The Swedish singer and songwriter on stalking Kendrick Lamar, brutalist food in Stockholm, and why she gravitates towards people and nudity
December 2019
Best music of 2019
The 20 best songs of 2019
Our critics have voted til they can’t no more... and these are their tracks of the year. You can listen to all 593 songs that were voted for in our playlist
February 2019
Mark Ronson: ‘I was floundering. I was drinking too much and giving orders’
His new album of ‘sad bangers’ is inspired by his divorce – and has already scored one global hit single. So why does he feel he’s being pushed out of pop?
December 2018
Names in the news
Broken-hearted? Bring on the ‘sad banger’ songs like Mark Ronson’s
Rebecca Nicholson
The singer’s new album promises a glorious wallow in breakup misery
November 2018
Lykke Li review – turning up the bombastic club vibes
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
June 2018
Lykke Li: So Sad So Sexy review – despair you can dance to
Lykke Li on Rihanna, hypnotism and being a ‘difficult’ woman in pop
April 2018
This week's new tracks
Tracks of the week reviewed: Ariana Grande, Sean Paul and Lykke Li
Ariana’s back in a big way, the Seanpaulaissance trundles on, and Lykke Li releases an autumn banger in (what is apparently) summer
January 2017
Terrence Malick's Song to Song to world premiere at SXSW
Austin’s festival announces its programme, with Malick’s film at the opening gala, plus episodes from the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
April 2015
Coachella day one: Tame Impala, Steely Dan, Ride and more
The first day of the California festival saw stagediving, sun and psychedelia, as well as some significant comebacks
September 2014
Lykke Li on her & Other Stories collection: 'I made my dream outfit'
Fancy dressing like a noir Stevie Nicks? Of course you do – and that’s where Lykke Li’s first clothing range for & Other Stories comes in
August 2014
Listen up
Lollapalooza Sunday livestream: Skrillex, Kings of Leon and Chance the Rapper
All this weekend, we’re livestreaming Lollapalooza from Chicago, in conjunction with Red Bull TV. The live music starts at 8pm BST, but there’s video on demand the whole time
July 2014
Lykke Li - Gunshot: video premiere
Taken from her third album I Never Learn, here's the video for the Swedish singer's latest single
May 2014
Lykke Li review – true confessions ramped up to epic status
Music blog
Five albums to try this week
Lykke Li: I Never Learn review – one big sad love song after another
Lykke Li: I Never Learn review – one-paced but often lovely set of ballads
April 2014
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly podcast: a month of noise from Necro Deathmort and more
Music blog
Lykke Li's No Rest for the Wicked – video premiere
