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Remember Robyn?

The Swedish pop star is back and has pulled off a remarkable transformation from manufactured act to true artist. The Show Me Love singer is taking control of her career and doing things on her own terms.

You gotta respect that!

And, what's best is that Robyn's new material is so damn good and varied.

She's released a few songs on iTunes, from the fabulously frenetic Konichiwa Bitches to the raunchy country-ish Jack U Off.

Our fave new song of hers, though, is With Every Heartbeat.

Kylie Minogue would cream panties to release a song this good!

With Every Heartbeat is a slice of pure dancepop melancholia heaven. So beautiful!

Click here to watch the video and then CLICK HERE to listen to some other new material from Robyn.

You go girl!

    Posted: Aug 7, 2007 at 4:27 pm / Email this  »
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    1. Mindy says – reply to this


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      first

    2. jackie says – reply to this


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      **whats wrong with the site? cant go to next page or some comments..****

    3. jackie says – reply to this


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      *Nevermind, now its fine* :)

    4. Stuart says – reply to this


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      Wow.
      I'm so glad she hasn't thrown in the towel.

    5. peach says – reply to this


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      wow…

    6. AntDec says – reply to this


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      Yay!
      Thank you for posting this Perez. I knew sooner or later you would!
      I have been loving this song since January! IMO, this is the best single of the year.
      This song just debuted at #5 in the UK this week based on downloads alone and is expected to hit the top 2 next week :)

    7. @@@@~~~ says – reply to this


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      FIRST

    8. pdx represent says – reply to this


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      eeewwww not a fan of Robyn.
      and I was totally first, you guys.

    9. beautifull girl says – reply to this


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      8TH

    10. graham says – reply to this


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      perez you need to check out the trentemoller remix of konichiwa bitches and the song 'whos that girl' produced by the knife. and then do a mini article on trentemoller and the knife.

    11. M says – reply to this


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      Robyn is fab! She is so amazing and talented and have released great stuff for years now, I'm glad you've finally discovered her Perez!

    12. Swedish girl says – reply to this


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      I didnt think robyn was "famous" in America

    13. ItsMe says – reply to this


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      wow long time ago! song doesnt load for me

    14. JB says – reply to this


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      I read that Robyn is actually writing some stuff for wacky Britney to help her clean up her act. Maybe that's the help Britney needs…

    15. Ville Niskanen says – reply to this


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      I love Robyn. I'm from Sweden too. She's such a cool person. And she's making things just like she wants it. Respect.

    16. Slow says – reply to this


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      Ummmmmm this song came out forever ago, and Robyn had one of the most critically acclaimed albums like two years ago Perez…..way to catch on the bandwagon now.

    17. Milia says – reply to this


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      Wow, Robyn, at the perezblogg! I am very impressed. She is from sweden just like me, Im grown up with her, from her gray shining jacket when she was just a young teenager.. a star, one of a kind. you got it right perez, now see the hives.

    18. vanessa says – reply to this


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      i love it! her CD was the first one I ever bought!

    19. Ash says – reply to this


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      Cute

    20. laura says – reply to this


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      Finally, I thought you would have gotten on the Robyn bandwagon ages ago.

      Konichiwa Bitches!

    21. 1str8mizz says – reply to this


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      Robyn once said that is she had a choice, she'd be born black =/

    22. paula says – reply to this


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      been over here (Britian) for ages, boring, cheesy! same old, same old

    23. v from sweden says – reply to this


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      Älskar Robin!

    24. The James says – reply to this


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      Isn't this stuff all pretty old at this point?

    25. Tanya says – reply to this


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      So random, but I was actually thinking of Robyn this morning while I was getting ready for work. You know how you connect random thoughts….I was thinking of that Utube girl that Justin signed to his label and I was thinking of how much she sounded like Robyn….'hmmm, what happened to Robyn? Wonder what would come up if I googled her?'

      Yup, weird. No joke.

    26. Margit says – reply to this


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      robyn has been on her own for a long time, running her own label and all. But havent u heard that she will write a song for Britney?

    27. David says – reply to this


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      So, I wrote a longer comment, which fucked up, but basically:

      Konichiwa Bitches would be a much cooler song if she didn't say
      "hammer your toe like a pediatrician" because that makes no sense at all.
      Pediatricians are doctors of childrens medicine, not foot doctors. She definitely confused the word with podiatrist, and to me that the totally spoils the cleverness of that whole verse. Plus I kind of expect indie artists to be a bit smarter than that. Poop.

