Click (Charli XCX song)

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"Click"
Song by Charli XCX featuring Kim Petras and Tommy Cash
from the album Charli
Released13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)
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Length3:53
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"Click" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring German singer Kim Petras and Estonian rave rapper Tommy Cash from Charli XCX's third studio album Charli (2019).

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Composition

A rap and hyperpop paean, [1] [2] it features heavy use of Auto-Tune, creating a sound that Vulture described as a "mindfuck". [3] Petras' verse was described by Paper as "possibly the most bombastic 60 seconds in her discography to date." Her verse builds up to "one of the most exciting climaxes of the entire record, cushioned by a question of silence and torn to shreds by a mind-bending drum sample." [4]

The final 30 seconds of the song contains "distorted blaring noise taking listeners by surprise" and earned commentary from multiple critics. [5]

Reception

Stereogum called the song "the sort of track that only Charli could pull off, silly and serious at the same time, making the 30 seconds before you pull up to a party sound like the end of the world." [6] Paper called the final 30 seconds of the track "uncomfortable and restricting on top of being nearly painful if your volume's turned up loud enough." [4] Speaking of the same sequence, Pitchfork called it a "montage of jagged and distorted Sophie-like sounds not dissimilar to farts". [7] According to The Ticker, "This abrasive sound on 'Click' isn't rare for Charli XCX or PC Music, but the bratty verses from Kim Petras and the English singer drive the piercing production with an equal amount of punch that makes it stick out, even on such a sonically focused record like Charli." [8]

No Boys remix

  1. ↑ Hermes, Will (12 September 2019). "Review: Charli XCX, with friends, maps pop's future on "Charli"". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Damshenas, Sam (18 March 2022). "Charli XCX: All seven albums from True Romance to Crash ranked". Gay Times. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Jenkins, Craig (13 September 2019). "Charli XCX Is Making Pop for Our Doomed Future" . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 Wetmore, Brendan (16 September 2019). "Charli XCX Dissects Her Album, Track by Track". Paper . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Benson, Francesca (22 September 2019). "Album Review: Charli XCX – Charli". Redbrick . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Retting, James (11 September 2019). "Premature Evaluation: Charli XCX Charli" . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Kim, Michelle (13 September 2019). "Charli XCX: Charli". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Larsen, Sven (23 September 2019). "Charli marries past and future of pop music with unique sound". The Ticker. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Bulut, Selim (15 October 2019). "Charli XCX, Kim Petras, and Slayyyter join forces on 'Click' remix". Dazed . Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. 1 2 Daw, Stephen (14 October 2019). "Charli XCX Teams Up With Kim Petras & Slayyyter for 'No Boys' Remix of 'Click': Listen". Billboard . Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. ↑ @charli_xcx (October 11, 2019). "Click remix ft @slayyyter.... into it?" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 October 2019– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ @charli_xcx (October 12, 2019). "CLICK "NO BOYS" REMIX FT @SLAYYYTER OUT NOW! STREAM. PARTY. LIVE UR BEST LIFE. spoti.fi/33A1TsD" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 October 2019– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ @charli_xcx (October 13, 2019). "apparently the Click remix will be out everywhere by tomorrow - i'm annoyed it's not out by now. Like, wtf. Everyone rushed to make this happen. Just put it on all the fucking services like I requested. annoying. anyways. tomorrow I guess if u haven't got it yet" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 October 2019– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Leung, Tiffany (15 October 2019). "Hear What Happens When Charli XCX Kicks Boys Out of the Studio". Paper. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  15. ↑ Maicki, Salvatore (14 October 2019). "Charli XCX, Kim Petras, and Slayyyter's "Click" remix is finally here". The Fader . Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Click (feat. Kim Petras and Slayyyter) [No Boys Remix] by Charli XCX". Tidal. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
"Click (No Boys remix)"
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Single by Charli XCX featuring Kim Petras and Slayyyter
Released11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
Length3:51
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"Flash Pose"
(2019)		"Click (No Boys remix)"
(2019)		"White Mercedes"
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(2019)		"Click (No Boys Remix)"
(2019)		"Reminds Me"
(2020)
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