My kids were also sad as they really liked the first album and there's maybe two on this one that they can listen to #pottymouth
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link
I mean, the whole point is that there's no urgency and energy. everything sounds monochromatic because it's portraying everything *feeling* monochromatic, but fortunately the current version of What Max Martin Sounds Like works pretty well alongside that, in a dead-eyed '80s way (there are a lot of similarities, sonically and otherwise, to the weeknd album)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
I totally get what she's going for! And I really respect that, at the point in her career where she could have really blown up, she chose to make this album and send the message it does. But I wish there was a way that the things I like about the first album - eg the desperation of Habits, the blissful cravings in Not On Drugs - could exist within this.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
i love this album, it speaks to me
― josh, Thursday, 1 December 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
tove lo's lyrics are hilarious, she always sounds like she just stepped off the plane from sweden, learned some american slang and wants to awkwardly shoehorn "feels" and "zero fucks" into her lyrics
― mountain dooblebob (some dude), Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
August 25th. #firefade pic.twitter.com/07mjJc3tuf— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) August 18, 2017
― groovypanda, Friday, 18 August 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
New single
https://lnk.to/DiscoTits
― groovypanda, Friday, 8 September 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
this is OK.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 September 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
This is excellent.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
ok so the comparison to Liz Phair upthread was meant to be a criticism but it's kind of blowing parts of the last album wide open for me
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
in what sense?
I don't mean that sarcy, I genuinely want to find a way into liking this more because I think she's a great *star* and I really admire her forthright sexual politics
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
this is about 1000 Xs better the second time around.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 September 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link
Great dang song - like her generally but this seems especially good
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 14 September 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
the blunted affect of the vocals, mostly
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 14 September 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
the new album is my favourite of hers, quite comfortably.
― monotony, Monday, 20 November 2017 03:21 (six years ago) link
really good record
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 November 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
The new one meaning the one that came out on Friday? I liked it on one listen but I got the sense that at least some of it was stuff leftover or that didn't make it onto Lady Wood. maybe this is just a misread on my part. will spend more time with it over the next day or two.
― fffv, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
i could do without a few of the tracks but otherwise it is very nice!
― dyl, Friday, 24 November 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
also since it doesn't seem to have been mentioned in this thread yet i will say that the song she did with flume, "say it", is one of her best (and is way better than the flume track that actually became a hit)
― dyl, Friday, 24 November 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
Disco Tits is so her best song it's not even funny. i mean jeez..
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
disco tits is so good, def up there with best songs this year
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
it took me a little bit but disco tits rules, definitely my favourite single from her
― ufo, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
can anyone link me to a quality version of disco tits (just the audio, not the video) for year end mixing purposes...
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 31 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
i heard "disco tits" twice on a (dance-formatted) terrestrial station, 'nipples' was backmasked ofc. the first time the dj actually announced it as "disco tits" but i guess that was a no-no b/c the next time they just called it "disco"
― dyl, Sunday, 31 December 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Love her newest record, just seems to hit the right buttons
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
Last record is such a weird journey. How many records one two punch like that and go super low key, almost like the intro is a red herring
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
New single coming on Friday and album later this year
Guys. Meet #SunshineKitty. She’s a little freaky. Pre-Save #GladHesGone - https://t.co/zMI5mC9avQ pic.twitter.com/QWhdW8BPSi— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) May 28, 2019
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
This collab w/ Kylie for her upcoming record is a dream come true:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81TXEICHH1E
― winters (josh), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
new album’s great
― flopson, Saturday, 28 September 2019 07:50 (four years ago) link
where my tove hoes at
― flopson, Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
Never no tears for that suckerOnly one dick, that's a bummerDancing all night, get guys' numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qanl1s7K2Kc
this one's a hit imo
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
i love that song too but find the lyrics excruciating
― sean gramophone, Monday, 30 September 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
― flopson, Saturday, September 28, 2019 2:35 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh hey!
― winters (josh), Monday, 30 September 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
― sean gramophone, Sunday, September 29, 2019 8:34 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i love the lyrics but a big fan of the juxtaposition of awkward scando english phrasing and lurid queer slutpositivity in her music. also i first misheard that one line as ‘only one dick that’s obama’ and it still makes me giggle each time
― flopson, Friday, 4 October 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
man…really feelin' "really don't like you"…too bad she (evidently) couldn't afford to do a real video with Kylie…
― veronica moser, Saturday, 12 October 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1AZfCWX9w
― veronica moser, Saturday, 12 October 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
this is so much better than the last two albums it's unreal
― boxedjoy, Monday, 4 November 2019 09:06 (four years ago) link
New song: "Bikini Porn"
I am becoming obsessed with her
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Friday, 17 January 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
I went to see her last night and it was really excellent. I had heard a few things about her voice not being up to task but she sounded absolutely fine to me and the energy was unreal. I also should concede that I was wrong upthread about Lady Wood - it's still my least favourite of her albums but revisiting it and it's not the dud I seemed to think it was.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
also the show was sold out and she seems to have a super-loyal fanbase of queer teenagers which, personally avoiding Twitter and Instagram, I had totally missed? I mean "pop music is popular with young people" is hardly a surprise but even at the back of the crowd where we were you could see everyone - and I mean everyone - mouthing along to every single lyric. There were a lot of queer couples being openly affectionate and it was wonderful as a guy in his thirties to see young people being so casual and unashamed about holding hands and kissing their partners, it is so far removed from when I was 18 and I would have been terrified to even hold someone's hand in public. I love that her music and her lyrics have helped carve out this idea of pop music as a safe space.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
(I mean, obviously, pop music in the past decade has embraced LGBT values/fandom etc, its not exclusive to Tove Lo and she's not even really at the forefront of it or anything, but having her be able to sing a song like "Bad As The Boys" and it be no big deal is just really cheering to me)
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
man, yr making me feel bad that I couldn't make it to her shows at Brooklyn steel last month… I really would like to hear her songs really loud with her present in a room full of people who love her… I think she's going to around for the long haul…
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:40 (four years ago) link
“no one dies from love” is so good
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 15 May 2022 07:59 (one year ago) link
agree
― sean gramophone, Monday, 16 May 2022 00:26 (one year ago) link
played it tonight thanks to this revive
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Monday, 16 May 2022 03:31 (one year ago) link
was sleeping on her since "disco tits" tbh, the new stuff is amazing
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Monday, 16 May 2022 03:50 (one year ago) link
ugh I'm excited
― Swen, Monday, 16 May 2022 04:01 (one year ago) link
Oh wow, she's playing in Orange County tonight and tomorrow night. I might have to go to this.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Just checked ticket prices and they're around $75 so I think this is not going to happen.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSkZCoGalo
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link