He once said that ‘Dancing on My Own’ ‘completely changed my life and how I approach writing’. Body Talk is a great album, but not a perfect one, because then it would’ve opened with the deathless Don’t Fucking Tell Me What to Do, which switches spots with a slightly sped-up version of the classic Dancing on My Own, both still sandwiched around yes, the gorgeously harmonized Fembot, just as they are on the also-not-perfect Body Talk Pt. Every single one of my peers is talking about “Dancing on My Own” all the time.’ She presumably has Jack Antonoff in mind here, her long-time collaborator who has also produced albums for Taylor Swift, Clairo, Lana Del Rey and St Vincent. “Dancing on My Own” - that song is just the Holy Grail.

The Swedish disco queen Robyn, meanwhile, provided a spoken-word ‘outro’ to ‘Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)’, and left Lorde in awe. ‘I wanted it to feel like me and my friends a little bit more,’ she explains. She had been listening to a lot of The Mamas & the Papas and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, and decided to form her own virtual choir, employing Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo as backing singers. (Naturally, this is precisely the sort of self-awareness that her fans treasure.) And it feels significant that it is her first recording to include voices other than her own. ‘If you’re looking for a saviour, well that’s not me,’ she sings on ‘The Path’. It’s also an album that actively discourages her fans from investing too heavily.

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Robyn dancing on my own album cover