![]() ![]() In addition to her solo work, Lo has co-written songs for other artists, including: Lorde's " Homemade Dynamite" (2017) and Ellie Goulding's " Love Me like You Do" (2015), a song that garnered her Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Her follow-up records, Blue Lips (2017) and Sunshine Kitty (2019), also performed well, the latter spawning the song " Glad He's Gone", which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. Its lead single, " Cool Girl", became an international hit. Her second album, Lady Wood, was released in October 2016 and debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200. It spawned the sleeper hit single " Habits (Stay High)", which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as " Talking Body". The following year, Lo rose to prominence with her debut album, Queen of the Clouds, which opened at number 14 on the U.S. In 2013, Lo was signed to Universal Music, Island and Polydor. Working with producers Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin, and Xenomania, she became a successful songwriter, while also recording and releasing her own compositions independently. After it disbanded, Lo pursued a career in songwriting and earned a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music in 2011. She formed the rock band Tremblebee in 2006. Raised in the Djursholm district of Danderyd, Lo is an alumna of the music school Rytmus Musikergymnasiet. Her honest, complex and autobiographical lyrical content has led to her being dubbed "the saddest girl in Sweden". She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music. She has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export" by Rolling Stone. When she sings, “ I know that I’m a handful” on final song ‘WTF Love Is’, it’s hard not to admire her for embracing it so persuasively in her music.Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 29 October 1987), known professionally as Tove Lo ( Swedish pronunciation: ), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Aided by collaborators including Lorde producer Joel Little and Max Martin’s protégé Ilya Salmanzadeh, she keeps the hooks coming throughout as her hip, minimal electro-pop quivers, shimmers, pulses and throbs. Some listeners may not warm to Lo’s persona, but her songwriting skills are difficult to fault (she’s also co-written hits for Ellie Goulding and Girls Aloud on the side). ‘Keep It Simple’, a song about feeling unable to commit emotionally, features the brilliantly blunt line, “ I go to bed with you but dream about him”. ‘Imaginary Friend’ and ‘Flashes’ prickle with loneliness and vulnerability, while the sleazy strip-club grind of ‘Don’t Talk About It’ owes an obvious debt to The Weeknd. After declaring herself “fine as f**k” on ‘Influence’, she sings about hooking up and getting hard on ‘Lady Wood’, tells us she doesn’t fancy pretty boys (or pretty girls) on ‘True Disaster’, and elbows away monogamy on ‘Cool Girl’ by singing, “ No, let’s not put a label on it / Let’s keep it fun”.Īs her concept promises, the second half is darker, a little more despondent. And you really want to chase that feeling again”. Lo says ‘Lady Wood’ is actually a two-part concept album about chasing rushes: the first half channels anticipation and, says the album’s press release, “that tingling sensation of sex” the second deals with the comedown where “you feel a little bit uneasy. The likes of Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez just wouldn’t dare. Now, after adding vocals to suggestive hits by Years & Years (‘Desire’) and Nick Jonas (‘Close’), the intriguing Swede has named her second album ‘Lady Wood’. “ I eat my dinner in my bathtub / Then I go to sex clubs”, she sang nonchalantly on 2013’s ‘Habits (Stay High)’, which became a huge hit in 2014 after being remixed by production duo Hippie Sabotage. Any pop singer with a body piercing and the odd song about sex gets called ‘edgy’, but Tove Lo deserves this tag more than most. ![]()
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