My massive battle is deciding whether or not I care extra about being the largest artist I will be commercially or being critically sound,” Charli XCX says. “Then typically I land on this place of not caring about both of these issues.”
For many of her decade-plus profession as each a songwriter for different pop stars (Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello, Selena Gomez) and a beloved solo performer herself, Charli has managed to strike an enviable steadiness between the 2 pop poles she has simply described. The 31-year-old British artist has made inescapable hits like her 2014 Iggy Azalea collaboration, “Fancy,” which spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100, and extra sonically experimental pop — together with her celebrated pairings with SOPHIE, with whom Charli pioneered hyperpop — whereas establishing herself as a tastemaker with a observe report for working with cutting-edge artists like Yaeji, Rina Sawayama and Caroline Polachek earlier than the business totally catches on.
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Picture Credit score: Joelle Grace Taylor YSL jacket and scarf, Diesel skirt and footwear, David Yurman earrings.
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Picture Credit score: Joelle Grace Taylor Pimples shirt, MM6 bra, Beaufille belt, Abra pants, YSL footwear.
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Picture Credit score: Joelle Grace Taylor Beaufille jacket and skirt, Abra footwear.
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Picture Credit score: Joelle Grace Taylor YSL jacket and scarf, David Yurman earrings.
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Picture Credit score: Joelle Grace Taylor Pimples shirt, Beaufille belt, Abra pants.
Styling by Chris Horan. Hair by Fitch Lunar at Opus Magnificence. Make-up by Alexandra French at Ahead Artists. Set Design by Elise Jonke.
