Honey by Robyn

Honey, Robyn's eighth studio album and her first since Body Talk in 2010, arrived on 26 October 2018 through her own Konichiwa label with Island and Interscope, and it's a slow-burning left turn. Where Body Talk sparkled, Honey broods: the arrangements are sparer, the mood darker, and the emotional intensity that always ran under her dance songs comes right up to the surface. She co-produced it with Metronomy's Joseph Mount and Klas Åhlund, with Adam Bainbridge, Mr. Tophat and Zhala also in the mix.

The singles stretched out across its release: "Missing U", the title track, first heard in a version on the final season of HBO's Girls in 2017, "Ever Again", "Beach 2k20" and "Baby Forgive Me". "Send to Robin Immediately" even pulled double duty promoting her clothing line with Björn Borg. It drew widespread acclaim, then came a long wait, eight years, until Sexistential.

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