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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 8, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Truth Serum, Tove Lo's debut EP, is a concept record that describes her most intense love affair, from the happy beginning to trying to move on after the breakup?

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Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 17:52, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

related to the matter → related to that matter Done
to keep those tracks for herself, because she considered them too personal → to keep those tracks for herself as she considered them too personal Done
released independently → other way round Done
Unlink "record deal" as it's a pretty common term Done
the tracks talk about her "most intense" love affair → you don't need the "..." here Done
mostly positive reviews from critics → you can add "music" to critics to sound better Done
It peaked at number 13 → state "the record" here as it may get confused with "the songs" Done
the forty-ninth best-selling album during 2014 in the country → 2014's 49th best-selling album in the country Done
spending 23 weeks on the chart → leave "on the chart" out as you have Norwegian Albums Chart Done
The Great Escape Festival in United Kingdom → add "the" before United Kigdom Done
was released as the third single from the EP. It was a commercial success in Europe and Oceania → (to avoid word repetition) was released as the third single from the EP to commercial success in Europe and Oceania, ... Done

Infobox

You need alternative text for the cover art Done

Background and release

with whom played → with whom she played
an English A&R → link "A&R" to artist and repertoire
writing songs about the matter → "the" to "that"
could not handled it anymore → is it supposed to mean "could not handle it anymore"?
the artist released independently → the artist independendly released
It received a larger attention from music blogs → state "from publications" here to avoid repetition
Unlink "record deal", as in the lead
and that it will be released → and that it would be released

Inspiration and composition

several songs prior the release → several songs prior to the release
were taken from the demos → were taken from her demos + unlink "demos"
that; "When you look → that "when you look
to being under the influence of drugs.[38][39][40][27] → fix the order of the references
"[could not] think straight".[41][8] → same
her boyfriend end the relationship.[43][29] → same

Promotion

which are represented as black ghosts.[50][25] → order of references
The song was a commercial success → say "the recording" here to avoid repetition
It was a commercial success in some European countries → It similarly experienced success in Europe
for her first UK show → for her first show in the United Kingdom
on American TV → on American television
on American music TV → same as above

Critical reception

received mostly positive reviews → ... from [[Music journalism|music critics]]
Alex Panisch → you have already mentioned him, so only state "Panisch" here
of the Norwegian publication of Gaffa → second "of" is superfluous

Commercial performance

was the forty-ninth best-selling → was the 49th best-selling

Track listing

flawless ;)

Personnel

Credits and personnel for Truth Serum adapted from the Swedish edition of the EP. → Credits adapted from the Swedish version of Truth Serum

Charts

flawless

Release histrory

Unlink all labels and formats here

Other stuff

Copy-violation

35.1% is acceptable!

Images

All seems fine with that image ;)

Samples

You need to add a use rationale for Truth Serum to the sample; as it stands now, it is only to be used on "Habits (Stay High)". See this as an example.

Links

No problems here!

References

As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article
1 dead link! Please fix this!

Outcome

Great job on the article! Putting this On hold for 7 days. Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 17:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Cartoon network freak: I have addressed all of your comments! Thank you so much for reviewing this article. Have a nice day! --Paparazzzi (talk) 22:02, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gladly passing this! Congrats, Cartoon network freak (talk) 04:38, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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