"Influence" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter
Tove Lo featuring American rapper
Wiz Khalifa. It was released on 9 September 2016 as a
promotional single from her second studio album ''
Lady Wood
''Lady Wood'' is the second studio album by Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo. It was released on 28 October 2016 by Island Records. ''Lady Wood'' is considered the first half of a two-piece concept album that describe "highs, lows and ultim ...
'' (2016).
Music video
The music video for "Influence" is a part of the short film ''
Fairy Dust
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'', which was directed by
Tim Erem
Timothy Frey Trond Erem, better known as Tim Erem, (born October 29, 1990) is a Swedish director from Lidingö, Stockholm. He is best known for directing and writing music videos for artists such as Rihanna, Drake, Tove Lo, Elliphant, Katy Perry, ...
and premiered on 30 October 2016 via Lo's
Vevo channel.
Critical reception
Alim Kheraj of ''
DIY'' said that the song "sees Tove Lo appropriating the masculine role of the
uckboi"
''
Entertainment Weekly''s Madison Vain said that the singer "admits to being an unreliable narrator on one of the album's most irresistible tracks
..before throwing the song to Wiz Khalifa for one of his fieriest verses yet."
Writing for ''
NME'', Nick Levine noted that "she sings about hooking up and getting hard on
ady Wood, ''
The Observer''s
Kitty Empire commented "there's actually rather little scarcity value in catchy tunes in
nfluence.
Sal Cinquemani of ''
Slant Magazine
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'' said that the song is "embodied by the substance-induced euphoria of
nfluence.
Track listing
*;TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix
#"Influence" (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) (featuring
Wiz Khalifa) – 4:27
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
*
Tove Lo − vocals, songwriter
*
Wiz Khalifa − vocals, songwriter
* Ludvig Söderberg − songwriter
* Jakob Jerlström − songwriter
* The Struts − producer,
programmer
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*
Tom Coyne −
mastering engineer
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* John Hanes −
mixing engineer
* Serban Ghenea − mixer
Charts
References
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2016 songs
Island Records singles
Songs about drugs
Songs written by Tove Lo
Songs written by Ludvig Söderberg
Tove Lo songs
Wiz Khalifa songs
Songs written by Jakob Jerlström
Songs written by Wiz Khalifa