Robyn is back with her first new solo music in seven years. She’s now signed to Young — home of FKA twigs, recent collaborator Jamie xx, Sampha and more — and her new single “Dopamine” was made with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund. It’s just the kind of euphoric, anthemic banger Robyn does so well. Not sure what he contributed, but “Dynamite” hitmaker Taio Cruz is also listed in the writing credits.
“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,” Robyn says. “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.”
You can watch the “Dopamine” video, directed by Marili Andre, below.
