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The 11 best Robyn songs
With a long-awaited album, tour, and support slot for Harry Styles coming up this summer, it's time to rank the best Robyn tracks
Having been responsible for some of the biggest dance-pop bangers of the last three decades, Robyn’s return to the live arena is one of the year’s most anticipated.
With her ninth album, Sexistential, arriving on 27 March, the generational icon will soon be back on the world’s biggest stages. As well as touring for the first time since 2019 – including The 02 in London – she’s been announced to support Harry Styles at eight stadium shows in Amsterdam.
Ahead of those huge dates, we dug through the Swedish star’s discography to pick out the best tracks from her illustrious career.
11. ‘Impact’ (with SG Lewis & Channel Tres)
(times, 2021)
When it comes to collaborations, Robyn has worked with many of the biggest names in the businesses: from ‘Monument’ with Röyksopp back in 2014, to appearing on a stellar remix of Charli XCX’s ‘360’ with Yung Lean a decade later. Back in 2021, she teamed up with producer SG Lewis and rapper Channel Tres for the seductive ‘Impact’, bringing her signature style – and a sublime hook – to its cathartic groove.
10. ‘Life’ (with Jamie xx)
(In Waves, 2024)
Though it’s not officially a Robyn track, ‘Life’ plays as if it could be one of the Stockholm artist’s own. Embarking on a wild ride atop Jamie xx’s party-starting production, it became a festival anthem two years ago. A joyful, hedonistic escape from reality – and the highlight from his In Waves album.
9. ‘Talk To Me’
(Sexistential, 2026)
Despite only being out for little over a month, this already feels like a Robyn classic. Taken from her upcoming ninth studio album Sexistential, ‘Talk To Me’ is a return to her playful beginnings, its glitch-pop sheen – polished by co-writer Max Martin, long-time collaborator Klas Åhlund, and producer Oscar Holter – is sure to turn arenas into sweaty clubs this summer.
8. ‘Ever Again’
(Honey, 2018)
Channeling the closed off emotions that follow a break-up – “never gonna let it happen” goes the guarded refrain – Robyn came out fighting on the fourth single from her most recent, club-focused album. The funkier sister to the comparatively reserved ‘Between The Lines’, ‘Ever Again’s placement as the final song on ‘Honey’ is incredibly smart — a sonic embodiment of the lights coming back on after a very fun night out.
7. ‘Dopamine’
(Sexistential, 2026)
Originally written in 2015, Robyn revealed to Vogue that she sent an early demo version of ‘Dopamine’ to Daft Punk to see if they would be interested in producing it… When she returned to the studio in 2020, it was one of the first songs she revisited. Co-written by Taio Cruz (remember his 2010 banger ‘Break Your Heart’), the final version became her first Swedish singles chart top-ten since ‘Indestructible’. Resisting the temptation of delivering an instant rush or high, the robotic energy instead builds like a spaceship soaring through the sky before crashing at breakneck-speed.
6. ‘Missing U’
(Honey, 2018)
With its loving wink of a title, Robyn’s long-awaited return after an eight-year hiatus was music to everyone’s ears – and she made the most of her moment back in the spotlight. With a longer runtime (just under five minutes) compared to many of her previous tracks, atop cascading keys, a pulsing beat and laser-like synths, her breathy voice glides towards a singalong chorus.
5. ‘Honey’
(Honey, 2018)
Several music geniuses worked with Robyn to craft the title track from her eighth album. Produced with Joseph Mount of indie favourites Metronomy and mixed by the late Phillip Zdar of French touch pioneers Cassius, its slow-burn euphoria was achieved following a four-year creative process – the longest in her career.
4. ‘Who’s That Girl?’
(Robyn, 2005)
Sounding like she could have been a fourth member of the original Sugababes, the vocal runs on this instantly-satisfying synth-pop throwback are faultless. Like the acoustic-electronic drops of ‘Handle Me’, there’s a lot going on throughout the experiential ‘Who’s That Girl?’, which was written and composed with Gothenburg-born sibling production duo The Knife.
3. ‘Be Mine!’
(Robyn, 2005)
Combining jittery synth drums and orchestral strings, ‘Be Mine!’ was way ahead of its time. Released two decades ago (!) and crowned one of the top 50 songs of that year by Pitchfork, the pairing of electronic production and classical instruments with Robyn’s angst-y vocals still hits the spot.
2. ‘With Every Heartbeat’
(Robyn, 2005)
The runaway highlight from the international edition of her self-titled fourth album, which she released on her own label Konichiwa Records, this synth-pop banger made Robyn a star. Alongside topping the UK Singles Chart, music blog God Is In The TV coined it the “perfect song” in 2015, praising it “as good as the very best work of the Pet Shop Boys”. The streams on this one are criminally low at just 93 million but, stats aside, no-one can deny its timeless qualities.
1. ‘Dancing On My Own’
(Body Talk, 2010)
Crowned the ultimate sad banger by The Guardian (though electro-pop ballad ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ from the same album could also contend), the way that Robyn turns ‘Dancing On My Own’s tear-jerking lyrics into such a throbbing heater is testament to her unparalleled artistry. Having clocked up nearly half a billion streams on Spotify, it’s easy to see why NME named her their ‘songwriter of the decade’.
Tickets for Robyn’s The Sexistential Tour will go on general sale on Friday 13 February at 10am. Find your tickets here.
