
Hey, ho, here we go! The gang give a hearty Millennial Whoop to Robbie Williams's 9th solo album, 2012's Take The Crown. Containing mega-hit Candy and Robbie's answer to Midnight City in Be A Boy, this album sees Williams team up with songwriters Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis for some seriously early 2010s-sounding pop music. Reality Killed The Video Star saw Robbie back in the public's good graces, but now he was out to reclaim his place on the pop charts. In this episode, the boys reminisce about their own memories surrounding the album, Candy being an inescapable hit in their formative years, and the album's place in 2012, a memorable year for the UK, containing both the London Olympic Games and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Was the 38 year-old Williams banned from BBC Radio 1 for being too old? When and where did Robbie lose his virginity? What horrifying analogy did he use to describe the birth of his own child? Somehow, all of these answers can be found in this episode.
(Down The Robbie Hole was recorded from 2019-2020)