Tove Lo
Tove Lo
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, better known by stage name Tove Lo, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Djursholm, a suburb north of Stockholm, where she graduated from musical magnet school Rytmus Musikergymnasiet. Lo formed the Swedish rock band Tremblebee in 2006. Following the disbanding of Tremblebee, Lo pursued a career in songwriting and earned a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music in 2011. Working with producers Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin and Xenomania, Lo became a...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 October 1987
CityDjursholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist!
Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Sometimes it's a track I fall I love with... but writing my own songs, I rarely write on tracks.
I've never grown into loving someone. It's, like, either right away or slowly sinks in.
We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink and spiraled out of control.
The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.
I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic family, everything's nice and good - I was always looking for something different.
I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.
I would never agree to sing something I didn't feel was 100% me.
When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.'
My dream was never to become this unattainable star.
I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour.
I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.
When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist.
I wanted to write about relationships in a more honest, raw sort of way. Get away from all those cliches about how 'time heals' and how you can be the better person. Less sugar-coating and more 'feel the pain.'