Tove Lo Shows Her Vulnerabilities in New Video for “hey you got drugs?”

Photo: Kalyn Oyer

Swedish pop singer Tove Lo, has released a video for the track “hey you got drugs?” highlighting some of the most important moments from her past year, while on tour. This personal look into the singer’s psyche was made in support of fans, who have been pressuring the singer to release more material for it for the past year.

“I heard your wishes babes. Here’s something pretty beautiful we put together for ‘hey you got drugs?’! Thank you for your endless love and support. You’re all magic,” the singer stated in a social media post.

This video shows the singer performing on stage, for a large audience, before taking a look at her backstage. As she sits backstage Tove Lo appears to have a breakdown, due to the high stress associated with performing.

Earlier this month Tove Lo partnered up with Amber G Productions to make an American Sign Language (ASL) version of her album Blue Lips,  available. A 25-minute short film focused around the project was released this October.

“I’ve been working on a special project with the deaf community to make Blue Lips ASL accessible, and I’m so excited to finally share it,” Tove Lo explained in a press release. ” Thank you to Amber Galloway Gallego for sharing your passion for this cause and helping me reach fans who otherwise wouldn’t be able to experience my music, and my new friends, the incredible interpreters, who contributed their time and talents to their videos. You’re all rockstars and I hope we can continue to work together to further this important movement.”

Amber Galloway Gallego is a famous sign language interpreter, originally from San Antonio Texas. She made a career out of interpreting various hip hop songs for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, by utilizing ASL.

“Collaborating with Tove Lo, Amber G Productions has been honored to experience seeing access happen when an artist simply cares and wants inclusion,” Amber Galloway Gallego explained in a press release. There’s this whole beautiful community of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who have been trying to get the artists to hear them for so long! Tove heard them and made it happen.”

During the summer Tove Lo released the song “bitches,” where she was joined by Charli XCX, Icona Pop, Elliphant and ALMA on the track. A music video for the song shows a couple undergoing experimental form of relationship therapy.

During an interview with Hypebae the singer discussed her future plans for the upcoming year. According to her this includes a new music video and possibly an album for 2019.

“I’m shooting a music video with a very fun music artist that I’m excited about. I can’t say anymore than that, it will be a fun surprise. I also have a short film that me and this director Malia James who’s amazing, together with help from Urbanears,” she explained in the interview.” Then I’m writing my new album that will be out in 2019 sometime, when I feel like the world is ready for it. I live in LA now and I’m trying to take advantage of the sunshine as inspiration.”

Photo Credit: Kalyn Oyer

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