Lykke Li has premiered a new song called "Knife in the Heart," a track off her upcoming album, The Afterparty.
"This is my brutalist nursery rhyme anthem — the emo girl in me, fully unleashed," Li says in a statement. "I had my son and his friend sing the choruses because the juxtaposition of their voices against the EBow just created such a powerful sonic landscape, somewhere I've never really been before. A world totally collapsing in front of us and all we really have left is our humanity."
She continues, "My dream is to hear a whole football stadium chanting: 'This Life This Life is a Knife in the Heart.' To me, a pretty accurate description of what it feels like to be alive right now."
You can watch the "Knife in the Heart" lyric video on YouTube.
The Afterparty, the follow-up to 2022's EYEYE, is due out May 8. It also includes the single "Lucky Again."
Li will be performing at Coachella in April.
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