Mood Swings (Tove Styrke song)

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"Mood Swings"
Tove Styrke - Mood Swings Cover.jpg
Single by Tove Styrke
Released18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)
Genre Pop
Length2:15
Label Sony Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Tove Styrke
  • Christoph Andersson
  • Jenna Andrews
  • Noah Conrad
  • Rollo
  • Sorana Pacurar
Producer(s)
  • Andersson
  • Conrad
Tove Styrke singles chronology
"Bara du och jag"
(2020)
"Mood Swings"
(2021)
"All Things $ Can Do"
(2021)

"Mood Swings" is a song by Swedish singer Tove Styrke. It was released as a single on 18 June 2021 through Sony Music.

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Background

"Mood Swings" was written by Tove Styrke, Christoph Andersson, Jenna Andrews, Noah Conrad, Rollo, and Sorana Pacurar. [1] [2] While working on new a new project, Styrke was sent a demo of the song and she instantly liked it. In an interview for The Line of Best Fit , she explained, "I loved the vibe and could totally envision exactly what it was going to be when it's finished." [3] She then rewrote parts of the song, stating that she "chopped some stuff off and reproduced it and everything". [3] "Mood Swings" was produced by Andersson and Conrad. [4] In an interview for Wonderland , Styrke described the song as a "product of COVID" as it was made during several Zoom sessions. [5] She said, "It's a Zoom song and that was really the song that made it clear to me what it was that I wanted to do this time around." [5] "Mood Swings" was released as a single on 18 June 2021 through Sony Music. [6]

Composition and lyrics

"Mood Swings" is a pop song. [7] Regarding the meaning of the song, Styrke elaborated, "It's paying tribute to my best and worst sides. I really hate myself sometimes. But I'm trying really hard not to. These past three years I've been through depression, fell hard in love, survived a Swedish music reality TV-show, I got a car, I got stuck with millennial blues, I feel like an adult sometimes, I feel like I did as a child. I feel kinda [ sic ] free." [8]

Reception

Writing for Paper , Shaad D'Souza wrote positively of the single, "Tove has returned with this delightful, frothy, chaotic girl anthem. Her absence was worth the wait." [9] "Mood Swings" debuted and peaked at number 62 on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart on 25 June 2021. [10]

Music video

Gustav Stegfors directed the accompanying music video for "Mood Swings". [1]

Charts

Chart performance for "Mood Swings"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 62

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