Prologue
A Story Steeped in Sound
Tove Lo has always been musically gifted. From a young age, she was singing, performing, and playing a variety of instruments, especially solidifying playing piano. Throughout the course of still young and fresh musical career, Tove Lo has managed to win the hearts of music lovers from all walks of life; performing at a variety of venues, making loads of public appearances, all the while recording new music. Mainly singing cover versions of the most prominent songs from the past decades, she is ready to embark on a musical journey with her debut album Something Retro This Way Comes led by her first single Crisco Disco.
Introduction
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson was born on 29 October 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden. Her lifelong nickname and adopted stage name, Tove Lo, was given to her at age three by her godmother because of her love for lynxes (singular: "lo" in Swedish). She explained; "There was this lynx at a zoo that was called Tove, and that I totally fell in love with. It was my dear godmother who decided to call me Tove Lo, after that lynx. It stuck." Lo grew up in the affluent Djursholm district of Danderyd Municipality, just north of Stockholm.