Dec 29, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. More

Nov 20, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2025 festival. Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Post Malone are the headliners. The lineup also features Beth Gibbons, Japanese Breakfast, Blonde Redhead, Missy Elliott, Charli XCX, Kraftwerk, Amyl and The Sniffers, Beabadoobee, Darkside, Jimmy Eat World, Viagra Boys, Djo, FKA twigs, Parcels, and many others. More

Nov 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern

The Grammy Nominations were announced today. We’re not sure we care, in light of Tuesday’s election results. More

Jul 25, 2024 By Marina Malin and Mark Redfern

The 2024 Mercury Prize just announced their 12 Albums of the Year nominees for 2024. More

Jul 21, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Barbie the Album, the musical companion to the highly anticipated summer event film Barbie, is out now via Atlantic. More

Jun 30, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Charli XCX has just shared the pop anthem “Speed Drive,” which is the fifth single from Barbie the Album, which is the soundtrack to the Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie movie starring Margo Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. More

Jan 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek is releasing a new album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, on February 14 via Perpetual Novice. Now she has shared a remix of the album’s first single, “Welcome to My Island,” by Charli XCX (who sings on the rework) and The 1975’s George Daniel. More

Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2023 festival. Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny are the headliners. The lineup also features Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, boygenius, Alex G, Magdalena Bay, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and many others. More

Dec 23, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Are things back to normal in 2022? They are, aren’t they? Well not quite. More

Jan 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Charli XCX has shared a new single, “Beg For You,” featuring Rina Sawayama. It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, CRASH, which will be out on March 18 via Atlantic. A music video for the song is set to release next week. More

Nov 05, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2021. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Charli XCX has announced the release of a new album, CRASH, which will be out on March 18, 2022 via Atlantic. She has also shared a new single from the album, “New Shapes,” featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, and has announced a 2022 U.S. and European tour. More

Sep 02, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Charli XCX has shared a new song, “Good Ones,” via a video for it. Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the cinematic video, which was filmed in Mexico and features Charli XCX and her backup dancers being provocative at a funeral. More

May 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Rostam (formerly of Vampire Weekend) is releasing a new album, Changephobia, on June 4 via Matsor Projects (via Secretly Distribution). Now he has shared another song from it, “From the Back of a Cab,” via a video that features cameos from various other musicians and friends, including HAIM, Charli XCX, and more. More

Jul 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

This year’s Mercury Prize nominees have been announced and they include the latest albums by Anna Meredith, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, Charli XCX, Michael Kiwanuka, Dua Lipa, Lanterns on the Lake, Stormzy, Georgia, Sports Team, and more. More

May 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX announced in early April her intentions to write and record a brand new album from scratch while under quarantine, setting the ambitious release date of May 15, leaving only five weeks to get it done. Well, she pulled it off and now you can stream how i’m feeling now here. More

May 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, how i’m feeling now, on May 15 via Atlantic. She is writing and recording it from scratch while under quarantine and now she has shared another freshly recorded song from it, “I Finally Understand.” More

Apr 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, how i’m feeling now, on May 15 via Atlantic. She is writing and recording it from scratch while under quarantine and now she has shared another freshly recorded song from it, “Claws.” More

Apr 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

On Monday Charli XCX announced her intentions to record a brand new album from scratch while under quarantine and release it on May 15 via Atlantic. Its working title (and perhaps its eventual final title) is how i’m feeling now. Now she has already shared its first single, “Forever,” which was created within the last two days. More

Apr 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has announced her intentions to record a brand new album from scratch while under quarantine and release it on May 15. Its working title (and perhaps its eventual final title) is how i’m feeling now. More

Oct 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX released a new album, simply titled Charli, last month via Atlantic. Now she has shared a video for “White Mercedes,” which was filmed in Kiev, Ukraine and features burning cars, horses, fireworks, and more. More

Sep 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX released a new album, simply titled Charli, last Friday via Atlantic. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “2099” that features Charli and guest vocalist Troye Sivan riding jet-skis. Also, last night she performed the album’s “Gone” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier, who also guests on the studio version of the song). Plus Fallon interviewed Charli XCX. More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has released a new album, simply titled Charli, today via Atlantic. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Sep 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli, this Friday (September 13) via Atlantic. Now she has shared yet another song from it, “2099.” This one features Troye Sivan, who previously collaborated with Charli XCX on the Charli song “1999.” More

