Do It Again is an extended play (EP) by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp and Swedish singer Robyn, released on 23 May 2014 by Dog Triumph.
Following her Body Talk Tour, Robyn travelled to Bergen, Norway, where she began working on new music with Röyksopp in early 2013, having previously collaborated with the duo on the songs "The Girl and the Robot" (2009) and "None of Dem" (2010).
"[7] In April 2014, it was reported that Do It Again would serve as an introduction to Röyksopp's then-untitled fifth studio album, The Inevitable End, which was released in November and features two songs from the EP.
[7][9] The EP opens with "Monument", a 10-minute track inspired by the clay sculptures of Brazilian-American artist Juliana Cerqueira Leite that Robyn saw at London's Saatchi Gallery.
[10] The song's minimal instrumentation consists of a "stretched-out" saxophone outro and synthesised bass,[11][12] while lyrically, Robyn stated it is "about death", "defining who you are" and "a physical sensation of an emotion".
[10] "Sayit", an electro-punk and house song,[4][13] features a "lustful" conversation between Robyn and a Speak & Spell toy over a "glitchy" techno beat.
"[8] "Do It Again" is a "throbbing" electropop song[16] on which Robyn "contemplates resuming an on-again, off-again relationship",[17] while incorporating "fluttering" synths and "slamming" drums.
[18] Röyksopp and Robyn wrote the title track after an "epic" night out in Bergen, Norway, resulting in what the trio calls an "accidental pop song".
[4] "Every Little Thing" is a bittersweet electro ballad that "layers synthesizers and a gently pulsating beat to evoke heartbeats and conflicted emotions.
[34] Tom Morris of DIY characterised the EP as "a riot of compulsive, flawlessly-produced, and beautifully impassioned music", and lauded it as "a towering edifice of electronic brilliance".
"[19] Pitchfork's Marc Hogan called the EP "excellent" and described it as "the physical artifact of Robyn and Röyksopp's union, it's extravagant and left of center, but it's above all generous.
"[11] Max Raymond of musicOMH wrote that with Do It Again, Röyksopp and Robyn have "confirmed how much of a dynamite pairing they can be", while remarking that the EP "isn't as downright amazing as it could have been, but there are far more pros than cons.
"[36] Rolling Stone's Sophie Weiner expressed that "[e]ven without the ecstatic melodrama of Robyn's best work or the momentum of Röyksopp albums like 2009's Junior, this is a worthwhile peek into three great electro-pop minds", naming "Monument" the EP's best track.
[39] In a mixed review, Slant Magazine's Kevin Liedel felt that "Röyksopp and Robyn share so much sonic DNA that their team-up is almost self-defeating, blurring the distinction between the two to the point where their respective quirks are essentially scratched in favor of a cohesive but far too clinical production", adding that "neither party challenges the other to escape this new comfort zone".
[41] In Röyksopp's native Norway, Do It Again debuted at number three on the Norwegian Albums Chart, becoming the duo's first record to miss the top spot.
[44][45] Do It Again also became the highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 by a Norwegian artist (Röyksopp), a record previously held by A-ha's Hunting High and Low, which peaked at number 15 in 1985.