Who: Swedish pop queen Robyn, who eschewed a career as the Scandinavian Jessica Simpson on her way to becoming Sweden's Gwen Stefani. Ten years after abandoning the spotlight following her hit "Show Me Love," the singer is back with a self-titled album that both indie rock geeks and Top 40 radio listeners can enjoy.
Sounds Like: A platinum blonde synthesis of Britney Spears and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, except Swedish. With a team of songwriters and producers that include the Knife, the Teddybears and Kleerup, Robyn explains her new album is "pop music, but it's OK to like it." Singles like "With Every Heartbeat" and "Be Mine!" have already conquered European charts and seem poised to have similar luck here.
FYI: Robyn linked up with pop hit machine Max Martin before the songwriter wrote Britney Spears' "... Baby One More Time." However, "It was frustrating for me to be a teen star," says Robyn, explaining why she canceled a planned tour with the Backstreet Boys that would've jettisoned her to superstardom. Surprisingly, you can hear Robyn on Britney's latest tracks, "Piece of Me" and "Womanizer".
Why you need to buy her CD: Because "I'm so very hot that when I rob your mansion, you don't call the cops you call the fire-station." Now when will Lil' Wayne or Taylor Swift ever be this creatively cool? YouTube any of her videos and you will be addicted.
Key Tracks: Be Mine, Cobrastyle, Konichiwa B******!, Bum Like You and Eclipse.
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