{"id":287,"date":"2019-10-14T00:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/?p=287"},"modified":"2021-01-17T02:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T02:49:42","slug":"album-review-charli-xcx-charli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Charli XCX\u2014Charli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3.png 807w, https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pasted-image-0-3-510x510.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If someone told me a year ago that I would become a Charli XCX fan in the future, I would\u2019ve told them to shove it up their heinie (heiny? hinnie? help?). As far as pop music goes, I never really showed an interest. However, with the recent rise in popularity of artists like Lizzo and Carly Rae Jepsen (and with some persuasion), I gave Charli XCX a go. After listening through her discography, I knew that she had something new to offer the pop genre that is unmatched by her contemporaries. Her past mixtapes showcase a wide variety of production, creating a distinct experimental pop sound paired with tongue in cheek lyrics about sex and partying. Her style has paved the way for hyperpop artists like Slayyyter and Dorian Electra to put out complex yet catchy pop songs that add more substance to the music than the formulaic Top 40 music that I always associated with the genre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the release of her first full-length album, Charli really brought it. Songs such as \u201c1999\u201d featuring Troye Sivan and \u201cBlame It on Your Love\u201d featuring Lizzo bring you that clean and polished pop sound\u2014very straightforward and fun. However, she also makes sure to include the absurd, explicit dance-club vibe that we know Charli for on tracks like \u201cShake It\u201d featuring Big Freedia, Cupcakke, Brooke Candy, and Pabllo Vitarr. Later on, behind the veil of flashy party bops about drugs and sex, Charli opens up about her personal struggles. On tracks like \u201cWhite Mercedes\u201d, \u201cThoughts\u201d, and \u201cGone\u201d, Charli sings about her difficulties with love and intimacy, insecurities, and, for the first time in her discography, her own mental health. We really get a sense of who Charli (sans XCX) is from this album, and for precisely that reason, I love it. (5\/5)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If someone told me a year ago that I would become a Charli XCX fan in the future, I would\u2019ve told them to shove it up their heinie (heiny? hinnie? &#8230; <a title=\"Album Review: Charli XCX\u2014Charli\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/?p=287\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Album Review: Charli XCX\u2014Charli<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[51,90,89,84,83,33],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-review","tag-album-review","tag-charli-xcx","tag-hyperpop","tag-music","tag-pop","tag-wmcn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}