{"id":2031128,"date":"2026-07-06T08:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031128"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:03:21","slug":"robyn-live-in-london-a-pop-superstar-on-supreme-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031128","title":{"rendered":"Robyn live in London: a pop superstar on supreme form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Robyn-O2-2026-hero-credit-Gus-Stewart-Redferns-Getty@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Robyn-O2-2026-hero-credit-Gus-Stewart-Redferns-Getty@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Robyn performs on stage during the \u2018Sexistential\u2019 tour at The O2 Arena on July 3, 2026 in London, England, photo by Gus Stewart\/Redferns via Getty Images\" title=\"Robyn-O2-2026-hero-credit-Gus-Stewart-Redferns-Getty@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Robyn performs on stage during the \u2018Sexistential\u2019 tour at The O2 Arena on July 3, 2026 in London, England. Credit: Gus Stewart\/Redferns via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Live Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Robyn live in London: a pop superstar on supreme form<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The O2, Friday, July 3: spacey atmospherics and a setlist of non-stop bangers combine in an out-of-this-world experience <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Rhian Daly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-06T09:03:21+01:00\">6th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>As the lights glow a soft orange and a piano is rolled onto the O2 stage, Robyn opens up to the audience before her. \u201cI used to feel so embarrassed about writing these sad love songs. I\u2019m like, \u2018Grow up!\u2019\u201d she laughs. \u201cBut I feel like life is pretty embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Robyn \u2013 \u2018Sexistential\u2019 review: the pop star\u2019s lust for life is infectious \u2013 and thoroughly idiosyncratic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She\u2019s not wrong, but tonight (July 3), the Swedish pop superstar puts on a show that not only embraces every part of life, but is empowered by it. Whether she\u2019s portraying the kind of outsized, dramatic feelings love can elicit or the carnal desires that women are often conditioned to keep private, on stage, Robyn makes everything feel liberating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>She\u2019s back in London (her \u201cfavourite city in the world\u201d) as part of her \u2018Sexistential\u2019 tour, the live accompaniment to an album that explored love and sex in characteristic Robyn form \u2013 sometimes yearning, sometimes silly, and almost always turning those feelings into grade A bangers. Early on, \u2018Talk To Me\u2019 shines a light on the sexy power of communication, while the album\u2019s title track finds Robyn stepping off stage and greeting the front rows at the barrier as they yell back lines about lusting after Adam Driver and being \u201c<em>bossy, bad and bougie<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3955233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3955233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3955233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robyn-credit-Gus-StewartRedferns.jpg\" alt=\"Robyn\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3955233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robyn credit: Gus Stewart\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same song finds the artist declaring her body \u201c<em>a spaceship with my ovaries in hyperdrive<\/em>\u201d, and here, she creates a setting that often has a tinge of the otherworldly. As we wait for her to arrive, droning synths reverberate around the venue as lights flicker down onto the crowd, like a spacecraft drifting through unchartered corners of the galaxy. Before a sublime \u2018Really Real\u2019, a spotlight lands on Robyn, looking like it\u2019s about to beam her up. When she kneels at the front of the stage during the climax of \u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019, glitter starts to fall from the ceiling, covering her in sparkling dust until she looks like a twinkling alien who\u2019s landed on our planet, ready to dance.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of opportunity for that, whether to the bright beats of \u2018Fembot\u2019 or the juddering energy of La Bagetelle Magique collaboration \u2018Love Is Free\u2019, which threatens to turn the venue into a sweaty club scene rather than a cavernous arena. In fact, the only time the night\u2019s pace dips is when Robyn brings out a piano and slows down \u2018Be Mine!\u2019 to ballad form \u2013 presumably, it\u2019s felt that the original version would be one banger too many for us to handle.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Robyn reaches the encore, The O2 is in a state of rapture. What follows is the triple threat of \u2018Missing U\u2019, \u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019 and one of the greatest songs of all time, \u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019. At the end of \u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019, she throws punches into the air, like a boxer who\u2019s just clinched a title. If writing killer pop songs was a competition, Robyn would be the undisputed heavyweight champion, and tonight she makes it clear that there are few who can touch her.<\/p>\n<h2>Robyn played:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Blow My Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Fembot\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Talk To Me\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Hang With Me\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Ever Again\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Dopamine\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Honey\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Life\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Love Is Free\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Sexistential\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Really Real\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Love Kills\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Be Mine!