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Robyn: 'Who's That Girl'
Released on Monday, Apr 28 2008
Published Monday, Apr 14 2008, 19:18 BST | By Nick Levine | 6 comments
'Who's That Girl' shows why she's able to pull off this nifty balancing act. A muscular electropop colossus featuring beats as hard and sharp as icicles, it finds the Swede getting to grips with the pressures of pop stardom. "Who's that girl that you dream of?" an over-dubbed Robyn ponders, thrillingly, on the chorus. "Who's that girl that you think you love?" Honestly, not even the ultimate female pop icon - homaged in the title, of course - could have done this better.
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Calm down people! This isn't a 5/5 song, nor is it a 2/5 track either. I think this is a definate step up on 'Be Mine' and will probably fare better in the charts then 'Handle Me' and 'Be Mine'. Good Stuff!
Joe, I think you're spot-on. 'Every Heartbeat' was genius but it's starting to appear like that was a one-off. I find it exasperating that she's being looked upon as a saviour of pop when most of her album is forgettable, mediocre and badly-produced filler. This sounds more like a Five Star b-side than a song deserving a five-star review! Having said that, I'd point out that she's mining singles from a three-year-old album released in Sweden before EH so in a way we should maybe still look at that as being her most recent music. I've heard Robyn interviewed. I like her attitude towards pop music and I respect that she's gone it alone with her own record label. I just hope she can translate that into something of real quality.
Let's all ignore Joe and have a good old listen to Robyn, who has a habit of releasing knockout singles from an equally knockout album. Good stuff. An exciting choice with an indelible quality to it that should really set-in-stone Robyn's position as something of a saint to the pop scene.
I think this is an awesome song; as well as With every heartbeat... and, well, the whole album. I just want to ask to Joe from Scotland how on earth can "Konichiwa..." be a rip off of "Fergalicious" when it was released in 2005 and Fergie's song was on her 2006 album?? And, by the way, there were already electro stuff in her 1999 sophomore record. I am glad that Robyn is getting all the attention that she deserves... With every hearbeat is a worldwide hit.
"Honestly, not even the ultimate female pop icon - homaged in the title, of course - could have done this better." Let's be honest. This would not have been well recieved if it had been released by Madonna. However, it's Robyn - who still has "credibility" (this will disappear when/if she finally goes platinum). Fans of Madonna who aren't particularly happy with her new material will enjoy this track as it reminds them of their idol (Madonna) when they enjoyed her music most. As an individual track i find this a mediocre, mid-tempo-electro affair. The verses sound cheap as there are long pauses between sentences. Furthermore, it sounds as if she has just rush written any old lyrics over the top of this instrumental (possibly in a bid to secure the track incase someone else heard it?): "Good girls are pretty like all the time I'm just pretty some of the time" Deep stuff there, Robyn. However, to be fair the track itself is pretty decent - it just clashes with the lyrics. However, theres something about Robyn. Trace her past material and realise its only recently shes turned electro/dance, i've also noticed a lot of borrowed ideas - for one example the "Fergalicious" rip off "Konichiwa..." Will Robyn ever rise to the heights of Madonna or Kylie? who knows. However, in my opinion she needs to discover herself (properly), otherwise - her 4 minutes of fame may just run out. Tick tock.
excellent song