Charli XCX & Making Fun of Internet Fame

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charli xcx, 360, brat, stan, charli, crash, how i'm feeling now, pop 2, sophie, pc music, irony, culture, review, reaction

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@patrickw3991 11 күн бұрын

she's mainstream for indie, and indie for mainstream

@talkmone 8 күн бұрын

Perfect 👍

@dunnowy123 10 күн бұрын

She's said this before; her brief flirtation with the mainstream and the trajector towards pop superstardom abruptly ended not because she COULDN'T do it, but because she didn't want to. She decided to stick with the unique and avant garde, and I guarantee will be remembered for it.

@thrownstair 15 күн бұрын

There's something almost apocalyptic about it? The monogenre has died and we're picking up the pieces. The meeting to pick the new it girl is not taking place at the Met Gala, it's in a dingy, backrooms-esque Italian place named after another cult pop girl who got screwed over by her label. The stage is gone and the performers are making do with what's left.

@zzzjamie-dimaulozzz 15 күн бұрын

why is this actually so true. like we’ve been bringing to life the darker side of being “mainstream” and now we’re remaking what’s in and whats out in pop culture. and when there’s no more interest of ppl who are mainstream, we don’t need labels to be the drawing board, we can make fun of it

@sadiqinlatifiamir6563 14 күн бұрын

The restaurant is a reference to the Sky Ferreira’s twitter stan account who is also a big Charli fan. I was surprised i caught that detail i guess im chronically online lmao

@zzzjamie-dimaulozzz 14 күн бұрын

@@sadiqinlatifiamir6563 omg yes, i remember on first watch seeing the restaurant and being like “sky????”

@fyloeru 14 күн бұрын

ouuu

@countnu4166 12 күн бұрын

Yeah and I’d see PC Music people say that they aren’t necessarily saying it ironic that they’re just making whatever they wanna make.

@TheSkinnyZ 14 күн бұрын

I also only knew a couple of girls in the music video, but the funny thing is Charli's undeniable confidence made me feel like I *should* know who everyone is.

@zzzjamie-dimaulozzz 15 күн бұрын

this makes a lot of sense. her new eras and some other eras of hers kind of parody of the “it girl” she does in the music industry

@emptycinema 15 күн бұрын

Charli is pop evolution

@xp8969 15 күн бұрын

Who?

@brianxcx 14 күн бұрын

@@xp8969oh ur MADDDD 😭

@mya3215 13 күн бұрын

honestly im so surprised that the cover art for brat didn't land with the twt crowd,, like yeah its ugly but its just like a 2010 yt lyrics video

@cyberpet9385 7 күн бұрын

Her thought process behind it is also fantastically ingenious; but do the majority of twitter stans even know how to read? Let alone take their precious online time to read whole interview articles? 💚

@alondrahuaman Күн бұрын

yes !!

@Fiveward 14 күн бұрын

I feel like that tweet didn't get the whole point of the song. In the video they decide the next it girl is a random waitress, and with the line "when you look in the mirror you're just looking at me" she is saying anyone can be the next big thing. I doubt that group of icons could manufacture an it girl in some weird illuminati decision, and I especially don't think that's the point they're making in the first place.

@dennys8798 7 күн бұрын

Well... it's twitter, don't expect great and clever things from that place hahaha

@jakemasucci7065 12 күн бұрын

I would also like to add: I’ve been in the rave scene for years and have followed the pop music zeitgeist since my teenage years- there’s something so charming and heartwarming seeing Charli promote her producers (who she knows plays a significant part in the overall sonic quality she’s going for) in her Boiler room set: Party Girl. Rarely, dare I say never, has a pop girl at her level EVER championed her production team as much as she has. The irony is this whole Brat Era being “bratty” is almost anything but the reality. Charli is Meta. IQ threw the roof- hence, why she’s a cult classic.

@CardoTown 15 күн бұрын

Im very happy you mentioned Sophie! I got into Charli because of Sophie and I’m so happy that there’s someone to keep her legacy going

@pachirisugirl7204 9 күн бұрын

The only reason why I got into Charli xcx in the first place was BECAUSE of the Sophie/AG Cook collab. I find that I love Charli’s music the most when she is doing a track with A.G. Rest in peace Sophie, a god damn legend.

