Charli XCX

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.

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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

"Girls Night Out" makes me wish I was a girl and I could have a night out

only know Number One Angel but love it, what else should i hear

absolutely love 'true romance' from start to end, serves as a good intro imo

thanks nxd

whereas I like the Rock Charli of Sucker, which I like allllmost beginning to end (i start fading a couple of tracks from the end)

Pop 2 is just Number 1 Angel but way better so that's what I'd recommend next. True Romance is pretty good too

thanks, you are all too sweet

"siri, pls take anne-marie's '2002' and lose the anachronisms, and make it a bit more believable, oh, and throw a donk on it, and a bit of house piano too"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkB8FlkmVM

we don't need the young wolverine on the song :(

He was 4 in 1999.

this kicks ass

Troye's crushing on Johnathan Taylor Thomas is cute, but otherwise this is pretty much the Ready Player One of music: depthless pop culture nostalgia from an artist (Charli, here) who should know better.

this is pretty good but it's no "No Angel" which is one of her best ever tracks

literally pick any random song off the charts from 1999 and it's likely to be significantly better than this song

almost offended b/c i have extremely fond memories of 1999 and its pop music

New song with Lizzo forthcoming?

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/charli-xcx-announces-new-music-landing-this-week

oh that's interesting, a demo of "blame it on your love" leaked a while ago (like all her stuff does lol) and it was the basis for what eventually became "track 10" but had a much more conventional verse/chorus structure so i wonder if this is going to keep the same hook from "track 10"?

she said on twitter her new material is 'kind of a continuation of pop 2' which can only be a good thing, pop 2 was so so good. "backseat" and "track 10" remain some of the most thrilling tracks of the decade

it's Track 10 but not as good, yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Q4ttXokGs

Sucker still such a fantastic album. Doing It is so great

Charli came out to do Can't Stop w/Miley Cyrus at Big Weekend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pTRxl7h8g

seems v difficult to recreate the magic of track 10

ufo otm

Track 10 is ace, but was always a remix of "Blame it on Your Love" according to the stuff I read. It's not being recreated, it's just the original track without SOPHIE's amazing sensibilities for isolating the broken digital heart in the middle of it all. Obviously they dropped one of Charli's verses (my favourite) to make way for Lizzo, but the vocal is otherwise the same.