Queen of the Clouds

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Queen of the Clouds
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Studio album by
Tove Lo
Released24 September 2014 (2014-09-24)
Recorded2012 – Spring 2014
Studio
Genre
Length51:17
Label Island
Producer
Tove Lo chronology
Truth Serum
(2014)		Queen of the Clouds
(2014)		 Lady Wood
(2016)
Singles from Queen of the Clouds
  1. "Habits (Stay High)"
    Released: 6 December 2013
  2. "Talking Body"
    Released: 13 January 2015
  3. "Timebomb"
    Released: 12 August 2015
  4. "Moments"
    Released: 27 October 2015

Queen of the Clouds is the debut studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo, released on 24 September 2014 by Island Records. The album follows her first extended play Truth Serum (2014) and includes the successful singles "Habits (Stay High)" and "Talking Body". Lo worked with several writers and producers such as The Struts, Klas Åhlund, Alexander Kronlund, Alx Reuterskiöld, and Captain Cuts. Musically, Queen of the Clouds is primarily a electropop, dance-pop and synth-pop record. Lyrically, the album's themes center on the stages of a relationship, including passion, love and break-ups.

Contents

Queen of the Clouds garnered generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and lyrical content. It was promoted with television performances and through the Queen of the Clouds Tour. On 25 September 2015, a year after the album's original release, a "blueprint" edition was announced; the bonus length features tracks from Truth Serum, a new version of "Moments", the originally Spotify-exclusive "Not Made for This World", and an explicit version of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 's "Scream My Name".

Background and development

Queen of the Clouds is the follow-up to Lo's debut extended play Truth Serum . The album is divided into three sections: "The Sex", "The Love" and "The Pain". Similar to theme of a poisoned relationship in Truth Serum, the album centers on a breakup and provides a complete story of her romantic struggles. She described her music as like a therapist where she could sing about things she would not normally dare to speak about. [4] The title for the album came from her song "Not on Drugs" and describes her new lifestyle touring the world after the success of her first EP. Lo said that it represented the feeling of "floating on top of the world" and that it was important that the album title represented her. [5]

Composition

Heavily influenced by electropop musical styles, Queen of the Clouds is predominantly a concept album which divides the record into three sections: "The Sex", "The Love" and "The Pain". [4] [6] Similar to the theme of poisoned relationships explored on Lo's debut extended play, Truth Serum (2014), the album centers on a breakup and provides a complete narration of her romantic struggles. She described her music as "like a therapist" where Lo could sing about things she would not normally feel comfortable speaking about. [4] Queen of the Clouds blends multiple styles of music into a "monogenre" sound, containing heavy influences of EDM, hip hop, dance-pop, new wave, rock, and R&B, combining them into a "seamless compendium". [6]

The first section, "The Sex", opens the record with four songs about the "lecherous and reckless" beginning of a relationship, and are composed in an "infectious and tongue-in-cheek stampede of uptempo pop." [7] Album opener, "My Gun", has been described as an urban-influenced pop song textured with elements of dancehall. It begins with a "mournful"-sounding choir before building to an upbeat pop groove. Lo's vocals are low and seductive, before gliding into her higher range. The track explores the "flirty" stage before delving into more sexual themes, found later on "Talking Body", and has been compared to the works of Rihanna. [8] Lyrically, Lo compares her lover to "her gun" and sings of feeling a release of pleasure: "Boy, if you're gonna shoot me down/Do it gently". [7] The next track, "Like Em' Young", is driven by a tribal-influenced rhythm "coated" with a "parade" of dub-bass. Its lyrics are satirical in nature, as she criticises other women for judging her taste in younger men: "Hey girl, why you judging me/When your, your guy is turning 53?/ I don't know what really gets you more/Is it that my guy's gonna live out yours?" [7] "Talking Body" is a heavily sexual song described as "salivating with carnal lust", and according to Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe , evokes "the rush of early Madonna." [9] Lyrically, the verses see Lo in a state of idée fixe towards her partner, as she finds herself revolving her life around him. The chorus is musically armed with heavy propulsion combined with rising, subdued synths and sees her "objectifying" his model physique. Rounding out the first section is "Timebomb", a frantic electronic dance piano ballad hybrid described as a "sonic bombardment" of "euphoric" chords, drums, and psychedelic synths, and features an "explosive" chorus containing crashing cymbals and pounding bass. Lo's vocals in the track are sung out of time to the beat, rushing her lyrics into a single phrase. [7] [8]