    28. joe in taiwan says – reply to this


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      Robyn's new(ish) song "Be Mine" has been my favorite song for months now. You should have mentioned that in your post, Perez!

    29. nadine says – reply to this


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      Beautiful! Really good! Listen to "Be mine" acoustic version! So sad and soooo good!

    30. K says – reply to this


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      That's old!

    31. lime says – reply to this


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      are you fucking kidding! I was listening to robyn today! Fucking loved her, i cut my hair like that lady

    32. droplet says – reply to this


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      Another day, another dyke

    33. josie says – reply to this


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      you know, just yesterday she told the papers that she's writing a song for Britney Spears, it's official news accualy. Although, she's done it before and those songs only made it to the studio

    34. Ilona from Finland says – reply to this


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      She has written some songs to Britney in the past that never got recorded and now Britney has asked her help again. Lets see what we get from this pair, I´ve heard Robin is very in to Rihannas Umbrella…something similar maybe on sight in the future?

    35. Vanne says – reply to this


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      Be Mine is better!! Listen to that one! Much respect to Robyn, she knows her shit!!!! Go Robyn

    36. Mr.F says – reply to this


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      Great music, great person.
      Proud to be a swede just like her as well :)

    37. Fröken Sverige says – reply to this


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      Perez, you need to keep up with Europe a bit better. Robyn is a very well established and popular artist here, she's released sooo many hits since "Show Me Love" and did a mind-blowing album just a couple of years ago. It's not like she's only been back recently, she's never really left!
      Anyway, Sweden OWNS pop music!! You should all listen to The Knife, José Gonzales, The Ark, Marit Bergman, Jens Lekman, Wild Birds & Peace Drums, The Embassy, Peter Björn & John, Nim, Gabo & the Wartels, Salem Al Fakir, Fibes Oh! Fibes, Surplus People, GoTo80, Tough Alliance, The Plan…

    38. Fröken Sverige says – reply to this


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      …Nicolas Makelberge, Asha Ali, Las Palmas, The Concretes, Love Is All, Pluxus, Shout Out Louds, I'm from Barcelona, Taken by Trees, Hird…

    39. Clara says – reply to this


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      Hi! First of all, I love this page, I can´t start my day before I´ve paid you a visit so thank you for that.
      I didn´t like Robyn when she made her first album "Robyn is here" but then she started to change and matured and with her last album "Robyn" and her own record company "Konichiwa Re" I totally dig her. She is a well known name in Sweden and she´s the kind of artist that you either hate or love. And now there is a rumour that she wants to write a song for Britney…. I don´t think that´s a good idea. Do you?
      From Sweden with Love!

    40. PaulaChilena says – reply to this


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      Robyn is writing a song to Britney Spears..

    41. MK says – reply to this


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      Don't know if you're aware of this, but Robyn is also going to write a new song for Britney Spears herself.

    42. SwedeGirl says – reply to this


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      Robyn has been recording music for years, she never really stopped.. america just haven't really been interested in her music. but good for u that u found something u like. And the reason why her music is slightly more interesting nowadays is because she owns her own record-label now so she can be more creative than before when other people told her what to do.:)

    43. brt374 says – reply to this


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      Am I the only one that thought this was a pic of that older lady from 'Shear Genius'?!? The resemblance is striking…

    44. e says – reply to this


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      You're pretty late, that song's been playing all summer in Sweden. Also, you might wanna mention her possible co-operation with the biggest white trash chick of them all -Britney Spears. Aftonbladet (a newspaper/gossip magazine in Sweden, as I'm sure you're aware of, because you've been stealing their photos) wrote the Robyn is gonna write a song for Britney, by request, a couple of days ago.

    45. najsa says – reply to this


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      I like it!

    46. PerezLuverrr says – reply to this


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      yeh this song rocks, its big in the UK right now/.

    47. annalin says – reply to this


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      Actually, Robyn shouldnt have all the cred for this song. It's a young guy called Kleerup who is the artist. It's just "featuring Robyn." He uses different singers for every track.

    48. Charlotta says – reply to this


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      Don't forget that she is writing songs for Britney now! (According to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.se)

    49. Eureka! says – reply to this


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      Forget about Timbaland and Pharrell, it's Robyn and The Knife who should be the ones producing Britney's new album! Not just one song! Now THAT would make a pretty awesome come-back!

