Robyn Slams Eurovision: ‘It’s So Embarrassing’

While speaking to Amy Poehler on the latest episode of the comedian’s Good Hang podcast, which dropped Nov. 10, the Swedish pop star did not hold back when asked for her thoughts on the 70-year-old international song competition. “Oof,” Robyn began.

“I mean, we don’t have ABBA anymore, so I don’t really watch Eurovision,” she continued, informing Poehler that the Swedish quartet indeed won Eurovision in 1974 with Billboard Hot 100 No. 6 smash “Waterloo.” “Hard to beat.”

“Then we had Carola [Häggkvist], both me and Zara [Larsson] grew up listening to her — amazing artist,” Robyn continued. “Now it’s just s–t … It’s so embarrassing. It really is embarrassing.”

She added, “After watching it, I feel overstimulated in a bad way.”

Billboard has reached out to Eurovision for comment.

The interview came shortly before the Coachella 2027 lineup was announced. The annual music festival features Robyn on a bill headlined by SZA, Dua Lipa and Tame Impala. She’ll play on both Saturdays of the two-weekend festival, as will Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, ADÉLA, Role Model and — funnily enough — Måneskin, which won Eurovision in 2021 with “”Zitti e Buoni.”

Though the “Dancing on My Own” singer didn’t get into specifics on what she doesn’t like about Eurovision, she’s far from the first to criticize the televised European Broadcast Union competition in recent years. Multiple countries withdrew from this year’s iteration after Eurovision announced that Israel would be permitted to compete, despite the country’s war on Hamas killing tens of thousands of Palestinians over the last three years in what the United Nations has characterized as a genocide, which Israel denies.

Robyn’s most recent album, Sexistentialism, dropped in March, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Top Dance Albums chart.