The second section, "The Love", has been described as "a thunderous yearning through gigantic mid tempo, electronic balladry". [7] It opens with the "volcanic" ballad "Moments", which boasts atmospherics and influences of "trippy" samba. Lyrically, it sees Lo confessing her flaws before declaring "On good days, I am charming as fuck!". [7] "The Way That I Am" is a dubstep song filled with "pain and passion" as Lo sings in a soulful rasp and lyrically cries out to her partner to love her as she is; including flaws. [7] "Got Love" is one of the albums "pure" pop moments, and contains an unwaveringly positive attitude. Lyrically, she rejoices exultant feelings of first falling in love as she sings "Good enough to make the ocean look like it's a pond/Good enough to turn the valleys into mountain tops", and discusses the theme of immortality "We live like legends now, know that would never die/Oh, we Got Love". [7] Closing out the section is the power pop song "Not on Drugs". Primarily a guitar-driven song that explores the topic of a feeling of love so bewildering and overpowering that it affects your behavior, as if you were on drugs. [7]

The final section is "The Pain" which explores the difficulty piecing together one's life after the destruction and demise of a relationship through "distraught" lyricism and melancholic pop. The section opens with the "thunderous" electropop power-ballad "Thousand Miles", which lyrically depicts Lo's obsession with reuniting with her lost love at all costs, even if it means running "a thousand miles". [7] Musically, the mid-tempo track tells a story of a girl "struggling to forget a rocky relationship with an ex," and is sonically amped up by the singer's "emotionally distraught" vocals and "thundering" drum rhythms. [10] The following song, "Habits (Stay High)" sees her emotionally unravel even more, as she talks about self-medicating by smoking marijuana to cope to live without her lover. It's "snappy" verses are filled with "quietly distinct, often strange imagery", including Lo eating her dinner in the bathtub, getting drunken munchies, and seducing dads on the playground. [11] Musically, it is a Purity Ring-inspired song, and creates a calming atmosphere compared to that of morphine. [7] "This Time Around" is a dark Charli XCX-inspired track which reflects on the lessons learned from a heartbreak. Lo's vocal performance on the song has been described as particularly yearning and broken. [7] The final song of the section and album is "Run on Love", an "easy-going" reworked nu-disco dance collaboration with EDM producer Lucas Nord. Lyrically, Lo sings of picking up her heart and choosing to no longer be a victim by living in the moment enjoy time with her lover before it runs out. [9] [7]

Release and promotion

Lo announced the release of Queen of the Clouds in an interview with Rolling Stone on 19 August 2014. [12] Shortly after, on 9 September 2014, the album was made available to pre-order online through the iTunes Store. [13] On 16 September 2014, the album tracks "Moments", "Timebomb" and "Thousand Miles" were also made available to download alongside the iTunes pre-order. [14] On 24 September 2014, Lo performed "Habits" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote her album. [15] The album was also supported by the Queen of the Clouds Tour between September and November 2015.

Singles

The lead single, "Habits (Stay High)", was originally released as "Habits" on 25 March 2013 prior to the release of Truth Serum in March 2014. It was later re-released as "Habits (Stay High)" on 6 December 2013. "Habits (Stay High)" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 2014. [16] A remix of "Habits" by record production duo Hippie Sabotage, alternatively titled "Stay High", was released on 3 March 2014 and peaked at number 13 on the Swedish Singles Chart. [17] It performed even more successfully elsewhere, peaking within the top 10 of the charts in Norway, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

"Not on Drugs" was originally revealed as the album's second single with its lyric video of the premiering in June 2014 [18] and its music video premiering in August of the same year, [19] but a different single, "Talking Body", was chosen to replace it, impacting pop radio on 20 January 2015. [20] "Talking Body" has since peaked at number 12 on the Hot 100 as of 20 May 2015.

On 23 May 2015, at the Boston Calling Music Festival, Lo announced that "Timebomb" would serve as the third single. [21] It was digitally released on 12 August 2015. [22] However, Republic Records, which handles Lo's American radio promotions, opted not to push "Timebomb" to radio. Instead, "Moments" impacted pop radio on 13 October 2015, [23] as the fourth single from the album. [24]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [25]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [26]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness) Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [27]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [28]
Digital Spy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [29]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [30]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [31]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [32]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [33]

