Tove Lo has spent the past decade dancing along the creatives edges of pop music. Now she’s residing firmly on the “Borderline” with a new tortured love song that appropriately arrives just before Valentine’s Day. The Swedish alt-pop artist dropped the track this past Friday (February 10), and the seductive bump n’ thump of “Borderline” acts as Tove Lo’s first hypnotic dose of new music since last year’s Dirt Femme album.
The black-lit “Borderline” arrives complete with a visually engaging video directed by Brazilian visual maven Nogari, filmed in Mexico City, and slotting as a sequel to Tove Lo’s 2022 clip “No One Dies From Love.”
“Borderline is a song about being on the edge of love,” says Lo. “The drama you cause inside yourself and with another person if you feel insecure. You test them. This song has existed for a long time and I’ve always felt it was incredibly special so getting to release it now has sort of a full circle feeling. Maybe that’s why it was the perfect song for Annie’s revenge video. I hope my fans love the bizarre love story that unfolds in this video, it’s my favorite kind of thing!”
Ours, too.
The North American leg of Tove Lo’s Dirt Femme Tour kicked off last week, and rages across the country with a mix of headlining dates with Slayyyter and Alma and festival appearances, including Palm Tree, Hangout, and BottleRock. Peep all the dates in tidy list form, and dive into “Borderline” both seeing and streaming below.
Tove Lo 2023 North American Live Dates
**Slayyyter Supporting
+ Alma Supporting
^ Festival Appearance
February 13 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC, CAN**
February 14 – HISTORY – Toronto, ON, CAN**
February 15 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI**
February 17 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL**
February 18 – Palace Theatre – St. Paul, MN**
February 20 – Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO**
February 21 – The Union Event Center – Salt Lake City, UT**
February 23 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA**
February 24 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC, CAN**
February 25 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR**
February 27 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA**
March 02 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA**
March 03 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA**
May 13 – Palm Tree Festival – Dana Point, CA^
May 16 – Miami Beach Bandshell – Miami, FL**
May 17 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL**
May 19 – Hangout Music Festival – Gulf Shores, AL^
May 21 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin, TX**
May 22 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX**
May 24 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ**
May 25 – SOMA – San Diego, CA**
May 27 – BottleRock Festival – Napa Valley, CA^
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