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Robyn Body Talk Pt. 1
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Wednesday September 1, 2010
International pop sensation Robyn performed a cover of Bjork's "Hyperballad" at the Polar Music Prize ceremony in Stockholm. Bjork was an award recipient at the show and was able to watch Robyn's stunning live tribute from the audience.
Robyn's new album Body Talk PT 2 is due out on September 7th in the US via Cherrytree Records.
Body
Talk PT 2,
the second in a trilogy of albums that Robyn will release this year on
Cherrytree Records, is due out on September 7th. “Hang With Me,” the album’s
lead single, will be available at all digital retailers on August 17th. The
collection will also feature a duet with Snoop Dogg, who delivers what Robyn
describes as a “very gangsta” performance on “U Should Know Better.”
Just last month Robyn’s Body Talk PT 1 debuted at No. 1 in Sweden (her
homeland), and Denmark. It entered Billboard’s Dance/Electronic chart at
No. 3. The Times of London called “Dancing On My Own,” the album’s first
single, “a digital torch song worthy of Confessions-era Madonna."
Robyn launched her North American tour last week at the Pitchfork Music Festival
in Chicago. She’ll also perform at the inaugural Disco Lemonade: Summer Mashup
Festival in Toronto (July 30th) and Montreal’s Osheaga Festival (July 31st).
Robyn’s “All Hearts” outing with Kelis – named one of the “25 Must-See
Summer Tours” by Spin – kicks off tomorrow, July 23rd, at The Music Box
in Los Angeles and concludes with a two-night stand at New York City’s Webster
Hall on August 4th and 5th. UK sensation Dan Black and Far East Movement,
Robyn's Cherrytree Records label mates, will open. (See below for itinerary.)
She’ll return to Europe next month for a series of festival dates, including the
U.K.’s V Festival on August 21st and 22nd.
Spin awarded Body Talk PT 1 four stars, noting: “Robyn confidently
chronicles the heartbreak (‘Dancing on My Own’) and pleasure (‘Dancehall Queen’)
of epic disco nights like she's ready to rule.” “Robyn doesn't just walk the
line between what she has called the ‘commercial’ and ‘tastemaker’ realms. She
obliterates it,” said Pitchfork.com, naming the album “best new music” in an 8.5
out of 10 review while Usmagazine.com called it “the best pop album of the year
so far.”
NME asked, "Is there a more inspiring pop star on the planet than Robyn?"
while Nylon observed: “Swedish pop powerhouse Robyn isn’t afraid to be a
bit different – okay, very different – and we love that, obviously.”
The trilogy of Body Talk albums follow Robyn’s 2007 self-titled album,
which was nominated for a GRAMMY® award and produced the international No. 1
smash single “With Every Heartbeat” and the Top 10 hit “Be Mine.”
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