Robyn's parents are actors, and she herself was involved in acting at the age of 9, with an extra role in Kronbruden at the Swedish theatre Dramaten. In 1991, at the age of 12, Robyn recorded the theme song named "Du kan alltid bli nummer ett" ("You can always be number one") for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln. In the same year she performed this song on television show Söndagsöppet. Robyn was rediscovered by Swedish pop singer Meja in the early 90s. Meja and her band Legacy of Sound visited Robyn's school and were involved with a musical workshop.
Following the completion of her middle school education, Robyn signed to Ricochet Records Sweden, a subsidiary of BMG. She collaborated with producers Max Martin and Denniz Pop. Writing duties were assisted by Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhe, who also helped to produce the album, and they stayed on board with Robyn until 2003.
Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of 16. She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single "You've Got That Somethin'" in Sweden, followed by her breakthrough single "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)". In October 1996 she released her debut album Robyn Is Here. Robyn's US breakthrough came in 1997, when the dance-pop singles "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her second album My Truth was released in May 1999 in Sweden, with subsequent releases elsewhere in Europe. The single "Electric" was a hit across Europe, and propelled My Truth to second position in Sweden. Despite her success in the US market with her debut album, My Truth did not receive an international release.
In 1999, Robyn contributed to Christian Falk's debut solo album Quel Bordel, appearing on the tracks "Remember" and "Celebration". In 2000, she appeared on the track "Intro/Fristil" on Petter's self-titled album. In 2001, Robyn contributed the song "Say You'll Walk the Distance" to the soundtrack for the film On the Line.
In November 2002, Robyn swapped labels at BMG (from RCA to Jive Records) and released her third album Don't Stop The Music in Sweden. She issued the singles "Keep This Fire Burning" and "Don't Stop The Music" in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. The lead single "Keep This Fire Burning" was covered by British soul singer Beverley Knight.
The decade-long relationship between Robyn and BMG ceased in 2004. When they reacted negatively to "Who's That Girl", which showcased a new electropop sound, Robyn decided to release music on her own. In early 2005, she announced she would be leaving Jive Records to start her own record label, Konichiwa Records. In May 2004, Robyn's Best was released in America. It is essentially a condensed version of her debut album, containing no material from her later releases. In 2006, following her departure from BMG, the compilation Det Bästa Med Robyn (The Best of Robyn) was released in Sweden.
Robyn released the single "Be Mine!" in March 2005, followed a month later by her fourth studio album Robyn. This album became her first number one album upon its release in Sweden. Collaborators of this album include names like Klas Åhlund from Teddybears, the Swedish duo The Knife and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund. Sampling influences from electronic, rap and R&B music, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for "Årets Album" (Best Album), "Årets Kompositör" (Best Writer, alongside Klas Åhlund) and "Årets Pop Kvinnlig" (Best Pop Female). Robyn released three more singles from the eponymous album: "Who's That Girl", "Handle Me" and "Crash and Burn Girl".
In 2006 she featured on the Basement Jaxx track "Hey You", taken from their album Crazy Itch Radio. The year also marked the release of Christian Falk's second album People Say, on which Robyn contributed the tracks "Dream On" and "C.C.C.". In December 2006, she released The Rakamonie EP in the UK.
In March 2007, Robyn released the single "Konichiwa Bitches" in the UK, followed by the revised edition of the album Robyn in April 2007. This version contains slightly altered versions of two of the original songs and two new tracks: "With Every Heartbeat" (a collaboration with Kleerup) and "Cobrastyle" (a cover of a 2006 single by Swedish rockers Teddybears). The second single from this revised album was "With Every Heartbeat", issued in late July 2007 and reaching number one on the UK singles chart. Follow-up singles "Handle Me", "Be Mine!", "Who's That Girl" and "Dream On" were top thirty hits. Also in 2007, Robyn contributed vocals to Fleshquartet's single "This One's For You", from their album Voices of Eden.
The Rakamonie EP was released in January 2008 in the US under Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, and the US edition of her self-titled album was released in April 2008. "With Every Heartbeat (with Kleerup)", "Handle Me" and "Cobrastyle" were top ten club hits, and the former received airplay at US pop and dance radio stations. She was also featured on "Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department remix)" by Snoop Dogg.
