The Honey Tour
The Swedish songstress released her latest album, Honey, at the end of 2018 after a
lengthy hiatus from music scene, with the exception of a string of
collaborations with other artists.
2010’s project, Body Talk, was
a pop masterpiece and made me fall in love with her as an artist and a
performer. Shortly after Body Talk, I saw Robyn live twice and
her performance was electrifying on both occasions. So I had high expectations for Honey as well as her show at Madison
Square Garden.
The critically acclaimed album, with the exception of the
first single, Missing U, is a slight
departure from the dancey tunes of the Body
Talk albums with its moodier and at times more melancholic songs of
heartbreak and loneliness. The album
retains a synth pop undertone in addition to its abundance of disco motifs and 90s
beats. Spin magazine describes the album accurately as “sparkling yet subtly realized and constantly in motion” which
follows Robyn “from the precipice of heartbreak into the club and onto the
beach, and eventually toward something resembling redemption”. I was interested to see how the album would
translate to a live performance and Robyn did not disappoint.
When she walked onto the stage, framed by billowing white
sheer curtains and looking like a Scandinavian disco goddess in a pair of
silver knee-high boots, the roar of the crowd was deafening. They were on their feet from the first note of
the opening track, Send to Robyn
Immediately. After a crowd favourite,
Be Mine, there was a brief interlude
which featured a sculpted dancer in blue, before Robyn reemerged on stage in a
fiery red ensemble, her hair pulled back into a ponytail wrapped with a long
black ribbon.
She really turned up the heat in the second part of the
show, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her as she danced and moved around the stage
like a firecracker. One of the
highlights was undoubtedly Dancing On My
Own, when the music stopped and she let the audience belt out the
chorus. You could see the pure joy on
her face as the love from the crowd washed over her. She concluded the show with a double encore
and left her adoring fans on an incredible high – as evidenced by the impromptu
dance party that happened on the subway platform at Penn Station, with a huge
group of concertgoers singing and dancing to Dancing On My Own while they waited for their train.
The complete setlist was as follows:
Send to Robyn Immediately
Honey
Indestructible
Hang With Me
Beach2k20
Ever Again
Be Mine!
Because It’s in the Music
Between the Lines
Love Is Free
Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do
Dancing on My Own
Missing U
Call Your Girlfriend
Encore:
Trust Me
Stars 4-Ever
With Every Heartbeat
Human Being
Who Do You Love?
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