"Hardcore" is a song by Swedish singer
Tove Styrke from her fourth studio album, ''
Hard'' (2022). It was released as a single on 11 March 2022 through
Sony Music
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. The song was written by Styrke, Elvira Anderfjärd, and Jakob Jerlström, with production by Anderfjärd.
Background and composition
"Hardcore" was written by
Tove Styrke, Elvira Anderfjärd, and Jakob Jerlström for Styrke's fourth studio album, ''Hard'' (2022). Anderfjärd produced the song and played all the instruments.
Regarding the song, Styrke said, "'Hardcore' is definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album. It's about wanting someone hardcore. I took the term from gaming; if you die you die but it's all in. I also wanted to make the track sound drunk, like when you're lost in a person. That's why we made the tempo-shifts before each chorus. The production is so good on this one, it blows my mind."
The track includes "scream-sing" vocals, which stem from Styrke "saying 'fuck it'" and wanting to take risks.
In an interview for ''
Rolling Stone
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'', she stated, "The lyrics don't even make sense sometimes, but it suits the song because it's meant to feel like you're drunk. I needed to just like let it all out."
"Hardcore" was released on 11 March 2022 through
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...
.
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from
Tidal.
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Tove Styrke – songwriting
*Elvira Anderfjärd – production, songwriting, background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, strings
*Jakob Jerlström – songwriting
*Michael Ilbert – mixing
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Randy Merrill
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– mastering
Charts
References
{{Tove Styrke
2022 songs
2022 singles
Tove Styrke songs
Songs written by Tove Styrke
Songs written by Jakob Jerlström
Sony Music singles