Fleet Foxes - Dancing On My Own (Robyn cover)

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My love affair with Robyn continues. She is the real queen of pop to me right now, not Kylie Minogue or Lady Gaga or Madonna. I appreciate Lady Gaga’s artistry, but her music leaves me cold. Robyn never fails to delight, surprise and move me.

Robyn Says Singing “Hyperballad” For Bjork Was “Nerve-Racking” – Neon Limelight:

Performing a cover of a beloved artist’s song is hard enough, but performing in front of the artist? Terrifying. Just ask Swedish pop chanteuse Robyn who performed a cover of Björk‘s “Hyperballad” in front of Björk herself at the 2010 Polar Music Prize last week, where the Icelandic star was being honored.

“I was so nervous, of course,” Robyn told NeonLimelight.com in a telephone interview. “I mean, you ask yourself why you even said yes to doing something like that because it’s so nerve-racking to perform the song of the artist in front of the artist.” But Robyn did say yes, and the result was a beautifully sparkling, more electro-pop take on the song.

So, how did Bjork like it? According to Robyn, it received Björk’s stamp of approval. “She really liked it,” she told us. “She came up to me afterwards and said hi and that she loved the arrangement. She seemed pretty moved by the whole evening. That was great.”

As for meeting Björk, Robyn didn’t find that experience nearly as off-putting. “You could tell immediately that she’s a very real person. It felt very natural, but performing [“Hyperballad”] in front of her? Yeah. That was very nerve-racking.”