Robyn Returns With New Song ‘Dopamine’
This is Robyn’s first solo single in seven years.
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Swedish pop phenomenon Robyn returns with ‘Dopamine’, her first solo release in seven years.
The track is everything you want from a Robyn song, capturing the feel-good club vibes of yesteryear, coupled with Robyn’s own distinct electronic pop sound that has produced some of the biggest tracks in modern pop music history.
Speaking on the inspiration behind the ‘Dopamine’, Robyn says, “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.
“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. 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.”
The track also finds Robyn reunited with her longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund, who contributed four songs to 2018’s Honey. ‘Dopamine’ is accompanied by a music video directed by London-based photographer Marili Andre that you can check out below.
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The release of ‘Dopamine’ follows a string of collaborative tracks from Robyn, including ‘Life’ with Jamie xx, ‘Buffalo Stance’ with Neneh Cherri and Mapei and the remix of Charli xcx’s ‘360’ featuring fellow Swede Yung Lean.
While there is no word on whether a follow-up to 2018’s Honey is coming, any new Robyn in the world is a good thing.
‘Dopamine’ by Robyn is out now. Listen here.
