Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, Charli XCX began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. She signed a recording contract with Asylum Records in 2010, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012. She later featured on "I Love It" with Swedish duo Icona Pop, with the song becoming her first number-one in the UK and receiving global success. Her debut studio album, True Romance (2013), was released to positive reviews but failed to meet commercial expectations.
In 2014, Charli XCX featured on Iggy Azalea's single "Fancy", which became one of the year's best-selling singles worldwide and received nominations for two Grammy Awards. The same year, she released "Boom Clap", which became her first solo top-ten single in the U.S. Her second studio album, the punk-influenced Sucker (2014), spawned the singles "Break the Rules" and "Doing It". She began working alongside producers associated with the UK collective PC Music in 2015, developing a more experimental sound and image. She released the EP Vroom Vroom (2016) and the mixtapes Number 1 Angel and Pop 2 (both 2017). Her third studio album, Charli (2019), produced the hit single "1999". Her fourth studio album, How I'm Feeling Now (2020), was made entirely during the COVID-19 lockdowns and received critical acclaim.
Charli XCX's fifth studio album, Crash (2022), became her first number-one album in the UK and Australia. She contributed the single "Speed Drive" as part of the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. She then released her sixth studio album, Brat (2024), to mass critical acclaim and wide media coverage. It was her second UK number-one album, producing the singles "360" and "Apple" with the latter reaching the top-ten in the UK. The accompanying remix album had "Guess" featuring Billie Eilish, which became her first number-one hit as a lead artist on the UK Singles Chart. Brat and its songs earned her seven Grammy Award nominations at the 67th annual ceremony, including Album of the Year.
She has spoken extensively about her difficulties at school growing up, stating that she was a "half-Indian girl with frizzy hair" among predominantly white people and that she was bullied and discriminated against for her Indian heritage.[8][9] She demonstrated an affinity for music from an early age, being interested in acts such as the Spice Girls and Britney Spears, and began writing songs at the age of 14.[10][11]
At 14, Aitchison persuaded her parents to grant her a loan to record her first album, 14,[12][13] and in early 2008, began posting songs from the album, as well as numerous other demos, on her official Myspace page. This caught the attention of a promoter running numerous illegal warehouse raves and parties in East London, who invited her to perform at them.[6][14] She was billed on flyers under the stage name Charli XCX; "XCX" (or "kiss Charli kiss"[15]) was her MSN Messenger display name when she was younger.[16] Despite the illicit nature of the gigs, her parents were supportive of her career and attended several raves with her.[17] In late 2008, while 14 was never commercially released,[18] she released the two singles "!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline"/"Art Bitch" under Orgy Music.[19][20] She has since frequently expressed her distaste for her music of the time, going as far to call it "gimmicky dance tracks" and "fucking terrible Myspace music".[14][21] At the age of 18, Charli moved to London to study for a fine art degree at UCL's Slade School of Fine Art but dropped out in her second year.[4]
In 2010, Charli XCX was signed to Asylum Records. She later described herself as being "lost." In an interview with The Guardian, Charli XCX said, "I was still in school. I'd just come out of this weird rave scene, and I wasn't really sure what to make of that. And, when I got signed, I hated pop music; I wanted to make bad rap music. I didn't know who I was. I didn't know what I liked. Even though I was signed, I was still figuring it out."[18] She eventually flew to Los Angeles to meet producers and found it "wasn't working out for me" until she met with American producer Ariel Rechtshaid. They had a two-hour session and wrote the song "Stay Away". She stated that was "when things started to come together".[22][18] Early in 2011, she was featured on the Alex Metric single "End of the World". She left during the second year of her degree course at the Slade School of Fine Art to focus on her music career.[23][24] In May and November 2011, she released the singles "Stay Away" and "Nuclear Seasons" respectively, and gained attention from music website Pitchfork, where she earned "Best New Track" accolades for both; the former was eventually named to the site's "Best Tracks of 2011" list.[25][26][27]
