Video: Tove Lo, ‘Not On Drugs’

Seraphina Lotkhamnga on August 20th, 2014

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“I don’t write about happy love,” Tove Lo explained during her sold-out show at the Echoplex back in April. “But I do have one song that’s a happy song,” the Swedish pop star shared before she went into “Not On Drugs.” As opposed to her other hits like the wildly popular “Habits (Stay High),” the adrenaline rush in “Not On Drugs” comes without the self-deprecating crash (no matter how relatable it can be). Lo, whose real name is Tove Nilsson, hasn’t popped out of nowhere, either. She paved her way to her own releases by initially writing songs for other pop acts such as Icona Pop, Girls Aloud and Cher Lloyd; she’s even worked with the well-known mega-pop producer Max Martin. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter will follow-up her “Truth Serum” EP with her debut album “Queen of the Clouds,” which will be broken in to three parts: “The Sex,” “The Love,” “The Pain.” “Queen of the Clouds” is slated for a Sept. 30 release via Island Records.

||| Stream: The original version of “Habits”