@andybrice2711 11 күн бұрын

I feel like _"pastiche"_ might be a good word here. Whereas a _parody_ deliberately amplifies cliches to mock something. A _pastiche_ amplifies cliches to pay tribute to something in a fun way.

@akarickyyy 15 күн бұрын

I feel that this is the same kind of “irony” that PC Music used to do, although they didn’t think it was irony

@years3333 13 күн бұрын

I’m in the belief that they (subconsciously) know all along lol. I also thought PC Music was basically an ironic reference to modern pop music?

@christophekauffmann5923 13 күн бұрын

@@years3333 that's when it becomes post-irony. it's self-aware, but the goal is not to be satirical. the goal is actually to be the most sincere and authentic. I think Hannah Diamond is the best example of the PC music crew when we talk about sincerity. She's not mocking Girlhood and cute childhood girl wonders, she's putting light at it and showing her sensibility to these visuals and meanings. and that what's making it interesting. To be authentic and at the same time self aware at what it references

@itsmathb 14 күн бұрын

so you're saying the people that get it get it... exactly she's mother

@audreyurquhart9057 9 күн бұрын

If you’re not a hottie you just won’t get it!!

@KylETISZAI Күн бұрын

🎉

@heisenburgerlover 12 күн бұрын

when I saw Alex Consani in the MV, I screamed and immediately got what she was going for

@a.h.i267 Күн бұрын

Same with when i saw quen 😂

@sadoklajmi 14 күн бұрын

Finally someone's talking about this specific subject it's been in my mind this whole year

@lovelyy6491 15 күн бұрын

let's not forget about True Romance though, come on! yes, she made those huge pop hits (which i love, Boom Clap is fun, idc i had Sucker blasting back in 2014) but also released True Romance in 2013 which was so Charli XCX and nothing like the radio

@rhubarb1073 14 күн бұрын

"what i like" will prob always be my #1 charli track

@lovelyy6491 14 күн бұрын

@@rhubarb1073 omg same!! it's so nostalgic, i love it so much

@adamjanos2 13 күн бұрын

Totally

@solongsuicide9 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, I hate when people only know her just from Sucker & the biggest mainstream hits, or act as if that was her beginning & True Romance never happened, & doesn't exist. #JusticeForTrueRomance She mentioned it in a recent interview & referred to it as her really good album that no one listened to & quoted the low sale figures. I was like *YES!!!* It's so good to see her acknowledging TR & showing it the love it deserves. I've been a fan since "Franchescar!!!", & "GRINS" is one of the TR/ Heartbreaks & Earthquakes songs I revisit the most. I love her unreleased music, too. _"bout to pull up to the block block block block, green money in a green bag."_ 🎶

@sockaponch 12 күн бұрын

OMG hi Caroline polachek

@ichiro5384 15 күн бұрын

Charli indeed is the pioneer, who kicked the doors down so that others can go through. Definitely deserves to be a Rock & Roll hall of famer.

@xp8969 15 күн бұрын

Who is she? Never heard of her

@CardoTown 15 күн бұрын

@@xp8969 he said stupidly after watching the whole video

@xp8969 15 күн бұрын

😂@@CardoTown nah, I said it INSULTINGLY

@Greybell 11 күн бұрын

I'd love to have her name there but like Alfo said, she's big enough, but not huge enough so it might take a while for her to gain recognition.

@dancingdyonysis 8 күн бұрын

@@xp8969 commenting helps the algorithm so thank u for your taking the time out of your day to hate, i'm sure the creator and charli really appreciate it!

@minnatodd9023 8 күн бұрын

I love that the girl cast for the waitress in 360 is some random wannabe actress with only 2000 followers on instagram it's so meta.

@KylETISZAI Күн бұрын

What's her name

@dino0000_ 15 күн бұрын

the boom clap slander 😬

@avani5907 6 күн бұрын

i love it. first charli song i loved.

@phillipeden Күн бұрын

i blacked out after that what else was this about?

@christianott3690 13 күн бұрын

You bringing up quiet light was the most meta-version of "woah that guy knows my favorite micro-celebrity"

@tatemcilwain1775 3 күн бұрын

you know I've always liked charlis music but always felt like there was something i didn't get, but this video has really helped me to get it.

