Kevin Bronson on March 7th, 2014

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Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li says every song on her forthcoming third album “is a power ballad. Like one of those old radio stations.” Which explains the slow-motion ache of “Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone.” Li’s album, titled “I Never Learn” (due May 6 via Atlantic), was largely recorded in L.A. and produced by longtime collaborator Björn Yttling (Peter Björn and John), Grammy winner Greg Kurstin and the 27-year-old songwriter herself. Li has one of those love-it-or-hate-it voices, but there’s no doubt that here, in this song’s fragility, she extracts every ounce of emotion out of it.

||| Live: Lykke Li plays May 19 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today.

Photo by Josh Olins