How I Wrote That Song: Tove Lo "Cool Girl"

Tove Lo shares how a break from tour and a monologue from Gone Girl inspired her song "Cool Girl."
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How I Wrote That Song: Tove Lo "Cool Girl"
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[@ja4645]

Love her and love the fact that she actually writes her own music

[@juh_moreschi]

Who doesn't madly love Tove Lo? She's everything, I just love her so much.

[@HoliSpicoli]

So true!

[@surikhan2450]

I see your comments on everything she posts on Facebook which makes me so happy to know that even though there are gazillions of fans of tove lo out there but you are the only one that has the same passion for her music just like I do, like you have the same story as I do, her music keeps me alive and sane and she's the one who gets me out of all the shit that happens... I'm a girl too, and I love the way you adore her just like I do... I'm a hardcore fan of tove lo. She keeps me going :)

[@surikhan2450]

+Juliana Moreschi Love To Tove Lo

[@Em-di3jq]

@@surikhan2450 I love everything about this! 🥰❤️

[@MrVideoSonds]

Cant wait for her album.

[@allisonbertolino1085]

same omg

[@MrVideoSonds]

+Allison Bertolino nothing can beat Queen Of The Clouds

[@dxnnxxmc]

Ikr!

[@chlove11]

omg yass !

[@LordanJauzon]

SAME

[@officialsarahkhan28]

I get the lyrics nowwwwww...ive totally been there wow! love cool girl and tove lo!

[@purplecarnations7245]

she's so awesome!

[@bryannaturnbough204]

Ugh I can't wait any longer for her new album ♡♡

[@sidbell2722]

*gasps* Every time I heard this song I thought about Amy from gone girl...I guess now I know why 😄

[@vinceabreu2785]

I have no idea that she has a lovely voice when she speak😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@In_time]

The one who cares the least has all the power..ugggh... but, yeah..damn she nailed it👌🏻

[@jesspomeranc8273]

Wow I actually thought that Gone girl inspired her song!

[@donotresuscitatetrampstamp]

cool girl is one of my top 5 fav songs ever

[@Zavob]

I miss her brown hair!

[@Prettygirlcn5]

Love her💜

[@lambosuperl]

Last time I was this early... Nah, forget it :/

[@zoemcguire8742]

lmao

[@asafarbel]

So genuine!

[@ceciliarachel6276]

my anthem song for all the vanishers or ghost boy out there.....

[@Honeytoffeesugarxox]

I loveee this song, it makes me feel so sassy and slaying i love it!

[@janexoxo6479]

Such a babe!

[@JCMaldonado13]

She looks straight out of an ABBA music video

[@1errell]

you are such an amazing person!!!

[@arielarias7818]

she's an amazing artist

[@ferntella]

Oh man. I connected the song to the movie before seeing this video....I knewwww ittt. she totally crushed it.

[@icepl4net]

Her eyes

[@AndreaAlison]

Will she collaborate with Loreen and Zara?

[@miraordukaya4508]

I love you

[@Jiggelmeister]

WHO WAS THAT GUY PLAYING HARMONICA IN THE SNL BAND?

[@christianMswanson]

She should listen to Don vedda's version of talking bodies

[@Taggez1]

My name is also Tove. I've never seen a celebrity with that name. I don't like my name though so I'll probably change it :/

[@Taggez1]

@Sumayyah Rahman Thank you

[@84blizzle]

lol thought the title was a typo

[@sweiland75]

One of the few talented musicians, nowadays, who didn't use a reality talent television show to force her onto us.

[@deadgirlwalkingg]

I'm so shocked right now :o from the first time I listened to this song, I was always thinking about Amy's words and now she says that she was actually inspired by them :o :D

[@estanislaoherreramora1964]

Would you like to know what did inspire me to write the lyrics for. my top hit single Me rasco un huevo no es nada nuevo...

[@jeanrollynsg]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@celinabeier8777]

👌🏻👌🏻

[@MrThemovie321]

I can hear a slight accent - maybe Eastern European or something

[@kanadehaise]

It's Ted She is from Sweden.

[@Redvil01]

She's so right. The game is stupid.

