Dirt Femme Tracklist
Dirt Femme is Tove Lo’s fifth studio album, and the first to be released independently under her own record label Pretty Swede Records after she fullfilled her contract with the Universal Music Group.
Having a complete creative freedom, the Swedish singer’s main inspiration for Dirt Femme were her relationship and journey she had with her femininity, describing the album in her own words as “extremely personal.” Written and recorded throughout the course of the pandemic, she worked with a longtime collaborator Ludvig Söderberg, as well as with the new ones, including producers SG Lewis and Tim Nelson in addition to featured rapper Channel Tres and folk duo First Aid Kit.
Tove launched the album cycle in January 2022 with the release of “How Long,” her first solo song since 2020. It was originally part of the soundtrack for the second season of the HBO’s show Euphoria, until it was later also included on the album.
By replying to a comment under one of her TikTok videos, she announced that the album would be released in the fall. A few weeks later, she replied to a comment on another one of her videos, revealing that the album’s title consists of two words: the first beginning with a letter “D” and the second with an “F.”
On May 3, 2022, “No One Dies from Love” was released as the album’s first official single, that being Tove’s first ever independent release.
After two years without stepping on a stage, she kicked off a spring tour in May 2022, on which she debuted “True Romance” and “2 Die 4” before their official release. In June, while still touring, a band member was seen wearing a t-shirt that had “Dirt Femme” printed onto it, revealing the album’s title only days before its official announcement and the official release of the second single “True Romance.”
“2 Die 4” and “Grapefruit” followed as the album’s fourth and fifth single respectively.
Besides the accompanying music videos for all of the singles, Tove Lo produced visualizers which she calles “scenes” for all of the songs on the album, with them altogether comprising the Dirt Femme short film.
“Dirt Femme” Q&A
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Translations
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What has the artist said about the album?
When I started out as a writer and an artist, I used to view my feminine traits as weaker and would enhance my masculine traits to get ahead in life. I feel a big energy shift in my environment since then and this album reflects the various ways my feminine side has both helped and hurt me. I’m a pansexual woman married to a straight man. I believe masculine and feminine lives on a spectrum in all humans. There are so many more interesting nuances than most people want to accept. Songs on this album will contradict each other, will probably upset some of you, will make you want to dance, cry, fuck, and drive your car really, really, fast. It’s extremely personal as always which is why it’s so hard to describe in just a few words. It’s all my feelings, thoughts and questions put together in under 50 minutes with no answers. But I know that I always feel relief and connection when a song just speaks to my emotions without telling me what to do about them. I hope this album reaches that little secret pocket in your heart where all the real stuff is hiding.
Via Pitchfork
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Does this album have official animated cover?
Yes, Apple Music features animated artwork for this release.
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