Brit Charlotte Aitchison, also known as Charli Mainstream and underground. She could become really famous if she wanted to, but she finds it very difficult to be herself.
It’s not that bad for him either. His previous album, Crash, reached number one in the UK. But she did warn in an interview with British GQ magazine that the upcoming Brat music (out on Friday the 7th) will not be played at Starbucks. Instead of aspiring to climb the pop music sky, Charlie wants to record illegal rave music in basements. Or to perfect festival colloquies such as those featured in Primavera on raw mornings from Saturday to Sunday.
After an introduction in the key of Belgian techno, he baffles landowners and outsiders alike by belting out a stripped-down version of 365 with a no-less-quick remix (courtesy in part of George Daniel’s 1975) of Welcome to My Island, Caroline Polachek’s theme. As in her legendary (and slightly less frequent) 2019 performance at the same festival, there’s no recognizable band, no DJs, no dancers: just her, her infectious energy and a voice so catchy that it releases endorphins the second it hits.
Other tracks have been remixed, including 1999 (her featured collaboration with Troye Sivan) and Speed Drive, her contribution (a mix by Robyn and Toni Basil) to the Barbie soundtrack. More motors with Vroom vroom, the title track of her 2016 EP which, from the arm of the late SOPHIE, saw her turn towards the boldest phase of her career and a papacy in hip-pop. In fact, for an hour he barely took his foot off the accelerator, overflowing and dazzled by B2b’s deliberately repetitive music or recalling his capacity for more universal and uncompromising pop with the virtuoso Icona Pop he loved.
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