\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018It Don\u2019t Mean A Thing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Sucker For Love\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Light Up\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018With Every Heartbeat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Missing U\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Show Me Love\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pop<\/li>\n<li>Robyn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 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I\u2019m like, \u2018Grow up!\u2019\u201d she laughs. \u201cBut I feel like life is pretty embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Robyn \u2013 \u2018Sexistential\u2019 review: the pop star\u2019s lust for life is infectious \u2013 and thoroughly idiosyncratic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She\u2019s not wrong, but tonight (July 3), the Swedish pop superstar puts on a show that not only embraces every part of life, but is empowered by it. Whether she\u2019s portraying the kind of outsized, dramatic feelings love can elicit or the carnal desires that women are often conditioned to keep private, on stage, Robyn makes everything feel liberating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>She\u2019s back in London (her \u201cfavourite city in the world\u201d) as part of her \u2018Sexistential\u2019 tour, the live accompaniment to an album that explored love and sex in characteristic Robyn form \u2013 sometimes yearning, sometimes silly, and almost always turning those feelings into grade A bangers. Early on, \u2018Talk To Me\u2019 shines a light on the sexy power of communication, while the album\u2019s title track finds Robyn stepping off stage and greeting the front rows at the barrier as they yell back lines about lusting after Adam Driver and being \u201c<em>bossy, bad and bougie<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3955233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3955233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3955233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robyn-credit-Gus-StewartRedferns.jpg\" alt=\"Robyn\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3955233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robyn credit: Gus Stewart\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same song finds the artist declaring her body \u201c<em>a spaceship with my ovaries in hyperdrive<\/em>\u201d, and here, she creates a setting that often has a tinge of the otherworldly. As we wait for her to arrive, droning synths reverberate around the venue as lights flicker down onto the crowd, like a spacecraft drifting through unchartered corners of the galaxy. Before a sublime \u2018Really Real\u2019, a spotlight lands on Robyn, looking like it\u2019s about to beam her up. When she kneels at the front of the stage during the climax of \u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019, glitter starts to fall from the ceiling, covering her in sparkling dust until she looks like a twinkling alien who\u2019s landed on our planet, ready to dance.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of opportunity for that, whether to the bright beats of \u2018Fembot\u2019 or the juddering energy of La Bagetelle Magique collaboration \u2018Love Is Free\u2019, which threatens to turn the venue into a sweaty club scene rather than a cavernous arena. In fact, the only time the night\u2019s pace dips is when Robyn brings out a piano and slows down \u2018Be Mine!\u2019 to ballad form \u2013 presumably, it\u2019s felt that the original version would be one banger too many for us to handle.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Robyn reaches the encore, The O2 is in a state of rapture. What follows is the triple threat of \u2018Missing U\u2019, \u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019 and one of the greatest songs of all time, \u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019. At the end of \u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019, she throws punches into the air, like a boxer who\u2019s just clinched a title. If writing killer pop songs was a competition, Robyn would be the undisputed heavyweight champion, and tonight she makes it clear that there are few who can touch her.<\/p>\n<h2>Robyn played:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Blow My Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Fembot\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Talk To Me\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Hang With Me\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Ever Again\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Dopamine\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Honey\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Life\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Love Is Free\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Sexistential\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Really Real\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Love Kills\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Be Mine!\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018It Don\u2019t Mean A Thing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Sucker For Love\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Light Up\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018With Every Heartbeat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Missing U\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Call Your Girlfriend\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Dancing On My Own\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Show Me Love\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/robyn-london-live-review-setlist-photos-3955230&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Robyn-O2-2026-hero-credit-Gus-Stewart-Redferns-Getty@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] Robyn performs on stage during the \u2018Sexistential\u2019 tour at The O2 Arena on July 3, 2026 in London, England. 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