In addition to with Rechtshaid, she began working with Swedish producer Patrik Berger. He sent her two beats, and she quickly wrote songs for each, one of which became "I Love It" and the other of which became "You're the One".[28] She stated she did not end up releasing "I Love It" herself as she could not reconcile it with her sound,[29] but in 2012, Swedish duo Icona Pop re-recorded the song and released it as a single featuring her vocals. The song became an international hit, hitting number one in Charli's home country and climbing to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.[30][31] In June, she released "You're the One" as a single from her EP of the same name, followed by her debut mixtape Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, a one-track file consisting of eight songs, including a cover of the Blood Orange song "Champagne Coast" and Odd Future's remix of "You're the One".[32][33][34] On Halloween, she released a new song called "Cloud Aura" featuring Brooke Candy,[35] followed by her second mixtape Super Ultra, released exclusively through her website in November.[36][37][38] In early 2013, she released "You (Ha Ha Ha)" and announced her debut album,[39] followed by "What I Like" in March.[40]True Romance was released in April 2013. It peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart,[41] at number five on the US Billboard Top Heatseekers, and at number 11 on the Australian Hitseekers Albums Chart.[42] The album was received well by music critics, earning a 76/100 on Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, indicating the album's "generally favorable reviews".[43] In May, she released "Just Desserts", a song with Welsh singer-songwriter Marina.[44]
Charli XCX began writing her second album in mid-2013, saying she initially wanted to go to India to record, but later decided she wanted to record in France, she said: "Two months ago, I wanted to go to India and record it, and now I want to record it in France. So I feel like nothing is definite – like, I feel very all-over-the-place at the moment. But at the moment, my heart's set on going to France and recording it, but that was different two months ago, so who knows what's going to happen?"[45] Frustrated with the music industry, she ended up going to Sweden, isolating herself from her record label, and made a punk-inspired album over a month. Charli worked on the album with Patrik Berger; of their process, she later reflected that it was "not thought-about, everything really spontaneous [...] We don't think – it's like the first thing that comes out of my mouth is the cut on the record."[46][47] Their initial work, however, was eventually scrapped for a more "pop-oriented" album. The album included a song called "Mow That Lawn", which was debuted live a year later at Ilosaarirock Festival in Finland.[48]
Charli XCX performing for MTV in 2014
In late 2013, "SuperLove" was released as the lead single from the album[49] and reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Charli's first solo entry on the chart.[50] In January 2014, she released a song called "Allergic to Love" on her SoundCloud.[51] While writing the album, she did further sessions with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend, production duo Stargate, John Hill and a session with Dr. Luke which she said "wasn't for me". In an interview with DIY magazine, she stated that she wrote the record for girls and wants them to feel "a sense of empowerment".[52] Charli explained in her tour diary with Replay Laserblast that the record's genre is still pop but has a very shouty, girl-power, girl-gang, Bow Wow Wow feel to it at the same time.[53] The album was influenced by the Hives, Weezer, the Ramones and 1960s yé-yé music.[54] "SuperLove" was eventually scrapped from the album.
In early 2014, Charli XCX was featured on Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's single "Fancy";[55] the track topped the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming both artists' first number-one single on the chart.[56][57] Charli XCX expanded her portfolio of songwriting for other artists during this period, with credits on Azalea's 2014 single "Beg for It", Ryn Weaver's debut single "OctaHate", and material for acts including Sky Ferreira, Neon Jungle, Rihanna, and Gwen Stefani.[58] In mid-2014, Charli XCX contributed the song "Boom Clap" to the soundtrack of the film The Fault in Our Stars. "Boom Clap" peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100[59] and at number six in the UK[60] and was certified platinum in Australia.[61] In August, a release date of October was announced for her new album Sucker, along with the lead single "Break the Rules". She said the song came about after she had made her punk album in Sweden, when she "came out of the other side of that punk phase and translated it into something more pop." She stated that the album was "obviously [...] about not giving a fuck."[62] The album was pushed back the next month due to the success of "Boom Clap"[63] and was officially released in December 2014 in North America and February 2015 in Europe. It debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200, making it Charli's first album to enter the chart[64] and number 15 on the UK Albums Chart.[65] The album's third single, "Doing It" featuring fellow British singer Rita Ora, was released in February and peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.[66]
