Yes, Lynch.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 14:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
swedish (and norwegian?) 'y' is like the german 'ü'.
― cb, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 14:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
exactly what I was going to say, cb.
Surely her name is pronounced something like Luca, but with the u having a sort of u-umlaut sound.
I'm off to see her live this evening, by the way.
― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
so, not "Likely"
But Lickly.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
lookly.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
The intro is nice and nearly every track here could potentially be a fantastic pop song but for god's sake, put your back into it woman.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
At least almost. You can hardly hear the difference, although it is there.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
The name Lykke Li is pronounced the same way as the danish word Lykkelig, which means Happy. (from some fashion blog)
This Swedish lo-fi popstrel (her name is pronounced ‘lick-a-lee’) (from Time Out)
― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
Actually I just listened to it again and although the tunes are there, they're handled so badly and her voice is so flimsy that they're wasted. I wish she'd actually put some force in there from time to time or make and effort to sound committed to anything other than this vague mimsiness. Is it possible to sound diffidently mimsy? Because she does.
It's not that I've got a tin ear for this sort of stuff, two of my favourite albums from the last couple of years were by Marit Larsen and Feist. But I spent most of this record wondering if it was hamstrung by its own delicate aesthetic or just cheap, flimsy and badly performed and the four songs at the end confirmed the latter. Breaking It Up in particular should have had something at least vaguely resembling a kick to it.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, she def. can't sing as well as Lily All-waydaminnit! If SHE was that years biggest hit with that voice, why couldn't Luckily be?
― StanM, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
'
― StanM, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
Because we're already drowning in bland female vocalists and pretty much any of yer interchangeable Adeles or Duffys could have done a better job with this material?
It's not just the vocals, the production and arrangements are limp as well.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
Twee is back (Juno sountrack and so on), maybe it's the Scandinavian version, twë?
― StanM, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
I rather like the Duffy that I've heard ("Mercy" seems to be the uptempo single that sticks out like a sore thumb).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
Annie fans ought to be all over it, then
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
or indi3 fans full stop
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Little Bit" would sound terrible with Duffy or Adele singing it.
― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
It sounds terrible anyway!
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
'weak voice' is surely the point ala Shapiro
― blueski, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
I dunno, it's weaker than that even, I think with Shapiro or Annie or anything like that it doesn't matter as much because they're supposed to glide over the backing, which is a lot fuller in any case. A lot of the music here is sparser, or more organic at least, and you'd expect the voice to fill that space and it just doesn't.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
light voice over light music obviously works in some situations. i'm not feeling any particular imbalance in li's case yet (based on myspace songs only). not sure how much i'll actually listen to this tho.
― blueski, Thursday, 21 February 2008 12:45 (5 years ago) Permalink
I went to see her last night. Goodness knows why her management chose that venue: 9 out of 10 of those attending hadn't come for the gig - she was the entertainment at a club night - so there was a serious noise and general-lack-of-decorum problem.
That said, I enjoyed her performance. She has a nice line in moving about on stage and hamming up the songs. Whether that will make her the 'summer's biggest hit' (cf thread title) is another matter.
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 21 February 2008 16:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
i like "little bit" if that's what you're talking about, but that's been out for a WHILE.
― htshell, Thursday, 21 February 2008 16:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
Saw her at By:Larm (Norwegian Equivalent of MIDEM) and she was absolutely brilliant. A very charismatic live act, and a great and unique voice. It was completely crowded, so obviously she was one of the "next big things" at the meeting.
Even though she was brilliant, Superfamily were even better though.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 22 February 2008 03:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
I was there too (the Thursday show), and yeah, I was floored. It was weird, though, I was jet-lagged and fell asleep and woke up a half hour before the first band went on, and I thought I wouldn't get in at all, but when I got to the club right before 9, there were only about five people there. So I got an ace spot in front...but yeah, did it ever get crowded fast. Anyway, Lykke Li, was far more energetic and charismatic than I expected. I had high hopes going in, but nothing like what we ended up seeing firsthand. She did an instore at the Platekompaniet record store the next afternoon, and did a much more low-key, but equally likeable performance.
Egads. They're like the Killers as interpreted by Metal Skool. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
I wanted to catch Dylan Mondegreen at first (great band, lousy live performance), so I didn't get to Blå until around half an hour before. And by then it was very crowded. I did get in, but hardly got out afterwards. :)
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 10:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
awful
― OskarM, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
and srsly just one drop in the bucket of poorly conceived swede-twee
i guess once it crosses the ocean it becomes "sophisticated"
― OskarM, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
i like this album, but most of the songs sound like they could just take off into something really spectacular, but just dont. like maybe a remix cd would be amazing. anyways, just heard a nice remix. http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/5/6/freeload-lykke-li-everybody-but-me-diskjokke-remix
― jaxon, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins, but it's nice
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 May 2008 23:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
and not just cuz it's another swedish chick but the vocals have that same sleepy-eyed but kinda seductive thing to it
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 May 2008 23:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
none of her other songs have grabbed me at all but i'm liking the one with Kleerup. More like that pls.
― Roz, Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
this is really good. why didn't anyone tell me how good this is?
