Seems like the new material is ready to roll out! Pitchfork just featured a new interview with Robyn talking about the new album and what it will sound like – a new song “Fembot” is streaming on Robyn’s official website! Happy listening!

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According to the intro to her brilliant 2005 album, the Swedish pop ass kicker Robyn has “split the atom” and “invented the x-ray,” and is the “world record holder with a high score of two gazillion in Tetris.” And while those claims may be (slightly) dubious, her eponymous album was an uncontested knockout that spawned four European hits, allowed the one-time teen-pop star to reignite her career in America, and ended up at the number 68 spot on our own Top Albums of the 2000s list.

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This mini-documentary recently aired on Swedish TV – the reporters are following Robyn during her recording process for a new album called Body Talk. During the videos you can hear snippets of songs such as “None of Them”, “Don’t fucking tell me what to do”, and “Dancing on my own”. Norwegian duo Röyksopp and producer Klas Åhlund also makes an appearance.

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Mixing the first of three mini-albums she will release this year.

A big part of Robyn’s story is how, when she felt frustrated with her former label, the Swedish singer started Konichiwa Records and decided how she would write and market her music. The downside of all that control? Everything takes so much time. It’s been five years since Robyn was released (two years since it came out stateside), and she has spent all that time touring and promoting. She’s also set up unique collaborations, received awards, and set up distribution with a US label. This album cycle worked well for Robyn, but it didn’t really work for her — so this year Robyn will record her new album in pieces, releasing parts in the spring, summer, and then fall or winter. “I think this splitting a full album up into different releases is, in a way, how people listen to music as well. It’s more about songs now,” she says. “But for me this is not an EP or a lesser version of an album. It’s an album, but it’s maybe not the normal length, so I can go back to the studio again and release these songs while they’re actually fresh, and go back to the studio and work on more stuff while touring,” she says. Read more…