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June 3, 2024 • We're re-airing some of our favorite interviews with queer music icons throughout June.

2020 Was The Year Of Dancing By Ourselves

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Best Music Of 2020

2020 Was The Year Of Dancing By Ourselves

December 8, 2020 • As dance floors stood empty, a wide spectrum of dance music transformed bedrooms into clubs, kitchens into discotheques and backyards into glow-stick raves.

2020 Was The Year Of Dancing By Ourselves

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Happy & Sad: 31 Bittersweet Bops For Summer's End

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Happy & Sad: 31 Bittersweet Bops For Summer's End

August 28, 2019 • Like a pink ombré hair dye, some of the best pop songs illuminate the shades of change — whether they are seasonal, emotional, romantic or the big questions of life.

Playlist: Carly Rae Jepsen's Living Room Dance Party

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Playlist: Carly Rae Jepsen's Living Room Dance Party

August 7, 2019 • The pop singer offers a roséwave playlist for a chill summertime: "Some sad, but mostly happy and all epic artists."

Rosé Rising: 24 Songs For Your Summer Star Chart

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Rosé Rising: 24 Songs For Your Summer Star Chart

July 10, 2019 • Our playlist highlights each astrological sign's best and worst attributes, whether you're as meticulous as fellow Virgo Beyonce, moody as a Cancer (and Frank Ocean) or free-spirited as Bjork.

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American Anthem: The Playlist

July 1, 2019 • Sometimes, a song isn't just a song: It's shorthand for an idea. Hear the music of NPR's American Anthem series, on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action.

Alone Together: Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' Opens The Corners Of Community

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Alone Together: Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' Opens The Corners Of Community

June 10, 2019 • The magic of Robyn's millennial anthem is its bait and switch: It's a fun, energetic dance song about being lonely and heartbroken. And yet, the minute you hear it, you instantly feel less alone.

Alone Together: Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' Opens The Corners Of Community

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Beck, Robyn & the Lonely Island Team Up For 'Lego Movie 2' Song 'Super Cool'

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Beck, Robyn & the Lonely Island Team Up For 'Lego Movie 2' Song 'Super Cool'

February 6, 2019 • "Super Cool" is breezy and silly, and about as much as you can ask for a superstar-caliber link-up for a kids' film.

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Music Features

The 100 Best Songs Of 2018 (20-1)

December 5, 2018 • During a turbulent year rife with personal and political trauma, the most memorable songs pulled no punches in the pursuit of pop.

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The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 (10-1)

December 4, 2018 • Even in an era when listeners have been primed to expect the unexpected, the best albums of 2018 are full of surprises: a cascade of discoveries, revelations and artistic rebirths.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

December 3, 2018 • The All Songs gang looks back at this year's anthems and unmissable milestones, from Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer to Childish Gambino's mind-blowing video for "This Is America," Rosalía, Mitski and more.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

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'You Can Be Your Best Friend': Hear Robyn On World Cafe

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'You Can Be Your Best Friend': Hear Robyn On World Cafe

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November 13, 2018 • The Swedish pop star reflects on becoming friends with her body, using dance to wade through sadness and Honey, her first solo album in eight years.

Robyn On World Cafe

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How Robyn Found Herself In The Space Between The Notes

November 1, 2018 • After eight years away, Robyn's new album Honey has fans asking where she's been. The answer, as the Swedish singer tells NPR's Ari Shapiro: dancing her way to emotional clarity.

How Robyn Found Herself In The Space Between The Notes

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On 'Honey,' Robyn Dances Toward Stillness

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On 'Honey,' Robyn Dances Toward Stillness

October 25, 2018 • Robyn songs feel like crying on the dancefloor. But Honey is, at its core, about moving towards something freer, softer, more honest.

Robyn's New Song Invites You To Come Get Your 'Honey'

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Robyn's New Song Invites You To Come Get Your 'Honey'

September 26, 2018 • Robyn teased an early version of the song in 2017. The final version of the title track to her forthcoming album, Honey, is warm, persistent and self-assured.

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The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

Robyn Is The 21st Century's Pop Oracle

August 23, 2018 • An artist in control of her work, Robyn serves us a dreamy possibility beyond the rigid binaries and adapts pop's dance floor language into something that serves her own dreams.

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Stream Robyn's New Song, 'Missing U'

August 1, 2018 • Robyn has a way of piercing pop music consciousness when she's away, but now the Swedish pop star is back.

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+ (60-41)

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The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+ (60-41)

July 30, 2018 • This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

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The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

July 24, 2017 • This list, of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present, is an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record. It rethinks popular music to put women at the center.

All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

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All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

September 21, 2015 • The new host for NPR's evening news magazine joins All Songs Considered to discuss musicals, powerful voices and why Paul Simon's Graceland never gets old.

All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

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New Mix: Royksopp & Robyn, LP, Bishop Allen, More

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New Mix: Royksopp & Robyn, LP, Bishop Allen, More

May 27, 2014 • On this week's show we roll the windows down with a wind-whipped, sun-dappled mix of rock and pop, including premieres from Bishop Allen and LP.

New Mix: Royksopp & Robyn, LP, Bishop Allen, More

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First Listen: Royksopp & Robyn, 'Do It Again'

May 22, 2014 • The Scandinavian dream team unveils a mini-album that bookends dance-pop goodness with moody grace. All the way through, there's a palpable sense of freedom to the music.

Do It Again

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