Upon release, Queen of the Clouds received positive reviews from music critics. According to Metacritic, the album received an average score of 73/100 based on 4 reviews. [25] Sam Lansky from Time praised the lyrical content of the album, stating that "the tracks all have a satisfying stomp and crash, but it's her lyrics that shine brightest, trading in pop clichés but flipping them in the same breath." He described the hooks of the tracks as commercial enough to give Lo a "fighting chance at stateside stardom". [1] Carrie Battan from Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10 and described her music as "bruised, brightly arranged pop songs that feel grand but not excessive". She also noted that her "disarming honesty" and "well-phrased lyrics" are what sticks to the brain. [11] Evan Ross from andPOP gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars described Queen of the Clouds as "a really enjoyable album that pretty accurately describes what it's like to be young and in love" and particularly liked that the album was an entire concept instead of randomly thrown in tracks. He praised the production and enjoyable filler songs. He also noted that Lo's "EDM-inspired album" had more substance than other similar albums. [34] Maxie Molotov-Smith from Fortitude Magazine gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, praising the "stark heart-on-sleeve" honesty in Lo's lyrics and described the music as "expertly-crafted electronic pop music" with infectious hooks. [35]

Jon O'Brien from Music Is My Oxygen gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and praised Lo's standing out from the crowd, describing her album as a "refreshingly raw debut which casts Tove Lo as pop's premier hot mess". [36] Kathy Iandoli from Idolator gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and praised the honesty of the lyrics and noted that Lo "has become masterfully adept at jamming thoughtful words into dancey songs through her past songwriting, but she takes it a step further with Queen Of The Clouds". [37] A reviewer from PressPLAY gave the album a 4 out of 5 and praised the album's lyrical content and that Lo "goes into the dark places that modern pop tends to avoid", although they also wrote that there was a "slight need for variety and a tighter edit of the tracklist". The critic also described Lo as having a "frantic, drunken energy [...] that keeps you hooked on her songs unlike any of her peers". [38]

Commercial performance

In Lo's native Sweden, Queen of the Clouds debuted at number six on the Sverigetopplistan charts, remaining in the top 100 for 79 weeks. Sverigetopplistan reports that Queen of the Clouds is the 58th most successful album of all time in Sweden. In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 14 with first-week sales of 19,000 copies. [39] As of August 2016, it had sold 190,000 copies in the US. [40] The album debuted at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 4,722 copies in its first week. [41] The album also peaked within the top 50 in Australia, Finland, New Zealand and Norway.

Track listing

North American standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Sex" Tove Lo Lo0:06
2."My Gun"
  • Lo
  • Ludvig Söderberg
  • Jakob Jerlström
  • Daniel Ledinsky
  • The Struts
  • Ledinsky [a]
3:36
3."Like Em Young"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:39
4."Talking Body"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
3:58
5."Timebomb"
Åhlund3:34
6."The Love"LoLo0:05
7."Moments"Lo Mattman & Robin 3:22
8."The Way That I Am"
Payami3:07
9."Got Love"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Alx Reuterskiöld
The Struts3:48
10."Not on Drugs"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
3:02
11."The Pain"LoLo0:05
12."Thousand Miles"
  • Lo
  • Mike "Scribz" Riley
  • The Struts
  • Riley
3:34
13."Habits (Stay High)"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:29
14."This Time Around"
  • Lo
  • Nate Campany
  • Kyle Shearer
Shearer4:04
15."Run on Love" (Lucas Nord featuring Tove Lo) (QOTC edit)
Nord4:00
16."Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage remix) (bonus track)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Hippie Sabotage [a] [c]
4:18
Total length:47:47
International edition bonus track [42]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Love Ballad"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:30
17."Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Hippie Sabotage [a] [c]
4:18
Total length:51:17
International Spotify edition bonus track [43]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Not Made for This World"
 Astma & Rocwell 3:38
Total length:54:35
European digital edition bonus tracks [44]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Over"
  • The Struts
  • Mattman & Robin
  • Gill
3:44
19."Out of Mind"
  • Lo
  • Reuterskiöld
The Struts3:09
20."Paradise"
  • Lo
  • Elliot Wilkins
  • Riley
  • The Struts
  • Riley
3:03
Total length:65:01
United Kingdom Spotify edition bonus track [45]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
21."Talking Body" (Clean Edit)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Shellback
3:58
Total length:68:59
International Blueprint Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Paradise"
  • Lo
  • Elliot Wilkins
  • Riley
  • The Struts
  • Riley
3:03
18."Over"
  • Lo
  • Gill
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • The Struts
  • Mattman & Robin
  • Gill
3:44
19."Out of Mind"
  • Lo
  • Reuterskiöld
The Struts3:09
20."Crave"
  • Lo
  • Rabin
  • McMahon
  • Berger
Captain Cuts3:28
21."Not Made for This World"
  • Lo
  • Jimson
  • Flygare
Astma & Rocwell3:38
22."Scream My Name"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Lo
  • The Struts
3:34
23."Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Hippie Sabotage [a] [c]
4:18
24."Heroes (We Could Be)" (Alesso featuring Tove Lo)
Alesso3:29
Total length:75:22
North American iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks [46] [47]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Love Ballad"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:30
18."Crave"
 Captain Cuts 3:30
19."Not on Drugs" (Ali Payami remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
  • Payami [c]
2:51
Total length:57:38
North American Spotify deluxe edition bonus tracks [48]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Love Ballad"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:30
18."Not Made for This World"
  • Lo
  • Jimson
  • Flygare
Astma & Rocwell3:38
19."Not on Drugs" (Ali Payami remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
  • Payami [c]
2:51
Total length:57:46
North American LP edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Love Ballad"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:30
16."Not on Drugs" (The Knocks Remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
4:27
17."Over"
  • Lo
  • Gill
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • The Struts
  • Mattman & Robin
  • Gill
3:44
18."Habits (Stay High)" (Hippie Sabotage remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • The Struts
  • Hippie Sabotage [a] [c]
4:18
Total length:58:28
North American Blueprint Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Love Ballad"
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
The Struts3:30
18."Paradise"
  • Lo
  • Wilkins
  • Riley
  • The Struts
  • Riley
3:03
19."Over"
  • Lo
  • Gill
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • The Struts
  • Mattman & Robin
  • Gill
3:44
20."Out of Mind"
  • Lo
  • Reuterskiöld
The Struts3:09
21."Heroes (We Could Be)" (Alesso featuring Tove Lo)
  • Lo
  • Lindblad
  • Bowie
  • Eno
Alesso3:29
22."Crave"
  • Lo
  • Rabin
  • McMahon
  • Berger
Captain Cuts3:30
23."Not on Drugs" (Ali Payami remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
  • Payami [c]
2:51
Total length:71:03
North American Spotify Blueprint Edition bonus track [49]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
23."Not Made for This World"
  • Lo
  • Jimson
  • Flygare
Astma & Rocwell3:38
24."Not on Drugs" (Ali Payami remix)
  • Lo
  • Söderberg
  • Jerlström
  • Reuterskiöld
  • The Struts
  • Reuterskiöld [b]
  • Payami [c]
2:51
Total length:74:41

