AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Tove Lo

Artist:Tove Lo

Song:Habits (Stay High) Hippie Sabotage remix

Album:Queen of the Clouds: Blueprint Edition

Swedish singer songwriter Tove Lo scored a top five hit with the 2013 single Stay High. She continues to have success as a songwriter but not as a singer. She was born Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson Oct. 29, 1987 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Tove Lo is a childhood nickname. She started writing songs as a preteen and had a band with her friends as a teen. Tove attended the Stockholm music school Rytmus Musikergyymnasiet and became friends with Caroline Hjelt who would go on to form the duo Icona Pop. After graduating in 2006, Tove formed the group Tremblebee with Christian Bjerring who she knew from school. The band played in bars across Sweden and released music independently. But they split up in 2009. Then she was introduced to Ludvig Soderberg and Jakob Jerlstrom. They work for Max Martin's production company and produce as The Struts. Tove started writing with them. She worked on a demo while doing session work. She lived with Icona Pop. At a party to celebrate Icona Pop's record deal, Tove gave her demo to their A&R guy. And that led to a publishing deal and a trip to Los Angeles to write Girls Aloud's 2012 hit single Something New. While having success as a songwriter, Tove released her own music independently. After the 2013 single Habits got an online following, Tove signed a record deal with Universal's Island label. After releasing a 2014 EP, Tove's remix of Habits reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a hit in Europe. A second single from the album Queen of the Clouds called Talking Body also charted. The album was certified Platinum. Tove wrote all the songs on the album. Habits and Talking Body was written and produced with The Struts. The Habits remix is by the EDM duo Hippie Sabotage. They are Kevin and Jeff Saurer from Sacramento. This Blueprint Edition of Queen of the Clouds has seven bonus tracks. Though Tove continued to have success as a songwriter especially for British singer Ellie Goulding, her own albums haven't done well. After four albums for Island, Tove's latest album is on her own label. She continues to work with Soderberg. I would not be surprised to see her concentrate on songwriting and production in the future. Here's the video for Habits: Hippie Sabotage remix by Tove Lo.