TRUE ROMANCE out April 16th Angel-pop superstar Charli XCX is quickly proving an unqualified phenomenon by her edgy, yet addictive approach. Since her first critically-acclaimed track, “Nuclear Seasons” in 2011, London-based Charlotte Aitchinson co-wrote and is featured on Icona Pop’s smash “I Love It” (now RIAA certified GOLD) and has released a plethora of singles, mixtapes, and psychedelic pop culture collage videos; including her single, “You (Ha Ha Ha)” which has led to more acclaim from The New York Times to Pitchfork to Rolling Stone, calling her one of the “hottest synth- pop acts” of the year. BILLBOARD April 2013 “Charli In Charge”
“Though the album dabbles in goth, dream pop and new wave elements, Charli XCX prefers to describe her music as “angel pop,” a term that encompasses her blend of ethereal sounds and hipster samples of acts…” - Billboard “Her rhymes – all street swagger and steamy gothic heartache – flash like low-rent neon. The effect can be breathtaking… ‘True Romance’ is the pop – album equivalent of a wicked Tumblr.” - Rolling Stone V – Winter 2012/2013 “Girls of Now” Issue
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“Charli XCX's hair tossing is award-worthy” “The b-girl bouillabaisse and on- — SPIN stage aerobics of Charli XCX would “She never stopped engaging the crowd, her make Neneh Cherry proud.” hips kept moving, and she was jumping around — Wired with the boundless amount of energy that I vaguely remember having as a 20 year old. It was impossible to take your eyes off of her” “The UK electro-pop artist has an — Milk Made impressively versatile voice and a knack for writing catchy but not cloying songs “Charli XCX's synth-pop is groomed for that are effervescent enough to remind stardom” you why the genre is called “pop” in the – LA Times first place.” - NOISEY “As she bounced across the Hype Hotel stage, UK musician Charli XCX's outfit -- “[Charli] sang like a child of Madonna plaid skirt, midriff-barring top, Shaq-sized (small voice, XXL attitude) and danced as platform shoes -- suggested a made-to- if she fully intended to leave Austin a order pop star, perhaps a one-woman superstar” Spice Girls sequel. - Billboard —The Washington Post SXSW “Must See Act” “People who dismiss Charli XCX as a pop star aren’t paying attention—not to the intricately layered songs, not to the shadowy textures and darkly simmering lyrics. The UK electro-pop artist has an impressively versatile voice and a knack for writing catchy but not cloying songs that are effervescent enough to remind you why the genre is called “pop” in the first place. Think more Ladytron and less Lady Gaga. Plus, it turns out she’s an incredible songwriter, too. The tune she wrote for Icona Pop, “I Love It,” has catapulted both artists to new levels of fame after the song was featured on Girls.” – Vice’s NOISEY “The festival included musicians aiming for the Top 10 like Charli XCX, an English songwriter with furious, catchy, electronic dance-pop songs about being a woman scorned…”
- The New York Times SXSW Features & Interviews SXSW Live Coverage Pitchfork Blog Coverage “It's likely that the next time you have a good time, it's [Charli’s] music that will be soundtracking the night.” - NYLON
“I’ve always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool.” - Charli “You (Ha Ha Ha)” Single Reviews What People Are Saying “…new single ‘What I Like’ bodes well for the project…Charli XCX stuck to her (lipstick) guns about “What I Like” …. for this album, and that’s exactly what we like.” - Idolator
“Rising U.K. pop songstress Charli XCX “…an intimate yet glammed-up jam celebrating shows fans how to throw a hipster coupling that came as a breath of fresh air.” slumber party in her music video for - SPIN ‘What I Like.’” - Billboard “Behold Charli's slumber party, complete with a dog, pizza, “One of the more appealing things about jumping on a bed, and hanging continually up-and-coming pop singer Charli out in a bathtub.” XCX is how she’s able to infuse otherwise - Pitchfork commonplace romantic sentiments with head-snapping attitude.” - Bullet “’What I Like,’ taken from Charli XCX’s upcoming LP True Romance, fires like “‘What I Like’ is deliciously dirty when it could a pacifier-sucking rave bullet.” have taken a turn for the slick, and we love when - The Fader she delivers her raps in her natural British accent.” - Pop Crush “‘What I Like’ is an energetic, flirty tune” - Pigeons & Planes “What I Like” Coverage
“Although she’s painfully young, MORE TALK ON THE STREET… the Atlantic Records-signed artist is quickly proving to be something special…” “She’s someone you need to check out.” - Paper Mag - LA Music Blog
“[Charli XCX]…channels the gleeful “Her darker lyrics superimposed decadence of those tawdry warehouses on bright, grandiose synth tracks into her synth-pop singles...” are unlike anything else in the – The New York Times mainstream” —Flaunt Magazine “…wonderfully emphasizes the pure- pop joy and street-cool swagger that “The British beauty is on the verge lurks behind the hypnotic shadows” of taking the world by storm.” –Spin - Buzznet
“ [She has] insanely killer pipes “…we've got to admit that the [Charli XCX’s] dark, and a penchant for platform bouncy electropop is pretty irresistible.” boots.” -Time Out New York - Hello Giggles NYC & LOS ANGELES LIVE SHOW COVERAGE
TRUE ROMANCE LP in stores April 16th
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