In 2012, Charli XCX rose to prominence with the Icona Pop collaboration "I Love It", which became an international success, reaching top 10 in North America and Europe.
35 Facts About Charli XCX
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In 2015, Charli XCX began working alongside producers associated with the UK collective PC Music, developing a more experimental sound and image.
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In 2021, Charli XCX co-wrote and provided vocals on the Jax Jones and Joel Corry single "Out Out".
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Charli XCX's father, Jon Aitchison, is a Scottish entrepreneur and former show-booker, and her mother, Shameera, is a former nurse and flight attendant who was born and raised in Uganda to a Gujarati Indian family.
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Charli XCX began writing songs at the age of 14, writing a song called "Fish and Chips Shop".
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Charli XCX was billed on flyers under the stage name Charli XCX, which was her MSN Messenger display name when she was younger.
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At the age of 18, Charli XCX moved to London to study for a fine art degree at UCL's Slade School of Fine Art but dropped out in her second year.
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Charli XCX stated that's "when things started to come together".
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Charli XCX sent her two beats, and she quickly wrote songs for each, one of which became "I Love It" and the other of which became "You're the One".
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Charli XCX stated she didn't end up releasing "I Love It" herself as she could not reconcile it with her sound, but in 2012, Swedish duo Icona Pop re-recorded the song and released it as a single featuring her vocals.
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Charli XCX explained in her tour diary with Replay Laserblast that the record's genre is still pop, but has a very shouty, girl-power, girl-gang, Bow Wow Wow feel to it at the same time.
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Charli XCX expanded her portfolio of songwriting for other artists during this period, with credits on Azalea's 2014 single "Beg for It", Ryn Weaver's debut single "OctaHate", and material for acts including Sky Ferreira, Neon Jungle, Rihanna, and Gwen Stefani.
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In mid-2014, Charli XCX contributed the song "Boom Clap" to the soundtrack of the film The Fault in Our Stars.
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In May 2015, Charli XCX released "Famous", as the fourth single taken from Sucker.
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In July and August 2015, Charli XCX co-headlined a US tour with Jack Antonoff.
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On 26 July 2017, Charli XCX released "Boys", along with a self-directed music video featuring an ensemble cast of male celebrities, including Joe Jonas and Brendon Urie, among others.
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On 6 August, Charli XCX performed at Lollapalooza music festival 2017.
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The leak of the album featuring the then-lead single "After the Afterparty" led to the album being cancelled and Charli XCX deciding to remake an entirely new third studio album.
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On 15 March 2018, Charli XCX performed to promote her mixtape Pop 2 at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.
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From May 2018, Charli XCX started performing on Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour as an opening act alongside Camila Cabello.
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On 16 May 2019, Charli XCX released the second single from Charli, "Blame It on Your Love", featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo.
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On 13 January 2020, Charli XCX was featured on the Galantis song "We Are Born to Play", which was used as the theme song for the upcoming Japanese theme park Super Nintendo World.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Charli XCX announced a new album, titled How I'm Feeling Now in April 2020.
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Charli XCX used her platform on instagram to communicate with fans while making the album, posting different variations of lyrics, single covers, and sound samples, that could be voted on, the most popular being the one she released officially.
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Charli XCX was unable to perform anything from the album until 13 months after the albums release.
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In February 2023 Charli XCX revealed in an interview with British Vogue that she had signed a new recording contract for her next two albums, neglecting to reveal which label she had signed with.
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Charli XCX's singing voice has been compared to that of Gwen Stefani and Marina and the Diamonds.
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Charli XCX cited Kanye West as an inspiration for her idiosyncratic use of Auto-Tune.
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Charli XCX said that she learned about performing and attracting a crowd from Taylor Swift.
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Charli XCX has spoken about her experiences with sound-to-colour synesthesia.
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Charli XCX has stated that she is "extremely proud" of her Indian heritage.
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In 2019, Charli XCX was in a long-term partnership with Huck Kwong, whom she had previously dated in 2014, and has been friends with since 2012.
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Charli XCX is dating The 1975 drummer and producer George Daniel.
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Charli XCX considers herself as a feminist and wrote her song "Body of My Own" as a feminist statement.
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Charli XCX appeared in the documentary about gender equality The F Word and Me, which premiered on BBC Three in 2015.