I n the modern parlance of pop, it’s no unusual thing to introduce a new album with the rhetoric of a new era. But it says a lot about Lykke Li – an artist who’s always seemed more comfortable on the fringes of the mainstream than at its centre; whose sweeping heartache anthems have seen her collaborate with Mark Ronson but also David Lynch – that even this common trope comes with a poetic, unlikely edge. The Swedish singer’s sixth (and, reportedly, final) LP ‘The Afterparty’, she explains to NME from her hotel in Paris, where she’s out on promo duties, sees Li entering her “God era”. Don’t worry: she’s not developed a messiah complex. Instead, following a career that’s seen her trawl the depths of love in all its complex forms, from 2008 debut ‘Youth Novels’ to its celebrated follow-up ‘Wounded Rhymes’ and beyond, Li has spent the last few years looking to something “more existential, more bird’s eye”.…