Robyn does whatever the fuck she wants. She left her major label and founded her own to creatively liberate herself. She waited eight long years to release a follow up her wildly beloved 2010 record _Body Talk_. And she dropped her biggest hit, “Dancing On My Own” just 12 songs into her 19-song set at Madison Square Garden Friday night instead of saving it for one of her two encores.
Catharsis could now be defined with simply a video of the nearly 20,000 people in the Garden [screaming the song’s chorus acapella](https://youtu.be/snywH0btMDo?t=54) while the Swedish pop star bathed in our sweaty, glitter-clad adoration. Arena shows obviously can’t always pack the same punch as a more intimate set in a theater or club, but this moment was one of many that proved Robyn’s catalog, band, and dancing (good god the woman can groove) render her 1000% able to absolutely bring down a house that big (it was her first time headlining MSG--or any American arena).
After a stellar mood-setting DJ set from Kindness, the main event began with the Kindness-produced “Send to Robin Immediately.” She let the tension build--slowly walking toward the front of the stage and standing still for most of the song--before next giving us the title track from last year’s triumphant return, _Honey_, and thus kicking off a massive two-hour dance party, complete with choreography, a costume change, and of course a sing-along for the record books.
“Music doesn't change the world,” [Robyn told NPR](https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/662094906/how-robyn-found-herself-in-the-space-between-the-notes) in November. “I really don't believe that's the purpose music should have. But I think music gives people a break, where they can recharge and then maybe change themselves. Which is beautiful.” If this New York City subway platform singalong post show is _any_ indication, we all left recharged and without a doubt changed for the better:
> [#Robyn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Robyn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Afterparty at the E train station after the [@robynkonichiwa](https://twitter.com/robynkonichiwa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) show at MSG [pic.twitter.com/qBCSrPuT9N](https://t.co/qBCSrPuT9N)
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> — Triszh Hermogenes (@triszhermogenes) [March 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/triszhermogenes/status/1104242103150936064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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Photographed by [Amanda Koellner](https://www.instagram.com/amandakoellner/)
Robyn does whatever the fuck she wants. She left her major label and founded her own to creatively liberate herself. She waited eight long years to release a follow up her wildly beloved 2010 record _Body Talk_. And she dropped her biggest hit, “Dancing On My Own” just 12 songs into her 19-song set at Madison Square Garden Friday night instead of saving it for one of her two encores.
Catharsis could now be defined with simply a video of the nearly 20,000 people in the Garden [screaming the song’s chorus acapella](https://youtu.be/snywH0btMDo?t=54) while the Swedish pop star bathed in our sweaty, glitter-clad adoration. Arena shows obviously can’t always pack the same punch as a more intimate set in a theater or club, but this moment was one of many that proved Robyn’s catalog, band, and dancing (good god the woman can groove) render her 1000% able to absolutely bring down a house that big (it was her first time headlining MSG--or any American arena).
After a stellar mood-setting DJ set from Kindness, the main event began with the Kindness-produced “Send to Robin Immediately.” She let the tension build--slowly walking toward the front of the stage and standing still for most of the song--before next giving us the title track from last year’s triumphant return, _Honey_, and thus kicking off a massive two-hour dance party, complete with choreography, a costume change, and of course a sing-along for the record books.
“Music doesn't change the world,” [Robyn told NPR](https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/662094906/how-robyn-found-herself-in-the-space-between-the-notes) in November. “I really don't believe that's the purpose music should have. But I think music gives people a break, where they can recharge and then maybe change themselves. Which is beautiful.” If this New York City subway platform singalong post show is _any_ indication, we all left recharged and without a doubt changed for the better:
> [#Robyn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Robyn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Afterparty at the E train station after the [@robynkonichiwa](https://twitter.com/robynkonichiwa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) show at MSG [pic.twitter.com/qBCSrPuT9N](https://t.co/qBCSrPuT9N)
>
> — Triszh Hermogenes (@triszhermogenes) [March 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/triszhermogenes/status/1104242103150936064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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Photographed by [Amanda Koellner](https://www.instagram.com/amandakoellner/)
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