Robyn completed a short US tour to promote the album Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008. In January 2009, Robyn won a Swedish Grammis Award for Best Live Act 2008. In 2009 she featured on the single "The Girl and the Robot" from the album Junior by Norwegian electronic band Röyksopp.
In 2010 Robyn announced she planned to release three albums in the same year. To promote the first part, she released the songs "Fembot", "Dancehall Queen" (produced by Diplo) and "None of Dem" (featuring Röyksopp) to digital outlets as promotional singles on 13 April 2010. Klas Åhlund was the main producer of all Body Talk albums.
Robyn released Body Talk Pt. 1, on 14 June 2010 in the Nordic countries through EMI and on 15 June 2010 in the US through Interscope. This mini-album was preceded on 1 June 2010 by the lead single "Dancing On My Own". The song became Robyn's first number one hit in Sweden, and her fourth top ten hit in both the UK and the US, peaking at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and at #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Later The Guardian and Slant Magazine rated "Dancing On My Own" as the best song of 2010, and Pitchfork Media ranked it 4th in their Top 100 Tracks of 2010. On 30 August 2010, Robyn performed at Polar Music Prize 2010 a cover of "Hyperballad", with Björk being in the audience.
On 6 September 2010, Body Talk Pt. 2 was released in the UK. It was preceded on 5 September 2010 by the single "Hang With Me", a dance version of an acoustic song from Body Talk Pt. 1. This album also contains a duet with Snoop Dogg on "You Should Know Better (feat. Snoop Dogg)". On 12 September 2010 Robyn performed a remixed version of "Dancing On My Own" with deadmau5 at MTV Video Music Awards 2010.
Robyn released on 22 November 2010 (US and Scandinavia) the third and final part of the Body Talk series, entitled Body Talk. The album includes five songs from each previous Body Talk parts, along with five new songs. The new tracks have been made available separately as Body Talk Pt. 3 in the United States and Germany. The album was promoted mainly by the release of the single "Indestructible" on 1 November 2010. Body Talk received extremely favorable reviews from most music critics and featured on many year-end lists.
On 1st April 2011, Robyn issued the single "Call Your Girlfriend".
Official site: http://www.robyn.com
The Last Time
Robyn Lyrics
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I always felt good about you in a special way
I don´t know how
And we always seem to find our way back to the love
that we are sharing
And every time we say it´s over
I can't forget you sweet loving
After every time we brake up things always turn out the same
but I am still a part of this game
You always seem to come back into my life
When I thought I´ve forgotten you, you always show up
It´s drivin´ me crazy, it´s got me going wild
And I don´t know if this is ever gonna stop
You always seem to come back into my world
And this time I hope we´re stayin´ on track
´Cause I don´t want to be anybodyelses girl
I hope this is the last time you´ll ever come back
I want you back ´cause you´re a good man,
The kinda´ man who loves you all through the night
And though it never turns out like I planned
Somehow it feels so right
So this time, boy don´t run away
´Cause you´ll always have a place in my heart
And I swear I´m gonna love you ´til the day,
´Til the day that death do us part
Chorus
I don´t have the strength to be proud anymore
I want it all to be just like before
I guess what I´m really tryin´ to say
Is that I want you to come back, Come back to stay,
I love you
(´cause I really love you) want to (I just want to) get closer
(get much closer) than ever (more than ever)
´Cause I love you
Chorus
Yes I do, yes I do I do love you baby and I´m telling you now
When I´m down you bring me up and when I´m up you bring me down
So what am I suppose to do when all I want is
to get back with you baby
Robyn's song "The Last Time" discusses the complicated nature of love and relationships. The song opens with Robyn reflecting on her long-standing feelings for someone she has known since childhood. She seems to suggest that these feelings have always been there even though she can't explain why, and that the two of them always find themselves coming back to each other despite how their relationships have ended in the past. The chorus repeats the sentiment that she wants this person back in her life and that she loves him, even though it never quite turns out how either of them plan.
Throughout the song, Robyn touches on the various emotions that come with love and heartbreak. She talks about how this person has the capacity to make her feel good, but also how he drives her crazy and makes her feel wild. She laments the fact that she doesn't have the strength to be proud anymore, and ultimately expresses that all she wants is for this person to come back and stay with her forever, until death do them part.
Line by Line Meaning
Ever since I was a little girl even younger than I am now
Since childhood, I have felt a deep connection with you, even before I fully understood what love is.
