"Influence" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter

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featuring American rapper

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. It was released on 9 September 2016 as a

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from her second studio album ''

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'' (2016).

Music video

The music video for "Influence" is a part of the short film '' Fairy Dust'', which was directed by

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and premiered on 30 October 2016 via Lo's

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channel.

Critical reception

Alim Kheraj of '' DIY'' said that the song "sees Tove Lo appropriating the masculine role of the uckboi" ''

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''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 ''

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'', Nick Levine noted that "she sings about hooking up and getting hard on ady Wood, ''

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''s

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commented "there's actually rather little scarcity value in catchy tunes in nfluence. Sal Cinquemani of ''

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'' said that the song is "embodied by the substance-induced euphoria of nfluence.

Track listing

*;TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix #"Influence" (TM88 – Taylor Gang Remix) (featuring

) – 4:27

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

− vocals, songwriter *

− vocals, songwriter * Ludvig Söderberg − songwriter * Jakob Jerlström − songwriter * The Struts − producer,

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* Tom Coyne −

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* John Hanes −

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* Serban Ghenea − mixer

Charts

References

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