Influence (Tove Lo song) explained

Influence
Cover:Tove-lo-wiz-khalifa-influence-remix.png
Type:Promotional single
Artist:Tove Lo featuring Wiz Khalifa
Album:Lady Wood
Length:3:44
Label:Republic
Producer:The Struts

"Influence" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo featuring American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released on 9 September 2016 as a promotional single from her second studio album Lady Wood (2016).[1]

Music video

The music video for "Influence" is a part of the short film Fairy Dust, which was directed by Tim Erem and premiered on 30 October 2016 via Lo's Vevo channel.[2]

Critical reception

Alim Kheraj of DIY said that the song "sees Tove Lo appropriating the masculine role of the [fuckboi]."[3] Entertainment Weeklys Madison Vain said that the singer "admits to being an unreliable narrator on one of the album's most irresistible tracks [...] before throwing the song to Wiz Khalifa for one of his fieriest verses yet."[4] Writing for NME, Nick Levine noted that "she sings about hooking up and getting hard on [Lady Wood]", The Observers Kitty Empire commented "there's actually rather little scarcity value in catchy tunes in [Influence]".[5] [6] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that the song is "embodied by the substance-induced euphoria of [Influence]".[7]

Track listing

TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix[8]
  1. "Influence" (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) (featuring Wiz Khalifa) – 4:27

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tove Lo And Wiz Khalifa's New Song 'Influence' Will Give You Lady Wood. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910125537/http://www.mtv.com/news/2930058/tove-lo-wiz-khalifa-influence/. dead. 10 September 2016. MTV News. Deepa. Lakshmin. 9 September 2016. 11 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Tove Lo – Fairy Dust . . 30 October 2016 . 16 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Kheraj . Alim . Tove Lo – Lady Wood . . 25 October 2016 . 11 January 2018.
  4. Vain . Madison . Tove Lo's Lady Wood: EW Review . . 28 October 2016 . 11 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Levine . Nick . Tove Lo – 'Lady Wood' Review . . 27 October 2016 . 28 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Empire . Kitty . Kitty Empire . Tove Lo: Lady Wood review – a hard sell for girl power . . 30 October 2016 . 3 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Cinquemani . Sal . Tove Lo: Lady Wood . . 27 October 2016 . 30 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Influence (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) [feat. Wiz Khalifa] – Single by Tove Lo]. iTunes Store (US). 28 April 2017. 11 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Tove Lo / Lady Wood TIDAL. Tidal. 11 January 2018.
  10. Web site: NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 19 September 2016. 16 May 2017.

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