Robyn’s <em>Honey</em>: The Thrill Is Gone, and That’s Okay
The cult pop star’s first album in eight years offers a delicate meta-take on dance history—and human emotion.
The sort of anthems that made Robyn famous speed time up. “,” “,” and “” draw on bittersweet feelings, but from their first synthetic whirl of notes—as sad-happy verses open up into sad-happy choruses—they’re also a rush. Sing the tunes en masse and it’s fun like a roller coaster is fun, like a thriller movie is fun, or like a night of drinking, remembered later only in patches, is fun. You just.
