Charli XCX

the album's (non)relationship to 90s alt-rock - the clear absence of that vibe is a very now quality IMO'''

it might have come more from 'i don't care' than the other material but i get a vague shirley manson/garbage vibe, where does that fit into this non-relationship?

[Actually 'i dont care' made me think especially of the song 'jellyhead' (the motiv8 remix), which is a good thing]

"I Don't Care" is Republica's "Ready To Go" X Transvision Vamp which means that its relationship to 90s alt-rock is stronger than Charli's own material but not significantly so.

Can't see anyone mentioning Lock You Up, which I basically have in a loop in my head

"The Goldroom remix of "You (Ha Ha Ha)", save the Macarena opening, is quite good"
it is, including the macarena opening

this is like the 15th time I have heard a reference to republica in the past two months

Saw on twitter someone saying she did a Backstreet Boys cover at her gig in W. DC last night. I don't know anything about her, so maybe that is not news to you folks who do (or maybe it is).

See my previous post itt

ok this is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPWcX-16A9Y

wow very nice

Yes, properly amazing. I've already played it six times.

like the song quite a lot, :/ at the video because how many more 'western pop stars having a zany time in japan' videos do we need.

the chorus feels more sugary than anything off 'true romance' but maybe i'm wrong on that point. more bubbly than take my hand, even.

You're not wrong. This is Radio Disney drivel. Such a regression from True Romance.

>:(

If this is what radio disney is like then i clearly need to be listening to a lot more radio disney

lmao @ someone who has no fucking clue about radio disney actually played when it was a thing

good song!

it's fizzy

lmao@ a grown ass man proud of being the world's only radio disney hipster, tbh. He was there...a l o n e

Loving this! I'm starting to think Charli XCX may be the best pop songwriter right now.

plenty of ppl (or 'grown ass men' b/c i guess those are the only ones whose opinions should be considered right) repped for radio disney actually: http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-03-14/music/all-ears/

lmao@ a grown ass man proud of being the world's only radio disney hipster, tbh. He was there...a l o n e

― Cousin Slappy

haven't been here long have you

The guitar riff under the chorus is just gorgeous

i really like the production on this a lot.... sorta cut copy-ish circa 'in ghost colours'

I've liked her more and more with each single. Juxtaposing the alphabet game with acoustic strums and video game whooshes is some genius.

it does sound like she says "you're smoking through my butt" though

you know, typical Radio Disney fare.

I dont think anyone has mentioned it so far but some of her vocal ticks remind me heavily of Gwen Stefani. Am I alone in this?

I mean I can easily picture this new song and Nuclear Seasons as Gwen Stefani fiddling with darkwave.

i don't know about here but i've definitely read no doubt comparisons to her before.

I've heard it before, yeah. (Stefani's own tiptoes toward that are just as good.)

SOS THIS IS REAL AND THIS IS DANGEROUS

Love this song!

https://vine.co/v/Mm5ge1IZjQ7

https://vine.co/v/MmhWal1VEt3

i laughed way too hard at these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w

iggy azalea raps like someone who isn't quite finished with her 't.i. drawl' rosetta stone class yet

"unfinished" is the right word for Azalea. Charli should have rapped Azalea's part and have done with it.

i don't think charli makes the best hook singer on rap songs either

I have little to no time for iggy azalea after she said something phenomenally stupid about indigenous australians, which I will find a link to when I'm not phone boarding

Charli's album eventually (without waiting too long)comes up and grabs me in the murk; doesn't let go. Her poses become her; was even thinking "Bowie's granddaughter" (she's 20, right?). Icona Pop's album seems too often to be trying too hard, like some recent Lady Gaga. "I Love It" works better in Tiesto's remix. Should prob listen more to IP's album, and maybe Iggy.

I have little to no time for iggy azalea after she said something phenomenally stupid about indigenous australians, which I will find a link to when I'm not phone boarding

probably this

Charli should have rapped Azalea's part and have done with it.

listened now: otm

funny how her two biggest hits by far have both been ft. credits.

it seems like that might always be true but who knows

It's gonna be hard for her (and icona pop) to create another global hit like 'I love it' but who knows.

my gut feeling is that charli's odds are better than icona pop's odds, but they are both regrettably slim

I still really like "SuperLove".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPMlIIg_38

Boom! Clap! is a great hook. Rereading this thread makes me wonder if I'm listening to the same artist and album, because I think she's a great songwriter and it's the murky production that lets her down.

is that filmed in Copenhagen?

Probably Amsterdam, as that song is on the Fault in Our Stars soundtrack, and a part of that book (and movie, unless they've taken liberties with the source material) takes place there.

I felt very underwhelmed with Boom Clap when I was watching it but then I went away from my computer without any other music on and I had it playing in my head constantly for half an hour. Wonder if I'm going to end up loving it like I have with just about everything else she's done. Doesn't seem like a big change in style in anything. I thought the second album was supposed to sound like Bow Wow Wow and The Waitresses or something?

boom clap is still kinda underwhelming and it sounds like a castoff from old sessions, i would be surprised if it ends up on her new album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8k2AAMTZKo

I'm not sure whether "Boom Clap" is a leftover from the True Romance sessions or not, but it's certainly veering back towards glittery, gothy pop and away from the promised bratpunk of "London Queen", "Breaking Up", and the "Allergic To Love" cover, so I'm inclined to think it's just a soundtrack thing or if it does appear on the album, it'll be an outlier / bonus track. Going rock could potentially backfire for her but if Sky Ferreira could pull it off, I'd say Charli is just as capable, if not more so. I'd imagine her label are rethinking things after the success of "Fancy". I'm not sure whether she's done anything with Reichtshaid for this album, but Noonie Bao, Rostam from Vampire Weekend, MNDR, Rivers Cuomo, and Patrik Berger are some of the known collaborators. There were also rumours she was working with Cathy Dennis.

Anyway "Boom Clap" is apparently in the top 100 on US iTunes, so I hope she finally gets her own solo hit. She's deserved to for about 2-3 years.