Sep 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli, on September 13 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song from it, “February 2017.” This one features Clairo and Yaeji. More

Aug 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli, on September 13 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song from it, “Warm.” This one features HAIM. More

Aug 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli on September 13 via Atlantic. But now she has shared a new song not featured on the album, “Miss U.” Instead it’s on the soundtrack to season three of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. More

Aug 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli on September 13 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song for it, “Cross You Out,” that features Sky Ferreira. More

Jul 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of solid tracks to choose from this week, making it extra hard to narrow the list down. Hence there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions. But we had some self-control and kept the main list to a Top 10. More

Jul 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli on September 13 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song for it, “Gone,” via a video for the track. “Gone” is a collaboration with Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier), who also features in the video. More

Jun 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has announced a new album, simply titled Charli, as well as some tour dates. Charli is due out September 13 via Atlantic. It features a slew of special guests, including HAIM, Sky Ferreira, Christine and the Queens, Lizzo, Troye Sivan, and more. More

Jan 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Governors Ball has announced the lineup for their 2019 festival, which goes down in New York City’s Randall’s Island Park the weekend of May 31 to June 2. The line-up includes Florence + the Machine; The Strokes; Tyler, The Creator; Mitski; and more. More

Oct 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan recently teamed up for the new song “1999,” a song that celebrated the ‘90s, the decade both artists were born in. Now the song has a pretty amazing video that references a ton of 1990s things, including Titanic, American Beauty, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, The Spice Girls, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, N*Sync, Aqua, and more, including featuring Charli dressed as Steve Jobs. More

Jul 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has shared a new song, “Girls Night Out.” The unabashedly cheesy pop song is about… a girls night out and includes the lyrics: “No boys/No boys/It’s a girls night out.” SOPHIE produced the song. More

Jun 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last month Charli XCX shared a new song, “5 in the Morning,” and earlier this week she shared a video for the song. Now the British pop singer/songwriter/producer has shared two more new songs, “Focus” and “No Angel.” Listen to both songs below, which are out now digitally via Atlantic. More

Jun 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last month Charli XCX shared a new song “5 in the Morning.” Now the song has a video. Bradley & Pablo directed the clip, which features Charli XCX singing the song in what seems like a factory at night. More

May 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has shared a new song “5 in the Morning.” The British pop singer/songwriter/producer wrote the track herself in collaboration with Nat Dunn and Cleo Tighe, and it includes production from Invisible Men. More

Dec 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in July Charli XCX shared a catchy as hell brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). On December 15 she is releasing a new mixtape, Pop2, via Atlantic. It doesn’t feature “Boys” (she’s probably saving that for her next album), but it does include 10 other tracks, including one she shared today, “Unlock It,” which features German singer Kim Petras and Korean-American singer Jay Park. More

Dec 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in July Charli XCX shared a catchy as hell brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). Now she has stopped by Australia’s Triple J radio station to perform “Boys,” but also take part in their “Like a Version” covers series where she has covered “Don’t Delete the Kisses,” by fellow Brits Wolf Alice. More

Sep 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in July Charli XCX shared a catchy as hell brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). In keeping with the song’s title, the video featured a bunch of well-known “boys” and the video has passed 48 million views already. More

Aug 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last month Charli XCX shared a catchy as hell brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). In keeping with the song’s title, the video featured a bunch of well-known “boys” and the video has passed 35 million views already. More

Jul 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It was a busy week for new tracks, with two pop singers (Jessie Ware and Charli XCX) making a strong showing. A couple of classic rockers made a return, and while Ringo Starr’s new song (featuring Paul McCartney and others) was pretty standard old rocker fare, one of Mick Jagger’s new songs (either “Gotta Get a Grip” or the remix of it by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker) surprisingly almost made our Top 8. More

Jul 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has shared a brand new song, “Boys,” via a video she self-directed (with Sarah McColgan). In keeping with the song’s title, the video features a bunch of well-known “boys.” More

Mar 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has announced a new mixtape, Number 1 Angel, which is due out this Friday (March 10). Today she debuted three songs on MistaJam’s BBC Radio 1 show: More

