Little Dragon

This article is about the band. For their eponymous album, see Little Dragon (album).

Little Dragon
Little Dragon in 2010. From left to right: Erik Bodin, Yukimi Nagano, Fredrik Källgren Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrand
Background information
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Trip hop[1] downtempo[2] synth-pop[3] electro-indie[4] dream pop[5] soul[6] alternative R&B[7]
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Off the Wall Peacefrog JVC Victor Because Loma Vista Republic
Associated acts	Gorillaz Big Boi SBTRKT De La Soul
Website	little-dragon.net
Members	Yukimi Nagano Erik Bodin Fredrik Källgren Wallin Håkan Wirenstrand

Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996. The band consists of Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards).

Little Dragon's first release was the double A-side seven-inch vinyl single "Twice"/"Test", released on the Off the Wall label in 2006. The following year, the band signed with the larger British independent label Peacefrog Records and released their eponymous debut album in August 2007.^[8] Their second album, Machine Dreams, was released in August 2009, and gathered favourable reviews. The third album, Ritual Union, was released in July 2011 and was ranked at number 41 on Rolling Stone list of the 50 Best Albums of 2011.^[8][9]Clash placed it at number 31 on its list of The Top 40 Albums of 2011.^[10]

The band's fourth studio album, Nabuma Rubberband, was released in May 2014 by Because Music and was met with critical acclaim. It received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The band's fifth studio album, Season High, was released on 14 April 2017.

Contents

• 
  1 History
  


• 
  2 Members
  


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  3 Discography
  
  • 
    3.1 Studio albums
    
  
  
  • 
    3.2 Remix albums
    
  
  
  • 
    3.3 Compilation albums
    
  
  
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    3.4 Extended plays
    
  
  
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    3.5 Singles
    
    • 
      3.5.1 As lead artist
      
    
    
    • 
      3.5.2 As featured artist
      
    
    
  
  


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  4 Other charted songs
  
  • 
    4.1 Guest appearances
    
  
  
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    4.2 Music videos
    
  
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

History

Little Dragon formed in 1996 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Yukimi Nagano was in her first year in high school when she met seniors Fredrik Wallin and Erik Bodin. The three of them would meet up after school to jam and play records by De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Alice Coltrane.^[11] The band's name was inspired by the "Little Dragon" nickname Nagano earned due to the "fuming tantrums" she used to throw while recording in the studio. "It's a little exaggerated, but there is some truth in it", Nagano said. "But we've grown up a bit, and I realised you can't have a fit every day because otherwise you won't be able to stand each other."^[12]

Little Dragon has toured throughout Europe and has also made music videos for the songs "Test", "Twice", "Constant Surprises", "After the Rain" and "Fortune". The video for "Twice" was directed by award-winning Swedish filmmaker Johannes Nyholm. The double A-side single "Fortune"/"Blinking Pigs" was released in the UK on 26 January 2009. The band's song "Twice" has been featured in the television shows Grey's Anatomy,^[13]90210,^[14]Revenge,^[15]The Vampire Diaries,^[16] and Being Mary Jane,^[17] as well as in the 2010 independent drama film I Will Follow (which also features the band's song "Scribbled Paper") and the 2013 psychological thriller film Magic Magic.

Little Dragon was chosen as one of Beyond Race Magazine's "50 Emerging Artists" in late 2009, resulting in a spot in the publication's 11th issue as well as an exclusive online Q&A on the magazine's site.^[18] On the recommendation of his wife, Damon Albarn invited Nagano and her bandmates to feature on Gorillaz's 2010 album Plastic Beach, appearing on the tracks "Empire Ants" and "To Binge".^[11] Albarn then asked Little Dragon to join Gorillaz on their Escape to Plastic Beach Tour.^[4][11] In September 2011, former keyboardist Arild Werling rejoined the group on support keys during live performances.^[19]

Little Dragon's fourth studio album, Nabuma Rubberband, was released on 12 May 2014 in the United Kingdom via Because Music and on 13 May in the United States via Loma Vista Recordings.^[20] The album was inspired by Janet Jackson's slow jams.^[3] "Klapp Klapp" was released as the album's lead single.^[20] The second single, "Paris", debuted on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 programme on 8 April 2014.^[21]Nabuma Rubberband received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.^[22]

The band's fifth studio album, Season High, was released on 14 April 2017 by Loma Vista Recordings. It has spawned the singles "High" and "Sweet".^[23]

Members

• 
  Yukimi Nagano – vocals, percussion


• Fredrik Källgren Wallin – keyboards, bass guitar


• Håkan Wirenstrand – keyboards


• Erik Bodin – drums

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [24]	AUS [25]	BEL (FL) [26]	IRE [27]	FRA [28]	NZ [29]	SWI [30]	UK [31]	US [32]	US Dance [33]
Little Dragon	Released: 15 August 2007 Label: Peacefrog Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Machine Dreams	Released: 17 August 2009 Label: Peacefrog Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ritual Union	Released: 21 July 2011 Label: Peacefrog Formats: CD, LP, digital download	47	91	—	—	—	—	—	22	78	4
Nabuma Rubberband	Released: 9 May 2014 Label: Because Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	44	125	84	118	33	61	14	24	2
Season High	Released: 14 April 2017 Label: Because Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	173	5
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

• 
  Nabuma Purple Rubberband (2015)^[34]

Compilation albums

• 
  Best Of (2014)^[8]

