Fever Ray

As Fever Ray, Karin Dreijer broadens and deepens the shape-shifting electronic pop of their former group the Knife, exploring identity, sexuality, and belonging even more fully with their music and imagery. The moody character sketches of 2009's Fever Ray gave a more personal and intimate perspective to the icy atmospheres and pitch-shifted vocals they perfected with the Knife; on 2017's fiery Plunge, Dreijer delivered frequently thrilling manifestos on queerness, politics, and desire. Though 2023's Radical Romantics took a lighter, more playful approach to these themes, Fever Ray remained committed to pushing artistic boundaries, questioning society's limitations, and continuing an artistic legacy that bridged synth pop's roots and cutting-edge innovation.