Editing Robyn (section)

==Legacy==
Various publications have nicknamed Robyn the "Queen of Sad Bangers".<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2019 |title=The Best Albums of The Decade: The 2010s |url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019-2580278 |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Locke |first=Amie-Jo |date=1 October 2024 |title=Later… With Jools Holland: 21 of the best performances to watch right now |url=https://discover.ticketmaster.co.uk/music/best-later-with-jools-holland-live-performances-to-watch-right-now-62924/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=[[Ticketmaster|Ticketmaster UK]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoang |first=Anna |date=21 April 2019 |title=REVIEW: Teen Spirit (2018) dir. Max Minghella |url=https://bostonhassle.com/review-teen-spirit-2018-dir-max-minghella/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=[[Boston Hassle]]}}</ref> Robyn's debut, ''Robyn Is Here'', was instrumental in helping launch [[Max Martin]]'s career in pop music, and creating demand for "white girl [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singers, from [[Mandy Moore]] to [[Billie Piper]]." When Robyn turned down [[Jive Records]]' attempt to sign her in the United States, the label shifted their focus to a young artist named [[Britney Spears]], with the head of Jive calling Spears "an American Robyn – a [[Europop]] teen queen, with an added dash of '[[girl next door]].{{'"}} Martin ended up producing much of Spears's debut album ''[[...Baby One More Time (album)|...Baby One More Time]]'', and she was seen as "easier to control than the 'forceful' Swedish teenager."<ref name=":1" />

''Robyn'' (2005) has been cited as a foundational pop album of the 2000s, cementing the validity of "[[poptimism]]" in music critics circles that "[made] indie nerds lighten up."<ref name=":1" /> It gained significant acclaim from indie magazine ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', which had only covered a few pop albums prior. Their acclaim "placed synthpop on the same level as earnest, artsy acts such as [[Arcade Fire]] and [[Sufjan Stevens]]." She was seen as "a bellwether for rock getting less rigid in introducing non-guitar sounds and for pop music becoming more dance-driven and experimental."<ref name="CoS">{{cite web|last=Moulton|first=Katie|date=25 October 2018|title=10 Ways Pop Star Robyn Was Ahead of Her Time|url=https://consequence.net/2018/10/10-ways-pop-star-robyn-was-ahead-of-her-time/|website=Consequence|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>

Robyn helped shape contemporary pop music by taking creative control, introducing [[indie music|indie]] elements to mainstream pop, and including feminist and other political themes in her music long before it became acceptable for popstars to do so.<ref name="CoS"/> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' attributed her work as a "savant" and "pioneer" upon going independent to the accelerated prominence of the [[Alternative rock#Alternative pop|alternative pop]] genre starting in the late 2000s.<ref name="YoungArtists">{{cite web|date=14 September 2021|title=Robyn Inks With Young Artists Management|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/robyn-young-artists-management-1235063569/|website=Variety|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref> According to El Hunt of ''[[NME]]'', the ''Body Talk'' project "paved the way for more experimental, alternatively-minded pop stars to find a place in the landscape in years to come" and pioneered "a different kind of pop".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunt |first=El |date=24 November 2010 |title="She breaks the mould": how Robyn's pop classic 'Body Talk' changed the game |url=https://www.nme.com/features/robyn-body-talk-10-year-anniversary-charli-xcx-kleerup-2821453 |access-date=2 October 2024 |work=[[NME]]}}</ref>

According to friend and collaborator [[Joseph Mount]], after the singer's come back in the mid-2000s, there was "more than one Robyn-style track on every pop person's record".<ref name=":1" /> According to Alexandra Pollard of ''The Independent'', "Ask any young pop singer today who their biggest influence is and chances are they'll have mentioned Robyn".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollard |first=Alexandra |date=27 October 2018 |title=The music industry will never catch up with Robyn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/robyn-honey-album-review-music-industry-feature-a8602411.html |access-date=2 October 2024 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> She has been recognized as an important influence by [[Carly Rae Jepsen]], [[Lorde (singer)|Lorde]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Lorde Uses Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' as Studio Inspiration |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6560649/lorde-robyn-dancing-on-my-own-studio-next-album |magazine=Billboard |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref name="idolator.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/5863391/robyn-discusses-identifying-with-queer-culture-in-out-magazine?chrome=1|title=Robyn Discusses Identifying With Queer Culture In 'Out' Magazine|date=17 March 2011|website=Idolator|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]], [[Christine and the Queens]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Swift Makes Surprise Appearance at 'Craziest Awards Show Ever,' the NMEs |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-accepts-nme-award-1203502785/ |website=Variety |date=13 February 2020 |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> [[Andy McCluskey]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey Of OMD's Favourite Albums|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/11834-andy-mccluskey-omd-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-favourite-albums?page=13|website=The Quietus| date=8 April 2013 |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> [[Ariel Rechtshaid]] and [[Perfume Genius]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dancing on My Own, Together: Capturing That Robyn Feeling|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/dancing-on-my-own-together-capturing-that-robyn-feeling/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=12 September 2018|access-date=29 March 2023|last=Greene|first=Jayson}}</ref> While accepting her [[Brit Award for British Dance Act|British Dance Act]] award at the [[Brit Awards 2025]], Charli XCX shouted Robyn out in her speech, among other dance acts she had been influenced by.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/charli-xcx-sweeps-2025-brit-awards-pays-homage-to-late-collaborator-sophie-someone-who-none-of-us-would-be-here-without-3842677|title=Charli XCX sweeps 2025 BRIT Awards, pays homage to late collaborator SOPHIE: "Someone who none of us would be here without"|date=2 March 2025|access-date=2 March 2025|website=[[NME]]|last=Burton|first=Poppy}}</ref> Robyn's "triumph in rejection" has led to her status as an [[gay icon|LGBTQ icon]].<ref name="idolator.com"/>

Publications such as ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''Rolling Stone'' have called Robyn one of the most influential pop artists of her generation,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ROBYN RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE, "MISSING U" |url=https://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/robyn-returns-new-single-missing-u/ |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=[[Universal Music Canada]]}}</ref> whereas ''Billboard'' declared her "one of the most critically lauded pop artists of the century".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=6 August 2015 |title=Is Carly Rae Jepsen Pop's Most Underrated Artist? A Scientific Investigation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/most-underrated-pop-artists-carly-rae-jepsen-6656609/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''[[NPR]]''{{'s}} Jessica Hopper deemed Robyn "The 21st Century's Pop Oracle",<ref>{{cite web|title=Robyn Is The 21st Century's Pop Oracle|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23/638896615/robyn-is-the-21st-centurys-pop-oracle|publisher=NPR|date=23 August 2018 |access-date=20 April 2021|last1=Hopper |first1=Jessica }}</ref> while ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} Caryn Ganz called her "Pop's Glittery Rebel".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/arts/music/robyn-honey-interview.html|title=How Robyn, Pop's Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness|date=7 October 2018|magazine=The New York Times|accessdate=18 May 2021}}</ref>