― Creeztophair, Friday, 13 June 2008 05:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
That's cuz Bjorn from the group that did "Young Folks" produced this.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 19 October 2008 01:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
this sentence makes no sense
lykke li is fucking disgusting
― lex pretend, Sunday, 19 October 2008 03:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
her music tries way too hard but she seems like a really rad girl
― Was This Review Helpful? Yes No (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 19 October 2008 03:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
i will never ever comprehend the appeal of twee. god, white people
― lex pretend, Sunday, 19 October 2008 03:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
― boystown confidential (sic), Sunday, 19 October 2008 06:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins:
― DavidM, Sunday, 19 October 2008 09:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
lex otm here, it's hard to see why there would be any global craving for this
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 19 October 2008 15:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
I haven't heard the album, but this is brilliant:
― Tape Store, Sunday, 19 October 2008 17:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
On tour she is closing with A Tribe Called Quest's "Can I Kick It," with the audience doing the sampled Lou Reed humming. I thought it was goofy but fun, although I'm sure some folks here would find her rapping as annoying as they do her singing. "Little Bit" is so catchy, although her vocals worked better on cd than live. Her voice now sounds less little-girlish live, although it's still far from impressive.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
The name Lykke Li is pronounced the same way as the danish word Lykkelig, which means Happy.
It is pronounced the same way as the Norwegian word Lykkelig. The Danish one would be pronounced Lyyge'li, and that is a bit different. :)
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
I dig that vocal/string mix. I think that Kleerup song is better than her album. Subject to change when I actually pay attention to the album, of course.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
She was mostly fun live but her voice was weak. I read some blog posters and others calling her gig at Black Cat in DC the best gig they saw in DC this year. That seems a little over-the-top to me.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 October 2008 12:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
She is unlike anyone else. Which is something that, for some, may be exciting at once. But once you get used to it, it may not be as fascinating as it was.
Still a pretty much OK album and I did find her live appearance rather fascinating. But there is better music from 2008, surely.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 24 October 2008 12:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
She is like 1/10th as good as Marit Larsen when Marit is at her laziest.
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 October 2008 12:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
i like a few of these songs a lot (off Youth Novels) and... i find her to be really hot
― san frandisco, Thursday, 18 December 2008 02:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
I just heard something by this person on the radio in a cafe. the bassline of the song seemed completely stolen off of Phil Spector's "He Hit Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss)." I thought it was a sample at first!
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Monday, 27 July 2009 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's been out since August but I just saw her performance at KCRW: http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb090804lykke_li
She's really good. One of the best sounding performances I've seen on the show.
― Moka, Friday, 16 October 2009 05:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
(pretty shameless attempt at a piano house hit, but it works, imho)
― StanM, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
One half of Aeroplane
― willem, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Magician is the guy that left Aeroplane, he's great.
― Matt DC, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
duh - I even knew that! :-/thx for reminding me though.
― StanM, Monday, 7 March 2011 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is an impressive second record. I love the first, but I could see this one eclipsing it given time.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
There's nothing on here I love as much as Little Bit but on the whole I think this is a stronger record. It's fast becoming my album of the year so far.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^^ I pretty much agree 100% with this post.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 March 2011 19:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
really looking forward to seeing her live again this year
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 March 2011 19:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
honestly never knew it was pronounced 'licky lee' until i saw her on fallon last wk
― johnny crunch, Monday, 7 March 2011 20:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
I sort of skipped her the first time around even though I liked "Little Bit," but this album is really good. Will be listening to this a lot, I think.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 22:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 March 2011 03:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really surprised how much I like this - 'Sadness Is A Blessing' is a fantastic song. Toning down the mimsiness and going widescreen and Spectoresque has really helped.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 March 2011 11:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
get some is great but it does sound like I want candy to me.
― akm, Monday, 28 March 2011 05:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
i look forward to forks posting a clip of nardwuar interviewing everything from now on
― thomp, Monday, 28 March 2011 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
will do!
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 March 2011 12:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
This album is great.
I'm not sure how you pronounce her name for sure, but I'm pretty convinved that the way Greg Kot keeps calling here Lick-e-uh Lee doesn't seem right at all.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kot is wrong.
It's Lick-ee. Simple as that.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wouldn't be the first time. His over-pronunciation was driving me crazy!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
What do you expect from a guy who pronounces "persona" as per-SAHN-uh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
check her interview with narduwar to hear her pronounce her own name
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol swedish act gets stellan skarsgard
― Gukbe, Friday, 29 April 2011 17:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
also something about lykke <3 <3 <3
good performance on conan last night
― jaxon, Friday, 29 April 2011 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
On Later... earlier this week.
― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
i strongly dislike "sadness is a blessing"
― j lol (surm), Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
sometimes my boyfriend puts it on in the house on saturday mornings (i hope not this one) - just feels trite
― j lol (surm), Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean this in the least dickish way possible but i love everything about her except her music. i want to like it but it's just too gimmicky.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
"sadness is a blessing" is the perfect example of how it is oft best to show, not tell
― j lol (surm), Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
'sandess if a blessing' fulfills my desire for spector
― THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHT DICKERY (dayo), Monday, 16 May 2011 08:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
actually it kind of sucks the more you listen to it
― THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHT DICKERY (dayo), Monday, 16 May 2011 16:24 (2 years ago) Permalink