Tove Lo has announced ‘ESTRUS’, her sixth studio album, arriving September 18 via Pretty Swede Records, and launched it with lead single “I’m Your Girl Right?”, a pulsing electro-pop track accompanied by a video directed by Nogari, shot at a former monastery outside São Paulo with over 70 dancers.
The album takes its name from the biological term for a female mammal in heat, and Tove Lo makes no apologies for where it goes. “Estrus is an animal in heat. It’s primal. It’s my mind and my body wanting different things, wanting everything,” she says. “There’s no good advice on this album. Just a lot of feelings, no solutions.” Recorded in LA, Stockholm, and a small fishing village in Sweden where she spent summers as a child, the album draws on those formative roots directly. “Returning there brought everything back,” she says, “growing up, being depressed, struggling with my eating disorder, going through breakups, family drama, loss, everything.”
Produced with longtime collaborator Ludvig Söderberg alongside Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser, ‘ESTRUS’ was inspired by The Knife, Robyn, and the Swedish indie dance music that shaped Tove Lo’s early years. A standout collaboration with Stromae, “Des Fleurs,” sits among the 13 tracks.
The ESTRUS Tour launches September 15 in Nashville with 6 North American shows before heading to the UK and Europe in November for what Tove Lo calls her biggest UK and European tour to date. Mallrat supports the North American run, with Cobrah joining for the Brooklyn date only. Rose Gray supports all UK and European dates. The tour closes December 19 at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
Tove Lo described the run with characteristic enthusiasm. “Finally. I’m gonna make this very special. Can’t wait to be absolutely unhinged together again.”
North American presale begins Monday May 18 at 1 pm local. General on-sale is Wednesday May 20 at 10 am local.
‘ESTRUS’ Tracklist:
“A Lot of Feelings, No Solutions”
“I’m Your Girl Right?”
“If I Could I Would”
“Des Fleurs” (with Stromae)
“DNH”
“F.A.M.T”
“I’m the Cake”
“The Bad One”
“Die for My Art with a Lonely Heart”
“Are We on a Break”
“Idiot”
“Roomie”
“Source of Life”
ESTRUS Tour Dates:
Sep 15 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
Sep 16 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Sep 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Under The K Bridge (with Cobrah)
Sep 22 – Toronto, ON @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
Sep 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
Oct 1 – Mexico City, MX @ Pepsi Center WTC
Nov 5 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
Nov 7 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Nov 9 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National
Nov 10 – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
Nov 12 – Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
Nov 14 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
Nov 16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
Nov 17 – Oslo, NO @ Spektrum
Nov 19 – Stockholm, SE @ Avicii Arena