IF YOU'RE IN THE CLUB
IF YOU'RE IN THE CAR
IF YOU'RE IN YOUR BED
BOUNCE BOUNCE
IF YOU'RE IN THE SAUNA
IF YOU'RE IN THE GYM
IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK
BOUNCE BOUNCE
that line is actually catchy
the carcinogenic point is "controlo qualquer um com a minha bruxaria, minha bunda é mais forte que feitiçaria" I cringe every time I listen to this
When you guys were talking about XCX3 and the music industry it kinda depressed me so here are my thoughts/emotions/summarizations:
Charli can't do it all on her own and it definitely doesn't look like she's on a major record label with the scant amount of promo she's been getting. She's working so hard (to the point of nearly crying in an interview) and she's getting paid dust.
The whole XCX3 situation still stings, especially because the songs feel so nostalgic now, and I daydream that they're a part of her proper discography. She even did the 3-months-sober/green juice diet which, to me, means that she really had her head in the game. It also creepily reminds me of how, before Kesha's career went into limbo, and before we knew she battled an eating disorder, her team was tried to coax her into losing weight for the next album.
Like, okay, let's go with the idea that Atlantic saw big things for XCX3 (which is complimentary to Charli I guess) and the leaked version of XCX3 wasn't what they had in mind... couldn't they just let it do it's thing with mild promo in late 2016/early 2017 when pop still had a foot in the door?? It feels like Atlantic played her and she's the one who ended up paying the price by watching her music (which is her livelihood) go to waste, when the messy album rollout wasn't even her fault. Nor was the fact that she couldn't be totally transparent. She let some frustration slip but it felt like she had to be tightlipped, which is out of character.
I don't meant sound haughty or music critic-y in this bit, but it feels like she fell behind while being SO ahead of everyone else in pop, maybe even the whole music industry. Charli has it all: the voice, the melodies, the hooks, the lyrics, and the looks. Seriously, who tf else can do what she does the way she does it?? She's a great recording artist AND a great songwriter. She has such a great ear for pop. She should be thriving, not scraping by. I'm not talking about main pop girl worldwide superstar status, but I just hate feeling like she's already had her time with Sucker, especially because she wasn't even happy in that era and has SO much more to offer.
In an alternate reality, XCX3 would've been a total knockout with critics and the GP, and it would've been a polished, fully realized version of Charli's vision. It would've been everything she wanted, but instead it all went up in flames, the ruins are scattered all over the internet, and it feels like we're talking about the lost city of Atlantis or something. Maybe I'm way in over my head, but I'm rooting for her to get the chance to put out a fully fleshed out, immaculate, authentic, uncompromised album.
If the final montly drop is CTMP with a music video, I really do hope everything pans out.