Lykke Li - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Lykke Li performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 22, 2014.
Songs:
KEXP.ORG presents Lykke Li performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 22, 2014.
Songs:
I Never Learn
No Rest For The Wicked
Never Gonna Love Again
GunShot
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Jenna Pool & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Scott Holpainen
Photo thumbnail by Renata Steiner
kexp.org
www.lykkeli.com

[@carlgerde]

I'm 70 years old, music fan. Love "I Never Learn" album. Her songwriting gives me an early 1960's feel, the singing and sound as if a lost girl group/artist from then, like a Shangri-La's for today.

[@UndercoverNormie]

When Lykke Li first kind of broke out in US media in 2010-2011, I was living in South Beach at the time and spent a lot of time with friends there and we were _all_ really captivated with the Wounded Rhymes album. The one before I Never Learn, I think. It was really fresh while retaining that 1960s feel at times, like you say.

[@danvarg]

this is an album i always go back to

[@frodev728]

so often the case... Sigrid’s performance on paste is just incredibly raw and simple and beautiful. Her studio stuff is ok but I wasn’t noticing her until I saw the live/acoustic/pared back stuff...

[@Sugarskulls_forever]

The host really is awesome. She has such a welcoming vibe and knows how to avoid awkward situations. Well done!

[@ahjleigh]

Coming way late to this comment, but Cheryl is a genius at what she does. She meets each artist where they are and is very giving and graceful in her interviews. I love Lykke Li but she's not making it the easiest exchange here and Cheryl is being very adept at handling it.

[@GirlNamedNino]

The world is a brighter place with people like Cheryl Waters being a gem of a human

[@GABRIELGON1]

she was so kind despite lykke being so damn reserved and monosyllabic

[@ebaiderrick]

​@@GABRIELGON1could be that she zoomed into her music's emotions. It normally takes some time and space to recover from hard emotions.

[@Archkarlex]

August 2023 I'm still listening this piece of art

[@MariaPerez-wg8ew]

Lykke li is seriously the only artist that truly sings with pain and I can feel her emotions through her songs and she really does look sad :( I hope she overcomes whatever she is going through.

[@AngusLiedtke]

You're doing it right KEXP

[@aesop2020]

Seriously. I wish we had a station even 1/4th as dedicated to promoting indie music.

[@bigdallyc]

They are the best.

[@Zuhhrodriguez]

I love how she turns her face while she sings 'Never gonna love again'. I feel her sadness, its almost like she is trying to hide her eyes because she is opening all his heart and is so sincere. I just love her.

[@OeyvindH]

This is actually better than the album. The simplicity and nakedness do the songs justice.

[@jasoncarrizales3033]

agreed..

[@agexax13]

+Øyvind H That's correct. Yes, definitely.

[@Alumnaism]

00:04 I Never Learn 04:21 No Rest For The Wicked 10:36 Never Gonna Love Again 17:27 GunShot

[@DedalusFletwock]

so depressingly addicting i luv it

[@brokenartangel]

Everything about her is honest and beautiful. She speaks the truth from the heart and with such poetry. I am in love.

[@Drama_llamaaa]

this album is a masterpiece

[@axellewis97]

"yeah man" love her hahah

[@wholenewmess]

So madly in love with her! "I Never Learn" is without a doubt has to be one of my favorite albums of the year, I'm so addicted to it! I seriously fall in love her music each every time I listen to her. She has never failed to leave me speechless, even her talking normally leaves me speechless! She's just an incredible artist!

[@ladybugmec]

She is absolutely beatiful when she is singing. All words coming str8 form her heart. Im a huge fan of rap music, but her music is very touching. Love it.

[@koffinkat666]

KooTrip Go watch her Gunshot official video, It has Booty shaking and gangsters in it. So yeah you saw into her soul G.

[@selita90]

koffinkat666 obviously you didn't understand the concept of the video !

[@koffinkat666]

Simòne Esse I was being Sarcastic. Yes dear I see the deeper meaning and symbolism of the Video.

[@SatoriEarth]

Quite fitting as Lykke is a hip hop fan, she's actually performed A Tribe Called Quest's "Can I Kick It?" live.

