Swan Lee is a Danish indie rock band consisting of singer Pernille Rosendahl, guitarist Jonas Struck and drummer Emil Jørgensen.

[3] In 2023, the band described to DR that they listened to music together in their teenage years, including jazz and psychedelic rock such as Pink Floyd, Charles Mingus, Savage Rose and John Coltrane's Africa/Brass album.

From 1998 to 2001, the trio sought out record companies to enter into a contract for an album release, but this resulted in rejection, as they could only see potential in Pernille Rosendahl as a solo artist.

"[10] Pernille Rosendahl's vocals were described by music critic Thomas B. Knudsen as 'a unique voice that can vary from the violently grandiose to the frail and fragile.

The single "Tomorrow Never Dies", which was written in collaboration with Tim Christensen, was close to being chosen as the title tune for the James Bond film of the same name.

[17] In 2002, they were the warm-up band for the British group Suede on their European tour, where they performed in Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm, among others.

[22] In an interview in 2023, Pernille Rosendahl describes the creation of the single "I Don't Mind," and how the collaboration with Per Sunding challenged the band's sound and her vocals.

In the same year, the band performed at Arena at the Roskilde Festival, where Pernille Rosendahl sang a duet with Claus Hempler and the American soul singer Howard Tate.

[28] Swan Lee chose to disband in September 2005, a few days before they were to have played with Nick Cave for the Danish Crown Prince Couple's cultural award.

[29][30] In 2007, the band released a compilation album The Complete Collection 1997-2005" which also included cover versions of Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann's "Dansevise" and New Order's "Blue Monday".

[31] In 2017, Jonas Struck helped with the creation of Pernille Rosendahl's second solo album The Hurt, realizing that their creative vein was intact and giving them inspiration to later restore Swan Lee.

[34] The band also worked with the musician Teitur Lassen, and visited him in the Faroe Islands several times to write the songs "The River," "Nature's Highway," "Got Away With Murder" and "The Garden", among others.

Berlingske music reviewer Nanna Balslev wrote "Where in the 00s they made sharply defined pop-rock, the trio has re-emerged as a band that draws on longing Americana, cinematic synth surfaces, electronic undercurrents and acoustic guitars.