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Celeb News: Could Robyn be the next Madonna?
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Could Robyn be the next Madonna?
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It’s too soon to tell if Robyn, born Robin Miriam Carlsson, is the next Madonna, but her last three albums trump anything Madonna has done since 1994. I would gasp and call that a bold statement, but not only did I write it therefore I lack the necessary surprise, but it is one hundred percent true. Robin Carlsson hails from Stockholm, Sweden, home of meatballs, massages and hordes of pasty yet uncommonly attractive blonde citizens. Musically we know Sweden for The Hives, Lykke Li, The Cardigans, Roxette, The Sounds, Abba, a **** ton of insane metal, Neneh Cherry (the “Buffalo Stance” lady) and of course the memorably humorous Ace of Base. Well, add Robyn to that list, because she is memorable in a completely serious way, as serious as the cold hard stares of longing music fans, hoping for some good pop music from a solo artist who miraculously isn’t Lady Gaga.
If you haven’t heard of Robyn, or perhaps forgot her, she’s an artist who once made waves on popular radio stations with questionable drum machine ballads like, “Do You Know (What It Takes),” and “Show Me Love.” Her Albums up until 2005 were released by Jive Records, which you may remember as the label that Britney Spears, ‘N Sync and The Backstreet Boys were once signed to. Funny thing though, once you become edgy certain major record labels become disapproving, like stern parents still trying to forbid their 18 year old daughters to cut their hair, get piercings, or date Romanian oxycotin dealers. Back to the point, Robyn created her own record label, Konichiwa Records, to free herself from the sweaty archaic palms of Jive, who apparently okayed Chris Brown’s last album but are not open to an electronic sound from the Swedish sensation. In the words of Cee Lo Green, “…Run for your life, runaway!” Oh, and also, “**** you!”
Sadly I haven’t heard any of Robyn’s new music on the radio, though I have seen her on TV, and recognized her face in the cool adult magazines, no not Playboy, music fan favorites like Spin. Most importantly, her last two CDs, well four, if you count all three portions of Body Talk, have been buzzed about in general and have sold quite well worldwide, particularly in Sweden and Australia, though she doesn’t falter here either. Robyn hasn’t strayed completely from her bubble pop roots, you can hear Robyn sing backup vocals on the Britney song, “Piece of Me,” co-written by a mutual friend, Klas Ahlund, of Teddybears who produced Robyn’s excellent self-titled 2005 record. She also still keeps in touch with Max Martin, who is a famously responsible for every semi-decent Katy Perry song, tons of Britney songs including, “…Baby One More Time,” and random songs by Avril Lavigne, Pink, Adam Lambert and Usher. I think in a way, Martin is the real king of pop, in a puppet master or Wizard of Oz type of way.
Not that Robyn needs Max Martin to write her songs, or that he does, Robyn is known for collaborating with a variety of people for her records, though ultimately they are a product of her own experiences, realizations and wonderfully female mindset. Last year was a good one for the Swedish spitfire, she released three albums, Body Talk Pt. 1 and 2, and plain ol’ Body Talk, which is basically Body Talk Pt. 3. Now, don’t get too excited, as much as I love Robyn, I do think it’s a little silly to release three albums in one year when these three albums have almost the same track listing. Body Talk Pt. 1 had three previously unheard songs including the hit single, “Dancing On My Own,” a gut-wrechingly lonely club zinger, relatable for the forlorn and average looking woman with a bright IQ and another day of boxed wine in her future. Body Talk Pt. 2 contained the new song, “Hang With Me,” and a collaboration track with none other than Snoop Dogg. The most unique song on the Body Talk series would have to be, “Dancehall Queen,” which I recently heard playing in an Urban Outfitters. I think that might be a bad thing, but I would suggest this song for the open-minded male population, it is an experimentally dub-pop ditty that could easily be an outstanding Santogold or M.I.A. track.
