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Swedish songstress Lykke Li had quite a year in 2008. Her debut album, Youth Novels, was released all over the world to great fanfare. Its mix of hip-hop, folk and pop influences, coupled with Li's sugary sweet vocals, proved irresistible to music fans on both sides of the Atlantic looking for Sweden's next great music export. Li took time out her busy schedule to chat with DCist on the eve of her latest US tour. She plays a sold out show at the 6th and I Historic Synagogue tonight.

       

Lykke Li (pronounced, roughly, luke-uh-lee) is the stage name for the pixie-voiced Swedish songstress Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson. She started gaining some traction in the states by overstating her fame back in Sweden to promoters in Brooklyn, in order to book gigs. That lead to her dance-friendly debut album, Youth Novels, which made fans all over the place with its collection of sad sad songs dressed up as friendly pop numbers. I first fell in love with Lykke Li by watching her videos — all dark and full of incredible dancing and ideas that go beyond what most everyone else is doing. So it was with intense anticipation that I went to the Black Cat on Sunday night to see her for the first time in person. The show exceeded my expectations, over and over again.