Molly Nilsson

Stockholm, Berlin and a home studio

Molly Lilly Maria Nilsson was born on December 14, 1984 in Grondal and raised in Sodermalm, Stockholm. She studied art at a konstgymnasium, came to songwriting after comics and writing, and began on a friend's keyboard. She moved to Berlin around 2005, works in a home studio she calls Lighthouse, and once worked the cloakroom at Berghain, recording lo-fi pop on her days off. She produces her own records, designs her own artwork and acts as her own manager, booking agent and publicist; live she often sings over a CD of her own backing tracks.

Her label, Dark Skies Association, dates from 2009, and she co-releases much of her music with Night School Records of Glasgow, beginning with The Travels (2013). The albums are These Things Take Time (2008), Europa (2009), Follow the Light (2010), History (December 14, 2011), The Travels (2013), Zenith (2015), Imaginations (2017), Twenty Twenty (2018), Extreme (January 15, 2022), Un-American Activities (2024) and Amateur (October 1, 2025). Bandcamp Daily's guide calls History a turning point, when she began touring Europe and the US, and Zenith her peak. She toured the US with MGMT in 2018 and won the Robespierre Prize in 2026.