40 Fun Facts About Tove Lo

Tove Lo's stage name comes from her childhood love of which wild cat, also drawn on her Sunshine Kitty cover?

Lynx is 'lo' in Swedish, and her godmother gave her the nickname at age three after one at a zoo that was called Tove. The cartoon cat fronting her fourth album is one too.

Which action star sang Tove Lo's 'Habits (Stay High)' as a tribute to his late friend Paul Walker?

Vin Diesel was not the only star to cover the hit: Kelly Clarkson performed it on her Piece by Piece Tour in 2015.

Tove Lo's album Queen of the Clouds runs through The Sex, The Love and which final section?

The Pain is the section that holds 'Habits (Stay High)', the sleeper hit that reached number three in the US. The album charts a romance from first spark to breakup.

In 2020 Tove Lo invited six contest-winning fans to a special DJ set held inside which video game?

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the venue, and fans won a place by designing an outfit for their villager. The best designs earned an invitation to the performance.

A monologue from which 2014 thriller inspired the lead single of Tove Lo's second album, Lady Wood?

Gone Girl features Rosamund Pike's speech about reshaping herself to please a husband, which Lo answered with the sarcastic 'Cool Girl'. She began writing it on a day off from touring in Copenhagen.

Tove Lo's 'Habits (Stay High)' was the highest-charting US hit by a Swedish act since 'The Sign' by which group?

Ace of Base topped the Hot 100 in 1994, and no Swedish act came closer to repeating that until Lo's sleeper hit reached number three two decades later.

Tove Lo's 'How Long', the lead single from Dirt Femme, featured in season two of which American teen drama?

Euphoria used the song in the fourth episode of its second season. Lo wrote it during quarantine and said she loves the show for its rawness.

Which Australian pop star, whom Tove Lo met at an amfAR event in Hong Kong, duets on 'Really Don't Like U'?

Kylie Minogue plays the new girlfriend of Lo's ex in the song, and the two trade lines of mutual jealousy. Minogue said the team-up seemingly came out of nowhere.

Tove Lo co-wrote 'Love Me like You Do', a chart-topper from Fifty Shades of Grey, for which English singer?

Ellie Goulding took the song to number one in the UK for four weeks, and it earned Lo a Golden Globe nomination as one of its five writers.

The metallic tail Tove Lo wears on the cover of Dirt Femme refers to which star sign, her own?

Scorpio imagery suited the album's take on femininity: Lo said she loves that the female scorpion eats the male after mating. The stinger on her back is robotic.

Tove Lo sings on 'Fun', a 2015 album track by which British band she later opened for on tour?

Coldplay built the track as a duet between Lo and their frontman for A Head Full of Dreams. She joined the tour of the same name as an opening act in 2017.

Tove Lo sings on 'Heroes (We Could Be)', a US dance chart-topper released in 2014 by which Swedish DJ?

Alesso asked Lo to collaborate on an emotional record, and she came back with the topline. The single appears on his debut album, Forever.

Tove Lo duets on 'Close', the lead single from which American singer's album Last Year Was Complicated?

Nick Jonas said the song is about how he can't open up and be vulnerable with someone. It reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and went platinum in the US.

Tove Lo was an opening act in November 2014 on the Prismatic World Tour, headlined by which American pop star?

Katy Perry took Lo on the tour's third leg in the same autumn her debut album came out. A month later Lo announced surgery for cysts on her vocal cords.

Tove Lo co-wrote 'Homemade Dynamite', a single from which singer's 2017 album Melodrama?

Lorde wrote the track with Lo and the production duo the Struts, then premiered it at Coachella. A remix with Khalid, Post Malone and SZA became a single.

Which Queen of the Clouds single followed 'Habits (Stay High)' into the US top 20, peaking at number 12?

Talking Body was sent to radio in place of the song first lined up as the second single, and reached the top 20 in five countries, Sweden and the UK among them.

Which American rapper guests on 'Influence', a track from Tove Lo's second album, Lady Wood?

Wiz Khalifa is one of only two guest vocalists on the album, alongside songwriter Joe Janiak. 'Influence' came out ahead of it as the first promotional single.

Tove Lo's short film Fairy Dust, made for her album Lady Wood, was briefly removed in 2016 from which website?

YouTube pulled the film for a few hours under its rules on sexual content, and Lo protested that she was not even naked in it.

Tove Lo's video for 'Glad He's Gone' was nominated for Best Music Video at which American ceremony in 2020?

Grammy Awards voters gave Lo her first nomination for her own recording; her earlier one was as a co-writer of another singer's film song.

Which American rapper and singer features on 'Equally Lost', a track from Tove Lo's album Sunshine Kitty?

Doja Cat is credited as a vocalist and lyricist on the song, one of five tracks on the album made with a guest artist.

