Throughout the 2010s Styrke gained an increasing critical acclaim as an independent artist resulting in her single "Say My Name" being included in Rolling Stone's 100 best songs of the decade.

[1][5] Her father, musician Anders Östman, scored a number one hit on the Swedish radio chart, Svensktoppen, in 1975 with the song "Vindens melodi" performed by his dansband Max Fenders.

After competing on Swedish Idol 2009 and finishing in third place, Styrke was signed by Sony Music label in December 2009.

[6] In June 2010, she released her first single, "Million Pieces", which was co-written by Adam Olenius from Shout Out Louds and Lykke Li.

[10] "White Light Moment" was later nominated for "Best Song of the Year" at Grammisgalan 2012, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

The music video for "Borderline" was filmed in Pyramiden in September 2014 and premiered exclusively on website, "Fader", on 15 October 2014.

[24] To promote the album, Styrke attended the annual SXSW festival in March 2015;[25] she later embarked on a small tour of the US in May 2015.

[26] Four days prior to its release, Kiddo exclusively streamed in its entirety for Spotify listeners in Sweden on 5 June 2015.

[27][28][29][30] On 23 July 2015, Stryke released a cover version of "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears as a single along its music video.

[38] It was re-released digitally, including the single "Vibe", unveiled on 19 October 2018 ahead of a tour through United Kingdom.

[46] Styrke's fourth album with the singles "Start Walking", "Hardcore", "Show Me Love", "YouYouYou", called Hard was released on 3 June 2022.

According to AllMusic, Styrke combines "the bubbling electronica of Robyn with the hipster synth pop of Annie and the hook-laden Euro-disco of September".

[47] The German Kulturspiegel, a monthly extra to Der Spiegel, called Styrke's music "nonchalant, catchy boom-pop" and compared it to Robyn and Lykke Li.