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Back in October 2012 when we first featured Swedish pop singer and songwriter-for-hire Tove Lo (she co-wrote Girls Aloud's Something New and has written for Icona Pop and Lea Michele), she wasn't signed. In fact, writing and recording that first single, Love Ballad, and the reaction it received, lead to her deciding to focus fully on being a pop star in her own right. Since then she's signed with Polydor and recently released her debut EP, Truth Serum, the highlight of which is the brilliantly frank, Habits. Built around a list of ways to keep the pain of a breakup at bay – getting really drunk and stoned, watching people have sex, that sort of thing – it's the sort of song that writes its own video treatment, which might explain why there are now three videos for it. Released in Sweden last year, there's one video where Lo goes to a posh-looking house and gets really drunk and another, the recently released version which features Lo getting really drunk but this time in various bars and clubs. The third version comes in the form of a new edit of that second one – premiered here – to accompany a remix of the song by "two brothers who make music", Hippie Sabotage. Currently nestled on the Radio 1 B-list, the woozy remix perfectly suits the permanently dazed, alcohol-fuelled feel of the slow motion video.
The Truth Serum EP is out now.
