorporated what music critic Marc Beamount terms " psychedelic dream pop" in addition to a variety of other styles. Elements of dream pop could also be found in Velvet Underground songs such as " Candy Says " (1969). Music journalist John Bergstrom recognises George Harrison 's 1970 track " Let It Down " as
3009-572: Was also used in ABC Family 's drama Pretty Little Liars in the 18th episode of the second season which was titled "A Kiss Before Lying" which aired 30 January 2012. The song was also used in the 19th episode of the second season of The CW 's The Vampire Diaries , titled "Klaus" and originally aired 21 April 2011, and in the show Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as well as
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#17327940574683068-549: Was announced as the official face of the Levi's Curve ID Collection, alongside Pixie Geldof and Miss Nine . In January 2012 she signed with the VIVA Model Management agency. She has Partnered with many major fashion brands, most recently including Levi’s , H&M , Seven for All Mankind , and Nina Ricci . Lykke Li made her acting debut in the 2014 Swedish crime film Tommy directed by Tarik Saleh. The film
3127-488: Was born out of this difficult time in her life. Lykke Li revealed she was pregnant with her second child on 12 April 2023, via Instagram. Dream pop Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop ) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as reverb , echo , tremolo , and chorus . It often overlaps with
3186-467: Was featured on several lists of 2014's best albums, including Billboard , Complex , and Pitchfork , among others. In United States, I Never Learn debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200 , making it Lykke Li's highest-peaking album on the chart. Prior to the release, Lykke Li released a remix of "No Rest for the Wicked", featuring ASAP Rocky , on 21 April 2014. On 30 May 2014, Lykke Li released
3245-526: Was produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John and Lasse Mårtén and was reportedly inspired by a previous relationship of three years. It was released in the United States on 19 August 2008. The album was released in the United Kingdom in June 2008, promoted by a performance of "Little Bit" on Later... with Jools Holland on 25 May 2008. Lykke Li performed live with
3304-414: Was released as a single on 9 March 2015. On 6 April 2015, she released a video for "Never Gonna Love Again", directed by Philippe Tempelman. In September 2016, supergroup Liv , featuring Lykke Li, released their first single " Wings of Love ". The music video was directed by Lykke Li. Lykke Li released her fourth studio album, So Sad So Sexy , on 8 June 2018 through RCA . Along with
3363-490: Was released in 2008, and has been followed by Wounded Rhymes (2011), I Never Learn (2014), So Sad So Sexy (2018), and Eyeye (2022). She is best known for her biggest hit single to date, " I Follow Rivers ". Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson was born in Ystad , Skåne ; her mother, Kärsti Stiege [ sv ] , was a photographer, and her father, Johan Zachrisson [ sv ] (stage name Zilverzurfarn),
3422-642: Was released in cinemas in Scandinavia in March 2014. Lykke Li also appeared in Terrence Malick 's 2017 film Song to Song , playing BV's ( Ryan Gosling ) girlfriend. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA . The song "Gunshot" was used in the television commercial for the Peugeot 108 , which stars Li. She also stars in a short film for Gucci 's Spring/Summer 2015 collection, which features the song "Just Like
3481-437: Was released on 19 May 2014. Lykke Li was also featured as a guest musician on U2 's album Songs of Innocence , performing vocals on the last track "The Troubles". On 14 November 2014, Lykke Li gained considerable attention from Internet music publications regarding her cover of Drake's " Hold On, We're Going Home ", performed the night prior at London's Eventim Apollo . On 5 January 2015, Lykke Li posted
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