Watch Robyn Cover Tinashe’s “Popstar”

If there’s anyone who knows about the pop star life, it’s Robyn. On BBC Live Lounge, the Swedish pop singer proved it with a mashup of the Teddybears’ Iggy Pop-assisted “Punkrocker” and Tinashe’s “Popstar.” Watch that all go down below.

Robyn opened the performance with the first verse of “Punkrocker,” giving its iconic hook a new treatment by replacing “punkrocker” with “pop star,” before transitioning into the title track of Tinashe’s recent pop manifesto.

Read more about why we love “Popstar” in Walden Green’s review.

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