Swedish indie-folk songstress serenades crowd at Waterloo

A couple hundred people filed into the walkways of Waterloo Records and waited in anticipation of Lykke Li's arrival.

Fans rummaged through the record store for an hour and a half, biding time before her free in-store appearance on Feb. 19, preceding her sold out performance at Antone's later that night.

The twenty two year old Swedish indie-pop singer traveled to Austin for the first time since garnering attention at SXSW last Mar.

Like a Hollywood starlet, she emerged wearing a flowing bohemian shirt with gold chains dangling from her neck.

She began her short set with the haunting and ethereal "Hanging High," her quivering jazz voice ascended to the forefront of the music with the minimalist percussion, and light guitar work serving merely as support.

Lyrically, the former dancer is playful and flirty, and she brought a precociousness to the stage with a commanding presence, and poise, while rocking a kazoo on the crowd favorite and a remix-artist's dream, "Dance, Dance, Dance."

If you've seen Heidi Klum's Victoria Secret commercial, you've heard the sultry "Little Bit," which was the song that followed "Dance Dance Dance."

After engaging the crowd, a man requested she perform a Kings of Leon cover called "Knocked Up," but his request, instead, enabled Li to engage the crowd with hand-clapping participation during the incredibly catchy female anthem, "I'm Good, I'm Gone."

Her U.S. debut, "Youth Novels," was released in Feb. of 2008 and was produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Björn and John.

Three singles of Li's have been released throughout the past year, and exposure in commercials and television shows has catapulted her into the elite class of indie folk songstresses.