Bikini Porn

"Bikini Porn" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Tove Lo, who co-wrote it with Finneas, Jakob Hazell, Ludvig Söderberg and Svante Halldin.

Universal Music AB released "Bikini Porn" as a single on 15 January 2020 for download and on streaming services, and later included it on Lo's reissue album Sunshine Kitty: Paw Prints Edition, in May 2020.

Edited in a lo-fi and VHS style, it depicts Lo wearing different bikinis while dancing in several locations, such as a desert, a gym and the back of a trailer.

"[4] On an Instagram post, Finneas said he became a fan of Lo after hearing her song "Habits (Stay High)" in 2014 and that "Bikini Porn" was "exactly" the track he dreamed about producing for her.

[10][12] Lo said the song's title is a reference to "tan lines", adding that it is about "living in the sun" and the "weird" lifestyle in Los Angeles that she considers to be "so dark and so fun".

[17] Lo performed "Bikini Porn" for the first time during the opening show of the Sunshine Kitty Tour in Nashville, Tennessee, on 3 February 2020, as the last song of the set list.

[1] In the verse "If you break my bones, I'mma hurt my soul, gonna fuck it out again and again", Lo describes a dark phase in her relationship, according to Billboard's Stephen Daw and Rose Riddell of Coup de Main Magazine.

[4] Some authors, such as Stephen Daw of Billboard and Coup de Main Magazine's Rose Riddell noted the difference in composition between "Bikini Porn" and "Passion and Pain Taste the Same When I'm Weak".

[12][20][21] Patrick Clarke of NME said the tracks present two different sides of Lo's music, noting "Bikini Porn" was "upbeat and joyous" while "Passion and Pain Taste the Same When I'm Weak" had a darker theme.

[25] Writing for the same website, Raúl Guillén commended its uptempo melody and said the song could have been part of Sunshine Kitty, adding that Finneas' contribution is stylistically similar to his previous work.

[27] Some reviewers considered "Bikini Porn" a candidate to be the song of the summer of 2020, such as Madeline Roth of MTV News, who also praised the track's upbeat composition.

[28] Echoing this thought, Claire Shaffer of Rolling Stone said "Bikini Porn" was a "very early contender for song of the Summer" and commended its hedonist theme.

"[34] The music video, which was captured in a lo-fi and VHS style,[25][35] depicts Lo wearing different bikinis while dancing in locations such as a desert, a gym and the back of a trailer.

[36] Rolling Stone's Claire Shaffer considered its concept "bizarre"[35] and Jordi Bardají of Jenesaispop noted the singer was "completely unleashed" while showing her sensuality everywhere she visits in the video.

[25] Madeline Roth of MTV News wrote the music video's highlight is the scene in which Lo dances in the back seat of a car Finneas is driving.

[28] Deepa Lakshmin of Nylon said the clip is a "sharp contrast" to the one for "Glad He's Gone", the lead single from Lo's album Sunshine Kitty, which was more expensive to produce.

A red-haired man wearing glasses, white shirt, gray suit and purple tie while staring at the camera.
Finneas contributed to "Bikini Porn" as a co-writer and producer
A woman wearing a pink bikini in a hotel.
The music video for "Bikini Porn", which was edited in a lo-fi and VHS style, depicts Lo wearing different bikinis while dancing in different locations