00s star reappears after years-long absence for Charli XCX’s London gig

Charli XCX good and genuinely Bratted retired London’s O2 past nighttime with a small assistance from immoderate friends – including 00s hitmaker Robyn, who made a precise astonishment appearance.

The Swedish vocalist and DJ, 45, recovered planetary occurrence in2005 with her Grammy-nominated 4th album, Robyn, aft bagging 2 Billboard apical 10 songs successful the 90s.

Singles including Be Mine and With Every Heartbeat solidified her arsenic a popular favourite of the era, and her biggest deed came successful 2010 successful her mini-album bid Body Talk with Dancing On My Own.

But since releasing her 2018 medium Honey and consequent circuit – from which her opus of the aforesaid sanction was utilized successful the last play of HBO’s girls – Robyn has been precise quiet.

After accepting the songwriter of the decennary grant astatine the NME Awards successful 2020, Robyn has done the unusual performance, but with nary signs of her making caller music.

But past nighttime she returned to a UK signifier for the archetypal clip successful years to travel Charli XCX connected the 2nd nighttime of her UK Brat tour.

Charli XCX started the evening with a Shygirl remix of 365 – with Shygirl herself making an quality – arsenic the Apple vocalist besides brought connected her fiancé, The 1975 drummer George Daniel.

The assemblage went perfectly chaotic erstwhile Robyn took to the signifier alongside Yung Lean for a show of 360, earlier the Swedish chart-topper performed Dancing On My Own (with the remainder of the O2, it seemed).

The lone concerts Robyn is listed to person done successful the past 4 years earlier appearing astatine Charli’s Brat gig were astatine III Points Festival successful October successful Florida, and astatine Bergenfest successful Norway successful 2022.

Last twelvemonth Robyn revealed she’d welcomed a baby successful 2022 successful concealed – which could explicate her absence.

The Show Me Love vocalist – existent sanction Robin Miriam Carlsson – is thought to inactive beryllium successful a narration with videographer Max Vitali.

Despite being backstage astir her romanticist life, she did notation to him arsenic her ‘fiancé’ successful a 2013 interrogation with Collection of Style magazine.

‘We became friends erstwhile we made the video for Be Mine, and present we enactment unneurotic a lot,’ she said.

‘He made each the videos for the past album.’

The brace separated for a abbreviated clip pursuing the merchandise of her 2010 medium Body Talk, but they had reconciled by 2018.

Robyn was antecedently engaged to Swedish MMA combatant turned creator Olof Inger for 8 years betwixt 2003 and 2011. 

On her Brat tour, Charli XCX – existent sanction Charlotte Aitchison – raised immoderate eyebrows aft her opening nighttime successful Manchester connected Wednesday night, arsenic some fans weren’t blessed erstwhile she decided to airy up a cigaret connected signifier mid-set.

‘Promoting smoking to assemblage afloat of minors.. I stan her but this is not okay,’ @bbladdict wrote, portion @bloodylikeabody said: ‘Just nasty and British…’

Others nevertheless didn’t spot what each the fuss was about, arsenic galore referred to her albums, which aren’t precisely made for kids with drug-heavy lyrics specified as: ‘Should we do a little key? Should we person a small line?’ 

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