Charli XCX considers herself a feminist and wrote one of the songs on Sucker, "Body of My Own", as a feminist statement.[67] She appeared in the documentary about gender equality The F Word and Me, which premiered on BBC Three in 2015.[68] Charli XCX opened for Katy Perry on the European leg of Perry's Prismatic World Tour in early 2015, headlined her own UK tour, and featured alongside R&B artist Tinashe on fellow singer Ty Dolla Sign's single "Drop That Kitty".[69][70] In May 2015, Charli XCX released "Famous", as the fourth single taken from Sucker.[71] A music video was released in March[72] and was ranked by Time and Pitchfork as the 5th and 19th best pop music video of the year, respectively.[73][74] In July and August 2015, Charli XCX co-headlined a US tour with Bleachers.[75] She announced on 21 August that, for "personal reasons", a planned second leg of the tour would not go ahead.[76]
In a July 2015 interview, Charli XCX said that she was working on her third album and described it as "the most pop thing, and the most electronic thing" she had ever done.[77] English producer Sophie, along with BloodPop and Stargate, were confirmed to be involved in the album's production. In October 2015, she premiered the new song "Vroom Vroom" on the Beats 1 Radio Show, claiming it would be the first song released from what would be her third studio album. On 23 February 2016, it was announced that she had set up an experimental pop record label, Vroom Vroom Recordings, and that she would release an EP entitled Vroom Vroom on 26 February 2016. The title song was officially released that day.[78] The second song released from the EP, entitled "Trophy", received its first play on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show that night.[79] It was also announced that she would host her own Beats 1 show titled The Candy Shop.[80]Vroom Vroom was mainly produced by Sophie as a teaser for her third studio album.[81] The avant-pop[82] EP marked a sharp shift in tone from her previous album and was released to divided reviews.[83][84]
On 17 March 2017, Mura Masa released his single "1 Night", which featured vocals from Charli XCX.[92] On 26 July 2017, Charli XCX released "Boys", along with a self-directed music video featuring an ensemble cast of male celebrities, including Joe Jonas and Brendon Urie, among others.[93][94][95] On 6 August, Charli XCX performed at Lollapalooza music festival 2017.[96][97] On 20 August 2017, the majority of Charli XCX's third studio album was leaked with the remainder of the tracks leaking the following year. The leak of the album featuring the then-lead single "After the Afterparty" led to the cancellation of the album release and Charli deciding to make an entirely new third studio album.[98]
On 5 October 2018, Charli XCX released the single "1999" with South African–Australian artist Troye Sivan, as the lead single from her third album Charli. The single reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and became Charli XCX's tenth Top 40 single and also her first Top 15 single since 2015.[105] The music video for "1999" was released on 11 October and starred Charli XCX and Sivan, featuring various references to 1990s pop culture.[106] Charli XCX was featured on MØ's album Forever Neverland with the song "If It's Over".[107]
On 16 May 2019, Charli XCX released the second single from Charli, "Blame It on Your Love", featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo.[108] The track was written in Los Angeles and produced by long standing collaborators Stargate with additional production by A. G. Cook and EasyFun.[109] Elements from "Blame It on Your Love" were taken from a previous release, "Track 10", from her 2017 mixtape Pop 2.[110] On 25 May, Charli XCX pulled out of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, with Chase and Status replacing her. On 30 May, she performed a new song from Charli with Christine and the Queens titled "Gone" at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.[111][112] On 30 May, Charli XCX collaborated with Diplo and Herve Pagez on the song "Spicy".[113] On 7 June, Charli XCX released a collaboration track titled "Dream Glow" with Jin, Jimin and Jungkook of the South Korean boy band BTS for the soundtrack to their upcoming Netmarble game, BTS World.[114] On 17 July, "Gone" was released as the third single from the album. The first promotional single, "Cross You Out" featuring Sky Ferreira, was released on 16 August,[115] followed by the second to fourth promotional singles: "Warm" featuring Haim, on 30 August;[116] “February 2017” featuring Clairo and Yaeji, on 6 September; and "2099" featuring Troye Sivan, on 10 September. The album was released on 13 September by Asylum and Atlantic Records.
