Robyn

It kind of grated on me after a while. For a stage I was well into the album and really getting it but then it just seemed...whiny. Maybe I need to re-listen. Its still a pretty decent record but its not great.

The Gyraffe Cock dub of "Cru$h On U" slays.

Verona OFFTHEMF$$$

best tv station ever!!!!

http://www.svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=74527&selectedDate=20090107

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/health_over_50/

LOL

ha ha ha 'elderly_jolly_lady.jpg'

but will Robyn turn 50 before making a new song?

^ u&k

http://pitchfork.com/news/38179-robyn-talks-ambitious-2010-plans/

Chatting from her management's office in London, Robyn told us her next, as-yet-untitled, more dance-y release is due in June, with another one due "sometime after the summer." After that, she's playing it by ear. "Let's see how far we get," she said. The accelerated schedule is part of her plan to make music more fluidly without long breaks disrupting her creative flow.

wouldn't want any long breaks

http://www.robyn.com/ <---- new song: "fembots".

Fembots is great.

it is a catchy song.

apparently she's coming out with three "mini-albums" (EPs) this year??

Her new single is called "Fembots"? Way to kill any excitement on my part.

Hah, I admit to hating such a timely 2001 song title, but the song is great!

"fembots need love too" would be less pointless if it wasn't her first track since "The Girl And The Robot" ffs

guys, she is trying to tell you something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U2px0GP1B8
<3

it's like, everything about her should combine to make something that i enjoy. but i don't think i like her voice or something! something about it seems ... oddly dead, to my ears.

"Fembot" is the worst song of the year. Worse than Heidi Montag.

"Fembot" is phenomenal.

fembomenal.

"Fembot" is meh and a little bit "ok I think we've had enough robots for a while, thank you". I quite like "Dancing On My Own" though.

the title "fembots" - and the other title "dancehall queen" - pissed me off so much that the merest mention of robyn's name to me right now is liable to send me into a RAGE BLACKOUT

listened to robyn again for the first time in maybe two, three years after really falling in love with her stuff - nowadays I don't know if I have time to her, she's a little too sincere/monochromatic - her emoting lacks the subtleties I've come to expect from my pop divas nowadays

Dancing On My Own is the best of her recent singles. She can emote all over my face.

Yeah. Fembot is fun but one note. Dancehall Queen doesn't do anything for me. But Dancing On My Own is a massive crying at the club anthem and is totally wonderful.

listened to robyn again for the first time in maybe two, three years after really falling in love with her stuff - nowadays I don't know if I have time to her, she's a little too sincere/monochromatic - her emoting lacks the subtleties I've come to expect from my pop divas nowadays

― "I am the bone lord," Tom proclaimed skulkingly. (dyao), Thursday, 22 April 2010 13:43 (6 hours ago) Permalink

YES

like i get the feeling that she doesn't know exactly why she's singing this pop music that she's singing

not going to dispel any of the anhedonia talk

None of Dem

"dancing my own" is amazing

it's like if m83 wrote a 4 min synth pop song

glad i'm not the only one underwhelmed by body talk. "cry when you get older" is pretty solid, though it's still overshadowed by "the girl and the robot"

and by "cry when you get older" i mean "none of dem"

okay I can't really deny 'dancing on my own' it's a nice background tune.

I've finally heard this now. On first listen "Cry When You Get Older" is the real standout for me. It's got all those harmonies everywhere! And I love how the synth does a sort of call-and-response with Robyn's voice. I also like how unpredictable/complicated it is, it seems to dive and fold in on itself in interesting ways.

It's true that "Fembots" is pretty one-note but it is irresistable.

She really has gone totally into this shiny clean and crunchy sonic territory - everything gleams and glistens. Everything sounds like it's incredibly close-miked, like you're 1mm away from all the pistons and churning robo-parts. I'd like to hear her mix it up a little - like the kind of sound she used on "Keep This Fire Burning" for instance - or just some kind of other textures, roughed-up a little for variety.

Maybe my own selfish preference is for her to just do more R&B.

But surm when you say "she doesn't know exactly why she's singing this pop music that she's singing" I don't think that's right at all! I think she's pretty clearly doing it because 1) It allows her to play different parts, assume different roles; she does this more explicitly than any other singer I can think of off the top of my head and 2) well, obviously she can sing, can write a good lyric (usually) and has great taste.

u make a good point. there's just something in her voice that doesn't compel me. i recognize that her composition is good, and that she has taste, but i don't feel engaged with her vocally. maybe she plays so many different parts because she's not sure who she is, as a singer.

... Or maybe she knows exactly who she is, ie someone who likes fucking around with a bunch of different things.

maybe. maybe i just don't feel like she's connecting fully with any of those things. or maybe i plain don't like her voice very much.

holy shit fembot is fucking great great great

surm she does lean kind of heavily on a coquettish little girl thing sometimes, which is probably my least favorite part of her schtick. Is that what you're reacting to maybe?

you know what i think it is: i think she's very playful -- which is a good thing, definitely. but i think i react more personally to a bit more soul in my pop. however, i'm sure a lot of ppl listen to Robyn precisely because she is as playful as she is, and no more heavy, which i can totally appreciate.

there's something about her delivery that's very physical, and not overly cerebral, which i think some ppl really appreciate (my boyfriend is like this - he's one of those people that reacts very physically to songs).

personally i dislike her voice because she always sounds so pert and pleased with herself - like surm i don't get much emotion there beyond an inane tee-hee-aren't-i-cute

jeez i'm just listening to "fembot" for the first time and this is one of the worst fucking songs i've ever heard no joke

hahaha it sounds like something written 10 yrs ago i think. like, wasn't it?

but "with every heartbeat" is still great, i think we all agree?

i'm giving kleerup a lot of credit for that