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One of our non-Swedish favorite artists - Kate Ryan who has become international star with help of 2N Productions - Niclas Kings and Niklas Bergwall makes come back this year. Her summer single "Love Life" was produced by Anders Hansson and Le Kid and Kate's romance with Swedish music is definitely not over.
Recently Kate has become a guest of De Grote Peter Van de Veire Ochtendshow (guesting something with such a long title can already be significant career highlight by default, no?) - radio-show where she was singing mix of Chase & Status' "Time", Adele "Someone Like You" but the most surprising and unusual - she has made cover of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers"! Yes, it's has turned possible and quite nice, now you can also download this record for free on Kate's soundcloud channel so don't hesitate.

I guess rainy lazy day like this is the most right to talk about new Lykke Li's album "Wounded Rhymes". I've already told you about this long-awaited work and not only by us as it has made its respectable debut at #2 of Swedish chart and still is in Top-10.
It's hard to call "Wounded Rhymes" just album, compilation of music tracks, it's definitely something much bigger, it feels like a whole world, world created by Lykke, world where the sun never rises and seems like there's no place for hope. Or actually there is? In this ghost world where Lykke sounds like another lost soul wandering around scorched wastelands and abandoned bars her voice feels like the only real hope if she realizes it or not.
"Wounded Rhymes" is probably the most original and inspiring work I heard this year. Mix of dark Tarantino-vibes and melancholic retro-jazz atmosphere lit by gentle pop-tunes sung by soft and relaxed Lykke's vocal feels like something completely unique and really precious these days when commercial pop-music desperately looks for new niches and ways to grow. Lykke doesn't seem to care about it, she just closes herself in her own world but leaves doors open for everyone who will want to come and get lost with her.

Right when I started to think that animated video is the only video-treatment we're gonna get for the latest Lykke Li's video "I Follow Rivers" Lykke has presented brand new video shot by Tarik Saleh inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's movie "The Sacrifice" also made in Gotland with well-known in Sweden actor Fares Fares running away from Lykke through forests and snow fields to finish the chase in a deep romantic scene.
You can also check official very pleasant mix for this song - piano-based commercial dance track, quite universal to be welcome on club floors and everywhere else.

Recently Lykke Li presented second single "I Follow Rivers" from her forthcoming album "Wounded Rhymes" - a bit lighter but still misterious dark work that definitely has warmed up fans around the world a bit more. Little later we've also got animated video, not less dark but still nice treat for a single. And now we can watch club gig shot in Kägelbanan (Stockholm) where Lykke performed "I Follow Rivers", "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Get Some" in really special atmosphere. Watch it all below.

New Lykke Li's album "Wounded Rhymes" will be released this March, artwork and tracklist are already revealed and today we can already listen second single "I Follow Rivers".
Comparing with previous "Get Some" single "I Follow Rivers" is more calm but midtempo track with retro-baseline in a Winehouse-style on one hand and with Lykke Li's vocal making whole thing very unique, recognizable for Lykke and not like anything else you use to listen from other artists.
You can also catch on youtube performance of 5 other songs from album performed by Lyke live, mostly quite dark and melancholic but very special stuff.