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So Sad So Sexy

So Sad So Sexy is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer Lykke Li, released on 8 June 2018 by RCA. The album was preceded by the release of the singles "Deep End", "Hard Rain", "Utopia", "Sex Money Feelings Die" and "Two Nights" featuring Aminé. Ilsey Juber co-wrote the majority of the album, which is musically influenced by trap. Malay served as an executive producer, with further production by Li's then-husband Jeff Bhasker, T-Minus, DJ Dahi, Illangelo, Emile Haynie, Jonny Coffer, Kid Harpoon and Rostam Batmanglij, among others.

Release and promotion
Lykke Li announced So Sad So Sexy on 19 April alongside the release of the first two singles from the record, "Deep End" and "Hard Rain". She released the third single "Utopia" on Mother's Day with an intimate video directed by Clara Cullen. On 29 May, she released two more singles, "Sex Money Feelings Die" and "Two Nights" featuring Aminé. On 10 April, Li shared a trailer for the album featuring a snippet of the title track, which Clash called a "silken pop groove that display[s] Lykke at her effortless best". Under the Radar called the 90-second album trailer "mysterious" and noted Li appearing in different settings wearing various outfits. Li played various European and North American festivals including the Osheaga Festival in support of the album in mid-2018. ==Critical reception==
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Similarly, Claire Biddles of The Line of Best Fit wrote, "The album's repeated motif of smoking and cigarettes as an addiction metaphor feels try-hard rather than smart. The best tracks are those that transpose the drama of Li's best work to the album's more explicitly pop context." Slant Magazines Josh Goller wrote, "So Sad So Sexy is a sleek, homogeneous pop-oriented album that feels both conceptually half-formed and technically fussed-over." For Pitchfork, Stacey Anderson wrote that "with festival-ready hooks and trap-inspired production, Lykke Li delivers another record about an unraveling romance and the fraught sexuality of its final moments with diminishing returns", and that "her traumas are too often muted by abstraction and unspecificity ... it is beginning to lose its impact". ==Track listing==
Track listing
Notes • signifies an additional producer • signifies a vocal producer • "Hard Rain" features background vocals from Rostam Batmanglij. • "Deep End", "Jaguars in the Air" and "Better Alone" feature background vocals from Ilsey Juber. • "So Sad So Sexy" features background vocals from Andrew Wyatt and Ilsey Juber. ==Personnel==
Personnel
Lykke Li – vocals, executive production • Aminé – vocals • Rostam Batmanglij – production, synthesizer, piano, sampling, drum programming, pitch adjustment, background vocals • Ali Payami – production, bass, brass band, drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer • Jeff Bhasker – production, guitar, keyboards, piano, Moog synthesizer • Malay – production, executive production, engineering • Illangelo – production, mixing • Skrillex – production, additional production • Jonny Coffer – production • DJ Dahi – production • Emile Haynie – production • T-Minus – production • Kid Harpoon – vocal production • Ilsey Juber – guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals • Matt Chamberlain – drums • Dave Eggar – cello, orchestration, string arrangements, viola • Brandon Wallace – orchestration, string arrangements • Scott Desmarais – assistance • Robin Florent – assistance • FrancisGotHeat – drum programming • Ryan Nasci – engineering • Chris Galland – mixing engineering • Manny Marroquin – mixing • Gabe Sackier – remixing • Dave Kutch – mastering • Jean-Baptiste – creative direction • Talbourdet Napoleone – creative direction • Chloéle Drezen – photography ==Charts==
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