Tove Lo

Lo has had many affairs and heartbreaks but at present she is probably single. Regarding her sexuality she has stated that she sees herself as a bisexual although she never had a relationship with a girl. She refers herself as ‘hobby lesbian’.

Tove Lo was born Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson on 29th October, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden, to a businessman father and a psychologist mother. She was raised in wealthy Djursholm suburban districts under Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden and received good education as both her parents were academics. She had a protected childhood.

Lo was a good student in school and always scored good grades in her subjects. While in school she grew a deep interest in literature and was inspired to write her own poetry and short stories. Soon her passion for writing her own prose evolved into a love for music and she formed a girl band with her friends.

She wrote her first song in her pre-teens (10-11 years) and in her adolescent years (15 years) she had already given two stage performances and had written collection of lyrical content of highest calibre.

Her interest in music made her join the prestigious musical magnet high school Rytmus Musiker gymnasiet in Stockholm from where she graduated after two years. While in high school, Lo developed a passion for pop-music and honed her skills in singing and song-writing. She drew a lot of inspiration from Amy Winehouse, Jeff Buckley etc.

After her graduation she went on to pursue her career in music although her parents wanted her to choose a more stable career path and they had other career preferences.

Tove released her debut EP ‘Truth Serum’ in 2014, which talks about her intense love affair from the happy beginnings to the steps she took to move on after a breakup. The electropop EP was highly appreciated by critics for lyrics and production.

It reached 13th position in Sweden and 8th position on the Norwegian Albums Chart becoming 49th best-selling record of 2014. The singles ‘Out of Mind’ reached 39th position on the Finnish Airplay chart, ‘Habits (Stay High)’ reached 3rd position on Billboard Hot 100 and ‘Stay High’ secured 13th position in Sweden and top 10th position in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Tove’s next release was her album ‘Queen of the Clouds’ in late 2014 which turned out to be commercially successful selling over 190 thousand copies in the US.

The album reached 36th position on Danish Albums (Hitlisten) and 49th position on the US Billboard 200 charts of 2015 and secured top 50th position in Finland, Australia, Norway and New Zealand. The album’s lyrics explore the emotional pains faced in a bad relationship and showcases Lo using pain and substance abuse to cope with the break-up trauma.

This album received four Platinum certificates from Brazil (Pro- Musica), Poland (ZPAV), Sweden (GLF) and United States (RIAA). The single ‘Habits (Stay High)’ secured top three position on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was awarded the ‘Song of the Year’ award at the Grammis 2015 in Sweden.

Lo has written over seventy songs for her albums and extended play and other artists as well. Her written song Heroes (We Could Be) for Alesso reached top ten positions in Sweden and UK charts and received two Platinum certifications in Sweden.

She co-wrote the track ‘Love Me Like You Do’ for Ellie Goulding which featured in the film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and the track topped the UK Singles chart and secured 3rd position on the Billboard Hot 100. This song fetched her the first award nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Tove has written for many tracks that have featured in films like ‘Scream My Name’ for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1’, ‘Scars’ for ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ and ‘Lies in the Dark’ for ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ movie.

She has worked with many artists of the music industry in musical projects like Nick Jonas, Urban Cone, Hillary Duff, Adam Lambert, Coldplay etc.