@s.a.morales 5 күн бұрын

Back when she was younger, she released a mixtape called "14" and it featured song like !Francheskaar!, Supermodels and Holiday Stunners, Mauritius, etc. It's not on streaming platforms but honestly it kind of resembles her PC music songs. Which make me think, maybe it has always been Charli's vision to be hyperpop

@c.-sx2qd 12 күн бұрын

Okay - saying "Boom Clap" isn't good is just not true. That song is romantic, and sweet, while feeling all encompassing and big like a first love feels in your chest. You get lost in the rhythm like you lose yourself to the chemicals of love. It slaps. And "I love it" has its charms. The kind of bombastic that only works with Europop synths and those distorted bases - it really compliments the scale of Charli's vocals. 'Fancy" - yeah okay, your right there.

@lrose.33 4 күн бұрын

I feel like the good parts of fancy were Charli's contributions and the only reason it was so popular was because her parts were actually so dam catchy

@Maisara_br 12 күн бұрын

I subscribed because you ATE that.

@afuantics175 14 күн бұрын

I’ve actually had this tweet in the back of my head since I read it and felt like it was missing the point a bit but not exactly wrong. You’ve articulated a lot of the muddy thoughts while filling in some blanks for me since I’m not a huge Charli follower. Great analysis!

@mjjjermaine 14 күн бұрын

I really appreciate your videos, theres a very obvious love you have for music that makes me still want to watch, even when I disagree. On Charli XCX, I think there’s an exhaustion with the self-reference and self-awareness (not just with her with artists in general) the point is absolutely is to put a mirror up to this idea of “the it girl” and how even when diversity is celebrated, the it girl takes a few consistent forms. Celebrities have been utilizing this idea of self-reference to seem more relatable, and show they understand the way their fans perceive them. It was exciting at first, but culturally it seems like all we can do is look back. It also doesn’t seem to go deeper than showing that they “get it.” Still interesting to dissect, but exhausting. 6:50 The idea of the post ironic girlboss was such a good point. Anyway, didn’t mean to write an essay! Great video!

@alexp.1377 12 күн бұрын

incredible commentary. Added to the playlist FAVS

@inegleit 10 күн бұрын

Absolute banger of a video!

@ayushisharma162 11 күн бұрын

Goddamn that was such a mind blowing video I loved the analysis phheewwwww

@marioalmeida6809 11 күн бұрын

u said it all, amazinggg im loving this era

@e.g.evermore4390 14 күн бұрын

Charli is that cool girl that you know she's cooler and richer than you, but at the same she can get you a drink and have fun with you

@Kultkhani 13 күн бұрын

You worded what I couldn’t say perfectly, thank you for making his video🙏🏾

@KateBrunotts 13 күн бұрын

Love this thank you!

@jaco13chapman 15 күн бұрын

dead on I think mate. Nice analysis

@AaronANZ 15 күн бұрын

crash never hit the heights of how im feeling now and charli

@arithesheep5506 11 күн бұрын

There all so good

@talkmone 8 күн бұрын

Crash feels like it never existed, the odd ball album

@justsamoo3480 3 күн бұрын

@@talkmone Ehhhh, I don’t think so. I think it brought a lot of attention to Charli that previous records didn’t. For example I was able to hear Beg for you on a pop radio station in Slovenia!? Never in my life had i thought that i would hear Rina Sawayama on any radio in my country. But I think that Crash will be a pivotal album in Charli’s career. She put on this persona of a pop star, an idea of which she previously fully reject. For example the lead single of this record was Good Ones, which was not written by her. That is surprising, because we know that she is a skilled songwriter and it works towards this world building of a pop star Charli persona. In interviews Charli also said that she wanted to try out being a pop star again, but on her terms. The pop star persona included big budget music videos (at least for Good Ones and Beg for you), a trending 80s production and a dance crew during her live performances. But it also meant collaborating with people like Caroline and Christine, bringing some of her own personality into the record as well as performing songs like Welcome to my Island remix on tour. Because of this pop star-ish cosplay it meant that she can now position herself as the “post-ironic it girl”, which is her whole current persona that is responsible for Brat (at least from what we’ve heard so far). If she kept making experimental records she just simply wouldn’t appeal to as many (gay) people, she probably wouldn’t land the Bodies Bodies and Barbie soundtracks, which introduced this persona of hers to the wider public. Also there are some amazing songs on Crash, Move and Constant Repeat being one of Charli’s best. Lightning, Crash, Yuck and Good ones are great too.

