'Heartbroken' Robyn cancels two shows
Swedish pop star Robyn on Friday cancelled upcoming shows, saying it was too painful to perform songs written with late producer Christian Falk.
"Even though it's been a year since Christian passed, I'm heartbroken and performing them feels too heavy still," Robyn said in a statement.
The cancelled concerts consisted of two shows in Brazil and the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco.
Falk, a fellow Swede whose production credits included songs by Robyn as well as the 1994 anti-racism anthem "7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry, died last year of cancer at age 52.
Falk had also joined Robyn in a side project of retro disco under the band name La Bagatelle Magique.
Following Falk's death, Robyn and the group's other remaining member, keyboardist Markus Jagerstedt, completed a mini-album which was released last month.
Christian Falk, the Swedish producer, who died last year. Photo: TT
Robyn and Jagerstedt recently performed the music at a festival in Stockholm but she said in her statement: "It was much harder singing these songs on stage than I thought."
Robyn said that the surviving members were working on a video for La Bagatelle Magique but otherwise she planned a "clean break" to work on new material.
The 36-year-old singer, whose real name is Robin Miriam Carlsson, had her start as a singer while still a teenager but later fell out with her label and went independent.
She has since achieved international success with a string of songs such as "With Every Heartbeat" and "Dancing On My Own," which bring an occasional R&B edge to quintessentially Swedish dance pop.
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"Even though it's been a year since Christian passed, I'm heartbroken and performing them feels too heavy still," Robyn said in a statement.
The cancelled concerts consisted of two shows in Brazil and the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco.
Falk, a fellow Swede whose production credits included songs by Robyn as well as the 1994 anti-racism anthem "7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry, died last year of cancer at age 52.
Falk had also joined Robyn in a side project of retro disco under the band name La Bagatelle Magique.
Following Falk's death, Robyn and the group's other remaining member, keyboardist Markus Jagerstedt, completed a mini-album which was released last month.
Christian Falk, the Swedish producer, who died last year. Photo: TT
Robyn and Jagerstedt recently performed the music at a festival in Stockholm but she said in her statement: "It was much harder singing these songs on stage than I thought."
Robyn said that the surviving members were working on a video for La Bagatelle Magique but otherwise she planned a "clean break" to work on new material.
The 36-year-old singer, whose real name is Robin Miriam Carlsson, had her start as a singer while still a teenager but later fell out with her label and went independent.
She has since achieved international success with a string of songs such as "With Every Heartbeat" and "Dancing On My Own," which bring an occasional R&B edge to quintessentially Swedish dance pop.
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