Robyn has performed ‘Dopamine’ for the first time at her first gig in six years – check out footage below.
Earlier this month (November 12), the Swedish pop icon returned with her first new single in seven years, the euphoric and dancefloor-ready ‘Dopamine’. On Wednesday (November 19), Robyn took over the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles for her first full performance since 2019.
The show – dubbed An Evening With Robyn – was organised by Spotify and Acne Studios. During the performance, Robyn performed her greatest hits, while also treating those lucky enough to be in attendance to the live debut of ‘Dopamine’.
Check out footage of ‘Dopamine’ being performed for the first time below, courtesy of Billboard.
Elsewhere during the show, she performed hits like ‘Missing U’, ‘Call Your Girlfriend’, ‘Be Mine!’, ‘Honey’, ‘With Every Heartbeat’ and ‘Dancing On My Own’.
Robyn’s ‘An Evening With Robyn’ setlist was:
‘Missing U’
‘Call Your Girlfriend’
‘Be Mine!’
‘Cobrastyle’ (Teddybears cover)
‘Ever Again’
‘Blow My Mind’
‘Dopamine’ (live debut)
‘Honey’
‘Between The Lines’
‘Love Is Free’
‘Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do’ (The Mekanism remix)
‘Dancing On My Own’
‘Hang With Me’ (Paola cover)
‘Monument’
‘With Every Heartbeat’
The NME Songwriter Of The Decade winner hasn’t released an album since 2018’s critically acclaimed ‘Honey‘, but speculation about her imminent return was fuelled in September when her longtime collaborator, Klas Åhlund, appeared on the Nordmark Pod and said he had “just finished a new Robyn album that’s coming out”.
She also recently previewed new music at Acne Studios’ show at Paris Fashion Week last month.
Her last studio effort ‘Honey’ was awarded four stars by NME, in a review that noted: “From an artist who conjures up so many lofty titles – pop genius being one of them – this is a record that takes an altogether different tack to cut through to the raw, complex tangle of emotion.”
In the years since the release of ‘Honey’, she’s appeared on a few tracks with other artists, including ‘Call My Name’, a 2021 collaboration with the Swedish duo Smile, and a remix of Charli XCX’s ‘360’ with Yung Lean last year.
This year, she’s made a few live appearances, starting off by teaming up with David Byrne for a rendition of ‘Dancing On My Own’ at Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary concert, and later with Gracie Abrams at Lollapalooza.
In March, she made a surprise appearance, joining Jamie xx on stage in Copenhagen for a live version of their track ‘Life’, which was released on his album ‘In Waves’ in 2024. She previously teamed up with him on the track at Glastonbury last year.