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Nov 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary Charli XCX

Last week British goth pop princess Charli XCX shared “Cloud Aura,” the first track of a recently completed mixtape. Today the entirety of the effort has been posted online free-of-charge. Featuring contributed beats by the likes of How to Dress Well, Baths, and others Charli wrote a letter saying,

Making it was an intense experience for me coz I basically wrote the whole thing whilst I was driving around in a car in Poland. I was only there for two days so everything is totally raw. All the songs are about love. Sometimes it’s stupid love and sometimes it’s heartbreaking love. It’s about being confused. In particular, GLOW is a really emotional song for me. I think I had my first proper breakdown when I wrote that song. I cried a lot.

I cried a lot whilst making this mixtape, which is funny because some of the songs seem quite light-hearted and a bit… I dunno… Gangster. To me they’re all sad songs in some way though. Some songs were inspired by moments in movies – like DANCE 4 U was inspired by the opening scene of Planet Terror, where Rose McGowan does the pole dance. I think that’s a really sad and desperate scene. It makes me cry when I watch it.

I guess that’s all just personal shit though. I don’t want people to be sad when they listen to SUPER ULTA… I want them to be happy, and I want them to dance. No one dances in this town anymore.

Click here to download.

Super Ultra:

“Cloud Aura” (Feat. Brooke Candy) (Prod. J£zus Million)
“Moments In Love” (Prod. Art Of Noise)
“Velvet Dreaming (Luv)” (Prod. Giraffage)
“Dance 4 U” (Prod. Sinjin Hawke)
“Glow” (Prod. Baths)
“Heat Wave” (Prod. Jackson)
“Cold Nites (Remix)” (Prod. How To Dress Well)
“Forgiveness” (Prod. Jakwob)

(www.charlixcxmusic.com)