

Charlotte Emma Aitchison, professionally known as Charli XCX, is a British singer, songwriter, and producer born on 2 August 1992 in Cambridge, England. Emerging from the London underground rave scene in the late 2000s, she gained global recognition after featuring on Icona Pop’s hit “I Love It” (2012). Known for her boundary-pushing approach to pop, Charli has since released a series of critically acclaimed albums including True Romance (2013), Sucker (2014), Charli (2019), and How I'm Feeling Now (2020), the latter created entirely during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Her 2022 album Crash marked her first UK number-one, followed by Brat (2024), which became a cultural phenomenon and earned her multiple Grammy Awards. A pioneer of experimental and hyperpop sounds, she’s also a prolific songwriter for other artists and an outspoken advocate for artistic freedom and LGBTQ+ rights. Charli XCX continues to shape the future of pop with bold creativity and fearless reinvention.
Her incredible catalogue includes the studio albums True Romance, SUCKER, Charli, and how i'm feeling now. These have spawned hit singles such as Boom Clap, Break The Rules, Doing It, After The Afterparty, 1999, Blame It On Your Love , Gone, Good Ones and has seen Charli collaborate with global superstars such as BTS, Lizzo, Troye Sivan and HAIM as well as future game changers such as Kim Petras, Christine and the Queens, Yaeji and Clairo.
2026-10-16
Madeleine Mathews connects Stuck to the cost of building a life in music, while its video imagines an escape from an ordinary workday.
2026-10-14
The band’s account of Sigil explains how Maia Sinaiko’s Lullaby prompted Susanna Thomson to write Wounds of Purification. The album is due October 23.
2026-10-12
Dustin White connects the new single to a lost photograph and a Columbus science-fiction convention, ahead of Functional Music on November 6.