Aug 2007

Robyn is the pint-sized atom bomb dosed on electric and dispensing wisdom in three-minute modernist pop bulletins on the post-adolescent condition. Her newest album, 'Robyn' is a collection of ultra-concise pop moments – that rarest of things, a classic pop album. It's a sad-eyed, super-strong battery of nuclear-powered pop and it's the best weapon she's got.

Discovered at the age of 13, Robyn was immediately signed to BMG who put out her debut album, a collection of R&B-influenced pop on which she collaborated with future Britney-hitwrangler Max Martin, in 1995. The release of her sweet, soulful single 'Show Me Love' cemented Robyn as an international pop star and saw her break into the UK top 10 and sell millions of albums across the world.

Then, disillusioned by the lack of artistic control offered by her label, Robyn looked to how her fellow Swedes and comrades The Knife self-financed and released their work. In a completely unprecedented move for a mainstream pop artist, she bought herself off her label. Six months later, Robyn was CEO and founder of Konichiwa Records and released 'Robyn' the album.

Highlights on the album include the first single to be lifted, 'Konichiwa Bitches', Robyn's signature tune. Over pixellated hip-pop beats, Robyn unloads like a manga Missy Elliott. Elsewhere, her friendship with The Knife produced 'Who's That Girl'. Strapping herself into the very heart of The Knife’s towering, architectural synthpop – a shifting, interlocking grid of colour and beats, hard enough to break your fists on – Robyn empties all of her frustration, insecurity and desperation. The lyrics, specifically, railed against her contractual purgatory, but 'Who's That Girl's loaded despair resonates powerfully with anyone left beaten by the capriciousness of gender or image politics.

The UK release of 'Robyn' also features re-recorded, jumped up versions of 'Bum Like You' and 'Robotboy'. The boisterous ‘Cobrastyle’ (which was previously released on last years 'Rakamonie EP') and the heart achingly beautiful 'With Every Heartbeat' has also been added.

Third album from pop phenomenon Robyn. An assured yet edgy collection of smart-pop belters, this album is sure to appeal to fans of Girls Aloud and The Knife. Includes the single 'With Every Heartbeat'.

Swedish pop diva Robyn began writing songs when she was 11, and was still at school when she launched a music career. Robyn enjoyed instant success with the melodic urban pop track "Do You Really Want Me". Her debut album was re-released in America in 1997, and generated two Top 10 pop hits with "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love". After refusing to have her follow-up effort, MY TRUTH, re-recorded for the U.S., Robyn retreated to her native Stockholm to regroup. After almost a decade away, Robyn re-appeared with a set of thrilling electro-pop tunes. The first fruits of her new direction--2006's "The Rakamonie EP"--on her own Konichiwa label led to a licensing deal with V2 Records in the U.K. Her long-awaited third album, ROBYN, was finally released in April 2007.