LITTLE DRAGON

We asked Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano to take a self-portrait. We also asked her to write a list of personal things— interesting facts that fans may perhaps not know about her.

The Swedish electro-pop band (Nagano, drummer Erik Bodin, bassist Fredrik Källgren Wallin, and keyboardist Håkan Wirenstrand) formed way back in 1996, when the members were still in high school together, but didn’t release their self-titled debut album until 2007. The , the follow-up to 2014’s was co-produced and mixed by Little Dragon and James Ford in the band’s hometown of Gothenburg. It once again finds the band creatively melding a variety of influences—from ’80s pop and R&B to ’90s club music and dream pop—all given a very fresh, sensual, and contemporary sheen, often coupled with an infectious and danceable beat.