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When you make an album comprised entirely of potential singles, it would be foolish not to try to make every track a hit, right? That seems to be the thinking behind Robyn's recent campaign to chop Robyn into a tiny pieces and serve it up in bite-sized portions.

"Handle Me" is the latest in a string of fabulous singles by the Swedish pop maverick. Her own Konichiwa imprint will release the diss track in the UK as a digital download on October 22, with the CD, 7" and 12" coming a week later on October 29. "Handle Me" will be remixed by the likes of Björn Yttling (of Peter, himself, and John), Williams, OrtzRocka, and Soul Seekerz. There's also an acoustic version of her last single, the Kleerup-assisted "With Every Heartbeat" on the CD, too, which oughta slay.

We just figure she's gotta get these singles out of her system before she starts work on that follow-up, right?

Hey, and speaking of the Robyn LP, Entertainment Weekly recently reported that the disc will hit U.S. shelves December 4. (FREAKIN' FINALLY, ahem) This info hasn't been confirmed yet, but, boy, if it does, a whole lotta people I know will be having a sassy Swede-pop kinda holiday. Sounds a little more merry than a sleepy Sufjan Christmas, no?

In other Robyn news, she's got quite a few live dates to her name in October and November in Europe. The Trentemøller remix of "Konichiwa Bitches" pops up on his new thing, and "Bum Like You" is in some soccer video game or something. Is Robyn's ubiquity threatening to overtake that of T-Pain? Could it, please?

"Handle Me" CD:

01 Handle Me
02 With Every Heartbeat (acoustic version)
03 Handle Me (Soul Seekerz Mix, radio edit)
04 Handle Me (OrtzRocka Death To Disco remix)

"Handle Me" 7":

A Handle Me
B Handle Me (Björn Yttling remix)

"Handle Me" 12":

A1 Handle Me (Soul Seekerz Vocal Mix)
A2 Handle Me (Soul Seekerz Dub)
B1 Handle Me (Williams Dub)
B2 Handle Me (Ortzrocka Mix)

Robyn live:

10-07 Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gefahrlich
10-08 Cologne, Germany - Studio 672
10-09 Berlin, Germany - Lido
10-31 Brighton, England - Audio
11-01 London, England - La Scala
11-03 Dublin, Ireland - The Village
11-06 Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand
11-07 Leeds, England - Stylus
11-08 Manchester, England - Academy