Jens Lekman Won't Have Anything To Do With The Ukulele Trend [Somewhere Jake Shimabukuro Weeps]

People do love the ukulele these days, from Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele — who is just a bit too adorable for my tastes — to a seemingly endless parade of YouTube videos featuring amateur uke takes on popular songs of today. Still, occasionally overly-precious Swede Jens Lekman, who was on top of the whole white-guys-with-ukuleles trend nearly from the beginning, now has regrets about what he might have started. Lekman told the Guardian that, "When I picked it up I was attracted by i...

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