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SONG OF THE DAY: Neneh Cherry ft Robyn – Out of the Black

Robyn is a huge fan of fellow Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and has mentioned her as an inspiration in interviews (and if you look closely in her video for “U Should Know Better”) you will see an NC poster in the bedroom scene.? That the two would end up collaborating is inevitable.? “Out of the Black” is a downtempo, funky track with a bit of glitch and improv-styled electro serving as the backdrop for the ladies exchanging verses and harmonizing in the chorus.? It’s a bit of a personal story and sounds like it would have fit on Robyn’s ‘Body Talk Part 2 EP.’? The remixes feel a bit random, which fits the song kinda perfectly. Joe Godard of Hot Chip transforms the track into what you would expect a Hot Chip song to sound like – downtempo DFA with a dark-yet-pop vibe.? Bouvet’s pretty retro synth-pop mix feels like what “Dancing On My Own” would have sounded like had it been on the ‘Pretty in Pink’ soundtrack.? “Out of the the Black” is from Neneh’s forthcoming ‘Blank Project,’ which achieves a unique experimental vibe by mixing genres like a multimedia tapestry.?? “Weightless” and “Dossier” are two other standouts from the album.

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Neneh Cherry ft Robyn – Out of the Black

SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY?FUNDAY PART 2) : Robyn ft Snoop Dogg – “U Should Know Better”

Everyone loves Robyn.? How can you not?? The Swedish electropop star harnesses her massive creativity for songwriting, production, and live performances – elevating pop to a higher art form.? Recently she collaborated with the Lonely Island for a spoof of instructional Tear Up Da Club records called “Go Kindergarten,” and then a new comical video for “U Should Know Better” popped up this week.? Robyn’s music can often be split into two categories – the sensitive and emotional heartbreaking, pretty songs (“Dancing On My Own,” “Dream On,” “With Every Heartbeat”) and the raucous, boasting hype records (“Konichiwa Bitches,” “Don’t Tell Me What to F**king Do”). Taken from Body Talk Part 2 (you can tell the track’s age because Snoop is still a dogg and not yet a lion),? “U Should Know Better” is a frantic upbeat jump-up electro track? featuring the two bragging why people can’t mess with them.? As playful as the song is (because come on, how rough can a rapper be who got his butt kicked by animated gummi bears in a Katy Perry video), the new video elevates the tongue-in-cheek bravado with cross-dressing stars playing the two – a little boy dressed and dancing as Robyn (including all of her choreography and iconic hairstyle) and a girl dressed as Snoop in all the outfits smoking and dressing down members of the opposite sex with his/her stares. Look closely and you will see Robyn playing the mom, as well as a poster of Neneh Cherry, one of Robyn’s childhood idols hanging in the bedroom.

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