Robyn just did something she had never done before: a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR office. And somewhere in the middle of it, she mentioned she'll be back at Coachella next spring.
What she played
The set ran four songs. She opened up her album Honey for"Ever Again,"pulled"Light Up"from Sexistential, and gave"Show Me Love"a ballad-esque treatment before closing things out with"Sucker for Love."If you've heard the original"Show Me Love"a thousand times, the idea of a slowed-down version is enough to make you stop what you're doing and go find it.
Why this one lands
Sexistential is Robyn's first album in eight years, so this Tiny Desk arrives right on the heels of a record people have been waiting on for a long stretch. And the fact that it's her debut on the series is its own small milestone — the Tiny Desk has become a spot artists treat as a real performance, not a promo stop, and her first time there came with a reworked classic in the mix.
What she said about what's next
Robyn noted during the set that she's on tour right now, and that she'll return to Coachella next spring after 16 years. That's the line I'd circle. Festival lineups are the thing I get genuinely excited about, and hearing an artist say out loud that she's coming back to a stage after that long is the kind of detail that makes a spring announcement feel real.
What it might mean for you
If you're in Lawton and Robyn's catalog is part of your rotation, does a set like this change how you hear the new album? Sometimes hearing a song stripped down and reworked makes you go back to the record with different ears, and"Show Me Love"getting the ballad treatment is a good excuse to revisit it.
Which song of hers would you want to hear reworked next?
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