TOVE STYRKE STARTS THE YEAR WITH EXHILARATING NEW SINGLE & VIDEO SHOW ME LOVE
TOVE STYRKE
STARTS THE YEAR WITH EXHILARATING NEW SINGLE & VIDEO SHOW ME LOVE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN FEBRUARY
INCLUDING TORONTO STOP
TORONTO, ON – January 21, 2022 – Swedish forward-thinking pop star, Tove Styrke, has shared her exciting, unexpected and sexy new single, Show Me Love, which follows recent releases, Start Walking and Mood Swings, released by Sony Music. Listen here.
New single, Show Me Love, was co-written and produced with Elof Loelv (Rihanna) and Sophia Somajo and sees Tove continue to intrigue and inspire with her uplifting alternative pop sound. Nostalgically inspired by classic pop songs from the 50´s-70’s, paired with an acute modern presence, the track displays Tove’s impressive vocals with a heartfelt soaring chorus. The dreamlike video echoes the meaning of the song, but in a fun and lighthearted way. This is not just another love song, it is a track about sexuality and raw hardcore emotions.
Following the single release, Tove Styrke embarks on a U.S. tour with a headline LA gig and then supporting fellow pop star, MARINA, including a Toronto stop on February 18th. Full dates are below.
Tove says: “I wrote it for someone I was madly in love with. Every word went directly from emotional parts of me, that I usually keep hidden, straight into the mic. It’s rare for me to write without any hesitation like that.”
“We chew up love like fast food, yet when we truly fall for someone it’s always the same big, amazing, dangerous thing. Slow love. Hard love. It grows, it hurts and it bends and it breaks. These feelings are like candy paste and cement at the same time. We’ve got that fun, fast food, easy side to it but it can also evolve into a war. I’m scared and obsessed with it.”
And about the video (directed by Oskar Gullstrand): “The video consists of three parts. The performance, where I wanted to channel classic starlets from the silver screen and pay hommage to voguing. The fantasies, where the mass scenes and the birth of Venus to me are representations of sex and feminine energy. And lastly, we have the Rapunzel guitar solo as a metaphor for masturbation. This is one of my absolute favourite videos I’ve made. It’s fun and weird and serious at the same time and I think it really shows how I feel about this song.”
Mood Swings in June last year was Tove’s first musical offering in three years alongside dancy fall single, Start Walking, plus her feature on Cheat Codes’ All Things $ Can Do with Travis Barker.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022 – SUPPORTING MARINA
February 1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Peppermint Club (Tove Styrke headline gig)
February 2 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
February 5 – Portand, OR – Keller Auditorium
February 7 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Ballroom
February 11 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
February 14 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
February 15 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
February 17 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
February 18 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
February 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
February 21 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
February 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Metropolitan Opera House
February 24 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
February 25 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
About Tove Styrke:
A platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, and national radio P3 Guld Pop Artist of the Year recipient in her native Sweden, Tove Styrke has been on a meteoric rise since the release of her 2015 album, Kiddo, led by singles, Borderline, Ego, and Number One. Since then, Tove has embarked on multiple headline tours, made SXSW appearances, performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and has received vocal support from artist peers such as Sam Smith, Tove Lo, and Shawn Mendes. She has also released several collaborations including Cheat Codes & Travis Baker (All Things $ Can Do), ALMA (Good Vibes), NOTD (Been There Done That), Clean Bandit (Last Goodbye), and Lost Kings (Stuck).
Tove Styrke’s 2018 album, Sway, is a project which solidified her place among the top rising forward-thinking pop artists. The album was bolstered by iconic tracks such as Sway, Mistakes, and fan-favourite, Say My Name, which Rolling Stone named to its #11 spot on its Top Songs of 2017 list. The album has since garnered 120M+ combined streams, drawing widespread critical praise from outlets including Pitchfork (7.5 review), The FADER (Gen F), and NME (5 stars), as well as support from Zane Lowe/Apple Music and BBC Radio 1. The album also launched a run of seven tours, including support for Lorde and Katy Perry and sold-out headline tours in North America, UK, Australia and Scandinavia.