@jackpugh1262 11 күн бұрын

Sick video man! Couldn’t agree with this take more. You clearly know your stuff

@paperandpavement 15 күн бұрын

you trippin boom clap is a banger.

@UltimateAwe 14 күн бұрын

Yeah, those comments threw me off

@lorenzo8863 14 күн бұрын

I have only seen discourse about exclusivity and "coolness" but I read it as openly unapologetic, meaning that whoever resonates is welcome in. All music videos are set in mundane, nondescript suburbia settings, a dmv, an airport, a grey family owned restaurant and she is there as everyone else is. All internet personalities are in a way in the same places common folks are, while they are projected on their phone screens. Who gets offended is obviously focused on how much they are out of place and why they are not there with them, while I think it's intended to be seen as a celebration, they bring self expression to wherever they are, whenever.

@ghouloso 14 күн бұрын

ur wrong about i love it and boom clap those are pop classics idgaf

@e.g.evermore4390 14 күн бұрын

Btw Charli says she likes Boom Clap, and she said that is like a "bottom" ☠️

@dentyH 2 күн бұрын

Charli is my ultimate guilty pleasure artist and i love this vid for validating my feelings

@eewahnah 12 күн бұрын

DUDE Lipgloss with Cupcakke, all I have to say, she was onto something.

@allegra3500 2 күн бұрын

Charli’s fame and influence makes her such an enigma and unable to be categorised, like radio one big weekend put her on the new music stage for rising artists bc she doesn’t fit anywhere yet everywhere even though she’s been making music for well over 10 years. She appears at major events, like the met albeit inconsistently and the Grammys always, she has influenced pop and pop culture irreversibly for years, always setting trends 2 to 5 years before their is a big hit capitalising on them, and everyone has heard of her but only gays KNOW her. You know her songs but her listenership and popularity means it makes sense she should play arenas, but on the crash tour only 2 years ago it was theatre venues bc her fame is elusive and confusing. She is pop, because she pioneered the genre but gets lots of recognition and credit whilst also not enough, like a Grammys sweep. She’s a fave of mine for a reason tho 😭

@alessandrocotella459 12 күн бұрын

this is the ultimate “the girls that get it get it, the girls that don’t don’t” irony

@eewahnah 12 күн бұрын

Charlie made Gabbriette p much, she made a Netflix doc of her forming a pop punk band named Nasty Cherry, two girls from LA and two from UK, Gabby taking lead role.

@KylETISZAI Күн бұрын

Thats ☕

@bexiexz Күн бұрын

yes! i remember! she had the vibe but not really the musical skill at the time, so she learned bass! botth iconic

@eewahnah 11 сағат бұрын

@@bexiexz still a huge fan of their song 'What Do You Like in Me'

@redbrick808 10 күн бұрын

I didn’t see the Survivor point coming! I’m a Charli and Survivor fan. Really enjoyed the video, thank you.

@hysteria781 8 күн бұрын

I think i personally saw a change with charli when i listened to ringtone by gecs ft her. Like she blew my mind away

@Jesshit 7 күн бұрын

Yesss I love that song

@blackvbird 10 күн бұрын

This video is excellent!

@mimiosaqueen9817 7 күн бұрын

I just checked out Quiet Light because of this video! Wow, she is INCREDIBLE! These are some of the most interesting songs I’ve heard in a long time. Thank you!!!

@what.2060 14 күн бұрын

5:42 yesssss Rina mention

@arc4705 23 сағат бұрын

phenomenal thoughts on this, you said what I was thinking but 1000x more organized lol

@papacacto8580 Сағат бұрын

i'm so obsessed with blizzy she deserves everything

@spo2783 9 күн бұрын

Charli is just the queen of pop , real pop nowdays

@jamesorlando8178 11 күн бұрын

“I’m so Julia” sent me the first time I heard it

@satelliteimagerymusic 14 күн бұрын

Love the video but the video description 😭

@AlfoMedia 14 күн бұрын

omg thank you i forgot to change it from my last video lmao

@satelliteimagerymusic 14 күн бұрын

@@AlfoMedialet’s go I helped!!!

