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- Summary: Lykke Li's sixth full-length release is said to be her final album under "this current artistic incarnation."
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- Record Label: Neon Gold
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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May 8, 2026It’s swift, at just 24 minutes across nine songs, but The Afterparty is Lykke Li at her very, very best, which makes her recent claim at an LA listening party that it could be her last, devastating. It might only be May, but it's already a serious contender for album of the year
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May 8, 2026A remarkable and deeply layered album. .... If this is really Li’s final album — and we’re hoping it isn’t — she’s certainly going out on a strong note.
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May 8, 2026["Knife In The Heart" is] one of the most entrancing bops she’s made in years. .... Here’s hoping she’s got at least another round left in her.
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May 8, 2026As the last dance at The Afterparty it’s a pretty effective one. If this is to be Lykke Li’s final album, she’s going out on her own terms – a masterful, if rather short, distillation of late night sadness.
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MojoMay 12, 2026She's still the bedsit heartbreak queen for pop fans of a certain age. [Jul 2026, p.83]
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May 19, 2026Leaning into anonymity over intimacy, Li captures the anxieties of feeling outpaced and misplaced while the rest of the room keeps dancing on.
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UncutMay 8, 2026With the entire 10-track affair compressed into just 25 minutes of vaguely expressed melancholia, this flimsy career coda is not the grandly melodramatic Lynchian finale that Li's doom-diva shtick deserves. [Jun 2026, p.32]