the original architect is robyn. she went fully independent after breaking from max martin, giving herself the freedom to imagine a way forward for pop music both sonically and in terms of the way she runs her business. CRJ is one of many artists following in robyn’s footsteps
a theory I’ve been working on is that it really feels like CRJ and EMOTION really helped create the pop middle class, as before that record it really felt like you could only be one of three things: superstar, legacy act or flop
turns out, there’s a 4th thing!