Lykke Li - This summer's biggest hit?

New album coming in June called, So Sad So Sexy. Sean from Drowned In Sound has said the new songs he's heard sound like Aaliyah and Prince. Apparently it's her return to pop and two new singles are coming next week. Looking forward to this even though her last album didn't really do anything for me.

Sean from Drowned In Sound has said the new songs he's heard sound like Aaliyah and Prince

I would bet this is completely inaccurate

You're probably right, but it did get my hopes up.

The album is out June 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO408PZgek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5zqTEDeHc

01 hard rain
02 deep end
03 two nights [ft. Aminé]
04 last piece
05 jaguars in the air
06 sex money feelings die
07 so sad so sexy
08 better alone
09 bad woman
10 utopia

Not sure about these new songs. They're ok, they just don't have the character of her first two albums. Hopefully they'll grow on me.

Major 3LW vibes on "Deep End"

06 sex money feelings die

I really like these! It's nice to hear some grit behind her soft voice, even if it is borrowed sadcore-trap vibes from Lana Del Rey.

"sounds like Aaliyah and Prince" is gonna be my new ironic refereence in talking about people who don't understand anything remotely r&b influenced in the present.

99% of the time, a trap beat makes me tune right out. No different here.

"deep end" is pretty cool but considering it was produced by jeff bhasker, malay & t-minus it also feels a bit like less than the sum of its parts to me. nb ive never had a use for her music but the way ppl were talking about this one got me to check it out

The swimming pools / indigo / deep blue hook in Deep End is real nice.

Really disappointed with the new album. Totally passed me by the couple of times I listened to it.

What’s it like?

im liking it

Same!

Albums super short. Template seems to be the prior collab with ASAP and the Lynch ballad

Why in God’s name did she use vocoder on this

man this album is a grower, it's great

i've only heard "two nights" so far, like it

Record is very dense production wise. Full of miniature details and very self contained. I absolutely love the opening song

The general reaction for this album seems above average, critically and just user opinions I’ve read. Which is fair as the album is so short and ends on “utopia” which is a stunner of a song, at 34 mins this is succinct.

This record feels transitory to me in that her last one was a fairly bummer ride compared to previous work, but here she seems to be reconciling? Not as much a shift as sundfors last two to draw a comparison.

in love with this record

the concise nature makes every song shine, it's gorgeous

wow someone really loved "High By The Beach" a lot eh

I had put off listening to this because the last one was such a washout but this is much better, maybe lacking a great single but possibly her best full album?

Great record

I'm still not enjoying this as much as I want to. It certainly is a step up from the last album, but it's nowhere near the quality of her first two albums for me. Wounded Rhymes is my favourite.

I never learn is a masterpiece u philistines

this one has some good bits but imho they’re the most familiar bits (bad woman, last piece)

I'm starting to come around to this album. I keep getting the chorus to Jaguars In The Air stuck in my head.

the 'u got it bad' cover is decent

https://open.spotify.com/track/4Dg5moVCTqxAb7Wr8Dq2T5?si=Wr6xOHL6RWSldgf4TvY6Tg

No comment as yet it seems on her most recent album EYEYE - it's extremely doleful, maybe even more so than I Never Learn. I wasn't wild about the last album but this one seems like a big improvement to me.