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Lady Wood is the second studio album by Swedish singer Tove Lo, released on 28 October 2016 by Island Records. The project was recorded between 2014 and May 2016, which Lo commented was a quicker turnaround than the "whole life" she was afforded when creating her previous record.

Lady Wood consists of two chapters, "Fairy Dust" and "Fire Fade", which collectively describe the "different kinds of rushes in life". Lo considers it to be the first half of a two-piece double album, with the chapters "Light Beam" and "Pitch Black" announced for her upcoming third studio album in 2017. Lo co-wrote all twelve tracks included on the record; she collaborated with guest vocalists Wiz Khalifa and Joe Janiak, and producers including Rickard Göransson, Joel Little, and Ilya Salmanzadeh.

"Cool Girl" was serviced as the lead single from Lady Wood on 4 August 2016, reaching number 15 in Sweden and number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "True Disaster" was released on 15 November 2016 as the album's second single. The short film Fairy Dust, inspired by the first half of the record, was released on Vevo on 31 October. The album peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard 200, becoming her highest-charting album in the country to date.

"I remember writing the bridge of the title track, and thinking that I wanted to say, like, 'You're turning me on,' but I wanted to find another word. Like, what's the word for a female hard-on? I think I heard it in a movie somewhere—they were just like, 'You give me wood.' And I was like, 'Girl wood, or, Lady wood! Yes!'"

On 17 August, Lo revealed that her second studio album would be titled Lady Wood and would be released on 28 October 2016. In reference to the title, she commented that "it's kind of like saying a chick with balls, but since we don't have balls, it's lady wood."

["Fairy Dust"] is when I hear the fans shouting my name and I’m about to hit the stage. "Fire Fade" is when it all sort of starts to wear off and I’m losing connection with the fans a bit, and I’m trying to get back to that first chase. You feel vulnerable there. It's where you start to reveal your true self.

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