@asaburodan 14 күн бұрын

Very well said 🫡

@Gina-uj9xh 5 күн бұрын

that comment you referenced just sounds like they're bitter about something no one else is mad about lol

@freddiegibbsintern345 15 күн бұрын

would you be open to talking about freddie gibbs any time soon

@AlfoMedia 14 күн бұрын

that's a great idea freddiegibbsintern345

@alisnow 11 күн бұрын

She slays it all.

@ZiasPpPp 12 күн бұрын

Charli XCX is the Stephen Fishbach of pop music.

@claramaurer267 12 күн бұрын

i agree wholeheartedly except for the boom clap slander

@whodatboi2567 15 күн бұрын

This is a pretty funny video as someone outside of this bubble. I know Charlie XCX is a mythological figure in certain musical circles but I only know her as the girl who sang in 'Fancy'.

@kaspershaupt 14 күн бұрын

bro i'm too confused

@W4TSKY 13 күн бұрын

Listen to any of the music she’s made in the last 5 years or so and you’ll get it.

@crashh-course 13 күн бұрын

thanks for reminding me of uncah jams... i say that a lot and the moment i thought id stop... *sigh*

@merotenedor 9 күн бұрын

I just love Charli so much

@DLLGbr Күн бұрын

Fancy was my SHI when it came out

@eewahnah 12 күн бұрын

You really might like Voice Actor's 'Sent From My Telephone'

@crabbuckets7506 10 күн бұрын

It's a bop 🎉

@Cordial_Lump 8 күн бұрын

you referencing Blizzy?? oh it's serious

@ramenboi9836 11 күн бұрын

This video is so chronically online I lost a few brain cells

@rileyratfart 8 күн бұрын

not too much hate on her early hits…

@crisvelundertale2159 12 күн бұрын

if you agree and it is the point then why respect it? if the layers of irony or self awarenesss doesn't change the fact that the video and song is still very self-indulgent and hedonistic in my opinion, and there's nothing else more really, if there was any kind of commentary about internet fame and culture it is overshadowed by the fact that she's still trying to profit and get cloud to the song inviting as many internet girls she could get, there is really no difference with other popstar videos featuring so many celebrity cameos, and come on boy, i agree vroom vroom is a vast improvement, but this song is just really as annoying as boom clap, but she thinks she's cool and self-aware now... i agree with the person in the tweet

@qnnnnpm8379 13 күн бұрын

nooo boom clap it's such a banger tho 😭

@eric-0nline 14 күн бұрын

Fancy, Boom Clap, and I love ARE good songs btw.

@12irissu14 14 күн бұрын

Charli hates Boom Clap herself

@dentyH 2 күн бұрын

Bandana *appears*

@robyan2976 4 күн бұрын

the phrase “the girl that get it get it” is literally the perfect example of this whole thing

@cherokie2091 14 күн бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 you talking about internet humor and #girlboss is one of the funniest things I’ve seen today

@xax 7 күн бұрын

Fancy is a good song 😂 y’all hate to say it but you can’t deny y’all light up when you hear it in public

@rotaficionado666 2 күн бұрын

Boom Clap praise puzzles me. It's very manufactured, phoned in and more importantly , very dated. A song like that wouldn't performed like how it has in 2024.

@sam-zd2yh 3 күн бұрын

good analysis but it strikes me as a bit funny that as you applaud charli for being post-ironic and experimental you name her collaborations with rina sawayama in particular - perhaps the most contrived, “i’m cool, too!”-type industry plant - as proof of her transgressive, mold-breaking artistry. anyway i mostly just wanted to talk shit about rina, nice video

@itsgagababy 10 күн бұрын

yes yes YES YES YES

@davwunderbrrd6944 Күн бұрын

yeah honestly its so cool and weird and sublime... i love it. i dont care

@user72207 3 күн бұрын

boom clap and fancy are not bad ok bye

@Pinkyc0rn332 14 күн бұрын

Um… Fancy, boom clap, and I love it are absolute bops and amazing songs. Not you disrespecting them 😂

@k_anti 11 күн бұрын

you had me until u called fancy and boom clap bad they're BOPS

@quinmarkus-pawliuk8150 14 күн бұрын

Not you shouting out Justine

@Juli_is_Online 14 күн бұрын

I remember loving Boom Clap a ton before I listened to some of her other stuff, got absolutely blown away by Vroom Vroom, realizing HOLY SHIT WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING OUT ON and proceeded to listen to all her other stuff. Absolute GOAT