"Hardcore" is a song by Swedish singer

Tove Styrke Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke (; born 19 November 1992) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She gained popularity as a contestant on '' Swedish Idol 2009'', finishing in third place. After the show, she started a solo career in electropop. Sh ...

from her fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2022). It was released as a single on 11 March 2022 through

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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

, 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 ''

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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

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from

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– songwriting *Elvira Anderfjärd – production, songwriting, background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, strings *Jakob Jerlström – songwriting *Michael Ilbert – mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

References

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