Lykke Li Announces Sixth Album 'THE AFTERPARTY' With First Single Lucky Again
Friday, 13 February 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Chloé Le Drezen
Lykke Li has laid out plans for her sixth studio album.
The Swedish art-pop creative will drop 'THE AFTERPARTY' through Virgin Records on May 8, following up 2022's 'EYEEYE' and its reverse-engineered version, 'ƎYƎYƎ', released two years later.
Written in Los Angeles and recorded in Stockholm, the new 24-minute album explores themes of shame, survival and joy. Li said: "I find that we’re in an era where everyone is talking about, 'My higher self'. Fuck that. This is an album dealing with your lower self: your need for revenge, your shame, despair."
Alongside the announcement, Lykke Li has shared the album's first single, Lucky Again, a disco-infused pop offering that includes a sample of Max Richter's "recomposed" version of Vivaldi'sThe Four Seasons.
"To me it’s samsara in a song,” Li explained. "The wheel of life; winning, losing, living, dying. Having had something and praying you’ll have it again. Whether it’s sex, money, vitality, love. I always said I wanted the Vivaldi song at my wedding or funeral but I think this is giving more revenge heist energy."
She'll support the album with a series of live dates in spring and summer, including appearances at both weekends of Coachella in April, followed by shows in South America and Europe. She'll also support Wolf Alice at their huge London show at Finsbury park on July 5, and Robyn in Mexico City on September 19 as part of the pop star's Sexistential Tour. Tickets are on sale now.
Since her last album, Lykke Li released the 'Covers' EP last year and a 10th anniversary edition of 'I Never Learn' in 2024.
'THE AFTERPARTY' tracklist:
1. Not Gon Cry
2. Happy Now
3. Lucky Again
4. Famous Last Words
5. Future Fear
6. So Happy I Could Die
7. Sick Of Love
8. Knife In The Heart
9. Euphoria
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