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=== 2010–2016: ''Body Talk'', ''Do It Again'' and EPs === She released the first album of the ''Body Talk'' trilogy, ''Body Talk Pt. 1'', on 14 June 2010 in the Nordic countries on [[EMI]] and on 15 June in the US on [[Interscope Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/robyn-joins-emi-in-the-nordic-region/ |title=Robyn joins EMI in the Nordic region |publisher=[[EMI]] |date=26 April 2010 |access-date=19 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727071939/http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/robyn-joins-emi-in-the-nordic-region/ |archive-date=27 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robyn-us.com/news/default.aspx?nid=25766 |title=New Album Body Talk Pt. 1 Available June 15th in the US! |website=Robyn-us.com |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=19 June 2010 |archive-date=27 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527105706/http://www.robyn-us.com/news/default.aspx?nid=25766 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was preceded by the single "[[Dancing On My Own]]" on 1 June 2010. The song was Robyn's first number-one single in Sweden and her fourth top-10 single in the UK and the US, peaking at number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and number three on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot Dance Club Songs]] chart. In July 2010, she sang a minimalist, electro cover version of [[Alicia Keys]]' "[[Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart]]" live on [[IHeartRadio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.covermesongs.com/2010/08/two-new-iheartradio-videos-robyn-strips-down-alicia-keys-k%E2%80%99naan-goofs-around-for-u2.html |title=Two New iheartradio Videos: Robyn Strips Down Alicia Keys, K'naan Goofs Around for U2|website=Covermesongs.com |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> Robyn made the [[All Hearts|All Hearts Tour]] in July and August 2010 with American singer [[Kelis]] to promote the ''Body Talk'' albums,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idolator.com/5523492/kelis-and-robyn-tour-dates-all-hearts |title=All Hearts Tour |website=Idolator.com |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=3 July 2010}}</ref> and a four-date UK tour at the end of October.<ref name="bodytalk2">{{cite web|last=Gregory|first=Jason|title= Robyn Announces October UK Tour And New Album Release Date|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/56996/Robyn-Announces-October-UK-Tour-And-New-Album-Release-Date|website=[[Gigwise.com]]|date=23 June 2010|access-date=23 June 2010}}</ref> [[File:Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2010 Robyn IMG 6774.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Robyn onstage in black, pointing up|At the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize concert]] On 6 September 2010, ''Body Talk Pt. 2'' was released in the UK.<ref name="bodytalk2" /> It was preceded by the lead single, a dance version of "[[Hang with Me]]" from ''Body Talk Pt. 1'', the day before.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/39451-new-robyn-album-gets-a-release-date/ |title=New Robyn Album Gets a Release Date |work=Pitchfork Media |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> The album includes a duet with American rapper [[Snoop Dogg]], "U Should Know Better".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Craig |last=McLean |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957797/swedish-pop-sensation-robyn-brings-body-talk-to-united-states |title=Swedish Pop Sensation Robyn Brings 'Body Talk' To United States |magazine=Billboard |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=3 July 2010}}</ref> Robyn performed "Dancing On My Own" with [[deadmau5]] at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] on 12 September.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/robyn/267033|title= Robyn|date=9 September 2010|work=TV Guide }}</ref> In a BBC ''[[Newsbeat]]'' interview, she explained her decision to release three albums in one year: "It was just something I felt like I needed to do. I just never thought about selling records or not, making this decision. I just did it for myself. It's a way of, for me, to stay inspired and to be able to do the things I like to do".<ref name="newsbeat">{{cite web|last=Hocking|first=Caroline|title=Newsbeat – Robyn: Triple album release is 'gamble'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11267290|date=14 September 2010|publisher=BBC |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> However, Robyn said that she would not do it again: "When you do 16 or 13 songs in one go, you kind of empty yourself, and it takes a while to fill back up and have new things to talk about, so I think it's good for everyone".<ref name="newsbeat" /> Robyn announced the release of the single, "[[Indestructible (Robyn song)|Indestructible]]", on 13 October 2010;<ref name="indestructible">{{cite web|title=Indestructible Release!|url=http://robyn.com/#/blog/420190709|date=13 October 2010|website=Robyn.com|access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref> an acoustic version appeared on ''Body Talk Pt. 2''. The song was released on 17 November in Scandinavia and 22 November in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music – News – Robyn streams new single on web – Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a282338/robyn-streams-new-single-on-web.html|date=15 October 2010|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref> Co-written by Klas Åhlund, it was described as a "pulsating full power version [that] takes every ounce of that emotion and wraps it up in another exceptional [[disco-pop]] record worthy of any dance-floor or passion-laden sing-a-long."<ref name="indestructible" /> Robyn planned to collaborate with Swedish producer [[Max Martin]] on the song "Time Machine";<ref>{{cite web|title=Robyn completes trilogy of 2010 releases with Body Talk, scheduled for November 22nd – Cherrytree Records |url=http://www.cherrytreerecords.com/profiles/blogs/robyn-completes-trilogy-of |date=20 October 2010 |website=Cherrytreerecords.com |access-date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708110801/http://www.cherrytreerecords.com/profiles/blogs/robyn-completes-trilogy-of |archive-date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> Martin produced Robyn's US singles, "[[Do You Know (What It Takes)]]" and "[[Show Me Love (Robyn song)|Show Me Love]]", both of which peaked in the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' 100 in 1997.