Charli XCX has hinted that she desires to document an album with Clairo.
Following their reside collaboration of ‘Sophia’ on the Melbourne version of Laneway Competition 2025 final Friday (February 14), Charli posted a video which was shared by a fan website on Instagram during which she spoke about how a lot she loved her group up.
She mentioned of the efficiency: “I actually had enjoyable doing it and it received me pondering, what if we made a document with guitars or strings or each. Lou Reed period perhaps, I dunno simply saying.”
‘Sofia’ seems on Clairo’s 2019 debut studio document ‘Immunity’. Clairo additionally options on Charli’s 2019 monitor together with ‘February 2017’ together with Yaeji.
In a five-star evaluate of the LP, NME known as ‘Sofia’ “one of the infectious and full of life songs on the album” that “bounces on a Strokes-y staccato strum and Danielle Haim’s punchy drum beats”.
The monitor is a far cry from something on Charli’s massively profitable 2024 dance album ‘Brat’ and her feedback do counsel a departure from her latest materials is on the playing cards.
In addition they echo feedback made by the pop star’s producers who just lately revealed that her subsequent full-length effort is at present leaning in direction of being “anti-Brat”.
“Chatting to Charli now, there’s a want in her to do the exact opposite factor once more, which could be very in line with her ethos. A number of the conversations we’re having and music we’ve been taking part in round with the final couple of months have been utterly the alternative,” mentioned producer Finn Keane.
“I like that spirit. It’s the iconoclastic impulse to rebuild one thing utterly completely different, to point out that you just really may do that different factor, this complete different aspect of your artistry.”
Elsewhere, Charli gained three awards on the Grammys 2025 earlier this month: Finest Dance Pop Recording (‘Von Dutch’), Finest Dance/Digital Album (‘Brat’) and Finest Recording Bundle (‘Brat’).
She is up for 5 prizes at subsequent month’s BRIT Awards 2025 together with Artist Of The 12 months and Album Of The 12 months (‘Brat’).
