Robyn Lays Some Megs

Robin Miriam Carlson, better known as Robyn has made a recent comeback with hits off her “Konichiwa Bitches” album with hits like “Handle Me,” and “With Every Heartbeat” that brings us jamming to eclectic “Nuclear-powered pop’. But the stardom of Robyn started back in the late 90’s with hits widely known, “Show me Love” and “Do You Know”.

In her early childhood, Robyn recorded the theme song for Swedish television show, Lilla Sportspegeln, named Du Kan. It was this age she was discovered when singing her self written song about her parents’ divorce in a school workshop by Swedish pop singer, Meja, and was signed on to BMG right away. Her soulful single, ‘Show Me Love’ aired in 1997 of which claimed Robyn an International pop star by the age of 16.

RCA records released her debut single “you’ve Got That Something” in Sweden followed by Robyn is Here in 1995. In 1998, My Truth was released in 2004, unfortunately migrated away from her second record label Jive after feeling “disillusioned by their attempt to fabricate Christina template.” “I think the third record I made was a big compromise. I felt like it wasn’t fun anymore. Once you make the record and you give it to the record company, it’s not your record anymore! I was going backwards. I wasn’t doing what I wanted to.” Robyn disheartened and ready to white flag her music career, stumbled across a local brother-sister duo, Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer called themselves ‘The Knife’ on a CD titled ‘Deep Cuts’. They had sketched a blueprint for a kind of abstract future pop using geometric blocks of pure texture which amazed Robyn so much it brought her back to revitalize her music spirit. She harnessed her own style of piercingly honest pop collaborated with ‘The Knife’s unique Swedish energy to work on a potential single. That single was called ‘Who’s That Girl’.

Bringing this electrifying concoction to her old recording company was the last straw of ‘big label’ behoovement Robyn could possibly stand- in fact, they hated it. “They just thought it was weird,” sighs Robyn. “They didn’t understand it. I guess they didn’t consider it to be pop music, which I think is crazy. It’s TOTALLY pop music! Modern, inventive music- that’s what pop music should be.” Six months later, that modern inventive energy brought about ‘Konichiwa Records’. She had her lucky connections that got her thus far, singing her expressive heart out about all her music management dealing frustrations and proving that through and through Robyn was relentless to stick to her egalitarian partnerships in creating her unique style of electro hip-pop and truly making it her own.

International edition

1. "Curriculum Vitae" featuring Swingfly - 1:53
2. "Konichiwa Bitches" - 2:37
3. "Cobrastyle" (David Parker, Ewart Brown, Fabian Torsson, Joakim Åhlund, Klas Åhlund, Patrick Arve, Sylvia Robinson, Troy Rami) - 4:10
4. "Handle Me" - 3:47>
5. "Be Mine!" - 3:27
6. "With Every Heartbeat" with Kleerup (Robyn, Andreas Kleerup) - 4:13
7. "Who's That Girl" - 3:47
8. "Bionic Woman" - 0:16
9. "Crash and Burn Girl" - 3:35
10. "Robotboy" - 3:31
11. "Eclipse" - 3:29
12. "Should Have Known" - 3:59
13. "Anytime You Like" - 3:52
14. "Jack U Off" (Prince) - 2:15 (UK bonus track)

    
    

    US edition

15. "Dream On" (Klas Åhlund) - 3:16
16. "Robotboy" (Alt. Version) - 3:31 (Borders bonus track)
17. "Handle Me (RedOne Remix)" - 4:09
18. "Bum Like You" - 3.39 (Alt. Version) (iTunes bonus track)

    Special Edition ^[30]

15. "Dream On" (Klas Åhlund) - 3:16

    Disc 2

1. Konichiwa Bitches (Video)
2. With Every Heartbeat (feat. Kleerup) (Video)
3. Handle Me (Video)
4. Be Mine! (Old Version) (Video)
5. Be mine! (New Version) (Video)
6. 30 min Interview