Eyeye

Eyeye (pronounced "Eye") is the fifth studio album by Swedish singer Lykke Li, and her first since So Sad So Sexy (2018). Released on 20 May 2022,^[2] the album reunites Li with her longtime collaborator Björn Yttling, producer of her first three albums. It was preceded by the release of the singles "No Hotel" and "Highway to Your Heart".

Described as "an immersive audiovisual album", Theo Lindquist directed the visual component of the record, starring Li opposite Jeff Wilbusch. The seven minute-long visual loops were shot by cinematographer Eduard Grau on 16-millimeter film.^[3][4]

In a July 2019 interview with NME, Li stated: "I think, maybe to everyone's disappointment, I'm going to really scale it down and back and slow it down. [...] It'll be more like soul music. It'll still be sad, and still be sexy."^[5] In a March 2022 interview for Vogue, Li described the making of the album as "cathartic", with it "charting the emotional fallout from the end of a relationship" and approaching "love and heartbreak on a more conceptual level".^[6]

The album was entirely recorded in Li's bedroom in Los Angeles. The vocals were recorded on a handheld $70 drum mic, with the album mixed to tape by Shawn Everett.

"No Hotel" was released as the first single from the record on 23 March 2022. The album was announced a day later, alongside a trailer featuring a snippet of "Carousel".^[7] On 20 April, Li released the single "Highway to Your Heart".^[8]

Li embarked on an international tour in support of the album, which started on 26 September 2022 in San Diego.^[9]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
DIY	[11]
The Irish Times	[12]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[13]
musicOMH	[14]
NME	[1]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[15]
The Telegraph	[16]
The Skinny	[17]
Slant	[18]

في موقع ميتاكريتيك ، الذي يمنح تقييمًا معياريًا من 100 للمراجعات من المنشورات الرئيسية، حصل الألبوم على متوسط ​​​​درجة 76 بناءً على 11 مراجعة، مما يشير إلى "مراجعات إيجابية بشكل عام". ^{[ 10 ]}

تم اقتباس بيانات الاعتماد من الملاحظات المرفقة بالألبوم . ^{[ 19 ]}

• ليك لي – إنتاج تنفيذي
• شون إيفريت - ميكساج
• باتريشيا سوليفان - إتقان
• لارس سكوجلاند – أجهزة إضافية
• كارتر لانغ – آلات موسيقية إضافية
• إيلي رايز – آلات موسيقية إضافية
• هانز ستينلوند – الهندسة
• ثيو ليندكويست – الإخراج الإبداعي، والتصوير الفوتوغرافي، وأعمال الفيديو الفنية
• زين كالنينا - إنتاج الصور الفوتوغرافية، وإنتاج الأعمال الفنية المرئية
• إيدو غراو - تصوير فيلم "الطريق إلى قلبك"
• شين أينسورث - تصوير فيلم "كاروسيل"
• برايان روتينجر - تصميم جرافيكي