Robyn says Charli xcx “actually” confirmed her “genius” by having the pair of them on a observe collectively.
Robyn has hailed Charli xcx for her ‘genius’ transfer getting the pair of them on a observe collectively
The pop innovators go manner again, with Charli, 32, having been the opening act for Robyn, 45, initially of her profession, and final 12 months the ‘360’ hitmaker had Robyn function on the remix of the ‘Brat’ music with Yung Lean.
Talking about how she got here to seem on the observe, Robyn instructed PAPER: “Properly, we have recognized one another for a very long time. We have recognized one another since we have been on the identical tour [15 years ago] doing festivals in Australia. We had this second the place we linked at an after celebration, hanging out. I used to be actually younger, like 30 and he or she was 20. No matter little expertise I’d had I used to be capable of share together with her, and he or she was very inspiring to me. We simply stayed acquaintances. She spent a whole lot of time in Sweden, however we by no means actually frolicked that a lot. At any time when we did see one another, it was very particular. I simply all the time actually beloved her thoughts and I feel it was very apparent, even when she was 20, that she was a wise woman. I used to be challenged by our conversations, and I all the time was a fan.”
‘Brat’ sparked a complete popular culture phenomenon with the ‘Brat Lady’ persona and the sickly inexperienced color used on the album inspiring TikTok developments, style, and even a crossover into politics with the US presidential election when Charli branded Democrat Kamala Harris “Brat”, whereas the time period was additionally topped Collins Dictionary phrase of the 12 months.
Robyn says she may sense Charli was on the point of one thing large with the “new vitality” she had.
She continued: “Then she began taking over this new vitality. You would see her ramp it up over a number of years. I feel it is attention-grabbing, it normally takes fairly a while to get to that time, and I actually recognised it like, She’s gonna do one thing quickly, I can really feel it. So when she referred to as me, she was in Sweden and he or she needed me to work on one thing, I used to be like, Sure, no matter, it simply feels so thrilling. I did not know that she was making a brand new album, however she requested me to do that remix for the remix challenge with Jonatan [Yung Lean], who’s somebody that I like, as properly. I feel it actually reveals her genius that she put us collectively on the identical observe. Me and Jonatan even have so much in frequent, too.”
Robyn was fortunate sufficient to listen to songs from ‘Brat’ proper earlier than it “all exploded”.
She recalled: “We have been within the studio, [Charli] got here to my home and we had dinner. She instructed me all the things about Brat, it was proper earlier than all of it exploded. I feel it’s gonna be referred to as Brat, and he or she performed me a whole lot of songs. She’s such a cool chick, she’s all the time been like that.”
