Laleh
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Laleh

Laleh Pourkarim, who records as Laleh, was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran, and moved to Sweden with her family when she was five. Her music often draws from...

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Laleh's Swedish pop with Iranian roots

A singer-songwriter who blends folk, pop, and rock while drawing from her Iranian background and personal experience.

For a quick sense of her range, try 'Kom Tilda' for the folk-pop side and 'Goliat' for something with more rock muscle. Both show how she makes personal history sound universal.

Laleh's music carries the weight of displacement and identity without losing its melodic touch. Songs like 'Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen)' show how she can wrap social commentary in catchy pop structures. She's won four Swedish Grammys and the Polar Music Prize, but her work feels more like personal conversation than trophy collection.

Born in Iran and moving to Sweden at five, she released her first album 'Live Today Die Tomorrow' in 2006. By 2019's 'Vänta!', she'd put out nine studio albums while occasionally stirring controversy, like defending her 2017 collaboration with rapper Nils Lofgren against criticism.

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Laleh Pourkarim, who records as Laleh, was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran, and moved to Sweden with her family when she was five. Her music often draws from her Iranian background and personal experience, weaving folk, pop, and rock into songs like 'Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen)' and 'Kom Tilda'.

She has released nine studio albums, including 'Live Today Die Tomorrow' in 2006 and 'Vänta!' in 2019. Her work has been certified platinum in Sweden and has won awards, including four Swedish Grammys and the Polar Music Prize. Laleh performs as a solo artist with various musicians on recordings and in live shows.

Her outspoken views have sometimes drawn attention. In 2017, her collaboration with Swedish rapper Nils Lofgren drew criticism over his lyrics, which she defended as a way to challenge stereotypes.

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The Start here section opens with Aldrig Bli Som Förr, Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen), and Kom Tilda so you can move through the artist's stronger lyric pages first.

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