Stranger

The Swedish rapper’s third album offers glimpses of his full potential, songs that pierce through the detachment that once obscured real emotion.

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Stranger is a fully formed welcome to the staying power of Yung Lean.

Prolific Swedish rapper Yung Lean’s tales of prescription drugs and bad parties edge ever closer towards pop.

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He continues to push boundaries.

Following 2014's full-length Unknown Memory, Swedish rapper Yung Lean issued his third LP, Stranger, a hazy narcotic that's ideal for altered states or simply lulling oneself to sleep.

Swedish rapper Yung Lean's latest record feels like a creative regression packed with listless rhymes.

Whatever else you can say about Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, you can't really argue that the Swedish singer-rapper, who dabbles in sad, punk-leaning

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Is the deeply strange Swedish rapper a parody or a homage? Either way, his third album is full of addictive tunes