I always felt good about you in a special way
There has always been something special about you that makes me feel happy whenever I think of you.
I don´t know how
I cannot pinpoint the exact reason why I feel this way about you.
And we always seem to find our way back to the love that we are sharing
No matter how many times we break up, we always end up finding our way back to each other because of the love we share.
And every time we say it´s over
Despite our repeated attempts at ending the relationship, we keep coming back to each other.
I can't forget you sweet loving
Your love is so sweet and powerful that I cannot forget it.
After every time we brake up things always turn out the same
No matter how many times we break up, the outcome is always the same - we get back together.
I tell myself that I have shaped up but I am still a part of this game
Even though I try to convince myself that I can move on from this cycle, I am still part of this never-ending game of breaking up and getting back together.
You always seem to come back into my life
No matter how hard I try to move on, you always find a way to come back into my life.
When I thought I´ve forgotten you, you always show up
Just when I think I've moved on from you, you show up and remind me of the love we share.
It´s drivin´ me crazy, it´s got me going wild
The uncertainty of our relationship is making me go crazy and driving me wild.
And I don´t know if this is ever gonna stop
I don't know if this cycle of breaking up and getting back together will ever end.
You always seem to come back into my world
You keep reappearing in my life, no matter how hard I try to move on without you.
And this time I hope we´re stayin´ on track
I hope this time we can make the relationship work and not end up breaking up again.
´Cause I don´t want to be anybodyelses girl
I want to be with you and not be with anyone else.
I hope this is the last time you´ll ever come back
I hope that if we get back together this time, it will be the last time we have to go through this cycle of breaking up and getting back together.
I want you back ´cause you´re a good man,
I want you back because you're a good man who loves me deeply.
The kinda´ man who loves you all through the night
You're the kind of man who loves me passionately and deeply throughout the night.
And though it never turns out like I planned
Despite my hopes and plans for our relationship, things never turn out the way I expect them to.
Somehow it feels so right
But being with you feels so right and fulfilling, despite the complications in our relationship.
So this time, boy don´t run away
I am asking you to stay and not run away from our relationship this time.
´Cause you´ll always have a place in my heart
No matter what happens, you will always have a special place in my heart.
And I swear I´m gonna love you ´til the day, ´Til the day that death do us part
I promise to love you deeply and passionately for the rest of our lives, until death do us part.
I don´t have the strength to be proud anymore
I am no longer strong enough to pretend that I don't want you in my life anymore.
I want it all to be just like before
I want our relationship to go back to the way it was before the complications and breakups.
I guess what I´m really tryin´ to say
What I am really trying to say is...
Is that I want you to come back, Come back to stay, I love you
I want you to come back to me and stay with me forever because I love you deeply.
(´cause I really love you) want to (I just want to) get closer (get much closer) than ever (more than ever)
I want to get closer to you than ever before because I love you so much.
Chorus
Refrain from the song.
Yes I do, yes I do I do love you baby and I´m telling you now
I want you to know that I love you deeply and passionately.
When I´m down you bring me up and when I´m up you bring me down
You are there for me when I'm feeling low and you bring me back up when I'm feeling high - you complete me.
So what am I suppose to do when all I want is to get back with you baby
All I want is to be with you again, so what am I supposed to do?
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JOHAN OSKAR ANDREAS EKHE, ROBIN MIRIAM CARLSSON, ULF PETER LINDSTROM
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@customfittedinc
Comeback out the world is behind you been doing this before the now your loved Robyn this album is so dope 💕💕💕🦋🙆🙆🙆🙆❤️❤️💕💕💕💕💕💕❤️💕💕💕💕💕
@shaslevels6729
I used to play this cd out. It used to skip alot but i still listened to it
@mikemalone1989
This is her best song !
@trogony1
Love this white girl!!! I had her full album back when it was on cassette tape!
@candicebstacy1989
trogony1 now if someone said love this black girl you would cry racist 😂
@Koreanlove35
She's a great artist, I still have my cassette.
@babyshaun82
trogony1 to speaktruth honey - Black ppl can't b racist, according to "Black-ish", lol☺😊😀
@lucindajones701
So did I
@starman7403
Never stopped loving this album. Love ya **Robyn**
@sexy70sLadyy
This was my jam late 97'/98'!