SONG OF THE DAY [#266]

'konichiwa bitc*es' | robyn

i think i first heard this song about a year ago on my friend tara's myspace page. i heard it and then i had to hear more. well, finally, robyn's solo debut came out not too long ago and it's pretty darn awesome. i just got an email from my friend tara today and she said she saw robyn the other day and that robyn tore the place up. it's not hard to imagine. she's a pint-sized dynamo. i mean, geez, just look at that pose. she's all bizness. i wouldn't want to run into her a dark alley. she'd mess me up.

anyway, this song just kills me. it's got some seriously awesome rhymes and hilarious wordplay: 'and on the north pole i'll ice you, son!' awesome. 'i'll count you out like a mathematician!' awesomer. 'i'll tear you down like i'm in demolition.' off the hook! it's really quite clever, i think. 'handle me,' on the other hand, is a little more straight faced despite it's ''cos you're a narcissistic psycho, freakin' bootlickin' nazi creep' refrain. that kind of silliness sounds right at home in the song and doesn't make any less effective. she's clearly having a good time. and you know, good for her. it's amazing eMpTV hasn't caught on yet, innit? yep, it is. it's too bad she's not got a bigger following stateside. she's putting out better pop records than any over here. and here i thought sweden was all about the jangle/chamber pop. silly me.

fyi-- 'konichiwa bitc*es' does have a naughty line. or two. consider yourselves warned.

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