Tove Lo wants her music to sound out of control (ft. Tove Lo)

Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo’s new album ESTRUS can be summarized in the opening lyrics of the album’s closing track, “source of life”: “Feral, fragile, numb, ecstatic / sad, euphoric, catatonic / Horny, repulsed, proud and shameful / Good, demonic, contradictions.” 

A songwriter with a string of multi-platinum hits in the 2010s, Tove Lo has crafted a career founded on musical contradiction, with songs that straddle the line between messy and controlled. Her lyrics tend to skew both horny and sensitive, and her latest record features both of those vibes in equal measure. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate sit down with her to talk all things ESTRUS. 

CREDITS 

• Reanna Cruz: Producer 
• Iris Gottlieb: Illustrator 
• Charlie Harding: Host, Executive Producer 
• Dion Lee: Art Director 
• Brandon McFarland: Audio Engineer 
• Nick Ripps: Video Editor 
• Nate Sloan: Host 
• Lissa Soep: Editor 
• Zach Tenorio & Jocie Adams: Theme Composers 

Switched On Pop is a co-production of Vox Media Podcast Network, Vulture, and Rock Ridge Productions.

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Songs discussed:

• Tove Lo, “a lot of feelings, no solutions”
• Tove Lo, “I’m your girl right?”
• Stromae, “Alors on danse”
• Tove Lo, “des fleurs x Stromae”
• Tove Lo, “DNH”
• Tove Lo, “F.A.M.T”
• Tove Lo, “are we on a break”
• Tove Lo, “idiot”
• Tove Lo, “source of life”

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