[@Ohmygodhesgorgeous]

Katja Koo totally agree

[@jokerno.1763]

This is only Lykke Li I'm gonna remember forever! Nothing can touch that album and her beauty those days. Love you and thanks for that beautiful moment.

[@springhillgolfer878]

I think music is one of the most powerful forms of artistic expression. And she and her colleagues are quite possibly one of the most original, yet otherworldly group of artists I have encountered during my short time here on planet Earth. Amazing. I believe this art that we're hearing transcends time and space and perhaps allows us to enter a wormhole through space time. I know this isn't kosher to mix astronomy and physics with music and art, but life is short, and this forum gives me the opportunity to say what I please. And I thank you for listening to my fleeting, transitory comment.

[@springhillgolfer878]

There must be a reason (synaptic nerve? Neuron's firing? Neurological explanations?) for the way in which a few words from a song can take you far back in time. 80's music for example takes me right back to middle school and high school---good memories and bad:)

[@globallywarmed]

+Steve Pete since ya, bring it up...all of the things you mentioned are actually involved. I am not an expert, nor do I need to be. It;s pretty basic actually, when we feel good, we remember not only the feeling, but the circumstances around it. Anything that brings us back to that place therefore seems magical, and perhaps rightly so. Very universal experience, yet highly individualized.

[@mickram23]

+Steve Pete This comment is one of the reasons that KZbin is so great. It's such a wonderful forum for people to express their thoughts. If you haven't already done so, can I suggest you look at 'First Aid Kit's' videos. Take care.

[@sofiatison7847]

cool

[@elaine2862]

+Steve Pete you're absolutely right

[@talkingtomyself3423]

She is adorable!!!!! Remember watching this when I had my heart shattered in 2014. Very healing.

[@Carpettower]

"...Here I am again, I never learn" "That's sort of the theme of your album--" "of my life yeah" FUCK LYKKE T_T tear my heart out

[@chocobere]

Sometimes I sort of forget i love Lykke Li's music, then I hear her voice and I fall in love all over again, my heart explodes

[@nefimendezhd]

This album is in my top 10 of albums, I don't have a ranking yet. But I love this album so much, especially because I started listening to it in the midst of personal pain and heartbreak. It was a healing and cathartic experience.

[@AB-mx9lx]

I 'discovered' Likke about +1 year ago....I regret that ....strange sensation of feeling sad and happy at the same time. Although I am a dude, I really identify with her.... losses, emotions, melancholy, hope, re-start... god-dam Likke...!!! thanks for existing...

[@tylervillhauer7417]

Friend of mine who has seen hundreds of shows over the past couple of years says that Lykke Li is still the best show he's ever seen. I don't doubt him.

[@ZiptiedNissanS14]

Protect Lykke Li at all costs..

[@djonsi88]

Thank you KEXP for all these wonderfull performaces!

[@Miljosven]

KEXP A wonderful live session, thank you for broadcasting it and sharing it with the world on KZbin. I'm watching it from Paris, France; could be a warrant for the quality of that show, really. My being a Lykke Li fan, I couldn't be more thrilled by the host, Cheryl Waters, who did an amazing job on this show, she had the sparkles in her eyes just like my friends tell me I have when I talk about Lykke Li! Briliant journalist, and thoughtful questions, I wish we could have more of this kind of quality radios in here! Thank you so much again!

[@akumakumakuma1]

Lykke Li: I won't smile, not even if my life depends on it.

[@ramram21]

Check 15:48, the one second she does smile...

[@snowburn14yt]

@@ramram21 8:10 was *almost* a smile... but never quite made it there. 8:50 was a full smile, though, and even a bit of a laugh.

[@masterculturedunkerque7918]

She is actually shy but a loving person

[@laug1576]

And?

[@FirewindII]

It's her shtick.

[@peeti-dl5he]

i love her too much. my heart is in so much pain every-time she sings. i wish i was a singer. the only thing i have in common with her is my heartache and soft spirit. my soul is once more healed.

[@_by.ryan_]

everything sounds better when Live !!