Tove Lo's Dirt Femme single '2 Die 4' borrows the melody of which instrumental, a 1972 hit for Hot Butter?

Popcorn was written by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the Moog synthesizer. Its name blends pop music with corn, for kitsch.

Which 2014 debut EP by Tove Lo traces her most intense relationship from happy beginning to break-up?

Truth Serum got its name after Lo picked the songs and saw how unfiltered they were. Only then did she notice that they told one love story from start to finish.

Which duo of Sacramento brothers remixed Tove Lo's 'Habits' into the top-ten UK and Australian hit 'Stay High'?

Hippie Sabotage first gave the remix away as a free download in 2013. Lo heard it, contacted the pair on Twitter and released it as a single herself.

In late 2014 Tove Lo joined Wolf Cousins, a songwriting collective co-founded by which Swedish hitmaker?

Max Martin had mentored Lo through 2013 with his fellow producer Shellback, after her publishing deal first took her to Los Angeles to work with him.

Tove Lo's music-school friend Caroline Hjelt went on to form which Swedish duo, whom Lo later lived with?

Icona Pop also opened a door: at a celebration of the duo's first record deal, Lo handed her demo to an A&R man. She later co-wrote songs for their albums.

Which music legend was added to the writing credits of 'Heroes (We Could Be)', sung by Tove Lo, to avoid a lawsuit?

David Bowie and Brian Eno were credited in 2015, although the melody bears no similarity to Bowie's 1977 single. The DJ behind the track said he just didn't want to get sued.

Tove Lo wrote, produced and recorded 'Scream My Name' for a 2014 film in which young-adult franchise?

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 carried the song on its soundtrack. In 2016 Lo released 'Scars', the lead single from the soundtrack of a Divergent film.

Which Australian musician asked Tove Lo to sing on 'Say It' after hearing 'Habits' in a Los Angeles bar?

Flume contacted Lo the day after hearing her hit, following a Kanye West show, and the pair wrote the song in two days. It reached the top five in Australia and New Zealand.

Which English singer featured Tove Lo on 'Out of My Head', the lead single from the 2017 mixtape Pop 2?

Charli XCX recorded the track with Lo and the Finnish singer Alma. The two later worked together in Palm Springs while Lo was shaping her fifth album.

Which British DJ teamed up with Tove Lo on 'Jacques', the third single from her album Sunshine Kitty?

Jax Jones is also among the album's producers, and 'Jacques' was one of four of its songs to receive a full music video.

Tove Lo's third album, Blue Lips, is split into two chapters: Light Beams and which other?

Pitch Black completes a four-chapter story begun on Lady Wood, whose two halves were Fairy Dust and Fire Fade. Lo first called the project Lady Wood: Phase II.

Which label released Tove Lo's first four studio albums, up to Sunshine Kitty, before she went independent?

Island Records was her home from her debut until 2019. Lo calls that major-label deal crucial to breaking through worldwide, but wanted full creative control.

Which Swedish folk duo of sisters sings with Tove Lo on 'Cute & Cruel', a track from Dirt Femme?

First Aid Kit are Johanna and Klara Söderberg, who first drew attention in 2008 with a Fleet Foxes cover. Theirs is one of three guest acts on the album.

Which Belgian star sings with Tove Lo on 'Des Fleurs', a single from her sixth album, Estrus?

Stromae is the one featured artist on the album, and the duet came out as its second single about three months ahead of the record.

Tove Lo's 2024 EP Heat was made with which English producer, also a guest on two Dirt Femme tracks?

SG Lewis and Lo planned the EP as a casual side project, then spent nearly a year tweaking it. They promoted it with Club Heat nights, DJing back to back.

Tove Lo's album title Queen of the Clouds was taken from which of its songs, one first released on her debut EP?

Not on Drugs gave Lo the phrase, which she said captured the feeling of floating on top of the world as she began touring after her first EP.

Before going solo, Tove Lo spent three years fronting Tremblebee, a band that played which guitar-driven genre?

Math rock is a long way from the pop she is known for. The five-piece played bars across Sweden from 2006 to 2009, and she turned to pop once it split.

Tove Lo's first 'Habits' video, from 2013, shows her getting drunk with guests at what kind of gathering?

A tea party was the setting for the original clip, which was later hidden from public view for nine years. The better-known second video was shot in a Swedish club over three days.

Tove Lo called her 'Glad He's Gone' video a bizarre mini action movie; in which European capital was it shot?

Kyiv hosted the shoot for directors Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia. Lo describes the song itself as the pep talk you give a friend going through a breakup.

Tove Lo's father, Magnus Nilsson, co-founded which Swedish payments company, bought by PayPal in 2018?

iZettle was founded in 2010 and was among the first to make a chip-card reader for smartphones. Lo has described her childhood as very protected and her family as pretty posh.