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Lykke Li<\/a> has revealed details about upcoming new album \u2018The Afterparty\u2019, and told fans that it may be her last.<\/p>\n The Swedish singer-songwriter has been dropping hints about new music for a while now, and suggested that the follow-up to 2022\u2019s \u2018EYEYE<\/a>\u2019 could be arriving later in 2026.<\/p>\n Details about the record, including release date, remain scarce, however, Li recently held a private listening party in Los Angeles and let a few fans hear new material for the first time.<\/p>\n Speaking to the crowd on the night, she revealed that the new album is called \u2018The Afterparty\u2019 and that, after a difficult period making it, she has decided that it may be her last.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s talk about the album. It was a motherfucker to make,\u201d she began. \u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018The Afterparty\u2019, and the way I make albums is I sit in my car and I have a matcha with a plastic lid that I feel so guilty about.\u201d<\/p>\n She went on to say that she had a feeling of uncertainty about the world when she was working on the project \u2013 particularly when it came to topics including \u201cTrump<\/a>\u201d and \u201cAI<\/a>\u201d \u2013 and added that it would make her feel like she had woken up with \u201ca huge hangover\u201d.<\/p>\n Lykke Li says her next album \u2018may be her final\u2019 album ever during listening session in LA \ud83e\udd79 #lykke<\/a> #lykkeli<\/a> @Lykke Li #theafterparty<\/a> #popmusic<\/a> <\/p>\n \u266c original sound \u2013 tom\u00e1s mier<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201c[Right now] it feels like it\u2019s 4am and the sun is going to rise. That is what I was working with. It\u2019s a journey through the night and it\u2019s meant to be listened to in one go,\u201d she continued, also saying that the record feels like \u201cmy lower self talking to whatever\u2019s up there\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my sixth album, and maybe my final.\u201d<\/p>\n More details about the \u2018The Afterparty\u2019 are expected to be shared soon.<\/p>\n Lykke Li\u2019s last album, \u2018EYEYE\u2019 was given a four-star review from NME<\/em><\/a> when it was released in 2022, and praised as a \u201crecord that breathes, sighs and will leave you lost in the same dazed revery that these tracks were born from.\u201d<\/p>\n Later that year, Li shared a reimagined version of her track \u2018Highway to Your Heart\u2019 from that album, titled \u2018T\u042fA\u018eH \u042fUOY OT YAWH\u04d8IH\u2019, and spoke to NME<\/em> about how her outlook on the world was shaping her approach<\/a> to new material.<\/p>\n\n