Feb 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Blondie have announced a new album, Pollinator, and shared its first single “Fun.” Pollinator is due out May 5 via BMG. The album features a slew of special guests, including Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes), Charli XCX, Johnny Marr, Sia, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Joan Jett, Laurie Anderson, The Strokes’ Nick Valensi, and others. More

Oct 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has shared a brand new song. It’s called “After the Afterparty” and it features American rapper Lil Yachty for a verse. The British singer/songwriter/producer continues her quest for mainstream pop acceptance by releasing another ultra-poppy song. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

It seems to me that an Angry Birds movie is a few years too late, considering the addictive but silly game first debuted way back in 2009. In terms of pop culture phenomenon, that’s practically the Stone Age. But I guess movies take time to be developed and computer animated films take time to be animated, by computers, so whether anyone cares or not, on May 20th Columbia Pictures is releasing The Angry Birds Movie. More

Feb 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has launched her own label, Vroom Vroom Recordings, and its first release will be the Vroom Vroom EP, to be released digitally this Friday (February 26). She’s shared the EP’s first single, the SOPHIE-produced “Trophy,” via Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show. More

Nov 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

BBC Three has produced a new documentary about Charli XCX and being a woman in pop in 2015. Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me is a 45-minute documentary narrated by Charli that starts at Glastonbury and follows her on tour as she interviews other female musicians about feminism, including Marina and the Diamonds, Ryn Weaver, and others. More

Oct 20, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Former Under the Radar cover star and now genuine pop star Charli XCX was filling in for Julie Adenuga as the host of her Beats 1 radio show today when she played a brand new song. It’s entitled “Vroom Vroom” and was produced by SOPHIE. More

Jun 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Former Under the Radar cover star Charli XCX and Bleachers (the project of fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff) recently announced a co-headlining summer tour together entitled “Charli and Jack Do America” that runs from July 21 to August 12. Now the two artists have announced a second leg of their tour, to run from September 14 in Boston, MA to October 10 in Salt Lake City, UT. More

May 14, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Next month Giorgio Moroder will return with Déjà Vu, the disco icon’s first album in 30 years. More

Apr 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Former Under the Radar cover star Charli XCX and Bleachers (the project of fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff) have announced a co-headlining summer tour together. More

Mar 23, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Charli XCX has premiered a brand new music video for her latest Sucker single, “Famous.” More

Feb 10, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Despite being available here in the states since December, Charli XCX‘s successful sophomore album Sucker is only now about to be released in her native UK next week. More

Feb 05, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Charli XCX’s sophomore album Sucker is a swaggering rock album with a sugary pop center. More

Feb 04, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last night Charli XCX stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live. More

Jan 22, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On the heels of sharing the music video for her latest Sucker single “Doing It,” Charli XCX has debuted a remix of the track by A.G. Cook of PC Music. More

Jan 21, 2015 By Laura Studarus

We’ve already heard Charli XCX and Rita Ora’s collaborative track “Doing it.” The cut now has an equally girl power-driven video. More

Jan 08, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Here in the U.S. we’ve been enjoying Charli XCX’s sophmore album Sucker for about a month now. But her fans overseas have to wait until Feb 16 to get their hands on a copy. More

Dec 17, 2014 By Laura Studarus

First SNL, then Letterman, now you can catch Charli XCX on today’s episode of The Today Show. More

Dec 17, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Charli XCX is making the rounds. Hot on the heals of her Saturday Night Live performance, last night the British singer stopped by Letterman where she performed Sucker cut “Need Ur Love.” More

Dec 15, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend Charli XCX was welcomed as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. More

Dec 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

As part of a recent ad campaign Kia has been enlisting various musical artists to participate in a bit of song swapping, performing covers of one another’s songs. For its final installment the car company paired up Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff of Bleachers to play versions of their respective singles “Break the Rules” and “Rollercoaster.” More

Dec 09, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Charli XCX will finally release her much-anticipated sophomore album Sucker. More

Dec 03, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

2014 has been pretty good to Charli XCX, and she hasn’t even released her sophomore album yet. Now we’ve got a new video for her single “Breaking Up,” directed by BRTHR. More

