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Lykke LiGet SomeI Follow RiversSadness Is a BlessingWill You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Lykke Zachrisson was born in Ystad, Skåne; her mother is a photographer, and
her father is a musician.[3] 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.[3][4]
She moved to the neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn in New York
for three months when she was 19.[5][6][7] She returned when she
was 21 to record her album.[8] Lykke had some success with the 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".[9] Lykke'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 was produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John and Lasse Mårtén and was reportedly inspired by a previous relationship of three years.[citation needed] It was released in the United States on 19 August 2008. The album was released in the UK and Ireland in June 2008, promoted by a performances of "Little Bit" on Later... with Jools Holland on 25 May 2008. Her second album Wounded Rhymes was released in 2011. She appeared on Swedish musician Kleerup's self titled album, contributing vocals to 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 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. Going further mainstream, Lykke performed at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 19 April, as well as the 2009 Lollapalooza festival on 8 August as part of the promotional tour for Youth Novels. A remixed version of her song "I'm Good, I'm Gone" was featured in the 2009 horror film Sorority Row. The song "Possibility" was written for the 2009 film The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Lykke had been asked to write a song to the film soundtrack but she 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. In September 2010, she was announced as the official face of the Levi's Curve ID Collection, alongside Pixie Geldof and Miss Nine.[10] Lykke's song "Melodies and Desires" was featured in the 2010 Australian film Griff the Invisible and an edited version of "Get Some" was featured in the Catwoman trailer for the video game, Batman: Arkham City. Her song "Until We Bleed", which she sang with singer Kleerup, was featured on an episode of UK TV series Misfits. On 13 December 2010, RCRD LBL premiered a Beck remix of "Get Some".[11] A part of the song "I Follow Rivers" was covered by Tina Cohen-Chang (played by Jenna Ushkowitz) on the Glee episode "A Night of Neglect". The episode aired on Fox in the United States on April 19, 2011. 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 played at the 2011 Latitude Festival, held between 14 and 18 July 2011 at Henham Park in Suffolk, England. On Thursday, August 4th 2011, she appeared with her band on US late night talk show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On Thursday, November 17th, 2011, she appeared
with her band on the US late night talk show The Late Show with
David Letterman. Albums Youth Novels (2008) Singles "I'm Good, I'm Gone" (2007) B-sides "I Don't Mind (Jump on It)" included
on the Swedish and UK two-track single of "I'm Good, I'm Gone" Guest appearances "Until We Bleed" –
Kleerup featuring Lykke Li (Kleerup, 2008) Covers "After Laughter Comes Tears" –
originally recorded by Wendy Rene Music videos Year Song Director(s) Her song "I'm Good, I'm Gone" was remixed by Fred Falke and featured in Hed Kandi's Lounge 2009[15] "I'm Good, I'm Gone" was also covered by British group Friendly Fires in 2009.[16] Her song "Little Bit" was remixed by Drake, as well as a bootleg remix by AutoErotique. Her song "Little Bit" was sampled and remixed by Charles Hamilton. Her song "Love until We Bleed" was remixed by QuESt. Her song "Dance, Dance, Dance" was remixed by Buraka Som Sistema.[17] Her song "I'm Good, I'm Gone" was also remixed by 3OH!3 as a collaboration.[18][19] Most recently however her song "I Follow Rivers" was remixed by rapper Tyler, The Creator. A remix of her track "I Follow Rivers" by The Magician has been a huge club success in Europe, taking the track to number 1 in Greece.
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