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Originally posted by rihannafan
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Oh well, **** MC.
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The first thing you notice is that Queen Of The Clouds is a fantastically sparkling piece of work. Whereas fellow ascendent star Ariana Grande went with a buffet approach for her new My Everything, Tove Lo’s album blends today’s dominant sounds, monogenre style. The music contains traces of EDM, hip-hop, dance-pop, new wave, rock, and R&B, all masterfully combined into a seamless compendium. The melodies soar. The beats bang. And whether she’s poking fun at her friends or lamenting lost love, Nilsson glides among the music with a playful verve. Trained in the ways of Swedish pop mastery at music school Rytmus Musikgymnasium, she’s written hits for other acts including Icona Pop and Cher Lloyd, and Queen Of The Clouds makes it clear she knows how to construct songs and sell the **** out of them.
The album’s divided thematically into three segments: “The Sex,” “The Love,” and “The Pain,” though it’s wildly enjoyable even if you don’t pick up on the narrative arc. From start to finish it’s just a tremendous showcase for a remarkable talent — perhaps never more than on the insane “Timebomb,” where verses built on seemingly infinite syllables fight for space with the drums and piano until the euphoric chorus goes boom. With a debut this strong and stateside exposure ramping up, Nilsson’s career seems primed to similarly erupt.
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We always know best.
Still, to be clear, I don't really give a **** about Tove Lo.
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I low-key stan now. The power of one great song 