On 13 January 2020, Charli XCX was featured on the Galantis song "We Are Born to Play", which was used as the theme song for the Japanese theme park Super Nintendo World.[117] The following month, she was featured on 100 gecs's single "Ringtone" with Kero Kero Bonito and Rico Nasty. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Charli XCX announced a new album, titled How I'm Feeling Now in April 2020.[118] She subsequently released the singles "Forever", "Claws" and "I Finally Understand".[119]How I'm Feeling Now was released on 15 May 2020.[120] The album was written and recorded in the span of six weeks during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She used her platform on Instagram to communicate with fans while making the album, posting different variations of lyrics, single covers and sound samples that could be voted on, the most popular being the one she released officially.[121] In reviews, Kitty Empire of The Guardian described it as "truly a work of its time."[122] Charli XCX's first post-pandemic performance was at Wynwood Pride in Miami in June 2021.[123] Early in February 2021, the Dirty Hit signed musician No Rome announced he was working on a track featuring Charli XCX along with label mates The 1975.[124][125]
On 19 February, she featured on a new version of a track called "Charger" by the Welsh-Canadian artist Elio.[126] In a TikTok posted on 16 March, she revealed that she is working on her next studio album, saying she was "feeling very inspired".[127] Her next album would be her final record with Atlantic Records.[128] On 28 April, Charli was featured on a remix of the song "Drama" from the album Good Luck by Bladee and Mechatok.[129] On 2 September, "Good Ones" was released as the lead single from her upcoming album.[130] A second single, "New Shapes", featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, was released on 4 November. Along with the single release, Charli XCX officially announced her fifth studio album, titled Crash, which was released on 18 March 2022.[131] A third single, "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama, was released 27 January.
In February 2023, Charli XCX revealed in an interview with British Vogue that she had signed a new recording contract for her next two albums.[132] On 15 April, she co-headlined the Coachella Festival. She contributed to the soundtrack of three films, releasing the singles "Hot Girl", from the soundtrack to the 2022 film Bodies Bodies Bodies, and "Speed Drive", from the soundtrack to the 2023 film Barbie.[133][134] "Speed Drive" entered the UK Singles Chart at number nine and the Billboard Hot 100 at number 73, her first singles to chart since "Boom Clap" and "Break the Rules" in 2014. She also served as the score co-composer alongside Leo Birenberg for the 2023 film Bottoms.[135]
Charli XCX performing in 2024
In August 2023, Charli XCX collaborated with singer Addison Rae on the song "2 Die 4" from Rae's extended play (EP) AR.[136] The following October, she teamed up with English singer Sam Smith on the single "In the City".[137] Smith and Devon Lee Carlson also appear in the video of "Speed Drive".[138] In 2024, Charli XCX played her second Boiler Room set since 2020, titled PARTYGIRL, which took place on 22 February in Brooklyn. The set received about 37,000 RSVPs,[139] the largest amount in the history of Boiler Room,[140] and of that number, only 400 were permitted entry. The set featured guest performances from A.G. Cook, George Daniel, Doss, Easyfun, Addison Rae and Julia Fox, and songs from her upcoming album were teased.[141]
"Von Dutch", the lead single for Charli XCX's sixth album, Brat, was released on 29 February 2024.[142] "360" was released as the second single from the album alongside a music video on 10 May 2024.[143] The video was described by Harper's Bazaar as "Brimming With the Internet’s Favorite It Girls".[144] The album was released on 7 June 2024.[145] Brat quickly received universal critical acclaim;[146] it achieved a Metacritic score of 95, the highest for any album released in 2024 (as of October), thus becoming one of Metacritic's top 20 highest-rated albums of all time.[147][148] Its lime-green cover art and aesthetic became a viral Internet trend and received widespread media coverage, including for its use by the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.[149] The song "Guess" was initially released as part of the deluxe edition of Brat, titled Brat and It's the Same but There's Three More Songs So It's Not. A remix of the song featuring Billie Eilish debuted atop the UK Singles Chart, marking Charli XCX's second number-one single after her feature on Icona Pop's "I Love It" a decade earlier.[150] "Apple" was released as a single from the album[151] after the song went viral on TikTok.[152] Charli XCX also served as the executive producer to the soundtracks for the film Mother Mary and the TV series Overcompensating. She co-executive produced the former with Jack Antonoff and produced music for the latter.[9][153]
