Robin Reborn: Recalibrating her Heart before she could Carry On

“Sometimes it’s necessary to not function,” says Robyn in the most functional, Scandinavian way possible: quiet and measured and with the soothing tone of some sort of woodland creature emerging after a long, restorative sleep from a cave of mystical wonders. In fact, it’s been four years since Robyn stopped touring for her beloved 2010 Body Talk trilogy, four long years in which her legend has lived on, out of step with her actual self.

“When I was challenged before, I would go into this mode where I was pushing through the challenges and getting off on that liberated feeling of being able to explore desperation and passion and frustration and all that.” In recent years, she says, “I was getting bored of that. I was looking for some deeper understanding of myself.”

She says that Honey, her new album, is softer, more redemptive. There’s sadness, but it’s contained by the fight against it. “Lack of connection is really painful for human beings, but it’s also maybe a way of having space to hear yourself more”.

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