November 19, 2006
It Hurts With Every Heartbeat
Last night at a homeparty in Shibuya: four funky foxes spin the fatest hits, and right before midnight when it's time to leave, one of them whispers "I'm gonna play you the new Robyn track". And so he does. At least he thinks so.
The song is sad, sad, sad and one of the most beautiful bits of sound I've heard in a long, long time. There's a little bit of Alan Braxe, and lots of Annie's Hearbeat and Hour Musik's Your Life Is Beautiful. Then there are the strings from Robyn's latest album, and right there at the party it sounds like she's singing like Cyndi Lauper back in 1984.
Still I'm dying with every step I take
But I don't look back
And it hurts with every heartbeat
And it hurts with every heartbeat
When it's over the party mood is all gone, but the happiness is still there. The fox sees the question marks all over my face and answers them with "it wasn't supposed to leak, but it's all over the net".
So, today I've also been all over the net to find out what Robyn is up to. To cut it short, With Every Heartbeat isn't the new Robyn track, it's the forthcoming Kleerup hit. With Every Heartbeat won't be the best single of 2006, it could end up the best single of 2007.
Especially, there's a moment 55 seconds into the song which hits me with the kind of goosebumps and shivers which I thought were reserved for the loving touch from another human being. The fox will kill me for saying this, but With Every Heartbeat is the exact sound of what was played every single night right before closing time at the legendary Tokion eurobeat club Juliana's. Filled with tears over lost flesh and lost love.
It will be interesting to see who EMI pays to remix this beauty. It needs some raw treatment to really make it onto the dancefloors. Justice, DFA and Alan Braxe would be the obvious choices. Looking forward to be positively surprised. Now I'm just happy sad.
With Every Heartbeat is scheduled for a January release. Listen here!
Kleerup is Andreas Kleerup of Teddybears STHLM.
The video is shot by Fredrik Skogkvist who claims Robyn won't be in it.
Robyn releases The Rakamonie EP in the UK tomorrow.