Even though True Romance and Sucker are things that I’m proud of, they were all done in quite quick amounts of time, with a lot of people by the end of it and some parts over email.
“But one thing I definitely was thinking about a lot throughout making this record was less about the singles and more about making a really cohesive album. Watch Charli XCX and Lil Yachty Party With Zombies in "After The Afterparty" VideoĪfter guesting on top 10 hits by Icona Pop (“I Love It”) and Iggy Azalea (“Fancy”), along with her own top 10 hit “Boom Clap,” how much does Charli care about the chart performance of “After the Afterparty”? “Some weeks I really care about it, and other weeks I don’t care at all,” she says. I came from warehouse parties when I was 16, so I always wanted to make an album like that.” “I’m still constantly going through different phases as an artist, and I’ve never made a ‘club’ album, or a record you could play in a club and dance to. “Most of the songs on the album are about partying or about falling in love with someone after partying,” Charli says. producer-songwriter Bloodpop and Scottish electronic guru SOPHIE - will act as a palette-cleanser to the guitar arrangements and promises to contain a much higher BPM. Its forthcoming follow-up - created by Charli, Norwegian pop producers Stargate, U.S. Sucker, which included the breakout hit “Boom Clap,” contained a punk attitude and power-pop sound partially crafted by Patrik Berger, Ariel Rechtshaid and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. Do you want to be on my song?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, cool! I really love your last album!’ Which is weird, because I’m going through a phase of really hating my previous album at the moment, so I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cool that he likes it.’” “I DMed him - I was like, ‘Hey, I really love your stuff. “I had gotten really into Lil Yachty and wanted him to be on the song and dreamed up this scenario where I would tweet him and he would tweet back, which actually happened!” Charli exclaims. native reached out to the Atlanta rapper on Twitter. The electro-pop banger, featuring Lil Yachty, came together during her final writing session for the new LP last summer and snagged its guest star after the U.K. Projectile vomit is not a topic of conversation on “After the Afterparty,” Charli XCX’s new single that was released Friday, but her wild times will certainly be chronicled on her 2017 album.