Jens Lekman

Sweden
February 6, 1981

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Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. His work is heavily influenced by Jonathan Richman and Belle & Sebastian, and he has been likened to Stephin Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields), David Byrne, and Scott Walker.

For the last 14 days:

28 tracks
67 stations
18 countries

Jens Lekman top songs

1	Your Arms Around Me
2	The Opposite of Hallelujah
3	A Postcard to Nina
4	What's That Perfume That You Wear?
5	Julie
6	Sipping On the Sweet Nectar
7	You Are The Light (By Which I Travel Into This and That)
8	How We Met, The Long Version
9	Evening Prayer
10	How Can I Tell Him
11	Friday Night At the Drive-In Bingo
12	Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig
13	Into Eternity
14	An Argument With Myself
15	The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love
16	Black Cab (2022)
17	Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa
18	I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You
19	I Know What Love Isn't
20	Shirin
21	The Cold Swedish Winter
22	I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots
23	It Was a Strange Time in My Life
24	Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death
25	Black Cab (Acoustic)

Jens Lekman quotes

I try and take it for what it is, and I'm very at peace with the fact that when I'm done with the songs, they don't belong to me anymore. They belong to the listeners.