again in may additionally, Tove Lo changed into searching at the piles of live performance merch sitting round her home, questioning what to do with them. Locked down in los angeles together with her boyfriend, chums, and a brand new crew of foster pups, the Swedish pop famous person had an idea: to use her sewing abilities and upcycle some choose pieces to raise cash for her fellow artists and musicians through MusiCares.
"We're no longer going to be visiting that lots certainly and being in the industry that I care about...it's desirous to assist [...] any one that swiftly was just out of a job," she explained over the mobilephone at the time. "The merch is simply sitting there and to remake it...and me type of placing my own very own contact on some of them. We're gonna optimistically make a hardcore fan truly chuffed and also [...] assisting everybody whose lifestyles is based on traveling."
Now, Tove Lo's custom-made and upcycled restricted-edition merch assortment is finally live. The 17-piece range comprises a mix of shirts and hoodies from previous tours, each featuring custom-made drawing, embroidery, stitching, beading, or ironed-on patches courtesy of the singer herself. The theory stemmed from her own childhood interest of customizing her shirts and denims: "When i used to be 10, 11 I bear in mind we had this shitty sewing desktop, and that i would at all times make my very own clothes and make denims into skirts," she noted. "And always drawing. I've all the time adored arts and crafting. [Each piece] took me a long time however it's soothing and saved my intellect busy when every thing became up within the air."
despite the fact all of the items within the assortment encompass special, selfmade touches from the singer, one paricularly special lavender hoodie which aspects her identify spelled utterly in blue and red beads continues to be as one among her favourite pieces. "That took so long and that i suppose it appears in reality good," she referred to.
The assortment, which is now up for public sale, should be purchasable on her website for a week. All proceeds will go against MusiCares, a charity that provides information to these in the tune business impacted through the pandemic.
earlier this year, Tove Lo raised $10K for MusiCares selling merch bundles via her web page. She's now hoping she can do it again, joking: "i hope whoever receives it, be aware that it be for a good trigger. And it could seem to be a little bit yanky, however I basically poured my coronary heart and soul into everything."
Tove Lo most these days collaborated with ALOK and Ilkay Sencan for their new tune "don't Say Goodbye." She is also set to seem within the impending Swedish film Utvandrarna, or The Emigrants. See choose gadgets from the custom assortment beneath, and get your personal upcycled piece at her web site.
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