Influence (Tove Lo song)

"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 (2016).^[1]

"Influence"
Promotional single by Tove Lo featuring Wiz Khalifa
from the album Lady Wood
Released	9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
Recorded	2016 Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Electropop hip hop dance-pop minimal techno
Length	3:44
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Tove Lo Ludvig Söderberg Jakob Jerlström Wiz Khalifa
Producer(s)	The Struts

Music video

The music video for "Influence" is a part of the short film Fairy Dust, which was directed by Tim Erem and premiered on 30 October 2016 via Lo's Vevo channel.^[2]

Critical reception

Alim Kheraj of DIY said that the song "sees Tove Lo appropriating the masculine role of the [fuckboi]."^[3] 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."^[4] Writing for NME, Nick Levine noted that "she sings about hooking up and getting hard on [Lady Wood]", The Observer's Kitty Empire commented "there's actually rather little scarcity value in catchy tunes in [Influence]".^[5][6] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that the song is "embodied by the substance-induced euphoria of [Influence]".^[7]

Track listing

• TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix^[8]

1. "Influence" (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) (featuring Wiz Khalifa) – 4:27

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[9]

• Tove Lo − vocals, songwriter
• Wiz Khalifa − vocals, songwriter
• Ludvig Söderberg − songwriter
• Jakob Jerlström − songwriter
• The Struts − producer, programmer
• Tom Coyne − mastering engineer
• John Hanes − mixing engineer
• Serban Ghenea − mixer

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[10]	5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	78

References

1. Lakshmin, Deepa (9 September 2016). "Tove Lo And Wiz Khalifa's New Song 'Influence' Will Give You Lady Wood". MTV News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. "Tove Lo – Fairy Dust". Vevo. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
3. Kheraj, Alim (25 October 2016). "Tove Lo – Lady Wood". DIY. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
4. Vain, Madison (28 October 2016). "Tove Lo's Lady Wood: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
5. Levine, Nick (27 October 2016). "Tove Lo – 'Lady Wood' Review". NME. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
6. Empire, Kitty (30 October 2016). "Tove Lo: Lady Wood review – a hard sell for girl power". The Observer. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
7. Cinquemani, Sal (27 October 2016). "Tove Lo: Lady Wood". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
8. "Influence (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) [feat. Wiz Khalifa] – Single by Tove Lo". iTunes Store (US). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
9. "Tove Lo / Lady Wood TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
10. "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
11. "Tove Lo feat. Wiz Khalifa – Influence". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 May 2017.