Los Angeles, CA (June 24, 2024) – Musician and performance artist Skye Dahl releases her
uncompromising electro-rock single and Viking-inspired video for “Hypokrit” out today, with a
future full-length album to follow between Fall of 2024 and 2025.
The longest day of the year in Sweden. Midsummer. A time to welcome the summer solstice in
a perpetual dance around the maypole. An esoteric night for magick, fertility, high energy.
“Hypokrit,” a proud, banging vibe issued in time for this year’s Pagan-based carnival lived
vicariously by the likes of Swedish-bred proto-glam rocker, Skye Dahl.
The rancorous, swaggering “Hypokrit,” written by Skye (full name Dahlstrom) and
instrumentalized by Justin Piwetz, was produced and mixed by Kfir Gov at Evil Snail Studios, co-produced by Steve Phillips at Full Fidelity Studios and mastered by Maor Appelbaum.
Watch the music video HERE:
Picture yourself on one of the 30,000 islands encased within the Stockholm archipelago,
cavorting to an electro-based stomp and clap groove and multilayered, self-call-and-answer
vocals blended and dubbed with snarls and swoons by the same artist. You’re swinging it to
Skye Dahl’s swagger (dropped partly in English, the lexicon of her lineage spooled across a
sharply planted breakdown) in “Hypokrit.” From her ancestral Kalmar to the Medieval
fortifications of Visby, Skye is intent on courting Sweden as readily as the United States and
destinations beyond.
Dahl elaborates, “When you listen to ‘Hypokrit,’ I want you to feel your inner Viking roar to life,
ready to conquer anything. There’s nothing more rock ‘n roll than defying the status quo.
Vikings epitomize that rebellious spirit. I want you to feel powerful, unstoppable and badass as
you channel the fierce legacy of the Vikings through my music.”
Legacy. Birthright. These are the cornerstones to Dahl’s craft and she utilizes “Hypokrit” as a
platform to honor her Scandinavian roots. “It’s a tribute to my grandfather and the indomitable
spirit of my ancestors,” she proclaims. “From the get-go, I knew the song had to feature the
Swedish language to make my grandfather proud. Inspired by Norwegian, Icelandic and
Swedish artists, I wove traditional sounds and instruments into the track, creating a song that
transcends mere music to tell a story of identity, strength and raw resilience.”
Skye advises “Hypokrit” is more than a mere cultural comeuppance. She states, “It’s a brutal
cautionary tale about the dangers of hypocrisy. Whether it’s lying to yourself or deceiving
others, hypocrisy leads only to ruin and destruction.”
As a recipient of Austin City’s coveted Live Music Grant, Dahl funded and structured the
filming of the “Hypokrit” video. The minifilm’s stark visuals hail to the Norse goddess of the
underworld, Hel, to Siouxsie Sioux. Speaking about the video for “Hypokrit,” Skye gleams, “I
wanted everyone’s jaws to be on the floor and every visual to slap you in the face. Musically
and visually, it is by far the coolest thing I’ve created to date. I told my Director of Photography
we have to top this video on the next one.
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