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the international standard edition of Queen of the Clouds. [50]

Musicians

Technical

  • The Struts – production (tracks 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 13); engineering (track 2)
  • Daniel Ledinsky – additional production (track 2)
  • Spyke Lee – engineering assistance (track 2)
  • Lars Norgren – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 7–10, 12–14)
  • Shellback – production (track 4)
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 4)
  • John Hanes – engineering for mix (track 4)
  • Klas Åhlund – production (track 5)
  • Michael Illbert – mixing (track 5)
  • Mattman & Robin – production (track 7)
  • Ali Payami – production (track 8)
  • Alx Reuterskiöld – co-production (track 10)
  • Scribz Riley – production (track 12)
  • Kyle Shearer – production (track 14)
  • Robert Marvin – additional engineering (track 14)
  • Andy Selby – vocal editing (track 14)
  • Lucas Nord – production, mixing (track 15)
  • Hippie Sabotage – remix, additional production (track 16)
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Queen of the Clouds
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [72] Platinum20,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [73] Gold30,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [74] Platinum20,000‡
Singapore (RIAS) [75] Gold5,000*
Sweden (GLF) [76] Platinum40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [77] Gold100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [78] Platinum1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Queen of the Clouds
RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
Australia24 September 2014
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 Universal [79]
Norway [80]
Sweden [81]
Canada30 September 2014 [46]
United States Island [47]
Italy11 November 2014Universal [82]
United Kingdom11 May 2015 Polydor [83]
25 September 2015CDBlueprint [84]
Canada2 October 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
Universal [85]
United StatesIsland [86]
Australia30 October 2015Universal [87]
Sweden [88]
United KingdomPolydor [89]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tracks 2–4 and 7–9
  2. ↑ Track 4
  3. ↑ Track 5
  4. ↑ Tracks 10, 12, 13 and 17
  5. 1 2 Track 14
  6. 1 2 Track 15

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Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo has released five studio albums, two extended plays (EP), 25 singles, seven promotional singles and 37 music videos. Lo started her career as the lead singer and songwriter in math rock band Tremblebee from 2006 until 2009. In 2011, she signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music, and started recording songs. She self-released "Love Ballad" as her debut single in October 2012. The next year, Lo released "Habits", which received positive feedback from music blogs and led her to sign a record deal with Universal Music Group. Lo's first EP, Truth Serum, was released under the label on 3 March 2014, and entered the top 20 in Norway and Sweden. Three singles were released from the EP, including a remixed version of "Habits" by production duo Hippie Sabotage, re-titled as "Stay High". The track peaked at number 13 in Sweden and reached the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

