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.
Links: Newsletter
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”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
