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Lykke Li

Dance-pop
Dance-popDream popElectropop

Lykke Li is a Dance-pop and Dream pop act. Their catalogue also touches Electropop, Pop and Rap. Their sound grew out of Devon Hendryx, Ben Böhmer, Woodkid, Metronomy and Wendy Rene. Those roots explain a lot about how Lykke Li arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Banks, Jessie Ware, MØ, Lily Allen and St. Vincent, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Christine and the Queens, Tove Styrke, Triggerfinger, Grimes and Sigrid, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Lykke Li, reaching back through Devon Hendryx and forward to Christine and the Queens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Lykke LiDevon HendryxBen BöhmerWoodkidMetronomyWendy ReneGold PandaTove StyrkeNeil YoungChristine and the Qu…Tove StyrkeTriggerfingerGrimesSigridElectra HeartRahim RedcarBanksJessie WareMØLily AllenSt. VincentAgnesThe xxHaim

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Lykke Li grew out of Devon Hendryx, Ben Böhmer, Woodkid and Metronomy, shares an orbit with Banks, Jessie Ware, MØ and Lily Allen, went on to shape Christine and the Queens, Tove Styrke, Triggerfinger and Grimes. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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