Despite a report that the actor, 58, is dating the 35-year-old Swedish singer and model, a source close to Pitt says Li is just part of “a large group of artsy friends that he enjoys hanging out with.”
“Lykke Li and Alia Shawkat are part of this group,” the insider says. “He likes having female friends too.
According to the source, Pitt “is dating, but not seriously.”” He still keeps in touch with Nicole [Poturalski],” the insider adds of the German model Pitt was last linked to in 2020.
Pitt, who is generally private regarding his love life, was seen arriving at Le Castellet Airport in France with Poturalski, 29, in August 2020.
But a source told PEOPLE that October that any connection between the two had cooled. “It was a casual fling and that’s it,” the source said.
Shawkat was also spotted with Pitt in 2019, although a source told PEOPLE their relationship was purely platonic. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Shawkat, 32, said Pitt “had no awareness” of romance rumors surrounding them. “He doesn’t read that s—,” she said.
Pitt — who has been in an ongoing custody battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie since their split in 2016 — told The New York Times Magazine in December 2019 that he stopped paying attention to press about himself around 15 years ago.
Lykke Li, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and model. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop and electronic.
Her debut studio album, Youth Novels, was released in 2008, and has been followed by Wounded Rhymes, I Never Learn, and So Sad So Sexy.
35-year-old Lyyke who has a son Dion, 6, with her producer ex Jeff Bhasker lives just a three minute drive from Brad.
Property records show the singer’s lavish two bed three bath home was purchased in 2018 under the Jeff Bhasker Trust for $1.85million.
A separate source told The Sun exclusively that: “Brad and Lykke have been able to fly under the radar so easily because they’re neighbors.