Charli XCX has expressed her admiration for the 1990s' pop culture which she prominently used as the inspiration for her music video for her single "Break the Rules", her single "1999" and its music video, and her album Crash. She has further stated that the 1990s to her was epitomized by "Spice Girls and Britney".[190][215][216] She reiterated her love for the former following the release of the single "Spicy", which interpolates the group's single "Wannabe", and called the latter her "first big pop icon", whom she desired to emulate.[217] Charli XCX also considers Spears' album Blackout to be one of her favorite records, citing the album's song "Piece of Me" as her favorite song from the singer.[218] Other musicians Charli XCX admired during her childhood include Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera,[196] and she named Aguilera's Stripped "one of my favourite albums ever".[219] She has also cited Avril Lavigne and the fictional characters Cher Horowitz, Wednesday Addams and Nancy Downs as inspirations for her fashion style, which she describes as "90s schoolgirl".[220][221] Charli XCX wore ties during her adolescence to imitate Lavigne.[222]
Charli XCX experiences sound-to-colour synaesthesia. She states, "I see music in colours. I love music that's black, pink, purple or red – but I hate music that's green, yellow or brown."[226]
In light of racist comments about her Indian heritage and skin tone being labelled as "dirty", Charli expressed pride in her Indian roots by stating that "i am extremely proud of my indian heritage. i love my roots & my family. don't call me/anyone "dirty" bcoz of the colour of someone's skin."[227]
Until 2022, Charli XCX was in a long-term partnership with Huck Kwong, whom she had previously dated in 2014 and had been friends with since 2012.[228]
In 2022, Charli XCX began publicly dating British musician George Daniel, who is the drummer for the alternative band the 1975. The couple first met while working on the No Rome track "Spinning", released on 4 March 2021, and they collaborated again on her album Crash, released on 18 March 2022, on the album's title track and several songs on its deluxe edition. They became engaged in November 2023.[229][230]
English singer Charli XCX has released six studio albums, five mixtapes, three extended plays, one live album, one soundtrack album, one remix album, two DJ mixes, 48 singles, and 13 promotional singles. In 2007, XCX began recording her debut album on a loan granted by her parents. Titled 14, after her age at the time, it received only a restricted public release. Two singles, "!Franchesckaar!" and double A-side "Emelline" / "Art Bitch", were released in late 2008 under Orgy Music. In June 2012, Charli XCX released her first mixtape, titled Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, a one-track file consisting of eight songs. A second mixtape, titled Super Ultra, was released in November of the same year. Charli XCX's major-label debut studio album, True Romance, was released in April 2013, and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart. While failing to appear on any main album charts internationally, the album reached number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States and number 11 on the ARIA Hitseekers chart in Australia. The album spawned five singles—"Stay Away", "Nuclear Seasons", "You're the One", "You " and "What I Like". In 2012, Charli XCX was featured on Icona Pop's song "I Love It", which peaked at number one in the UK and reached the top 10 in various countries including the US, Canada, Ireland and Germany.
Caroline Elizabeth Polachek is an American singer, producer, and songwriter. Raised in Connecticut, Polachek cofounded the indie pop band Chairlift while studying at the University of Colorado. The duo emerged from the late-2000s Brooklyn music scene with the sleeper hit "Bruises". In 2014, she released her first solo project, Arcadia, as Ramona Lisa. Under CEP, she released Drawing the Target Around the Arrow in 2017.
Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as SOPHIE, was an English music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Her work is known for its brash take on pop music and is distinguished by experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesized textures, and incorporation of underground dance styles. It would help pioneer the 2010s hyperpop microgenre.
Alexander Guy Cook is an English music producer and the head of the now-closed UK record label PC Music. Cook released his first solo singles in 2014. He has also collaborated with PC Music artists such as Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Finn Keane, Danny L Harle and Felicita. He formed the one-off project QT with musician Sophie and performance artist Hayden Dunham, producing the 2014 single "Hey QT".
Hannah Amond, known professionally as Hannah Diamond, is an English singer, songwriter, photographer, and visual artist. She has recorded on A.G. Cook's PC Music label since 2013, beginning with her debut single "Pink and Blue". Her music and visual art employs an aesthetic of hyperreality and heavily produced cuteness in tension with sincerity.
Vroom Vroom is the second extended play (EP) by English singer Charli XCX, released on 26 February 2016 by Vroom Vroom Recordings. It features production work from English producer Sophie.
Number 1 Angel is the third mixtape by English singer Charli XCX, released on 10 March 2017 by Asylum Records. The mixtape contains ten tracks and was created in Los Angeles as a collaboration with producer A. G. Cook, the founder of PC Music. Several other producers associated with the label also contributed to the mixtape, including Sophie, who previously produced Charli XCX's extended play Vroom Vroom. Musically, it has been labeled as avant-pop and electropop.
