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Tove Styrke Biography

Singer

Tove Styrke, born on November 19, 1992, is a Swedish singer known for her unique musical style that blends pop, electronic, and indie elements. She has gained popularity among young audiences with her heartfelt songs.

Havens Fame

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“I think that social media is a really good way to stay in touch with the people who are following you, and I think it's nice to have that very direct relationship with them - you don't necessarily need a middleman or woman. A lot of people, when I meet them, I recognize them by their profile pictures.”

People Thinking Way Needs Social Nice Media Direct Following Social Media Good Way Profile Middlemen

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“The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.”

Trying Song Challenges Stage Pops Translate Pop Music

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“I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.”

Knows Industry Needed Music Industry Time Away

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“I hadn't known anything else, other than being an artist, and I needed to be a person for a while, really get to know myself without that whole thing [of selling music] surrounding me.”

Knows Persons Whole Artist Known Needed Selling Being An Artist

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“I didn't take a break from making music, but I took some time away from the "need to sell it" thing, and moved to my hometown, Umeå. I took my time there, exploring music on my own, on a very personal level.”

Needs My Own Levels Break Sells Moved My Time Exploring Hometown Time Away

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“I needed to get to know myself and really, really explore music without any pressure to sell it. I wanted to try and not restrain myself at all, so I've been trying to move quite freely between different sounds and genres.”

Knows Trying Different Wanted Moving Sound Needed Pressure Sells Genre

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“It's good to have an idea about what you want to do with your life before just doing things. If you have goals and dreams, it doesn't really matter if you achieve them, but if you have them it's much easier to not get lost. It's easier to make decisions.”

Ifs Want Ideas Matter Dream Lost Goal Decision Achieve Easier What You Want Dreams And Goals

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“I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy.”

Thinking Knows Want Stuff Enjoy Decision Spending Spending Time Bad Decision

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“I took a lot time to do the first album, and I was really happy about that album. I co-wrote the songs and it was a learning process. When I was working on that album I realized, for the first time, that I could write my own songs.”

Writing Firsts Song Process My Own First Time Albums I Realized Learning Process Really Happy

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“I never felt like I was forced to do anything.”

Felt

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“I wanted to take my writing to another level. I wanted to write stuff that was personal for real. It's one thing to write a lyric that sounds nice in that line - that's not very tricky - but it's a different thing to write something that sounds nice and actually comes from someplace real.”

Writing Different Real Wanted Stuff Sound Lines Levels Nice One Thing Different Things Tricky

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“I've been collaborating a lot, because I like working that way. It's fun and keeps you moving forward.”

Way Moving Fun Moving Forward Collaborating

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“I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own.”

Thinking Self Easy Conscious Stuck Self Conscious Easy To Get

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“Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies. It has this gritty feeling to it, and it's got a little bit of everything - a little bit of western, a little bit of samurai, and a lot of this very cinematic violence that I personally think is very entertaining.”

Thinking Littles Feelings Bits Violence Little Bit Bills Western My Favorite Entertaining Samurai Cinematic Kill Bill

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“I think it's important to find somebody who you trust, who has the same vision. If I were to do that myself, and not trust anybody to do it for me or with me, I would have to spend as much time as I have learning to make music on making music videos.”

Ifs Thinking Important Vision Video

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“I've always been singing and making noise. I used to do that all the time when I was a kid. My mom would get very frustrated with me because I would just sit around and make noises.”

Kids Used Mom Singing My Mom Noise Frustrated

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“I never learned to play properly either, I was a little bit too lazy for that, but as long I could express myself in a way that had sound, I was happy.”

Way Littles Long Play Bits Sound Little Bit Lazy

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“I'm a child of the downloading age. I remember when I was 10, a friend who went to the same school as me came to our [school's] costume party with a really weird hairdo. She had all these little knots in her hair. I asked her who she was and she said she was Björk. I thought this Björk must be a really cool person, so I got on the internet when I got home and found as much as I could on Björk and I fell in love.”

Children Littles Persons Said Home Age School Remember Found Party Hair Internet Costumes Remember When Really Cool Knots Really Weird Hairdos Cool Person

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“I have quite a broad taste in music.”

Taste Broads Taste In Music

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About the Author

Born: November 19, 1992
Known for: Singer
Quotes: 20

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