Lykke Li Surprise Drops Covers EP

The three-track release includes a cover of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‘Into My Arms’.

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Swedish songstress Lykke Li has surprised fans with the release of three three-track EP, Covers.

As the title suggests, the EP consists of covers – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ ‘Into My Arms’, Ben E. King’s ‘Stand by Me’ and The Everly Brothers’ ‘Love Hurts’.

Taking to Instagram to announce the release, Li posted:

A SONG HAS TO CHANGE
TO STAY ALIVE
I’M SINGING THESE SONGS IN BETWEEN TAKES
IN THE SHOWER
TO PACIFY ME FROM 100 HOURS OF DOOM SCROLLING
ALL I CAN’T SAY
IS IN THE MUSIC
TO TIDE YOU OVER
FAREWELL FOR NOW 
MIXING IS A RABBIT HOLE 
BUT PRAISE BE GOD 
THE ALBUM
WILL 
COME
EVEN WHEN ALL 
HOPE HAS LEFT
YOURS ALWAYS,
LYKKE

The EP is Lykke’s first official release since her intimate 2022 album, EYEYE, which Pitchfork called a “cinematic opus” in their review. Li is currently in the studio working on her sixth studio album. Check out all three covers below.

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