Swedish House Mafia and Lykki Li have joined forces for a new single, ‘Happiness Is So Sad,’ uniting a pair of Sweden’s most influential musical exports for a bona fide festival anthem.Ad 0:00 Click for sound 0:00 / 0:00 The group built their name on hands-up EDM anthems like ‘Save The World’ and ‘Don’t You Worry Child’ while Lykke Li has spent her career crafting haunting dream-pop.
That combination is lethal here as Li sings with her with her signature quiver, fragile enough to crack but too controlled to actually break: “It’s not the rain, I’m out here crying / It’s not a smile, inside I’m dying.” ‘Happiness Is So Sad’ was recorded in Stockholm by Swedish House Mafia’s Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso along with Fred again..and PARISI.
Its songwriting credits also include Max Martin and Oscar Holter, two illustrious record producers whose fingerprints are on a slew of pop’s biggest hits over the past two decades.Martin has penned the second-most number-one singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, trailing only Beatles legend Paul McCartney.
Their presence lends the track a pop sensibility that forms an anthemic latticework with Swedish House Mafia’s time-tested rave instincts.You can listen to ‘Happiness Is So Sad’ below and find the new release on streaming platforms here.
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