    50. Randi says – reply to this


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      Yeah, let's cheer on the Scandinavians. Norwegian myself :p Anyone remember her first single "Do You Really Love Me"?! Oh the memories.. I was like 13 years old :p

    51. Emelie says – reply to this


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      I totally agree, Robyn's fabulous. I'm also from Sweden (like most of them who have left commets :) ), and I also wanna tip you off with some other great swedish bands and artists (sorry about my english, it's not so very good yet); Darin (most teenage girls is crazy about him), The Ark, Salem Al Fakir (he's genious), Måns Zelmerlöw, Melody Club(the best) and Agnes(the winner of swedish idol 2006). These are all great and popular at the moment in both sweden, scandinavia and some parts of europe (maybe some in the US as well?)

    52. spam says – reply to this


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      mistakingly thought that YOU thought you were speaking of robin s and her SHOW ME LOVE
      what a tune!
      -dr0

    53. sofie says – reply to this


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      so cool that you write about robyn!
      but just so you know, shes always been selfproducing!!! shes never been manufactred, shes always done everything her way, from lyrics, melody, shows, all!
      big up robyn!!
      -sofie, sweden

    54. Lotta says – reply to this


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      Yeah as Swedish Girl said, I would not have thought that Robyn would be famous/known in America, mostly because she has hardly been active in the Swedish popworld since her last album. Oh well it's pretty cool… another famous Swede in America :)

    55. geoff says – reply to this


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      hey retard, do your homework. it's a different chick named "robyn." i live in england and they were discussing it the other day.

    56. Caro says – reply to this


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      Hey Fatso. Show me Love was by RobIn S not Robyn. Do your homework before trying to look like you are in the know. Oh and lose weight. That's all!

    57. Jess says – reply to this


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      This is sooooo good!!!

    58. Trailer Trash says – reply to this


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      Robin S has done Show me love also by a swedish broducer called Stonbridge and Robyn has also done a song called Show me love by Max Martin. so now you know

    59. kar says – reply to this


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      show me love? wasn't that robin s? Totally don't like song or her look.

    60. clearing up confusions says – reply to this


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      Robin S did the 1993 club hit "Show Me Love" that went :
      "So baby if you want me, you got to show me love. Words are so easy to say, oh ah yeah, you've got to show me love".

      Robyn did the 1997 pop hit "Show Me Love" that went "Show me love, show me life, baby show me what it's all about. You're the one that I ever needed, show me love and what it's all about ah yeah".

      Got it?

    61. bliesss says – reply to this


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      When everybody seams to write about swedish artists… we must say THE HIVES! They are the BEST!

    62. MeMe says – reply to this


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      She looks hot to me :c)~

    63. Leigh says – reply to this


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      UNREALLLL!! Love it

    64. Moses says – reply to this


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      "The Show Me Love singer is taking control of her career and doing things on her own terms. You gotta respect that!"

      It's interesting to me that Perez says the above regarding a little-known (at least to me) singer but teases and reprimands Kelly Clarkson for doing the exact same thing. Where's the respect for her, perez?

    65. elli says – reply to this


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      Ok, maybe she's a bit less bubble gum than she used to be but nothing special anyway. She doesn't write that great songs and her voice is quite ordinary.

    66. Bob says – reply to this


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      This song has been out for a year. Good job, Perez. Also, "Jack U Off" is a Prince cover.

    67. neoriot says – reply to this


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      Can ppl just stop with the fucking shit talk that the song is old and all that. Music is released at different times at different parts of the world. Soo just enjoy and love the great music.

    68. Maria Fredriksson says – reply to this


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      I totally respect you Perez, but BE MINE is Robyns best song, With every heartbeat is the second best. But she is awesome. I love her.

    69. Melay says – reply to this


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      that's kick ass! loves it!

    70. johoooo says – reply to this


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      Great song! Loove Robyn :P

    71. dsrg says – reply to this


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      robyn ownz for teh win! kthxbye

    72. Annie says – reply to this


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      Finally you mention a swedish star! We have a lot! :D
      Sweden is the third biggest country of producing good music..so pls write more about us! *he he* 1. USA 2. UK 3. Sweden such a tiny country in such a hig place….we are goood :P

    73. Wet painT says – reply to this


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      She looks like the model Jessica Stam (current face of Dior)

    74. Becky C says – reply to this


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      I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever seen and listened to. Totally opposite of her older hit 'Show Me Love'! Didn't like 'With Every Heartbeat' or 'Kinichiwa Bitches'. She looks like she's tryin to be Victoia Beckham with that hair and has Kylie Minogue's mannerisms. Used to like her too…..such a waste.

