Tove Lo
Swedish singer and songwriter making frank pop about desire, heartbreak and growing up, from Habits (Stay High) to her latest album ESTRUS.
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Overview
- Name
- Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson
- Born
- 29 October 1987, Sweden
- Work
- Singer and songwriter
- Breakout
- Habits (Stay High), followed by Queen of the Clouds in 2014
- Label
- Pretty Swede Records
Mini bio
How it started.
Tove grew up in Sweden and studied at the music school Rytmus. She played in the band Tremblebee, then focused on her own songs. Passing along a demo at an Icona Pop party helped her secure a publishing deal and work with Max Martin.
The breakout.
She released Habits (Stay High) in 2013. Its candid account of heartbreak became her breakthrough, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her debut album Queen of the Clouds followed in 2014.
Writing her own way.
Alongside her recordings, she co-wrote Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do. Dirt Femme arrived on her own Pretty Swede label in 2022. In 2026, ESTRUS brought songs about competing desires, marriage and the possibility of motherhood.
Creditschronological, newest first
Albums
- 2026ESTRUSSinger and songwriter
- 2022Dirt FemmeRecording artist; released on Pretty Swede Records
- 2014Queen of the CloudsDebut album artist
Songwriting and collaborations
- 2026paint me like one of your fav american girlsCollaborator and mentor to googly eyes alongside Flume
- 2015Love Me Like You DoCo-writer of Ellie Goulding’s song
Awards
Quotes
A good song stays in your head because it’s catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.Tove Lo, Coup de Main
In a December 2013 interview, she explained what makes a song stay with a listener.
Trivia
- Lo means lynx in Swedish. Her nickname came from a lynx named Tove she loved as a small child.
- She remembers her first song as People Think I Am Crazy, with lyrics she wrote for a friend to sing.
- Queen of the Clouds groups its songs into three stages: The Sex, The Love and The Pain.
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