Hello, bitches

You will not have noticed that fantastic pop singer Robyn, from the fantastically Scandanavian country of Sweden, is releasing her fantastic single, Konichiwa Bitches, in the UK this week. This is a shame, as it is fantastic (I may have mentioned this already).

Now, look, I know that when you read about some artist you've never heard of, on some blog of little or no importance, your main reaction is to hit the Google button and look up hamster porn. Fair enough, we've all been there. But Robyn is actually one of those rare pop stars that'll get you unfeasibly excited down in your spangly pants.

Put it this way - How often does a UK record company listen to a two-year-old pop album from Sweden and think: "Hey, we should release this over here?". That's right - never.

Robyn's album sounds like pop when Madonna used to do it, but with street-smart, funny lyrics given an irresistably gossipy delivery. I cannot emphasise enough that I love this record. Buy the single, then buy the album next week.

But, music industry lawsuits aside, I suggest you buy the album off CD-Wow. They have the original European version, which has the gumption to mix the balls-out pop songs with some quieter, acoustic moments. For the UK they've inexplicably remixed the ballads into a terrible pastiche of Europop (a bit like Scooch, now you come to mention it). It robs the album of some of the light and shade which makes it so exceptional*.

By way of example, here are the original and remixed versions of album track Bum Like You. You'll get the idea fairly quickly.
:: Robyn - Bum Like You (Original Mix)
:: Robyn - Bum Like You (UK Mix)

PS: I'm interviewing Robyn later this week. Put your questions in the comments box and I'll ask them. Nothing about marriage or bumsex, please.

PPS: I just checked, and the album is £4.99 on CD-Wow. £4.99!!!!!!1. If you don't buy it now, you'll only spend that money on sweets, thus storing up a lifetime of weight problems, gum disease and heart problems.

*The UK version of Robyn's album does benefit from 2 extra tracks, both of which are very, very good. But you can get them quite legally online once you've bought the decent version of her album.

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