Tag: Charli XCX
Charli XCX’s “Hot Girl” As Regina George’s Thesis Statement
“White Capitalist Bitch” might be a more to-the-point name for Charli XCX’s new single, “Hot Girl” (not to be mistaken for her other temperature-as-aesthetic new [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Assessment of Herself As the Voice of a Generation on “Hot In It” Is More Accurate Than Lena Dunham Once Saying the Same
Known for her tongue-in-cheek bravado (especially during the Crash era), Charli XCX has truly perfected the art through her latest single with Tiësto, “Hot In [Read More…]
If a (Certain Kind of) Shark Stops Swimming, It Dies; If Charli XCX Stops Evolving in “Used To Know Me,” She Gets Caught in a Bad Romance
Keeping with the current motif in pop culture of how there are many different versions of ourselves (e.g. Anitta’s Versions of Me and Daniels’ Everything [Read More…]
Crash All Over Again With Charli XCX’s Deluxe Edition of the Album
Not one to lose control of her creamy smooth pop icon goddess (yes, that’s a Madonna reference) status, Charli XCX has followed the release of [Read More…]
The Pratfalls of Monogamy: Charli XCX Breaks “Every Rule” For “Love”—and with Her Single Release Momentum
Just when you think you’ve finally mastered the choreography to one of Charli XCX’s bops from Crash, she goes and decides to release another song [Read More…]
Yuppie Tribalism (Dance Party in Patrick Bateman’s Apartment): Charli XCX’s “Baby” Video
Perhaps if Patrick Bateman hadn’t given a chapter-long discourse on Whitney Houston’s career trajectory in American Psycho, he would have opted instead to do so [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Ultra 80s, Girls Just Want to Have Fun-esque “New Shapes” Video
Charli XCX has never kept her love of the 80s (and therefore the decade’s influence on her work) a secret. With the sonic landscape of [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “Good Ones” Assumes There Are Any Good Ones to Let Go
After a year spent in lockdown, it’s evident that Charli XCX is ready to take full advantage of the “no restrictions” policy that has come [Read More…]
Kesha Joins A Growing Genre of Green Screen Videos in the Time of Pandemic Pop
Pandemic pop isn’t just a dystopian genre that focuses solely on au courant lyrics like, “Move bitch, you got coronavirus/I’ma chill at the crib ‘cause [Read More…]
“In Real Life, Could The Club Even Handle Us?”: Charli XCX’s How I’m Feeling Now Highlights Creativity and Expression in Quarantine Being More Uninhibited Than in the Outside World
Instantly establishing the thematic precedent for a record that has stemmed from the highly unique scenario of being quarantined (sometimes politely phrased as a “stay-at-home [Read More…]
