Robyn – Honey

Robyn’s Honey is a shimmering return that beautifully captures the emotional complexities of love, loss, and transformation. Departing from the high-energy, club-ready hits of her earlier work, Honey embraces a softer, more intimate sound that feels both personal and universal. The album flows like a diary, each track revealing a new layer of vulnerability and strength. With warm synths, minimalist production, and deeply affecting vocals, Robyn crafts an atmospheric experience that feels like a late-night confession—raw, honest, and ultimately healing.

The album has been praised as a bold evolution of Robyn’s artistry, showcasing her ability to innovate within the pop genre while maintaining her signature emotional depth. Songs like “Missing U” and the title track “Honey” are standout moments that merge introspection with groove, pulling the listener into a reflective yet hopeful space. Rather than chasing trends, Robyn sets her own course, creating music that lingers in the mind and the heart. Honey is a testament to her growth not only as a musician but as a person, and it resonates with anyone who’s ever had to find beauty in heartbreak.

Reviews

"Robyn continues to make the trends instead of following them, and with Honey, she delivers some of her most emotionally satisfying and musically innovative work." — AllMusic

"Robyn’s rarest talent is the instinctive way in which she brings together jarring and disparate emotions, and immortalises them in magical pop amber." — NME

"Honey is a profound electro-pop masterpiece for a heartbroken generation." — Highsnobiety

"With its diaristic tracklist—sequenced in the order songs were written—the album builds a bridge from its predecessor, the bionic Body Talk, into a place of new conviction and warmth." — Pitchfork

"Robyn solidifies her class act status with masterful, magical Honey." — Albumism