[@tailynstivers7318]

:)

[@jondoe1916]

"I had a team of 12 people write it for me just like every other main stream artist in music."

[@CryBaby-wn8qh]

She wrote I love it and two more songs for icona pop, love me like you do ellie goulding, zara larsson, Lea michele, cher lloyd, the saturdays a girl group from 2007, Ella eyre, hilary duff, and the new ellie goulding single still falling for you.

[@jondoe1916]

+Cry Baby Name songs and musicians that don't suck.

[@CryBaby-wn8qh]

Jon Doe I'm sorry but they're good artists and songs if you don't like "pop" not my problem

[@jondoe1916]

+Cry Baby No, your problem is you like shit music.

[@CryBaby-wn8qh]

Jon Doe oh so tell me what you like?

[@Themetallo1]

Didn't she shave her head? Wut.

[@hamedmirza3167]

Pretty sure it was a bald cap

[@Themetallo1]

+Hamed Mirza but she wasn't fully shaved. She had hair but her head was shaved.

[@camilaryder9805]

17th

[@bjs2022]

Bad sound recording, as usual.

[@RandyDubin]

Huh. So Tove Lo is a woman singer. Did not know that.

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

Tove is a female name

[@mickeymoth253]

+PJ In In scandinavian countries it is, it's maybe not a english-ish name so

[@los4menzos]

She's really pretty.

[@TheDropOfTheDay]

Looks like a man

[@alib3g]

Who else is watching without socks?

[@cyclops9202]

Me

[@cobrakai-ps1xm]

me

[@lottiehundley9329]

Me

[@sweiland75]

I can't see through my socks

[@jessesantiagoaguirresanche2016]

tf, me too

[@intrinsiclust]

A true artist.

[@fruitqueen1]

omg , when i first heard that song i did think of that "cool girl " monologue from gone girl !

[@danielfloyd.]

Love this woman so much. She is my favourite artist.

[@KateTWSkittles]

i now understand the lyrics as soon as she said that monologue from gone girl 😂😂

[@jewlseville]

Tove Lo is the most amazing down to earth person

[@ahbaarmohammad6543]

The bass/bop in cool girl almost broke my neck 🔥♨️😂😍

[@VLNTN333]

everytime i listen to the song i remeber that once scene from gone girl where she says "men want a cool girl" AND I KNEW SHE WROTE THE SONG BASED ON THAT

[@winonasue]

I love this song, I'm constantly listening to it.

[@arazemijo9674]

She's one of those people who's really fun to listen to, even when she's just talking. I'm proud to say I am a new fan. :)

[@gprimeribtastic]

That is so awesome she actually got the idea for that song from Gone Girl. Love that book, and love the song!!

[@selena792i8]

Tove Lo jag älskar dig!!

[@dalynndaniels2708]

I love the song so much

[@caitlinsimerly5311]

I'm obsessed w her 💋

[@LuanLeaodearaujo]

Love tove lo

[@melisamartin5777]

I like how the background looks like the swedish flag with inverted colours

[@bowflexman3485]

Last time I was this early I cringed.

[@anthonyalger1994]

Insecure over what?...

[@dosvedonyaimsonya4471]

hearing her talk is so strange

[@AceDeclan]

How did she write scars?

[@restingbitchface845]

She looks wierd

[@loqueseaamigo]

I lov Tove Lp💜

[@LiveNiceness14]

I mean every other song is about sex and not wanting relationships.

[@McZephyr1]

Thats Taylor Swift bruh +Niceness_of_Gemini

[@LiveNiceness14]

+Arnav Garg "Now of we're talking body, you got a perfect one so put it on me."

[@McZephyr1]

Thats true for all those songs by drake and other rappers too lol

[@McZephyr1]

Ever heard Stay High, her biggest song?

[@shweta_official]

Gotta love her SO much!!!💕💕💕 #CoolGirl

[@arabianprince7508]

its hard not to see her name as Love To

[@tmx1994]

Awesomeeeee love her

[@mariannechaaban8191]

Ooo kinda early

[@anac.8942]

so trueeeeeeee

[@cleohedin6199]

Heyy xD