Swedish electro-pop star Tove Lo has built a certain image for the last several years. With her brutally honest lyrics and themes of hurt and depression, she’s been called “Sweden’s Darkest Pop Export” and “The Saddest Girl in Sweden”. But that image might be due for an update, as her new album, Sunshine Kitty, has just hit the stores, and it isn’t half as dark as its predecessors.
“I was definitely going through some sh*t on Lady Wood and Blue Lips,” Lo told Billboard, referencing her second and third albums, respectively. “I was working through it for everyone to watch, but that’s just how I deal with everything. This album is written from a calmer place so, naturally, it’s me looking out instead of looking in.”
She then went on to explain the reason behind the bleakness of her music in that period: “It was a very dramatic relationship that ended very horribly, so that broke me a lot.”
“This feels like a clean slate,” she said about her new album. “It’s also a way of being able to observe myself and a relationship without feeling so much anger. Kind of admitting to your own flawed sides without being frustrated with them.”
Listen to Lo’s single “Glad He’s Gone” off of the new album below. Let’s be honest — it’s still a bit dark. But as Einstein is sure to agree, light is a relative concept.
