Lykke Li Songs Ranked
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and model. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop, and electronic. Her debut studio album, Youth Novels, was released in 2008 and has been followed by Wounded Rhymes (2011), I Never Learn (2014), and So Sad So Sexy (2018). Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson was born in Ystad, Skåne; her mother, Kärsti Stiege [sv], was a photographer, and her father, Johan Zachrisson [sv] (stage name Zilverzurfarn), is a member of the Swedish punk-reggae band Dag Vag. Her younger brother, Zacharias Zachrisson (a.k.a. Vacation Forever), is also a musician. 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. She moved to Brooklyn, New York City, for three months when she was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album. Here are all of Lykke Li’s songs ranked.
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14. Possibility (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2009)
“This is such a great song, so quiet, so much, so sad, this was also played in the twilight movie new moon when Cullens were gone and Bella was depressed by this, she was watching the seasons pass by and this song was played in the back.”
13. Breaking It Up (Youth Novels, 2008)
“To me this song is sort of a contrast to all those stereotypical songs about feeling unloved or wanting love from someone. It shows how cold and melancholy it is to be on the other side, to be in a relationship but know you don’t feel anything for the partner and are just waiting for the right time to end it.”
12, Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone (I Never Learn, 2014)
“She wants this person to love her no matter what and through it all. She knows she’s messed up and has broken this person’s heart but she wants another chance and is telling them that she wants them to love her despite the pain, despite everything she’s put him through. She wants him to love her like an actual human being instead of treating her like she’s some statue made of stone.”
11. I Know Places (Wounded Rhymes, 2011)
“I think this song talks about a place where all your worries are gone and nothing can hurt you. Almost like wishful thinking. It’s like she’s trying to say times are hard now but one day things will get better, ” there is a road there is the way”. I think the artist may also be talking about drug use or alcohol e.g ” the high won’t fade here babe”. She’s saying that a drug high never lasts but in this place the high lasts. The depth and meaning in her voice are absolutely outstanding, her voice alone tells a story.”
10. Let It Fall (Youth Novels, 2008)
“It’s so beautiful how she can write a song about loving crying (over someone or just because) and not sounding ’emo’ or depressive at all.”
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9. No Rest for the Wicked (I Never Learn, 2014)
“Although I don’t really understand, what she wants to express with these words in the refrain, “No Rest for the Wicked” belongs to the greatest, saddest songs in years and years.”
8. Gunshot (I Never Learn, 2014)
“Her voice is so hypnotic and gives me such a strong feeling of nostalgia that it reduces me to tears at the start. She deserves so much more recognition.”
7. Everybody But Me (Youth Novels, 2008)
“The lyrics to this are most of my life in the pure definition. Anti-social. Love the beat to this song. Lykke Li’s experimental sound should be more of an inspiration to current artists. Things are beginning to sound a bit repetitive.”
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6. Sadness Is a Blessing (Wounded Rhymes, 2011)
“This song is great though and if you listen to each album you can tell how much her voice has developed. Just stunning, unique and underrated by a lot of people. Then again I like her to be a secret indulgence that not everyone knows about”
5. I’m Good, I’m Gone (Youth Novels, 2008)
“About being independent? I get the idea she’s a dancer, but I suppose that could be metaphorical. Either way, it seems to be pushing aside everything anybody else says about her doing whatever it is, believing she’ll prove her weight one day, and biding her time until then. Or the phone thing could be to do with a relationship (she won’t pick up the phone no matter how many times he/she calls)”
4. Get Some (Wounded Rhymes, 2011)
“This is about the power of a woman over a man. She’s in control of his pants, not him. He must shut up. She doesn’t take demands, all he can do is pray. His sexual needs are his weakness, which means he’s wrapped literally and metaphorically around her finger. She performs oral as an act of power to reduce his mind to jelly.”
3. Dance, Dance, Dance (Youth Novels, 2008)
“I think this song is about the power of intimacy with that one special person. The narrator feels awkward and shy but when she connects with her lover on that profound level she finds she was “a dancer all along.” “Words can never make up for what you do” could pertain to the pleasure she receives on the surface level (that orgasm was beyond words), but the specific reference to “what you do” implies a more emotional climax on a deeper more personal level. Being shy with her emotions and feelings, she “can’t possibly tell you how [she means],” and so she expresses her love through “dancing.”
2. Little Bit (Youth Novels, 2008)
“There are more and more days that I identify and feel this song. Maybe not always the words but just the general vibe of it. It’s a goodie!”
1. I Follow Rivers (Wounded Rhymes, 2011)
“The song is a generic opinion on what it means to be in a relationship. In life one or the other person of a couple will often have to follow his own path, and the other’s mission is then to support them and “follow them” however they can. That could be about just anything, including jobs, phycological issues, aspirations, life long dreams of a person… etc.”