How The Girl In Robyn's "Dancing On My Own" Is Also The Girlfriend In "Call Your Girlfriend"

Robyn's two most popular songs about break-ups are actually telling the same story, about the same break-up, each from the perspective of the other woman. And for my money, that revelation is on the M. Night Shyamalalalala Sixth Sense lalalalalalevel.

Here's my loose change interpretation of what hit last night, when my shuffle played these two songs back-to-back and a buried narrative presented itself unto me. Robyn's Call Your Girlfriend and Dancing On My Own at first listen seem to be two entirely different songs. But something stank so I did some of that sweetass Pope & Associates cross-referencing and figured it out. Both songs tell ONE break up story, from TWO vantage points, BOTH saddled with the same dopey guy gallivanting, willy-nilly, at the center of it all. Call Your Girlfriend from the gaze of the cocky new girlfriend and Dancing on My Own from the lens of the lingering ex girlfriend trying to figure out what the-Que Paso-just happened. It's easy to forget that there are two sides to every break up and that we've all probably been one of these girls at some point in our lives (not me, I never leave my apartment). So thank you, Robyn for the very informative lesson in POV and cool hairdos. Now, Who in all Humping-An-Empty-Warehouse-Floor, is this guy who's got both our Robyn's all twisted? (Idris Elba?!?! No? K, cooljustwonderingthaaaaaanks.)

Call Your Girlfriend (PART ONE - New Girlfriend's POV)

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Call your girlfriend

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

But you just met somebody new

Tell her not to get upset, second-guessing everything you said and done

And then when she gets upset tell her how you never mean to hurt no one

Then you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again

And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend

And then you let her down easy

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Dancing On My Own (PART TWO - Ex Girlfriend's POV)

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Somebody said you got a new friend

Does she love you better than I can?

It's a big black sky over my town

I know where you at, I bet she's around

Yeah, I know it's stupid

I just gotta see it for myself

I'm in the corner

Watching you kiss her

Oh oh oh

I'm right over here

Why can't you see me?

Oh oh oh

I'm giving it my all

But I'm not the girl you're taking home

Ooh ooh ooh

I keep dancing on my own (I keep dancing on my own)

I'm just gonna dance all night

I'm all messed up, I'm so outta line

Stilettos on broken bottles

I'm spinning around in circles

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