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/367042/Robyn/chart?f=379|title=Robyn Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> The ''Body Talk'' albums have sold 91,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473060/robyn-to-continue-working-in-mini-album-format|title=Robyn to Continue Working in Mini-Album Format|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=14 February 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> Robyn guest-starred on "War at the Roses", a 2010 episode of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', where she performed an acoustic version of "Hang with Me"; "Dancing On My Own" was featured at the end of the episode. In November, she said she would return to the studio in January 2011 with enough material to release a new album later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/tv/Chatting_With_Robyn/?keyword=robyn&ptvid=8628bbcd46012&start=0&end=19 |title=Chatting With Robyn! – PerezTV |website=Perezhilton.com |access-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> Robyn opened for [[Coldplay]] on their 2012 tour in Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.<ref name="Coldplay 2012 opening acts North America">{{cite web|last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/coldplay-enlists-robyn-and-wolf-gang-as-tour-openers |title=Robyn among acts to open for Coldplay on North American tour |website=Hitfix.com |date=24 February 2012 |access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> In mid-2013, she appeared with [[Paul Rudd]] and [[Sean Combs]] on "Go Kindergarten" from [[the Lonely Island]]'s ''[[The Wack Album]]''.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1367302/the-lonely-island-go-kindergarten-feat-robyn/mp3s/|title=The Lonely Island – "Go Kindergarten" (Feat. Robyn)|website=Stereogum.com|date=29 May 2013 |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> Robyn posted two videos of the [[Snoop Dogg]] collaboration ("U Should Know Better"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDbl2buP0Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iVDbl2buP0Q| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robyn – U Should Know Better ft. Snoop Dogg |via=YouTube |date=21 June 2013 |access-date=28 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and "Behind the Scenes")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZnClsOnuuo | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/DZnClsOnuuo| archive-date=7 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=U Should Know Better (Behind The Scenes) Robyn feat. Snoop Dogg |via=YouTube |date=22 June 2013 |access-date=28 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and a game, ''Mixory'', on 21 and 22 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mixorygame.com/ |title=U Should Know Better – Mixory |website=Mixorygame.com |access-date=28 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818040736/http://www.mixorygame.com/ |archive-date=18 August 2013 }}</ref> That year she received the Stockholm [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] Great Prize for "artistic contributions and embrace of technology", worth 1.2 million Swedish [[Swedish krona|kronor]] (around £117,000 at the time), which she planned to donate to a cause of her choice.<ref name="NME">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/robyn--2/72845 |title=Robyn wins Swedish university prize for 'embracing technology'|website=NME|date=28 April 2010 }}</ref> Robyn sang on [[Neneh Cherry]]'s "Out of the Black", from Cherry's album ''[[Blank Project]]'', in 2014.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53041-listen-neneh-cherry-shares-title-track-from-four-tet-produced-album-blank-project/|title=Listen: Neneh Cherry Shares Title Track From Four Tet-Produced Album Blank Project|website=Pitchfork|date=18 November 2013 |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> She also announced the [[Do It Again (Röyksopp and Robyn album)#Tour|Do It Again Tour]] with [[Röyksopp]] and a collaborative mini-album, ''[[Do It Again (EP)|Do It Again]]'', that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robyn and Röyksopp announce collaborative album Do It Again|url=https://consequence.net/2014/04/robyn-and-royksopp-announce-collaborative-album-do-it-again/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=14 April 2014 |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> The tour ended prematurely after the death of Robyn's longtime friend and collaborator, [[Christian Falk]]. An EP of their final collaboration, ''[[Love Is Free (album)|Love Is Free]]'', was released soon afterwards. Robyn appeared at the Popaganda Festival in Sweden the following year and performed songs written with Falk before she postponed subsequent performances because she was still grieving.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://robyn.com/post/128852164063/unfortunately-its-with-great-regret-that-robyn |title=Unfortunately, it's with great regret that Robyn has to cancel her appearances |date=14 September 2015 |website=Robyn.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404153713/https://robyn.com/post/128852164063/unfortunately-its-with-great-regret-that-robyn |archive-date=4 April 2016 }}</ref> She premiered a dance set of remixed versions of her songs at the May 2016 [[Boston Calling Music Festival]], with plans for more dates during the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/robyn/2016/city-hall-plaza-boston-ma-1bfef9bc.html | title=2016 Robyn Set list at City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA, USA | website=Setlist.fm | access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2016/05/last_best_show_boston_calling_day_two_2016 | title=Last Best Show: Boston Calling Day Two 2016 | publisher=Boston Herald and Herald Media | access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> Robyn released ''Trust Me'', a collaboration EP with Mr. Tophat, in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7650240/robyn-mr-tophat-trust-me-ep|title=Robyn & Mr. Tophat Announce 'Trust Me' EP: Hear The Title Track|date=4 November 2016|website=Idolator.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trust-me-feat.-robyn-ep/id1166783914|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204090434/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trust-me-feat.-robyn-ep/id1166783914|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2017|title=Trust Me (feat. Robyn) – EP by Mr. Tophat|date=4 November 2016|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref> She appeared on "That Could Have Been Me", a track from [[Todd Rundgren]]'s album ''[[White Knight (album)|White Knight]]'', the following year.
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