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Tove Lo Talks Swedish Holiday Traditions & Performing with Taylor Swift at KISS FM Jingle Ball

Tove Lo Talks Swedish Holiday Traditions & Performing with Taylor Swift at KISS FM Jingle Ball

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Singer Tove Lo chats with YH during the KISS FM Jingle Ball in Dallas, Texas, where she reveals her plans for after the holiday rush, plus she talks about typical Christmas traditions in her native Sweden and she dishes on performing with Taylor Swift!

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Young Hollywood

So, once again, I'm with Tove Lo, the gorgeous, stunning, you're looking awesome tonight.

Tove Lo

So are you.

Young Hollywood

You're just saying, we were hanging out last week at America Musical Awards.

Tove Lo

Yes. I was naked almost.

Young Hollywood

Your outfit, by the way, was only, only Tove Lo could pull it off. It was amazing.

Tove Lo

Thank you so much.

Young Hollywood

What went into that actually?

Tove Lo

Um, well, it was it's a dress by a Swedish Russian designer called Amisha that I just fell in love with completely. And uh, it's basically just uh, sort of a knitted thing where you just have to wear like nipple covers and skin, you know, a skin tone thong and you're good to go.

Young Hollywood

Rocked it. You totally rocked it, you rocked it. Um, so Jingle Ball, first off the shows, we're in Dallas tonight. So, yeah, very excited. Very excited. So are you looking forward to holidays? I mean now, now they're here.

Tove Lo

Uh, I mean yeah, I mean I kind of, I'm like, why are there Christmas trees everywhere? Like I can't even believe it's already December, but I'm super excited. I think this tour is gonna get me more in like a Christmas mode. So yeah, I'm very excited.

Young Hollywood

Are you doing anything fun this year? Are you gonna chill until your tour?

Tove Lo

Uh, well, I mean, I'll be doing this tour and then I will basically start working on my next album. So, I mean there'll be some Christmas and New Year's chill out, but then, yeah. Right back into it.

Young Hollywood

What's your favorite tradition? Holiday tradition? Anything you grew up doing?

Tove Lo

Um, yeah, I mean I'm from Sweden. So we do know a lot of uh sauna and uh like rolling around in the snow or jumping into the ice water. So my parents live by the water. So we kind of That's kind of amazing. The ice and you jump in and then you run up to the sauna and you use it there and

Young Hollywood

I wanna come I wanna come over for I wanna come over to your house for holidays.

Tove Lo

It's uh, it's it's pretty awesome actually.

Young Hollywood

Um, and then you've you've done so much this year. Is there something that you look back at this year and been like, woah, that moment has just been such a huge highlight for me.

Tove Lo

I mean we've been on tour pretty much this whole year. Um, and I think to be honest, like everything from like the summer festivals but to do my own like first ever headline tour was really, really amazing. We did, you know, the US run in October and it was just incredible and all the fans that came out were amazing like never, you know, felt that much support and um, yeah, it was just an incredible experience, really.

Young Hollywood

Lastly, you performed with Taylor Swift on stage.

Tove Lo

Yes.

Young Hollywood

You have to tell us how that experience was.

Tove Lo

I was probably like to end that was like after I did my last show in New York and then two days later I performed with her in Atlanta for like 56,000 people and that was just like incredible. And I could like barely hear myself because there were all screaming the words like to Talking Body and just to hear her sing it, to hear them sing it, it was just like, what's happening? It was incredible. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

You'll have so much fun tonight.

Tove Lo

I will. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

You're performing. You'll kill it on stage.

Tove Lo

I will. I will. Woo! Thank you. Thank you.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Tove Lo

    The subject of the interview

  • Amisha

    Swedish Russian designer of Tove Lo's AMA dress

  • Taylor Swift

    Performed with Tove Lo at Jingle Ball

FAQ

What is Tove Lo's favorite holiday tradition?+
Tove Lo's favorite holiday tradition involves sauna, rolling in the snow, or jumping into ice water in Sweden, followed by running back to the sauna.
Where did Tove Lo perform with Taylor Swift?+
Tove Lo performed with Taylor Swift at the KISS FM Jingle Ball in Atlanta, in front of 56,000 people.
What song did Tove Lo perform with Taylor Swift?+
Tove Lo performed her song 'Talking Body' with Taylor Swift on stage.
What was Tove Lo's highlight of the year?+
Tove Lo's highlight of the year was her first-ever headline tour in the US, which she described as an incredible experience.
What are Tove Lo's plans after the Jingle Ball tour?+
After the Jingle Ball tour, Tove Lo plans to start working on her next album, with some chill time for Christmas and New Year's.

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