Swedish pop misfit Tove Lo had a hard year back in 2014. Although her music career was taking off with hit singles "Habits (Stay High)" and "Talking Body", she says there were bumps in the road that cost her "two relationships and three close friendships" as well as a lot of opportunities messed up "by being too blunt or honest" and fears she might have damaged her voice. She still stands by the music, though. Announcing a 10-year reissue of her debut album Queen of the Clouds on X, Lo wrote: "Nothing could have prepared me for the way this album changed my life. I still feel 100% that this album is me today."
Out today, Queen of the Clouds X frontloads the original album – divided into three chapters "The Sex", "The Love", and "The Pain" – with a new chapter called "The X" featuring three previously unreleased tracks. At the tail end of the album, she's also collected nine bonus tracks scattered across different versions of the record – most of which were compiled on 2015's Queen of the Clouds (Blueprints Edition).
Among the previously unreleased tracks are studio outtake "Jealousy" (co-written by Lo but originally recorded by French-Israeli artist Tal Benyezri), a demo called "Write Me Off", and a Jax Jones remix of "Talking Body". Lo shared the following comments on the songs on X:
#QOTCX: The vault is open!
— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) September 26, 2024
Jealousy (From the Vault) - Wrote this in 2011 with Mattman & Robin and @JsonGill. I always loved this song but thought it felt too pop for me so we gave it to another artist. The lyrics still feel very me and I still think it's a banger :) pic.twitter.com/HrZaqcIKZl
Write me off - super demo.mp4a - I wrote & produced this on my very first songwriting trip to LA. I ended up at this small songwriting camp but no one wanted to write with me so I just ended up working by myself writing about how shitty the other writers made me feel. #QOTCX pic.twitter.com/pwzRRaub9T
— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) September 26, 2024
Talking Body 2014 (Jax Jones Remix) - This one of my FAVORITE remixes, by @JaxJones that I even include in my live sets. Apparently he sent it to me years ago but I never got it. I found it on soundcloud & listened to it all the time lol. Very happy to have it released! #QOTCX pic.twitter.com/aSbUFHT78h
— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) September 26, 2024
Lo has also shared a short documentary video summing up her 2014, captioned "Looking hot while crying sums up the Queen of the Clouds Era."
Check out the full tracklist and new artwork for Queen of the Clouds X below:
Queen of the Clouds X tracklist:
1. The X
2. Jealousy (From the Vault)
3. Write me off (super demo.mp4a)
4. Talking Body (2014 Jax Jones remix)
5. The Sex (Intro)
6. My Gun
7. Like Em Young
8. Talking Body
9. Timebomb
10. The Love (Interlude)
11. Moments
12. The Way That I Am
13. Got Love
14. Not On Drugs
15. The Pain (Interlude)
16. Thousand Miles
17. Habits (Stay High)
18. This Time Around
19. Run on Love (QOTC edit; with Lucas Nord)
20. Habits (Stay High) (Hippie Sabotage remix)
21. Love Ballad
22. Paradise
23. Over
24. Out of Mind
25. Heroes (We Could Be) (with Alesso)
26. Crave
27. Not Made for This World
28. Not on Drugs (Ali Payami remix)
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