While taking over Twitter and wading into politics hasn’t won Elon Musk many new fans in recent years, singer Robyn says she hated Musk long before others shared the sentiment.

When the “Dancing On My Own” hitmaker was given space to rant about whatever she wanted during Wednesday’s episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast, she took aim at the tech billionaire.

“I always hated Elon Musk. I always hated him, long before it was okay to hate him,” he said, earning nods of approval from hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.

Robyn, here during the Austin City Limits Festival in Texas in 2019, spoke about her disdain for Elon Musk during the latest episode of the
Robyn, here during the Austin City Limits Festival in Texas in 2019, spoke about her disdain for Elon Musk during the latest episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast.

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“Because there was a time when it wasn’t okay to hate him,” Robyn continued, reminding listeners how Musk was more or less an afterthought when his reputation leaned more toward quirky genius than scheming tycoon.

Revealing her turning point, the “Call Your Girlfriend” singer told Yang and Rogers that she was repulsed after the CEO launched a red Tesla Roadster into the stratosphere during the launch of one of his SpaceX rockets in 2018.

“As if there isn’t enough shit floating around out there,” Robyn fumed, adding that she was appalled by “the fact that any commercial company can decide what to do with natural resources and also do distasteful things, like send a stupid fucking car into space.”

It was a stunt that Musk, here in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2025, pulled for SpaceX that really pushed the singer over the edge.
It was a stunt that Musk, here in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2025, pulled for SpaceX that really pushed the singer over the edge.

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Rogers agreed, telling his guest that “everything” Musk does gives him goosebumps these days.

Making one last comment before finishing her vent, Robyn said she was particularly upset because the stunt was soundtracked by David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”

“Just to sell cars?” She resisted, saying the rocker would “turn in his grave” if he knew his music was being used that way.

While Robyn said she has long hated Musk, public opinion of him has shifted in his direction after his time as the face of the federal budget-cutting initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency.

In an August 2025 Gallup poll asking Americans to evaluate 14 global figures, 61% of a group of 1,000 randomly chosen adults said they had a negative opinion of Musk, 14 points higher than surveys conducted before his time in the White House.