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A Pop Album About IVF and Middle-Aged Dating? It Could only Come From Robyn
Robyn's album Sexistential reflects her journey through solo IVF conception, motherhood, and desire, blending electropop with intimate and existential themes in under 30 minutes.
- On Friday, March 27, 2026, Swedish pop star Robyn released her ninth studio album, Sexistential, exploring motherhood and desire after nearly nine years. The record captures her "horny yet philosophical mood" as a 46-year-old solo parent.
- Robyn conceived her four-year-old son, Tyko, as a solo parent via IVF, a decision made during the pandemic. The album's vulnerable core stems from navigating the emotional complexity of parenthood while maintaining an active sex life.
- The title track references the dating app Raya and actor Adam Driver, with Robyn singing that her "body's a spaceship with the ovaries on hyperdrive." Lyrics blend intimate humor about scrolling Instagram while breastfeeding with club-ready production.
- This release continues Robyn's 30-year career evolving from 1990s teen hitmaker to groundbreaking pop auteur. Following her 2010 breakthrough Body Talk and 2018's Honey, she remains influential on the contemporary music landscape.
- Robyn will launch her first-ever Australian arena tour later this year, playing Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on November 21 and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on November 24. Tickets are available through Live Nation.
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Still lonely top on the dance floor: Robyn returns with her body-focused album »Sexistential«. Furthermore: A chili pepper now makes jazz.
The new, ninth album by Swedish singer Robyn (46) is full of contradictions. For instance, it deals with the chemical reactions that help determine our emotional life and covers an IVF journey. But at the same time, it bursts with life.
Robyn Gets Erotic With the Ecstatically Pop-tastic ‘Sexistential’: Album Review
It’s no overstatement to say that a lot of today’s pop music would not sound the way it does without Robyn. Her self-titled 2005 album and its follow-up “Body Talk” paved the way for and contextualized a genre once called “intellipop” — a cringe and condescending term that has aged very badly, but also points […]
After 8 years without records, the Swedish singer has released "Sexistential" which is not disappointing expectations.
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