Extended plays

• 
  Twice Remix EP (2008)^[35]


• 
  Blinking Pigs (2010)^[36]


• 
  Ritual Union EP (2011)^[37]


• 
  Little Man EP (2011)^[38]


• 
  Amazon Artist Lounge (2014)^[39]


• 
  Klapp Klapp / Paris Remixes (2014)^[40]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peaks	Album
		UK [31]
"Test"/"4ever"[41]	2006	—	Little Dragon
"Twice"/"Test"[42]	2007	—
"Constant Surprises"/"Scribbled Paper"[43]		—
"Recommendation"[44]	2008	—
"Fortune"/"Blinking Pigs"[45]	2009	—	Machine Dreams
"Feather"/"Stranger"[46]		—
"My Step"[47]		—
"Runabout"[48]	2010	—
"Nightlight"[49]	2011	—	Ritual Union
"Ritual Union"[50]		76
"Little Man"[51]		—
"Sunshine"[52]	2012	—	Non-album single
"Klapp Klapp"[53]	2014	—	Nabuma Rubberband
"Paris"[54]		—
"Let Go"[55]		—
"High"[56]	2017	—	Season High
"Sweet"		—
"Peace of Mind"[57] (featuring Faith Evans)		—	Non-album single
"Sway Daisy"[58]	2018	—	TBA
"Best Friends"[59]		—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"Wildfire"[60] (SBTRKT featuring Little Dragon)	2011	SBTRKT
"Scale It Back"[61] (DJ Shadow featuring Little Dragon)		The Less You Know, the Better
"Light"[62] (Odesza featuring Little Dragon)	2015	In Return
"Bullets"[63] (Kaytranada featuring Little Dragon)	2016	99.9%

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peaks	Album
		FRA [28]
"Pretty Girls"	2014	172	Nabuma Rubberband

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"If You Return"	2010	Maximum Balloon	Maximum Balloon
"Thom Pettie"	2012	Big Boi, Killer Mike	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
"Descending"		Big Boi
"Higher Res"		Big Boi, Jai Paul
"Wanderer"	2015	None	Welcome to Los Santos
"The Festival"		Mac Miller	GO:OD AM
"Minerva"		Billion One	Minerva[64]
"Bullets"	2016	Kaytranada	99.9%
"Take a Chance"		Flume	Skin
"Drawn"		De La Soul	And the Anonymous Nobody...
"Stuck with Me"	2018	Tinashe	Joyride

Music videos

Title	Year	Director	Ref.
"Twice"	2007	Johannes Nyholm	[65]
"Test"		Unknown	[66]
"Constant Surprises"	2008	Fredrik Egerstrand	[65]
"Fortune"		Hideyuki Katsumata	[67]
"Swimming"	2009	Yusuke Nagano	[68]
"After the Rain"		François Vogel	[65]
"Runabout"		Unknown	[65]
"Looking Glass"			[65]
"Never Never"	2010	Ulla Tomtom	[69]
"My Step"	2011	Matthew Scheuerer	[70]
"When I Go Out"		Emanuele Kabu	[71]
"Brush the Heat"		Yusuke Nagano	[72]
"Brush the Heat" (AVA remix)		Eleanor Brown	[65]
"Crystalfilm"	2012	Daniel Wirtberg	[73]
"Sunshine"		Dave Ma	[65]
"Klapp Klapp"	2014	Taylor Cohen	[74]
"Paris"		Trevor Kane	[75]
"Pretty Girls"		Nabil	[76]
"Underbart"		Grant Singer	[77]
"Mirror"	2015	Florian Joahn	[78]
"High"	2017	Ossian Melin	[79]
"Sweet"			[23]
"Celebrate" (featuring Agge)			[80]
"Strobe Light"		Kristin-Lee Moolman	[81]
"Peace of Mind" (featuring Faith Evans)		Unknown	[82]

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36. 
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37. 
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38. 
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39. 
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40. 
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41. 
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42. 
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43. 
    ^ "Constant Suprises [sic] – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


44. 
    ^ "Recommendation – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


45. 
    ^ "Fortune/Blinking Pigs". Amazon (UK). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


46. 
    ^ "Feather (Radio Edit) by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


47. 
    ^ "My Step by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


48. 
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49. 
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50. 
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51. 
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52. 
    ^ "Sunshine – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


53. 
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54. 
    ^ "Paris: Little Dragon: MP3 Downloads". Amazon (UK). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


55. 
    ^ "Let Go : Little Dragon: MP3 Downloads". Amazon (UK). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


56. 
    ^ "High – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 30 April 2018. 
    


57. 
    ^ "Peace of Mind (feat. Faith Evans) – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 30 April 2018. 
    


58. 
    ^ "Sway Daisy – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 30 April 2018. 
    


59. 
    ^ "Best Friends – Single by Little Dragon". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 30 April 2018. 
    


60. 
    ^ "Wildfire (feat. Little Dragon) – Single by SBTRKT". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


61. 
    ^ "Scale It Back by DJ Shadow". iTunes Store (UK). Retrieved 21 June 2014. 
    


62. 
    ^ "Light (feat. Little Dragon) – Single by ODESZA". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 11 March 2017. 
    


63. 
    ^ "Bullets (feat. Little Dragon) – by Kaytranada". iTunes Store (Sweden). Retrieved 6 May 2016. 
    


64. 
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66. 
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67. 
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68. 
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