[Cover photo credit to Frida Marklund]

Swedish Alt-Pop artist Tove Styrke has released new single “Sunflower,” which reveals a “more vulnerable and introspective side of herself.” After four years away from the spotlight, Styrke returned in January with the single “Prayer” and has since released a series of tracks that give an indication of the wide-ranging sound of her upcoming album.

As she began releasing the first songs from the album, she became increasingly aware that the story was much more personal than she first thought. She found her “internal struggles and deepest fears, as well as the denial of it all and the inability to face herself” on the album. This realization meant that the original album title, The Afterparty, was no longer right for it.

Styrke says:

I feel like this entire album campaign is becoming a document of a person who can no longer hide. The story unfolds in real time, on the record but also in my actual life. I thought I was observing the protagonist until I realized I was her.

The new album title, I thought this story wasn’t about me, embodies “the same resistance, the same hesitation, and the same gradual self-realization” that the entire record revolves around. The album will be released on November 6, 2026.

She explains about the new song “Sunflower”:

‘Sunflower’ lingered in the background for a long time before it finally came into being. Deep down, I knew there was one more song left to write, one that would feel like a long embrace. When we finally set out to explore it in the studio, it was as if the song simply fell into my lap from above. Within a few hours, it existed. I didn’t even understand what it was about until much later, when my partner and co-parent heard it and said, ‘Oh, how beautiful. You wrote a song for our daughter.’

Tove Styrke Tour Dates:

11/20/26 – Stockholm, SE @  Värmeverket