Mostly, about her song and video (another of hers directed by Tarik Saleh) "Sadness Is a Blessing".
She almost looks like an Olsen. I suspect it is because she is wearing white. Of course, it is an architecturally sound flowing number reminiscent of everything else she wears, just, not black.
She drinks and dances in the gaze of what appears to be a small gathering of dining, gaunt Aryans. The viewer can only assume that she is dancing to her own song in her own pretty little head. And once she is finally escorted out of the dining room, Stellan Skarsgård (who has sat idly by this entire time as her date) simply stands, which of course is a signal to the staff to back the fuck up. They let her go back to her drunk-girl dancing until Stellan embraces her forcefully, and she cries.
Now, the lyrics of this song are simple. It is so reminiscent of the hopeless romantic songwriters of the doo-wop era. It makes you feel like you're 16 in your room crying about a feeling that, today, you can't even remember what or who caused it. But you know the feeling. It's that whole "They're gone, but the pain reminds me of them, and that somehow makes them present." Essentially, that feeling is an affirmation that you have feelings. That something shared which is now lost still happened. She hits you with "Sadness is my boyfriend, oh sadness, I'm your girl" and it just flings you into the reality of that ridiculous feeling. And while she certainly dramatizes it, she is far from mocking this sadness. As a powerful female figure (that voice) Lykke shows her softer sides on this album, and especially this song. Making herself vulnerable by exposing her deep dark secrets. I believe it more to be an homage or acceptance of this stage of love, almost shedding light on a universally experienced moment: heartbreak.
Ancient Aliens
And with this proof, one has to believe that aliens have been to Earth thousands of years ago!
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