Body Talk was released in late November, 2010. In the U.S. this was released as Body Talk Pt. 3, and contained only 5 songs, while the other version contained 15 songs. Like parts one and two, part three was written largely by Robyn, Klas Ahlund and also his older brother, Joakim Ahlund. The single from the third installment was, “Indestructible,” an amped-up version of a previous acoustic Body Talk ballad of the same name. My favorite lyrics from the series? A heated yet cute little punch from, “Love Kills,” that goes like this, “I know when you’re in too deep, used to think of me sometimes. Stockholm syndrome in misery, there’s a penalty for love crimes.” After which, Robyn goes into the usual love warning rant, where I suddenly get the feeling that she could make any subject fun. After all, dancing to songs about miserable single women is never easy, though Robyn makes it effortless. As amazing as Body Talk is, as a collective and in general, I have to talk about my favorite Robyn album a little more, the synth-tastic 2005 breakthrough, Robyn, whose song titles alone sound like Japanese B-movies.
Robyn, is not only the album that marks the independence of the artist herself, but the cultivation of a sound all her own, a firm footstep. I can only hope the pop princesses of the 90′s can all one day find their ground and break out of the cruel polarized underworld of teenage or early life fame. Ahem, I’m talking to you Christina Aguilera, coincidentally an artist Jive once comparison-advertised Robyn as before she broke away from them. The best tracks on Robyn are, “Who’s That Girl,” “With Every Heartbeat,” and the best Robyn song of all time, “Be Mine.” Robyn’s third studio album, Don’t Stop The Music, may have lingered in the mainstream sounds of her first album but still showed a glimpse of a progressive sound and was an important moment in her evolution. Songs like, “Moonlight,” reminded us of the old while the more promising, “Keep This Fire Burning,” could easily have been a standout on Robyn or Body Talk. I know I keep talking about those two albums, but they’re really really good. If you like Madonna, Pink and Dragonette, then you’re in the clear to love Robyn. Body Talk, any part, is the best non-rock CD of 2010.
Anyone that emulates 80′s sounds, throwing them in occasionally with violins and modern techniques must have grown up in the 80′s right? Well, sort of. She was born on the cusp of the 80′s, 1979, and has been in the industry since she was 16. Despite not being heard of by the average street walker, Ms. Carlsson has had great chart success, with not only her first CD, but her recent efforts as well. I consider Robyn a refurbished artist, if she was a seedling in the 90′s and early 2000′s she perhaps froze underground only to re-emerge, stronger than ever in 2007. She’s a new artist practically, still experimenting with her sound, still full of promise, still competing with herself and others on a musically Olympic scale. A shrewd businesswoman, and current/future pop superstar, look out for Robyn. If she’s not on your radar, she should be, either way, she will run you over with her unique brand of electro-pop style happiness, errr music. Same thing. Enjoy!
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possibly. but the fact that she looks like an older version of P!nk with a bit of down syndrome obviously doesn't help. 
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HOW?? anit she like 40 sumthing?? u need to start when u yung 
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Originally posted by Ømega
HOW?? anit she like 40 sumthing?? u need to start when u yung |
Robyn ain't 40
She's 31 
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Robyn ain't 40
She's 31 |
#opps
That still to old if she tryin to b the next modanna u have to start off YOUNGER 
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Originally posted by PrincessPunk
possibly. but the fact that she looks like an older version of P!nk with a bit of down syndrome obviously doesn't help. |
She's much prettier than Pink. 
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Maybe the Madonna of Sweden.
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Originally posted by Dizzy
Maybe the Madonna of Sweden.
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She already is 
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Robyn is amazing but the next Madonna? i don't think so......
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I love Robyn, but c'mon now ...
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And the pressed come forward
Age Ain't Nothing But A Number...
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I like Robyn... but no 
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Originally posted by Ømega
#opps
That still to old if she tryin to b the next modanna u have to start off YOUNGER |
She started at 16....... and she's not the one saying that she's the next Madonna, I doubt she even wants to be that.
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Im hatin' this kind of threads.
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I don't think there can be a next Madonna.
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