Nov 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Having already shared four out of the 13 tracks (“Break the Rules,” “London Queen,” “Boom Clap,” and “Gold Coins”) off her upcoming sophomore album Sucker, Charli XCX has premiered yet another piece of the LP with the cut, “Breaking Up.” More

Nov 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Dec. 16 Charli XCX will release her anticipated sophomore album Sucker. More

Nov 02, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“Boom Clap” may have been The Fault in Our Stars soundtrack contribution that helped land Charli XCX in the public eye, but she isn’t quite done with the tune yet. More

Oct 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Charli XCX’s forthcoming album Sucker is a collection of high-energy rock pop, buffed to a bratty sheen. More

Oct 06, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently pushing back the release of her forthcoming sophomore album Sucker, Charli XCX has shared a brand new piece of the record called “London Queen” to tide over her patient fanbase. More

Sep 22, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Appearing all set to release her anticipated sophomore album Sucker next month, Charli XCX has announced that fans will have to wait just a bit longer to listen to the record. More

Sep 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Soon to release her anticipated sophomore album Sucker later this month, Charli XCX recently stopped by Portland’s 95.5 Bing Lounge to peform a few songs. More

Aug 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Due to release her anticipated sophomore album Sucker on Oct. 21, Charli XCX has premiered a brand new music featuring her latest single “Break the Rules.” More

Aug 22, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Charli XCX, Phoenix, Interpol, Caribou, Jessie Ware, The Drums, Peaking Lights, Les Sins (Toro Y Moi side-project), Darkside, Teleman (Remixed by Boxed In), Joanna Gruesome, The Twilight Sad, The Unicorns, Sinkane, TOPS, TEEN, Douglas Dare, The Coathangers, Young Karin, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Aug 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

After making herself a prominent fixture on the Billboard charts guest-spotting on Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” and delivering her own single “Boom Clap,” pop artist Charli XCX has announced the release of her sophomore album, Sucker. More

Jul 15, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Take out a two-year print subscription to Under the Radar and receive a free CD in the mail. Current choices include recent albums by The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Temples, Liars, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Charli XCX, Mac DeMarco, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), Connan Mockasin, and more. More

Jul 08, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Charli XCX stopped by Seth Meyers last night to perform her single “Boom Clap,” which is featured on the soundtrack to The Fault In Our Stars. More

Jul 03, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

To unveil their new music streaming service, Milk Music, Samsung enlisted the help of Charli XCX, Iggy Azaela, Chromeo, Childish Gambino, and Little Dragon in a new ad. More

Jun 27, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this week a female artist by the name of Ryn Weaver seemingly jumped out of nowhere, delivering a surprise pop gem called “OctaHate.” More

Jun 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Charli XCX has premiered a brand new music video featuring her standout soundtrack single “Boom Clap.” More

May 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last night, the folks behind the film Fault in Our Stars did a promotional streaming event at Los Angeles’ YoutTube space. Among the artists to perform was Charli XCX. More

Apr 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this week Charli XCX, shared a brand new piece of infectious pop with the track “Boom Clap,” a song that will be included on the soundtrack for the upcoming film The Fault In Our Stars. More

Apr 14, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Currently working on the follow-up her debut album True Romance, Charli XCX, a.k.a. Charlotte Aitchison, has shared a brand new single titled “Boom Clap.” More

Mar 19, 2014 By Chris Tinkham

As warmly as Charli XCX‘s 2013 debut LP, True Romance, was received by fans and critics, the English singer/songwriter wanted to streamline the writing and recording process for her follow-up album, tentatively set for June release. More

Mar 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“Fancy” ladies Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers last night. More

Mar 13, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Currently in Austin performing at SXSW—including Under the Radar‘s third day party tomorrow—Charli XCX has revealed that the follow-up to her debut LP True Romance will feature two high-profile collaborators: Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij and Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. More

Mar 04, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing her new album The New Classic later this year rapper Iggy Azalea, recently shared the record’s collaborative first single “Fancy” featuring Charli XCX. More

Feb 28, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for our three SXSW 2014 day parties, taking place on Wednesday, March 12, Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. Lineups include Charli XCX, EMA, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Mary Onettes, Small Black, Thumpers, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Arthur Beatrice, Gruff Rhys, Woman’s Hour, and many others. More

