Is tove lo gay
In what is arguably the most embarrassing admission I’m going to make all day; this is the first period I have ever seen Tove Lo live. As a gay fan of hers, I’m painfully aware that this is borderline sacrilegious, but please, refrain from gay gasping at me.
Over the past few weeks, Tove Lo has been touring Australia and New Zealand, headlining Listen Out in six cities, and preforming solo shows in three others.
Upon arrival (back) into Melbourne, fans were greeted with the slightest of glimpses of Tove Lo as she ducked into 170 Russell, gliding into the venue too quickly for many to see. But I saw you, miss thing. You did not fetch past me.
After an electric performance by Naarm-based DJ Memphis LK (Tove’s Australian support act) it was with bated breath that we waited. That is, until we were teased with the opening beats of Bikini Porn, prompting screams from all around one of the most intimate venues in Melbourne.
From there, Tove Lo seamlessly weaved her fast-paced, pop anthems with her unhurried ballads, putting us on a whiplash-inducing rollercoaster of emotions (and I express that in the best way possible). She was also able to effortlessly intertwine songs from Blue Lips
Singer-songwriter Tove Lo dropped her newest album, Sunshine Kitty, on September 20th, and celebrated with an intimate album emit show on Recent York City’s Bring down East Side. Assigned fans started lining up a rare hours before the slated 7pm door time – I showed up at 5:15 and was about 20th in line.
In full celebration mode, Lo filled the outside room with treats, enjoy balloons imprinted with the Lady Wood and Sunshine Kitty logos, a unique photo booth, and themed drinks. The photo booth digitally placed fans on the Sunshine Kitty album cover next to Lo, and provided entertainment before the show began.
Lo’s known for embracing queerness, bisexuality and feminism in her music, so it was unsurprising that many of her fans donned Gay fashion, from rainbow bags to glitter galore. It was a safe vacuum for fluid gender expression – Lo even sold her “Equality Bitch” t-shirt once inside.
I will say, the crowd had less evident queer female advocacy than I had maybe hoped for — especially compared to the Fletcher concert I attended a few weeks ago, which was a beautiful sea of primarily lgbtq+ people. For a moment, I did long for a subtle gay brain nod
Tove Lo
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter known professionally as Tove Lo . She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music.
She attended the music school of Rytmus Musikergymnasiet in Sweden and formed the rock band Tremblebee in 2006. After it disbanded, Lo pursued a songwriting career and earned a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music in 2011. Working with producers Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin, and Xenomania, she became a successful songwriter, recording and releasing her compositions independently.
Lo was signed to Universal Music, Island, and Polydor in 2013. The accompanying year, she rose to fame with her debut album, Queen of theClouds , which opened at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 chart in October 2014. It spawned the sleeper hit single "Habits (Stay High)" , which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. The solo was accompanied by a very bi music video.
In 2018, she penned a "love letter to the LGBT community" for Billboard magazine. She wrote:
I’m a bisexual female who grew up in liberal Sweden with very liberal parents. I was lucky. I always felt free to explore my s
Sexuality Voiced Authentically
Swedish singer Tove Lo was a celebrity in the US briefly when her debut available “Habits (Stay High)” got to #3 in 2014. That song, which describes a woman numbing herself with casual sex, drinking, and drugs to acquire over heartbreak, set up the template for Tove Lo’s persona. Her 2017 song “Bitches” served as unofficial competition for Rita Ora’s “Girls.” Both singers are bisexual. But while Ora’s song (which featured Charli XCX, Cardi B, and Bebe Rexha) didn’t seem any more advanced than Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” (Ora only came out in response to a backlash to it), “Bitches” is unapologetic about seeking sexual pleasure with women, with no men in sight. On its chorus, Lo sings, “Bitches, I don’t trust ‘em/ But they give me what I want for the night… But I tell ‘em and they do what I like, why.”
If that chorus could’ve been written by a man explaining his pursuit of women, “Bad As the Boys,” the second single from Tove Lo’s latest album “Sunshine Kitty,” flips it around to describe the pain