Robyn is back and it’s great!
I go dancing when I’m sad, and so does Robyn. From “Show Me Love” to “Dancing on My Own,” “Be Mine!” to “Call Your Girlfriend,” a central part of the Swedish pop powerhouse’s appeal lies in her ability to work out life’s loneliest moments through flailing limbs and shaking hips. It’s innate, the way she can turn her blues into redemptive gold under the dancefloor lights. But for nearly all of this decade, Robyn has prioritized collaborative mini-albums that, rather than collecting her signature moves into perfect nuggets, instead showed off her musical versatility and ability to playfully riff. Now, eight years since Body Talk cemented her cult legend, Robyn has released a song so fundamentally her, it almost makes you forget how long she left us wanting more.
