Lykke Li
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| Birth name | Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson |
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18 March 1986 Ystad, Skåne, Sweden |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Associated acts | LIV |
| Website | www |
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li (Swedish pronunciation: [²lʏ.kɛ ˈliː]), is a Swedish singer, songwriter and model. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop and electronic; instruments in her songs include violins, synthesisers, tambourines, trumpets, saxophones, cellos, and African drums. Li possesses the vocal range of a soprano. Li's debut album, Youth Novels, was released in 2008. Her second album, Wounded Rhymes, was released in 2011, followed by her third album, I Never Learn, in 2014. In 2016, Lykke Li formed the band LIV.
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson was born in Ystad, Skåne; her mother Kärsti Stiege is a photographer and her father Johan Zachrisson (stage name Zilverzurfarn) is a member of the Swedish punk-reggae band Dag Vag. The family moved to 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 the neighborhood of Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York City, for three months when she was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album.
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