    75. Gary H GaydarRadio says – reply to this


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      I had Robyn on my show last night, and she was adorable.

      Not to mention talented and determined!

      Album is amazing too, single is already Top 5 in UK charts on downloads alone.

      Podcast of interview is on myspace page: garyh1975

    76. Stephanie says – reply to this


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      Love the new shiz. Thanks for reminding me of Robyn. Went on I tunes and bought three of her old songs and downloaded them onto my nine year old daughters i-pod. I'll buy the new stuff for myself.

    77. spam says – reply to this


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      mistakingly means i was mistaken…thanks all you helpful helpers

      swedish robyn sucks giant donkey nalls

    78. sofia says – reply to this


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      #76 - Becky C says:
      I thought it was the stupidest thing I’d ever seen and listened to. Totally opposite of her older hit ‘Show Me Love’! Didn’t like ‘With Every Heartbeat’ or ‘Kinichiwa Bitches’. She looks like she’s tryin to be Victoia Beckham with that hair and has Kylie Minogue’s mannerisms. Used to like her too…..such a waste.

      she had that hair long before "posh" even thought about it.
      no one forces you to listen to her new songs.
      i listened to her old songs too. when i went to kindergarten.

    79. torontogal_22 says – reply to this


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      Love it !!

    80. joe sas says – reply to this


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      ROBIN S sang Show Me Love, not this sucky bimbo. get your facts straight before you post something PIGFACE.

    81. MikeyW says – reply to this


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      I think Robin S sang "Show me Love" as well as "Love for Love"…….
      This is definately NOT the same singer…….
      better fire your fact checker!!!

    82. allison says – reply to this


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      Could she afford to get her teeth fixed?

    83. dan says – reply to this


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      awe… it's soo good to hear someone from back in the day….

    84. fliparoo says – reply to this


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      Is it me or does this sound like a back-up track to Kyle's song Keep Me Hangin On?

    85. ??? says – reply to this


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      To #82 and #83: You're the ones who need to get their facts straight. See #62: both Robin S and Robyn had songs called "Show Me Love".
      To #76: Robyn has had about the same hairdo since the mid-90's, looooong before Posh, there's no way she'd try to imitate that talentless bitch.
      To the 3 of you: Where the hell were you hiding during the 90's not to know that??

    86. Linda says – reply to this


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      Hey, this is another comment from Sweden… I don't know how Robyn was launched in the US, but she has always written her own songs, both lyrics and music. She wrote "Show me love" when she was just 16 I think. Maybe she came off as a manufactured act in the US, but here in Sweden she has always felt like the real deal. SHES GREAT! I'm glad you like her too!

    87. Lisa says – reply to this


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      Robyn is for sure a great musician! Listen to Basement jaxx "hey you" ! Sweeet!

    88. Marita says – reply to this


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      I agree, that Basement Jaxx track was awesome! Love you Robyn!

    89. Kelly Brown says – reply to this


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      This song is sex on a pogo stick baby. Spank it!

    90. Pearl says – reply to this


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      I love to read about our swedish celebrities :)

    91. sasha83 says – reply to this


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      I LOVE this tune!!!!!!

    92. EBZ says – reply to this


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      She's swedish? I met her here in DC when I was like 11 or 12….almost 10 yrs. ago when BET still had Teen Summit and she was on the R&B tip then.

    93. amy says – reply to this


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      I dont get it … it was like the whole song I was waiting for the chorus

    94. Brandy says – reply to this


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      WTF is with her teeth, with all the money she has earned in the 90's please don't tell me she can't afford dental work!

    95. Petter SWEDEN says – reply to this


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      YO YO, robyn is fab!! we love her music, and here two latest album (including the UK edition album) is soooo fucking awesome,

      if ya like the song, with every heartbeat , Ya should all go and visit Kleerup's myspace, he did the music!!!!!!!

      /petter

    96. Spruce says – reply to this


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      Best song on Robyns new CD is Crash and burn girl - just genius.
      The CD kicks ass. Best album this year - well so far :-)

    97. kevs says – reply to this


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      She's o.k. Perez check out Heather Duby. She is the real deal. Listen to September on her first album and the cover of that Tim Buckley song Amazing! Her last album is as cool as anything out there and you could say you had a hand in her Stardom.

    98. Sarah says – reply to this


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      She makes Sweden proud !!! But we do have better singers, she's just one of them.

      Regards from Sweden