Lykke Li on saving the planet, new material and how “we’re at the after-party of the world”

nme.com:

Lykke Li has shared the nature-featuring ‘TЯAƎH ЯUOY OT YAWHӘIH’ – as well as telling NME about new music which she described as “dealing with the sense that we’re at the after-party of the world.”The Swedish art-pop icon released ‘TЯAƎH ЯUOY OT YAWHӘIH’ today (Thursday October 24) on streaming platforms – a reimagined version of her track ‘Highway to Your Heart’ from 2022 album ‘EYEYE’.However, this fresh interpretation features NATURE as a credited artist.

Back in April 2024, NATURE officially launched as an artist on streaming platforms as part of Sounds Right, a project co-created by Brian Eno’s climate change and music foundation Earth/Percent.The initiative was designed as a way for artists who collaborate with the sounds of our surrounding world to acknowledge the contribution nature has in creativity, and for NATURE to receive a percentage of the royalty for her contribution, which goes back into her own conservation.

The scheme has already distributed funds to conservation projects in the Tropical Andes, Colombia.“It was very natural, it makes a lot of sense,” Li told NME of the opportunity to join the project. “It’s Mother Nature.

It’s like basically giving back to the mother – the creator of everything.” NATURE – as an artist – has already had more than 65million streams on digital platforms and collaborated with artists including David Bowie, Ellie Goulding, AURORA, Tom Walker, V from BTS and London Grammar.Li explained that she wanted to find a way of crediting the sounds of crickets, birdsong and rain she used in the creation of ‘TЯAƎH ЯUOY OT YAWHӘIH’.