Internationally acclaimed artist Lykke Li has spent nearly two decades shaping a singular lane in pop: one defined by emotional extremity, melodic precision, and a fearless intimacy that has made her one of modern music’s most enduring voices. Now, she is back with “Lucky Again,” the first track to be released from her forthcoming album “The Afterparty” (release date: May 8) marking a bold reinvention and era for the Stockholm born and raised artist. In August, Lykke Li will perform her only Swedish festival show of the summer at Way Out West!
Since breaking out with her debut Youth Novels (2008) and achieving mainstream success with “I Follow Rivers,” Li has cemented her reputation across the critically beloved Wounded Rhymes (2011), I Never Learn (2014), So Sad So Sexy (2018), and the immersive audiovisual album EYEEYE (2022), continually returning to the fault line between love and heartbreak, destruction and creation. This time, writing from streetwise insight rather than romantic fantasy, The Afterparty is a confrontation with mortality, hedonism, and impermanence—soundtracked by disco-glowing strings, gospel brightness, and Balearic warmth, even as the lyrics fixate on loss, futility, and the search for meaning. At just 24 minutes, the album is exacting and unsparing, a study of shame, survival, and joy held together by sheer will.
Lykke Li will perform in Slottsskogen on Friday August 14th
