The lofty standards set by Scandinavian pop music have been well documented and one of its key archetypes has been the lovelorn Swedish chanteuse.
The latest addition to Stockholm's stockpile of swoon-inducing songbirds is 24-year-old Tove Lo. Her latest track 'Habits', an ode to heartbreak-fuelled self-destruction, was sent to me by a friend and I've been playing it all day.
Granted, it probably owes a debt to the tumbling percussion of Lykke Li's 'Little Bit' and the hook-heavy chorus would fit right into one of Robyn's signature electro-ballads, but there's a black humour and lyrical quirkiness that sets 'Habits' apart from the work of her contemporaries.
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