Charli XCX

https://www.instagram.com/charli_xcx/reel/C2u7b_0Rbrp/

teasing a new track + announced a boiler room performance on 22 feb

Wonder what 536 refers to?

536 iirc

or is it 653

She parties 536 days a year.

from the snippets I've heard it sounds like the new track will sample "Perfect (Exceeder)" or at least approximate it

love the new single

I really like it too although the release was somewhat anticlimactic for me as I feel like I'd heard the song already via snippets and videos from her Boiler Room.

it's not bad but it's not amazing either

It kicks into the chorus very satisfyingly. Video is pretty cool and takes it up a notch.

Yeah the way it releases the energy in the chorus is a simple trick but it works. If I was drunk and younger I’d probably lose my mind if you played it by the time the 4th red bull vodka hits.

She debuted "So I", a SOPHIE tribute, at a Billboard event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdZRDY3AT74

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-bX9Wlo_I

these are decent

“Club Classics” seems like more of a SOPHIE tribute than “So I”, even.

I couldn't get into Von Dutch, but I love both of these new songs. That So I performance is great too. Looking forward to the album.

really love all the shifts in "b2b"

Absolutely wild for b2b

Yeah, it’s really great. There’s a guy on YouTube called “Ben.” who has done some great 12” extended mixes of Charli tracks before and I’m hoping they do the same for this one.

Never really listened to her before except for vroom vroom, which I love. Skimming on Spotify 'how I'm feeling now' is the one that jumps out but I'm surprised that people don't like pink diamond which seems an obvious highlight.

https://twitter.com/FckyeahCharli/status/1785018923815178707

this one's gonna rule

out sometime next week i think?

so glad I got tix to see her and Troye Sivan on their tour, it's gonna rule

missed out on the Crash tour bc I wasn't feeling it as much

Decided all the dates were in venues too large for me, will wait for the next time she plays “smaller” venues.

New clip sounds fire though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJW-VvmRKsE

pretty good but it's so short, wish it had a bridge

probably her best music video...ever? I like the song a lot too, I think this album is shaping up really nicely.

the video itself is good but i don't think the intro needed to be that long

video - (in)decent, track - yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep YEP

the intro needed to be that long so that every one of those influencers friends would feel justified in spamming their followers with a link to the song obv

Forgot to post this last week, but I was a bit obsessed for a couple of days with this clip of a forthcoming 00s throwback electro-house sleaze collab with The Dare:

what song is this oh my god i need it NOW @charli_xcx pic.twitter.com/PImPocHbET

— kels*•.*୨୧ (@L0VEST0RYZ) May 3, 2024

Was recently surprised and a bit undone by “Official”, underrated track I think

that whole downtempo stretch on "Charli" is gorgeous!

360 is fantastic as well. Despite having seen Uncut Gems and the recent boiler room set with Julia Fox guesting, i had no clue "I'm so Julia" is a reference to her? (per Genius)

Anyway massively hyped for the album

Loving all the tracks released so far - but B2b is something else - would fit perfectly in an early 90's industrial set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdvhcjPjn2U

had completely missed this weird pixies/weezer-esque thing she did for a soundtrack, the guitar sounds here are wild

album is out there in low quality and it's pretty good. probably her third best behind how i'm feeling now & pop 2? it's a less stylistically focused, the songs are generally a little too short and it's not as consistent, but it's still generally very good.

yeah i love this album! the vibe is quite relaxed and unconstrained but it all fits together really well despite the stylistic variation.

"girl, so confusing" is so good, perfect mid-point of 00s electrohouse and hyperpop

good to hear. third best is actually a high bar!

such disrespect to sucker, her best. sad!

"Von Dutch" pressing all the buttons HARD, weirdly it's more exciting without the video distraction

First impressions are strong with this one, looking forward to more listens.

i think this is my aoty so far which is probably just a reflection of how little i've really loved anything this year

but it rules!

I've never understood her, a few hits and coulda-beens aside. We want to turn her into a pop star, she clearly wants to be a star, but she lacks the songs and the vocal presence?

Anyway, listening now to see if my mind changes.

idk she seems pretty happy with her hyperpop weirdo niche these days

alright Club Classics is awesome

okay yeah this is a huuuuge return, she is back

The three advance tracks were imho above anything she'd done before so yeah i'm primed for this to be aoty material

it's fabulous. it probably doesn't need 'mean girls' and 'i think about it all the time' but these are minor infractions

no way, "i think about it all the time" is essential and "mean girls" at least has that crazy piano part

they'll probably both grow on me

cosign 'girl, so confusing' as a high-point mind

goddamn '365'