Robyn’s first single in seven years is here to boost our dopamine

The queen of the sad banger, Robyn, has once again teamed up with long-time collaborator Klas Åhlund on Dopamine, which teases a new album.

“Everyone has a phone where they see their heart rate, and we’re learning how to decode our emotions through the hormones and chemical substances in our bodies,” says the Swedish legend about the track.

“It’s almost like we don’t even accept that we’re human anymore, like we’re trying to shoot ourselves out of it and explain every single thing—which I think is great, but that’s also why the world is shit, this idea that you can figure out and win life or something,” she continues.

“The doubleness of Dopamine is having an emotion that is super real, super strong, intense, enjoyable or painful, and at the same time knowing that this is just a biological process in my body—and then not to choose religion or science. To just accept that they’re there together and to be able to go in between.”

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its original release, Robyn has also announced a special edition 2-LP vinyl reissue of her iconic 2005 self-titled album. Widely regarded as a pivotal moment in modern pop, this anniversary edition is pressed on coke bottle vinyl along with the original tracklisting.

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