Tove Lo

Tove Lo has mapped out a 2023 North American headlining tour in support of her newly released album, Dirt Femme.

03/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern 03/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern 11/02 – Manchester, UK @ Academy

Tove Lo discusses her new album Dirt Femme, her song Grapefruit, and why people are now apologizing to her for mispronouncing her name.

I was feeling a lot of pressure from various parts of my life, and combined with the ideal of the time — the world around me as a teenage girl was the skinnier the better — I felt that anxiety and depression of not being good enough. I think being so naked onstage, so sexual, to flash my tits — it feels like a victory to me every time because I used to hate my body so much. I’m very grateful that I did all the therapy, did all the body-positivity classes, and did everything I could to find a way to love my body and then deal with whatever was actually going on. I will say, though, that I’d never have gotten the platform I have without a major label. I feel people are just wanting a different pace, not in a bad way, just in a different way than I’m used to. I live in a collective, there’s five of us in this house, so I really needed that space during the pandemic to be extremely dramatic. I feel like the friends I have who are the most like me are the ones who annoy me the most and whom I fight with the most. What’s ended up happening is that I kind of have a dream where he dies or he’s an asshole to me and then I wake up with the biggest fear — like, what if this actually happened? I have to decide the plan. I think it’s important to have people in your life who accept you fully and who you can be yourself around, but I think it’s also important to respect those peoples’ space. It’s a place where I don’t have to modify my feelings. I feel like you can find me there and then when you listen to my music, you’ll be like, oh, wait, she’s actually a serious artist.

Tove Lo Picks Apart Domestic Bliss on the Excellent 'Dirt Femme'. Her first release as an independent artist is a tribute to all the things that define her own ...

Now, as an independent artist standing on her own, Lo is primed to continue setting the bar higher and higher for how to balance deep emotions with incredible pop craft. Some of the best songs are the ones where the singer leans into her party-ready writing capabilities the hardest. The domestic anxiety that comes after falling in love sets in on the album elsewhere. Dirt Femme begins with a break-up: lead single and opening track “No One Dies From Love” is a booming existential crisis about losing the person your whole world revolves around. Her brand of pop music — sharp and catchy — comes with a touch of darkness and grime to it. Dirt Femme, Tove Lo’s first release as an independent artist, is a tribute to all the things that define her own femininity.

Tove Lo's fifth studio album 'Dirt Femme' is a personal look into her mind, while still getting people up to dance.

“I decided to really go for it with this record — I wanted to push myself a little bit,” she added. “It feels like the first time I’m putting out an album again,” she mused in an “When I started out as a writer and an artist, I used to view my feminine traits as weaker and would enhance my masculine traits to get ahead in life.

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“I hadn’t played a show in two years, so I was back to writing in my bedroom,” she admits. “When I was coming up, I would lean into my masculine traits, because it’s how I thought I would fit into every room of the boys’ club,” she admits. And I have my own definition of feminine now,” she leaves off. Speaking about her work on the music video for ‘Grapefruit,’ director Lisette Donkersloot adds “The idea for the video came solely from listening to the lyrics and Tove’s voice and her emotion in it that really spoke to me. When you listen to DIRT FEMME, I hope it makes you feel like dancing naked in the street and crying at the same time,” she laughs. For tickets and more information, go to www.tove-lo.com One of the many feelings I remember is needing to crawl out of my own skin. The lyrics really gave me an inside into Tove’s mind at a certain point in her life and for the video I wanted to actually do the same: Literally crawl inside her mind. I was back where I never wanted to be again, but I needed to put it on paper right then. I guess I had to find the right way to share the feelings and the vicious circle of behaviour I was stuck in. To me, it felt like a victory every time I felt good about myself. I did this movie in Sweden, and they asked me to lose eight pounds in two weeks.

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“HE SAID SHE SAID HE SAID” responds to that pain with anger and release. “Morning Elvis,” first released on Florence and the Machine’s album “Dance Fever,” is all about the sense of sadness and loss that comes with the inability to perform during the pandemic. The song itself embodies the fulfillment of that need. “Suburbia,” as well as much of her new album “Dirt Femme,” is a prime example of that ingenuity. In describing the song’s impetus, Ballentine says, “I wrote “Whatever Fits Together” while reflecting on my past and wondering how I might begin to explain it to someone. Maybe Betty Who’s new album isn’t meant for the club, but it’s perfect for the pregame. Prolific rapper Lil Baby proves his sheer skill on his new album “It’s Only Me.” This is his spotlight, his moment. Noah Kahan’s new album “Stick Season” proves that the neo-folk revival is coming. “Whatever Fits Together,” part of her highly anticipated debut album, Quiet The Room sees the artist at her most intimate–sharing tales of her childhood and hometown. With fourteen fresh tracks, the California-based musician ushers a new era–characterized by unapologetic confidence and unseen intimacy. Check out “Wintering” for some quaint storytelling that’ll make you look closer at the small joys in your own life. Plus, some fantastic live recordings from MUNA and Florence and the Machine.