<i>Perfectly Damaged</i> 2015 studio album by Måns Zelmerlöw

Perfectly Damaged is the sixth studio album from Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 3 June 2015 through Warner Music Sweden. On 11 May 2015, Zelmerlöw revealed the artwork and track list for the album. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Copenhagen and London in 2015 during spring and summer. The album was produced by Winterlude, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Fredrik Sonefors and Martin Bjelke.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timebomb (Tove Lo song)</span> 2015 single by Tove Lo

"Timebomb" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo from her debut studio album, Queen of the Clouds (2014). It was written by Lo, Alexander Kronlund and Klas Åhlund, and produced by Åhlund. Initially a promotional single, the track was later released as the third single from the album on 12 August 2015. It is an electropop and EDM track with piano instrumentation; the lyrics talk about a passionate and fleeting romance that is not meant to last.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen of the Clouds Tour</span> 2015 concert tour by Tove Lo

The Queen of the Clouds Tour was the first headlining concert tour by Swedish recording artist Tove Lo in support of her debut studio album, Queen of the Clouds (2014). The tour was officially announced nine months after the release of the album, on June 22, 2015. The tour began on September 28, 2015, in San Diego at the North Park Theatre and was scheduled to conclude on November 14, 2015, in Tove Lo's home city of Stockholm, Sweden, with a total of twenty shows over the span of three months. Due to illness, Tove Lo was forced to cancel the tour's four European.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Out of Mind (song)</span> 2013 single by Tove Lo

"Out of Mind" is a song by Swedish recording artist Tove Lo for her debut extended play, Truth Serum (2014). It was written by Lo alongside Alx Reuterskiöld and produced by The Struts with Reuterskiöld. The song was released on 16 October 2013 as the lead single from Truth Serum by Universal Music. It was also her third single overall, after "Love Ballad" and "Habits".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moments (Tove Lo song)</span> 2015 single by Tove Lo

"Moments" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo. It was released to American contemporary hit radio on 27 October 2015 through Republic Records. It serves as the fourth and final single from her debut studio album, Queen of the Clouds (2014). A remixes EP was released on 4 March 2016, featuring remixes by Seeb, Felix Snow and Samuraii.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Love Ballad (Tove Lo song)</span> 2012 single by Tove Lo

"Love Ballad" is a song by Swedish singer Tove Lo. It was co-written by Lo, Ludvig Söderberg and Jakob Jerlström, and was produced by her co-writers under their production name The Struts. In 2012, after signing a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music and co-writing songs for artists including Girls Aloud and Icona Pop, Lo decided to become an independent singer to keep her most personal songs for herself.

<i>Last Year Was Complicated</i> 2016 studio album by Nick Jonas

Last Year Was Complicated is the third studio album by American singer Nick Jonas. It was released on June 10, 2016, by Island and Safehouse Records. The album features collaborations with Tove Lo, Ty Dolla $ign, and Big Sean. The album's lead single, "Close", was released on March 25, 2016.

<i>Sunshine Kitty</i> 2019 studio album by Tove Lo

Sunshine Kitty is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo, released on 20 September 2019 by Island Records. It includes the singles "Glad He's Gone", "Bad as the Boys" featuring Alma, "Jacques" with Jax Jones, "Really Don't Like U" featuring Kylie Minogue and "Sweettalk My Heart". It was her final album under Island Records, as she became an independent artist on her following releases.

<i>Lady Wood</i> 2016 studio album by Tove Lo

Lady Wood is the second studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo, released on 28 October 2016 by Island Records. Lady Wood is considered the first half of a two-piece concept album that describe "highs, lows and ultimate demise of a relationship." Its chapters "Fairy Dust" and "Fire Fade" precede the chapters "Light Beams" and "Pitch Black" from her following album Blue Lips (2017). It was recorded between July 2015 and May 2016, which Lo commented was a quicker turnaround than the "whole life" she was afforded when creating her previous record Queen of the Clouds (2014).

<i>Dirt Femme</i> 2022 studio album by Tove Lo

Dirt Femme is the fifth studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo. It was her first to be independently released by her own label, Pretty Swede Records, on 14 October 2022. The first two singles, "How Long" and "No One Dies from Love", had been released earlier that year. The first was featured on the soundtrack to the second season of the American TV series Euphoria. She collaborates with artists First Aid Kit, SG Lewis, and Channel Tres. An "extended cut" edition was released on August 11, 2023, promoted by the singles "Borderline", "I Like U", and "Elevator Eyes".

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