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Robyn bristled at the suggestion that she ought to make music that sounded like everyone elses.
Since then, shes been doing what she wants when she wants.
You might get three projects in the span of a year; you might get nothing for five years.
Honeyis a peculiar title for this specific batch of songs.
In pop and R&B, honey is a signifier of thickness, sensuality, and impossible sweetness.
Honeys hollowness is more than an aesthetic choice.
The music follows a period of upheaval for Robyn.
Between these examinations of the phantom pain of loss are songs about nurturing surviving relationships while you still can.
Thing is, in the throes of love and loss, our emotions come calling unexpectedly.
We cant schedule torment.
We cant stifle longing.
We can venture to wrangle with them, to work through them.
We cant be perfect.
We have to suffer.
