Robyn is here again, and hornier for life than ever. In the time since her last release in 2018’s house-driven shimmer of Honey, the innovative Swedish future-pop visionary gave birth to a child (via dancing on her own à la surrogate) and is proudly waving the flag of motherhood while redefining what that looks like by embracing her primal inhibitions. Her body talks remains electric — and unsatiable — throughout her ninth studio album, Sexistential.

We have to acknowledge that at this point in her career, Robyn has firmly left an indelible mark on the modern pop landscape in a way that makes it more and more harder to outdo the same peaks of euphoria she gave us through her proper Body Talk classics. This is Robyn, however, and while you can only hit a familiar rush of “Dopamine” so many times with precision before its effects begin to wear off quicker than they used to, this album is more about getting off in the moment.

Like any great romp, she leaves a few surprises to be found in her pleasure domming of pop. The fast-wavering synths rising beneath “Sucker For Love” tantalizes emotional foreplay, while the Max Martin dance sheen dripping over the sexting bubbles of “Talk To Me” wraps you around its finger with every caress. For something kinkier, Robyn’s sexual spaceship trip set to an experimental house beat on its title track takes her art of lust to outer limits as yet explored. There’s a reason we keep coming back to her, and it’s because Sexistential knows the right balance in its motion.

Highlights: “Sucker For Love”, “Talk To Me”, “Sexistential”

Robyn’s Sexistential will be released March 27th on Konichiwa Records / Young Records.

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