Current obsession - Robyn

Today I just want to gobble down Robyn's fifth (and surely final from the album) UK single, Who's That Girl. Because not only is this pop triumph warbled by Robyn, it's produced by The Knife. The Knife! A Swedish duo so good they deserve an exclamation mark - and I'm not just saying that because Pitchfork told me to.
Who's That Girl has been around since 'Robyn' was released in Sweden in 2005, but it still sounds like the future. Between the cardboard box drums and spaceship synths it feels like 2011, at the very least. The synth lines and beat would fit comfortably onto The Knife's 'Silent Shout', but where many of that album's tracks span out sexually adrogynous swooshes and swirls, Robyn's lyrics tame the production into a concise four minutes. She plays out her frustrations with the feminine ideal, concluding that the ideal doesn't exist in reality and she'll do what she wants, on her terms (sample: 'good girls are sexy like everyday / I'm only sexy when I say it's ok').
Robyn's yelping and white girl rap (please see Konichiwa Bitches) may not be to everyone's taste, but I'm glad she's tearing down those boring old ideas that young women in pop should be sexually available, permanently glossy and passive. Bravo Robyn, for her awkward beauty.