Pop 2 is the fourth mixtape by English singer Charli XCX, released on 15 December 2017 by Asylum Records. Executively produced by A. G. Cook of PC Music, sessions for the mixtape began several months before its release and featured a wide variety of guest contributions. The mixtape was backed by its only single "Out of My Head" featuring Alma and Tove Lo, released exactly one week before its release.
Benjamin Reichwald, known professionally as Bladee, is a Swedish rapper, singer, and designer. In 2013, he formed the Drain Gang music collective alongside childhood friends Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor. Bladee began releasing music that same year, and gained attention after collaborating with Yung Lean.
"Blame It on Your Love" is a song by English singer Charli XCX featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on 15 May 2019 as the second single from Charli XCX's third studio album, Charli, and soon after debuted on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World". It is Charli XCX's first single since her 2018 collaboration with Troye Sivan, "1999". The single is a reworked version of "Track 10", the final track from Charli XCX's mixtape Pop 2 (2017). The music video was released on 13 June 2019.
Finn Keane, previously known as Easyfun, is a British songwriter and record producer. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Charli XCX, his releases on experimental pop label PC Music, and his work with the label's founder A. G. Cook in the duo Thy Slaughter. His work with Charli XCX has earned him two nominations at the Grammy Awards; Album of the Year for Brat and Best Dance Pop Recording for "Von Dutch".
Crash is the fifth studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released on 18 March 2022. It was her last album to be released under her record contract with Asylum Records. Charli announced the album title, release date, and artwork on 4 November 2021. Her website was also updated with information about the album's 2022 tour. The album was preceded by the four singles "Good Ones", "New Shapes" featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama, "Baby" and two promotional singles, "Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me", the latter released as the fifth single in April 2022.
"Apple" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was produced by A. G. Cook and written by Charli XCX and released on 7 June 2024 from her sixth studio album Brat through Atlantic Records. It went viral on TikTok shortly afterwards, spawning a dance craze on the platform. The song was released to Italian radio through Warner Records on 2 August 2024 as the third single from the album. "Apple" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
"Speed Drive" is a song by English singer Charli XCX from Barbie the Album, the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie. The song was released on 29 June 2023 as the fourth single from the soundtrack and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Charli XCX's sixth top 10 single in the chart.
Harrison Patrick Smith, known professionally as The Dare and formerly as Turtlenecked, is an American singer and musician. He is best known for his single "Girls", released in August 2022, and for producing the song "Guess" by Charli XCX from the deluxe version of her 2024 album Brat.
"Von Dutch" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 29 February 2024 through Atlantic Records. Written by Charli alongside its producer Finn Keane, the track serves as the lead single from her sixth studio album, Brat. The song and its remix version received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording and Best Remixed Recording, respectively.
Brat is the sixth studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released through Atlantic Records on 7 June 2024. It features production by Charli XCX, her longtime executive producer A. G. Cook, Finn Keane, Cirkut, her partner George Daniel, and others. The album draws influence from the 2000s English rave music scene, with a more aggressive club sound than her previous album, Crash (2022).
"Girl, So Confusing" is a song by the English singer Charli XCX from her sixth studio album Brat (2024). She wrote the song with its producer A. G. Cook and released it through Atlantic Records. A glitch-influenced indie dance song, "Girl, So Confusing" is built on talk-sing Auto-Tune vocals and a throbbing bassline. It deals with Charli XCX's strained relationship with another female musician.
"360" is a song by English singer Charli XCX. It was released on 10 May 2024 through Atlantic Records as the second single from her sixth studio album, Brat, wherein it was included as the opening track. Featuring minimalistic electropop, hyperpop production by A. G. Cook and Cirkut and deadpan singing by Charli XCX, its boastful, tongue-in-cheek lyrics make references to her musical career, her reverence in the music industry, and her friends Julia Fox and Gabbriette. Its Aidan Zamiri-directed music video stars an ensemble cast of online "it girl" influencers, models, and actresses, including Julia Fox, Gabbriette, Rachel Sennott, and Chloë Sevigny, and begins with a skit in which they meet at dinner to find a "new hot Internet girl".
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