Charli XCX

This was a good read.

http://www.stereogum.com/1954158/so-is-charli-xcxs-album-gonna-come-out-soon-or-what/franchises/the-week-in-pop/

Apparently her third album isn't coming out until next year now!

I just hope that the viral clip is enough to get "Boys" on the radio so that people will actually care about a new Charli XCX album, whenever it gets here

holy shit this is so good

it is.

i'm rooting for charli xcx but ugh, the fat jew in the video :(

and cameron dallas? yuck

1. Joe Jonas
2. The Fat Jewish
3. Max Hershenow
4. Charlie Puth
5. Joey Bada$$
6. OLI SYKES 💕
7. Cameron Dallas
8. Sage The Gemini
9 - 10. Chromeo
11. BRENDON URIE 💕
12. Caspar Lee
13. G - Eazy
14. Stormzy
15. Denzel Curry
16. Amine
17-18. Ezra Koeng, Mark Ronson
19. MNEK
20. Rostam Batmanglij (VW)
21. DON'T KNOW
22. DAN SMITH 💕 (Bastille)
23 - 24. Flume & A.G. Cook
25- 26. Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla $
27. Tinie Tempah
28- 30. The Swet Shop Boys
31- 33. WSTRN
34. Taka
35. Carl Barat
36. Barns Courtney
37. Connor Franta
38. Shaun Ross
39. Fai Khandra
40. Will.i.am
41. Tommy Cash (rose dude)
42. Jack Guinness
43. Diplo (guy with the puppies)
44. Laurie Vincent (guy w baby)
45. JACK ANTONOFF 💕 (GLASSES) AKA FROM FUN & BLEACHERS AHHH.
46- 47. Tristan Evans & James McVey (dudes with the cake)
48. Tom Daley
49. Frank Carter (candle fingers)
50. The Cobrasnake (cam dude)
51. Fred Macpherson
52- 56. Mic LOWRY (DUDES IN PINK)
57- 58. THEY (BASEBALL BATS)
59. Theo Hutchcraft (pink boxing gloves)
60. Buddy (nice butt sign)
61. JOHN GOURLEY 💕 (PORTUGAL THE MAN) (GETS TATTOED CHARLI)
62. Shokichi (cup in hand)
63. Liam Fray (phone on hand)
64. Jay Park (floating flamingo)
65- 66. Prince & Jacob (beachball)
67. D.R.A.M (smashing tvs)
68. Shamari Maurice (wearing crop top)
69. Tom Grennan
70. Jay Prince (brown jersey)
71. Khalid (holding colorful pups)
72. Poets
73. VANCE JOY 💕 (takin a bite of something)
74. MAC DEMARCO 💕 (LICKING GUITAR)
75. KAYTRANADA
76. CHARLI HERSELF 💕

(that was borrowed from the yt comments)

lotta terrible boys in that video

i guess there's a boy for everyone (to be annoyed by)

Didn't recognise any of 'em! Assumed they were just random, er, boys. Great song.

the Cobrasnake in 2017?

Yea I thought these were all random dudes and Mac Demarco.

p humane to get the fat jew and charlie puth out of the way early

the sound in the chorus is almost exactly "mario gets a coin", right?

Yeah, fitting that D.R.A.M. is in the video having used the same sound on "Cha Cha"

I'm a sucker for that mario coin sound. DRAM did it better but still I can't resist it.

i'm always rooting for Charli XCX to do something better than those other people's hits she's on, but disappointed by the song. that coin sound is regrettable - it becomes
cringe-inducing by the end, for me.

video would be better if it had some GOP limelighters. surely Boehner, Ryan, Kasich and Carson would have been up for some carwash / lawncare action.

kind of amazing nobody's made a youtube of that actually

enjoying Pop 2, especially Backseat and Femmebot

wow

this is the charli album I've been waiting for

just three songs in and I'm floored

just saw this in Spotify - is it a proper album?

it's a 'mixtape' and basically it's Number 1 Angel part 2

I have no idea how to differentiate between mixtape and album in this case. is it just because there is no physical release?

not to taint opinions out of the gate, but PC Music is all over this. it's also very good, Out of My Head in particular.

no physical release + no real label support yeah

her next 'proper album' was finished like a year ago iirc but has been held back endlessly. after the afterparty is supposed to be on it and id imagine boys too

after a few more listens I feel pretty confident saying this is both her best album and the best PC Music-adjacent release

Checked this out after the year-end polls and Backseat has been in my head for days.

I’m a dreamer

https://pitchfork.com/news/listen-to-charli-xcxs-new-song-5-in-the-morning/

New Charli XCX song. I can't listen to it at the moment.

test

ok, was having a weird posting problem for a minute there. Also this:

i am going to release a lot music this year. and a lot of videos. you’re gonna be so fucking sick of me.

— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) May 30, 2018

not good at all yeesh

tbh

this feels like it was from the same sessions as After the Afterparty because it's just as dull

I've only casually kept up w/her since "Boom Clap" (which I loved); but a track like this seems to erase everything that was distinctive about her... it's super generic and could be anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHnWzQp_Ehw

still waiting for her to release Girls Night Out which she's done live a lot and it owns

New Charli XCX song. I can't listen to it at the moment.

it's only a 28-second clip unless you have Spotify

two new songs - Focus and No Angel. quite like No Angel, would fit right in with the best of Pop 2 but Focus only has one idea and it's not a very good one

also teaming back with Icona Pop on a Tove Lo joint

i'm a dreamer

I'm glad we finally got "No Angel". The next challenge is for her to release "Taxi"!

I like “Focus”! It reminds me of one of the more chill Basement Jaxx tracks, like they tended to close albums with. Though I guess your mileage may vary with those as well, but I enjoy them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2UdI2gAChU

this one's fantastic, so happy to hear it finally get released

it's so Perfume

she was so great last night!! i hadn't seen her live in years and i'm glad she still has so much energy

Foxboro? I agree. She def. did a lot of “Let’s make some noise, Foxboro!” and “I’m Charli XCX” (which I guess made some sense since she was the opener and people were coming in) – but I thought she was generally terrific.

am I the only one who really likes "5 in the Morning"

it sounded good last night

I like 5 in the Morning!

"I Got It" = terror portal into infinite beat nightmare BRILLIANT

I'm increasingly convinced that Backseat is one of the best songs this decade - it's thrilling in the way that Perfume's Polyrhythm and so little else is