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Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

In a recent interview, the mystical soul singer talks about her career, how her latest album may be her last and how her quest for knowledge has affected her explorations in music.

Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

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“I wouldn’t have even known what the Order of Canada was. I never wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a vet.


I studied Agriculture in the University of Manitoba, but never finished my degree as I went into music. But the decision to go into music was always at arm’s length. It was always, ‘I will continue on but on my terms.’

I never planned or knew what I was going to do, but I always knew what I didn’t want to do.”

Loreena McKennitt, Spill Magazine

 

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Lykke Li performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California.
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Lykke Li performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California.

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Lykke Li Reflects on Drake Interpolating ‘I Follow Rivers’ on ‘Iceman’: ‘I Was Missing Him’

Drizzy previously sampled the Swedish singer on So Far Gone.

Drake sampled Lykke Li’s “Little Bit” on 2009’s So Far Gone, and now he’s interpolated the Swedish singer again, this time her breakthrough hit “I Follow Rivers” nearly two decades later on his new Iceman album, which arrived on Friday.

Rolling Stone caught up with Lykke Li over the weekend to get her thoughts on Drizzy circling back to shrewdly interpolate her 2011 EDM-infused bop on the spiteful “Janice STFU.” “I think it’s potent. It has that raw, revenge, hip-hop energy,” she said of the Iceman standout.

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