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Elliphant, “Down On Life”
So I’m ridiculously late on this one (to the tune of six months or so, oops!) but Swedish chanteuse Elliphant‘s video for “Down On Life” is an absolute winner: In the same vein as fellow Swedes Kate Boy, Icona Pop and Lykke Li (with a little Grimes thrown in for good measure), it’s percussive, synth-driven and immediately infectious electropop that has a surprising dancehall influence — like M.I.A. if she were straight out of Stockholm. Recently signed to Sony and prepping for a global debut, expect to hear great things from her this year.
