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I think Charli’s definitely coming for the locals this time.

Queen is serving so hardddd!

It was all part of the plan to drive her fans into obsession forever.

Also the sampled shriek at 1:12 always sent me through the roof.

I can’t feel nostalgic for some of the 80’s new wave and synth pop flavors and nods to 90’s/2000’s electro... hardstyle, techno, drum and bass, 2-step, garage, and trance? Yeah it sounds relatively new and fresh, but there are lots of elements throughout the album from previous eras and movements in electronic music.

Everyone’s talking about leaks again... And absolutely no shade against Future Nostalgia. I was ready and already feeling like “ok Dua’s going to have pop AOTY and I ain’t even mad...” it’s a great pop album... and we just had “Charli” last year so you figured it’d be a while for another big Charli release. But then quarantine hit, and she came out with a surprise album that IMO, was even more “future” and more “nostalgia” in all the right ways... Charli stole the thunder... sooooo yeah, that’s what I mean.

Ok, I'm just going to say it. I think we all know who released the REAL Future Nostalgia this year...

I’m PRETTY sureeee it’s always just been wishful thinking, but with the documentary still unreleased, it's possible... it would make sense.

Where’s the full?

On Melancholy Hill... kinda the obvious, go-to, but wow, it’s the perfect quarantine song.

Valley of the Pagans..... what a tremendous bop lol. Love the whole record though. The album has gotten me back on a huge Gorillaz kick.

Charles really slayed that livestream yesterday, enjoyed it so much.

Also Charli’s dad is low key Phil Collins?

The way that “challenge for 2020” message manifested itself to be for literally everyone...

Not the “I thought this song was big in Germany” meme trending again...

I think in the long run, it was for the best... there was a lot of hype in the fanbase coming off of her time in the limelight with all of her early hits/Sucker and then that combined with how bonkers Vroom Vroom was... there was a lot of potential for an outstanding pop era of crazy proportions. So the longer time went without anything being dropped and the live teases she did of new songs throughout 2016, it was just FEEDING the hype, fans became stans just looking for anything and everything, myself included .... I think the situation really (somewhat unintentionally), built up a lot of the hype around her, mystique around certain songs (I really took to Round & Round, Up N Down, No Angel, Taxi)... but then by the time the mixtapes came out, they took on somewhat of a different and more alternative shape, but it’s all put her into this “new light”, and on a different path. A lot of lyrical themes stayed, almost creating her own “lore” as an artist. She’s “meta” lol and would it have been that way had XCX World just dropped on time and without a hitch? I really don’t think so. She’d probably be just another pop girl that the majority of people would love to hate (and maybe not, since everything she does is coming through the lens of Charli regardless, nothing has really ever changed there) but that is what tends to happen to artists in the limelight. Lots of exposure, lots of hate... But now, her artistry is THEE XCX World! She has a very strong fanbase for what it is, that kind of just built organically through the ups and downs... but it’s made everything all the better. I think she’s inspired a lot of people in the last few years, like that 100 gecs remix album... tell me that doesn’t look exactly like a Charli mixtape tracklist! It’s the very scene she’s had a big hand in cultivating. Now I just wish the GP would warm up to what she’s doing now. It’s just unfortunately, I think her music and the culture she brings along with it requires a certain level of open mindedness that a lot of people just simply don’t have. It’s like she’s broken the glass ceiling, so to speak, where most people still look at what’s “in the box.” But these are now all big reasons why, to me, she’s the best pop artist I’ve ever seen. It’s the willingness she has to stand up for her vision, and come at us from a different angle, and try new sounds, and do something exciting and subversive. Move the needle. It’s exactly what most people claim to want in a pop artist, but they don’t have a grasp on the overall scope to really see it, or appreciate it when it comes.

Confirmation??

Y’all ain’t talking about Charli’s “new era” serve here? There has to be more to the blonde wig than just this appearance!

Not even joking, I think Click’s outro literally shattered any barrier I had listening to music. It’s like from that moment on, I saw the value in pretty much everything. And then, I became a gecs fan lol. Brain chemistry changed. Tastes transcended.

I just listened to this on repeat for an hour lol wtffff It all feels very much like an offshoot of Vroom Vroom... it’s that “live fast, die hard” mentality. Charli would undoubtedly throw down something fierce on a track like this ...but not taking anything away from Namasenda.

This has been stuck in my head since release. I need Charli to drop a project packing some of this heat.

My Planet XCX hoodie is on order! Who else got merch?

No I wear pink Idk it’s been a weird year. I moved and everyone in my circle now seems so much more judgmental than before and it’s like they’re stuck in 2008 or something. It’s wack. Anyways....... I think I’m getting it lol

What I mean is, as much as I want to be subversive and go full on lavender “Planet XCX” on all these locals, society just ain’t ready... lol