Lady Wood

This article is about the Tove Lo album. For the area in Leeds, see Lady Wood, Leeds. For the district in Birmingham, see Ladywood.

Lady Wood
Close-up of a woman's navel, her right thumb pulls down the top of her short shorts
Studio album by
Tove Lo
Released28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
RecordedJuly 2015 – April 2016
Studio
Genre
Length39:35
LabelIsland
Producer
Tove Lo chronology
Queen of the Clouds
(2014) 		Lady Wood
(2016) 		Blue Lips
(2017)
Alternative cover
Unusual camera angle highlights a woman's bent right leg, covered by black fishnet pants
2018 deluxe vinyl reissue with Blue Lips
Singles from Lady Wood
  1. "Cool Girl"
    Released: 4 August 2016
  2. "True Disaster"
    Released: 15 November 2016

Lady Wood is the second studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo, released on 28 October 2016 by Island Records. Lady Wood is considered the first half of a two-piece concept album that describe "highs, lows and ultimate demise of a relationship." Its chapters "Fairy Dust" and "Fire Fade" precede the chapters "Light Beams" and "Pitch Black" from her following album Blue Lips (2017). It was recorded between July 2015 and May 2016, which Lo commented was a quicker turnaround than the "whole life" she was afforded when creating her previous record Queen of the Clouds (2014).[4]

The tracks that begin each chapter are instrumental compositions by The Struts member Ludvig Södberg ("Fairy Dust"), and Ilya Salmanzadeh ("Fire Fade").Including the introductory tracks, Lo co-wrote the album's 10 songs. The album features new collaborations with producers Ilya, Oscar Holter, Oscar Görres, Rickard Göransson, and Joel Little, and guest vocals from rapper Wiz Khalifa, and fellow singer-songwriter, Joe Janiak. Two short films complemented the album's two chapters. The first, Fairy Dust, was released on 31 October 2016, and was followed by Fire Fade on 25 August 2017. These short films focus on a fictionalized, self-destructive version of Lo while expanding on the album's lyrical themes. Both short films were produced by Diktator, written by Lo and Tim Erem and directed by Erem.

"Cool Girl" was serviced as the lead single from Lady Wood on 4 August 2016, reaching number 15 in Sweden and number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "True Disaster" was released on 15 November 2016 as the album's second single. The album peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard 200, becoming her highest-charting album in the country to date. To promote the album, Lo embarked on her second concert tour, Lady Wood Tour.


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  1. ^ Campbell, Chuck (1 November 2016). "Music review: Tove Lo's 'Lady Wood' doesn't cut it". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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  3. ^ a b Dolan, Jon (28 October 2016). "Review: Tove Lo Part Pop Star, Part Perfect Disaster on 'Lady Wood'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Tove Lo Is Officially Done With Her New 'Dark Techno' Album". American Top 40. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.