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Sexistential

Robyn · Electropop

8.2/10

Reviewed

The Roast

Robyn vanished for 8 years and came back like she never left. Sexistential is the existential crisis you would actually dance to. She somehow made mid-life contemplation sound like the best night out of your life. Not a comeback. A resurrection with a beat drop.
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The Bright Side

At 46, Robyn writes about IVF, single motherhood, and desire with the same emotional precision that made Dancing On My Own a generational anthem. The production is immaculate, blending Honey's introspective warmth with Body Talk's euphoric energy.

Hardest Sneer

The title track pairs confessional lyrics about IVF with references to the 2008 Adam Sandler comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Robyn is the only artist alive who could make that work, and she barely does.

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Issues (3)

Eight-year gaps between albums

Receipt

Fans had to survive on a single Honey album for nearly a decade. Some of us developed entire personalities in that time.

Fix

Release music more than once per geological era. Your fans are aging in real time.

The Zohan reference

Receipt

The title track references a 2008 Adam Sandler movie. In a song about IVF. In 2026.

Fix

Sometimes the weird flex works. This time it mostly does. Mostly.

Sequencing choices

Receipt

The album front-loads its most accessible tracks, leaving the experimental back half feeling like a different record.

Fix

Trust your audience to handle the weird stuff early. They waited 8 years. They can handle it.