sensual potboilers, and rootsy folk.We speak a good ten months on from the album’s release, givingYukimi plenty of time to reflect on that crucial decision to finally put herself front and center. “It’s been a journey,” she says. “I didn’t really know what to expect because this is my first solo album. So I focused on the music and didn’t really think about anything else.And then, when it was time to release it, I kind of let it go and hoped for the best.” “Going solo” is a familiar industry path; inevitably, there are singers in bands who will want to work with fresh collaborators, test their own boundaries, or maybe just see their own name receive top billing. So I wondered if any other artist had set an example that Yukimi was particularly keen to emulate.
is a respected veteran whose musical history dates back to the mid-’90s, when she came together with some fellow high school students in Gothenburg, Sweden, to form what would become Little Dragon. The band’s blend of synthy sonic dreamscapes and Yukimi’s light-touch soprano earned them high levels of indie cred and impressive longevity. Little Dragon’s self-titled debut dropped in 2007; Slugs of Love , their seventh and most recent album, was released in 2023. Highlights along the way include the single “Ritual Union,” a modern electropop staple, from the 2011 album of the same name. But For You , as well asYukimi’s four-song follow- up EP, Yume , are something different: graceful suites of jazzy soul,
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( top ) Still from Yukimi’s “Get It Over” visualizer (2025).
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