[@jokerno.1763]

Pure....raw.....dark....shy....powerful....This album was a last heartbeat from Lykke and after all this years I can still feel it....Beautiful years of my life. Tnx for that Lykke🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤❤️

[@TheWerita07]

🖤🖤🖤

[@artur__s]

What do you think about "so sad so sexy" and "eyeye"?

[@jokerno.1763]

@@artur__s "Where is Lykke?"😔 That's what I ask myself......

[@artur__s]

@@jokerno.1763 Agree. Apparently, it is impossible to go through such pain and remain who she was. Incredible album. Perfection. Her videos of that period are amazing individual works of art (Gunshot, Love me like I'm not made of stone) . I also love her first two albums.

[@PedroMiguelSantos]

Lykke Li is such an amazing artist afffff

[@mykameakulpa]

She is so beautiful.

[@GalacticXpress999]

I WAN'T THAT SEÑORA LOCUTOR, TO BE MY MADRINA.

[@SamSanchez05]

Same, amigo

[@ATINILEM]

jajajajajajaj best comentario ever.

[@lissetgar]

Jajajaja

[@ferboluarte]

jajajaja lo Houston...

[@aepedraza]

me too ese, pa que me regale un sueter y tomarnos un chocolatito

[@projectxtechnologies9440]

No Rest For The Wicked still gives me goosebumps after so many years... Love you Lykke Li. Love from Swaziland, Southern Africa

[@GABRIELGON1]

eswatini*

[@projectxtechnologies9440]

@@GABRIELGON1 lol yah I prefer Swaziland, it's my country's name btw 30yrs been living here... Angidzingi likwerekwere lingitjelr my own country's name

[@juancarloslopeznavarro6781]

Im in love

[@sonianeto1]

so beautiful, so sad, so deep, so intense... no words enought to describe it

[@alanc3602]

The voice of an angel. I drown in her music

[@teachnefi]

This one is my most listened to album this year. I got my heart broken, so I had to deal with it somehow.

[@DreamsoftheRose]

Every song is amazing and I can appreciate them all. Lykke Li is an amazing and brilliant artist that I really connect with and enjoy. I like all of these songs but I really love Gunshot. My favorite by far out of these songs. I can't classify these songs as pop which is something I saw someone say elsewhere. This is real music to me. It's substance and pure raw emotion.

[@iamacatheter355]

I will definitely watch her show if she ever comes to my country. My friends dont listen to her so i'll probably be alone singing along while crying, probably. She gives me such strong feels. I cant handle it sometimes. :')

[@jesslow7853]

i am a catheter same!!!!!

[@guilhermezan]

No rest for the wicked is just what if feels like when someone you love breaks up with you

[@1995_gabriel]

O auge da melancolia.

[@DelT4Me]

Watching her sing "Never going to love again" is intense.

[@minisushi2109]

I love Cheryl Waters with cute curly hair, love this show, thank you KEXP

[@riendeaulisa]

She's so great. Underrated. Can't wait for her new music!

[@budsonick5086]

Incredible lyrics and sound and her voice is just precious she uses it just like she does any of the instruments she adds to make her different.....Like a Kazoo who knew!!!

[@teachnefi]

this is my second most listened album of 2020. that explains how heartnroken I've been.

[@stefan6688]

Baby can you hear the rain fall on me Never gonna love again Baby can you hear my heart cry tonight I can't keep running away This time I can't keep running away, 'Cause I'm never gonna love again Every time the rain falls, think of me On a lonely highway How can we Turn around the heartache Oh I, I'm alone tonight babe And I'm never gonna love again Baby wait a lifetime before You love somebody new Come and turn the lights down so I Can feel your hand in mine Can we Start all over again cause I'm never gonna love a new Every time the rain falls, think of me On a lonely highway How can we Turn around the heartache Oh I, I'm alone tonight babe And I'm never gonna love again Never gonna love again, no not I, Not I, I'm never gonna love again Drive me to the dead end, till I Promise not to run This time I can't keep running away cause I'm never gonna love again. Every time the rain falls, think of me On a lonely highway How can we Turn around the heartache Oh I, I'm alone tonight babe And I'm never gonna love again

[@evanacademy]

How beautiful her voice is!!! Damnit

[@AlphonsineKoh]

She is so stunning and beautiful. Even her in real life reflects her songs that she writes.

