I dated a girl whose previous boyfriend was Robbie and she had some quite interesting stories about him. Nothing good!
Personally i thought his tunes were rather catchy, many of which still come to mind now. Though i was not aware of his collaboration which as you say, was likely the key to his success.
Is that the "Barbie girl"? No surprise...
In fact it wasn't. But they were similar characters with similar problems.
Oh how i don't miss those crazy days!
Life is so much simpler now :)
I can imagine those stories 😅