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).

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.

Critical reception
Alim Kheraj of DIY said that the song "sees Tove Lo appropriating the masculine role of the [fuckboi]." 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 [Lady Wood]", The Observer's Kitty Empire commented "there's actually rather little scarcity value in catchy tunes in [Influence]". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that the song is "embodied by the substance-induced euphoria of [Influence]".

Track listing

 * TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix
 * 1) "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
 * Tom Coyne − mastering engineer
 * John Hanes − mixing engineer
 * Serban Ghenea − mixer