[@FirewindII]

Her character requires never being out of character.

[@jewelsafire6844]

Lykke Li is by far the best heartbreaker💔out there. And it seems, we just can't get enough. Yeah babe, we never get tired of hearing this recorded performance.💘🌹

[@ChristyanYury]

Amo tanto essa apresentação que sempre estou aqui. Essa mulher é o amor da minha vida.

[@pakcikkordi91]

She's beyond talented

[@staygold902]

I still remember her first interview with nardwaur years ago on much music. He was a weirdo but he always knew who the real ones were. Likkle li is definitely one of those, this performance is amazing

[@lovercrayon]

I love KEXP and I love her

[@dariorobertherma7169]

I like the way she starts singing "Gunshot". :)

[@schalktredoux6603]

How does this performance not have a million views yet? This is so powerful.

[@leizuworldwide]

Could listen to Lykke Li all day, amazing voice

[@josemiguelbravo7530]

She's so perfect..

[@JaimsonOfficial]

This is my favorite album of #2014. J.

[@TheZenedd]

wowwww, i always liked lykke , but this , this is sooooo good , damn , wicked, wicked good !! intense is the word !

[@FilinaOlya]

I admire her talent. She is bright girl.

[@madhans8597]

great voice, great atmosphere, great performance...

[@jinnthao9759]

Lykke Li's beautiful and gorgeous

[@artchicke5157]

I love how music transcends you into another realm and gives you happiness.I have been listening for years to KEXP and you are an excellent VDJ

[@rociohihat]

Gunshot ♥

[@Charlie-zd2dr]

Lykke Li’s albums are growers.

[@mateusvinicius8008]

OMG I'M LIIIIIVING FOR THIS PERFORMANCE!!!!

[@bridgelist9762]

all of the artist really get into the feeling of the music, thats why theres so much feeling inside of it.

[@johnvelo2020]

Amazing!!! Wish they'd have a live show in Manila. Lykke Li is flawless.

[@konerks]

I wish Lykke visits Manila. That'd be great! 😊

[@ochorosas8094]

2024 ❤

[@OmarFalero]

Välkommen Lykke Li till KEXP!!!!! I love that girl and his songs!!!!

[@TerezaNedvedova]

i love her so much. thank you kexp for this and the host is so incredibly sweet!

[@chanely354]

Lykke Li you are amazing !

[@user-zm9uu1yg6x]

Precious

[@somnioelectricum]

Too often our reaction when sad and broken is to hide, but it shows either way. We must not hide behind anything. We must be honest and naked and bare.

[@bre3770]

somnioelectricum who are you? Apparently someone without experience in pain.

[@tumtum7996]

i really dont care if she didnt look happy to be there...she still looked gooooooood

[@justinyapjh]

Lykke is so sweet

[@Holonink]

So happy to hear from Lykke Li again!

[@LordRandal1990]

Awesome performance, thanks for sharing!

[@wirelesschild1]

Great! Thank you for sharing!

[@jorgeduran69]

Ethereal, enigmatic, in a word - ineffable. Love her and her band.

[@THCarballo]

alluring!!!!

[@samanta6897]

Cheryl is the best host!

[@cocilrow3902]

what a voice...

[@ChannChloee]

So beautiful, I'm gonna cry

[@SlowlyUnfurling84]

She is amazing!

[@nickmokobane4490]

This is simply outrageously good! The very definition of music!

[@26max]

Amazing vocals!

[@Samantha-sm4lt]

So much yes.

[@HEAVYDIAPER]

I'll be seeing her on October 9th in Orlando, Florida!

[@miguelgalvan6136]

Did you see her? How about?

[@hemsworth38]

Omg beautiful voices

[@user-vj7yj6rk3j]

Amazing!!!

[@alextaylor5228]

Love her

[@samuelkovac3695]

this is how should music sounds

[@elanedipierro1]

Que maravilhoso!

[@kevinbest2554]

Wonderful love song...

[@saraahhxox]

So beautiful, I admire her.

[@gabrielricardomontoyacasta9376]

I love it

[@algorit007]

nice vocal... nice tune... perfect performance ... regards from Macedonia...