Feb 07, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX have collaborated on a new song titled, “Fancy.” More

Jan 16, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We knew Charli XCX was a pop princess. (Heck, when she released True Romance we even put her on our cover.) But who knew she had a punk side? More

Nov 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month Yeasayer put their own unique spin on Charli XCX‘s most recent standout “Superlove.” More

Nov 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With a new album already in the works to follow her debut full-length True Romance, UK pop singer Charli XCX, a.k.a. Charlotte Aitchison, has certainly been keeping herself busy of late. More

Oct 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

You don’t really know someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes, right? Thanks to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Converse, you can get to know a lot of your favorite musicians. More

Oct 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month former Under the Radar cover starlet Charli XCX premiered a music video featuring a brand new single titled “Superlove.” More

Sep 26, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Previous cover artist Charli XCX (read the story here) may have just put out her debut album True Romance earlier this year, but that isn’t going stop her from releasing a second one soon. More

Sep 05, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Last month, former Under the Radar cover artist Charli XCX postponed a string of U.S. tour dates in order to open up for Paramore on their UK jaunt. Now the electro-pop princess is prepared to make good to her North American fans. More

Aug 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Having already penned one of the biggest tracks on the Top 40 charts with Icona Pop’s “I Love It,” Charli XCX, a.k.a. Charlotte Aitchison, revealed she was recently approached to write a song for Britney Spears’ next album. More

Aug 21, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Announcing plans for an extensive headlining tour through the U.S. earlier this summer, UK artist Charli XCX, a.k.a. Charlotte Aitchison, has backtracked to say she won’t be coming stateside as soon as fans would have hoped. More

Mar 19, 2014 By Chris Tinkham

As warmly as Charli XCX‘s 2013 debut LP, True Romance, was received by fans and critics, the English singer/songwriter wanted to streamline the writing and recording process for her follow-up album, tentatively set for June release. More

Sep 13, 2013 By Chris Tinkham

For Under the Radar‘s print cover story on Charli XCX, the English pop singer granted us two interviews. One was conducted by phone in April, minutes after she had completed soundcheck for a headlining show in London. More

Sep 12, 2013 By Chris Tinkham

It’s about an hour before sunset on this May evening in Los Angeles when Charlotte Aitchison, the English pop singer known as Charli XCX, breezes through the front door of a rented Silver Lake house and announces to her tour bandmates, in an almost paternal way, that she’s home. More

Mar 25, 2022 By Austin Saalman

If art’s ultimate purpose is to either generate empathy between estranged demographics or provide a reflection of the culture from which it springs, then English singer/songwriter Charlotte Emma Aitchison’s intriguing fifth studio album—the final in her contract with Atlantic—undoubtedly accomplishes the latter. More

Sep 11, 2019 By Ryan Meaney

No one would dare to call the music of Charlotte Aitchison minimalist. The artist better known as Charli XCX has spent the better part of the past decade gradually shifting the pop landscape, from adding to the radio canon (“I Love It,” “Boom Clap,” “Fancy”), to hyping up artists from around the globe (Tommy Cash, PC Music, Kim Petras, etc.). More

Dec 15, 2014 By Patrick Bowman

We should all be pretty happy that Hot 100 success has done very little to change Charli XCX. After teaming up with hip-hop lightning rod Iggy Azalea for the semi-song-of-the-summer in “Fancy,” it was easy to discern that the best part of that track was Charli’s bratty, dramatic earworm chorus, and not the mediocre, ghostwritten rhymes from Azalea. More

Apr 16, 2013 By Billy Hamilton

That True Romance is likely to ruffle few feathers on its release speaks volumes about the current shape of modern-day pop music. Once upon a time, such a collection of android beats and glitch-riddled melodies would have singled its creator out as a libido-led sonic provocateur. In 2013 it merely ensures Charli XCX’s place in the pack. More

Mar 18, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Despite historically lacking in big-name performances, the opening night of the 27th annual SXSW delivered the goods. I kicked off my first evening out in The Lone Star State with sets from Sirah, Charli XCX, IO Echo, Divine Fits, and Cirque du Soleil. (Yes, that Cirque du Soleil.)

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Mar 19, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit fuller of electro indie pop. Erm…yeah. Pretty sure that’s how it’s supposed to go. More