By We like to see things to believe them. But what happens when racist, violent, state-sponsored abuses happen in a place with no cameras?Last summer, the streets of America teemed with hope and rage.
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Charli XCX has said that she’s considering returning to unfinished music she started before the coronavirus pandemic.The popstar released the record ‘How I’m Feeling Now‘, which was written and recorded entirely during lockdown, as her fourth album in May last year.That project took the place of what was originally planned to be her next studio album, which she shelved to make room for her lockdown record.Now, however, Charli says she’s started to consider returning to the music she started
.By We like to see things to believe them. But what happens when racist, violent, state-sponsored abuses happen in a place with no cameras?Last summer, the streets of America teemed with hope and rage.
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At this year’s SXSW the pandemic has been a prominent presence in films, either through direct plot lines or simply the conversation surrounding how the movie, in particular, was shot. However, one of the better films to explore the time we’re living in was, somewhat unexpectedly, the documentary following pop singer Charli XCX in the early stages of quarantine as she set forth to create an album in five weeks with reliance on sharing the process with her fans.
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Chris Willman Music Writer“Alone Together,” a documentary about the creation of Charli XCX’s 2020 album “How I’m Feeling Now,” aims to show how the singer pulled together a full-fledged project last year under quarantine conditions and an arbitrarily fast, self-imposed deadline. But, in truth, the film is really the second time the album’s creation has been documented.
Charli XCX debuted new music during a livestream event with Hannah Diamond and ELIO last night (March 19) – watch the footage below.The show, held by Bandsintown’s new livestream service, saw Charli intersperse new material with hits from her back catalogue and quarantine album ‘how i’m feeling now’.Of the two pieces of new music shared, one is an ‘80s-inspired snippet, while another full track, seemingly called ‘Don’t Think Twice’, came later in the set.Watch the performances of the new music
The new documentary “Alone Together” chronicles the making of Charli XCX’s latest album, “How I’m Feeling Now,” during the pandemic. The only problem was, the pop star had already livestreamed every step of the recording process to her fans.
The relationship between any creative individual—musician, actor, director—and their fandom is complicated. The term “fandom” itself suggests a certain kind of enthusiast, someone who is so passionate in their devotion that they’re practically unswayable, and the nature of modern fame is that the celebrity on the receiving end of that loyalty is almost certainly hyper-aware of it, and of the protection it provides.
Nasty Cherry have announced details of a new EP and shared its first single – watch their video for ‘Her Body’ below.The new EP, called ‘The Movie’, is set to come out on April 2 via Vroom Vroom Recordings, and its first song is co-written by the band’s mentor Charli XCX alongside Yves Rothman.‘Her Body’ is the band’s first new music since recent single ‘Lucky’, which came out at the end of January.Watch the video for the new track and see the tracklisting for the band’s ‘The Movie’ EP below.1.
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Nasty Cherry have announced the forthcoming release of their new single, ‘Her Body’, later this week.The band announced the single, which arrives this Friday (March 19), through multiple Instagram posts overnight, revealing it was co-written by their mentor Charli XCX.A post shared by NASTY CHERRY (@nastycherryband)‘Her Body’ will arrive months on from Nasty Cherry’s previous single, ‘Lucky’, which was released back in January along with a music video directed by Kristen Jan Wong.“‘Lucky’ is a
Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome have shared an animated video for their debut single ‘Spinning’ – watch below.The newly-formed supergroup shared their first song at the start of the month after Charli announced that she was “forming a supergroup” with the Dirty Hit acts.The new video, created by Japanese artist Hideyuki Tanaka and designer Samuel Burgess-Johnson, is “a video inspired by the art that inspires me,” according to Rome.Watch the video, an animated wonderland that sees the trio
Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Flea has looked back on his friendship with Andy Gill, saying that he “shaped my aesthetic and approach to music profoundly”.The bassist teamed up with his RHCP bandmate John Frusciante on ‘The Problem Of Leisure’, a forthcoming tribute album to the late Gang Of Four musician (out May 14).
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