Charli XCX has said being in quarantine with her boyfriend Huck Kwong has changed their relationship and inspired her new music.
25.03.2020 - 22:05 / nme.com
No nightclubs? No problem
Charli XCX is set to live-stream a DJ set via a virtual venue called Club Q later this evening.
The pop star announced a self-isolation programme of events last week as a means to entertain her self-isolated fans amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Now, Charli will return to the online realm to deliver a 30-minute DJ set at 1am (GMT) tomorrow (March 26).
Club Q – aka Club Quarantine – will open its digital doors between 1am and 4am on each night of the coronavirus
Charli XCX has said being in quarantine with her boyfriend Huck Kwong has changed their relationship and inspired her new music.
Charli XCX is spending her quarantine hours writing and recording a her fourth album, how i'm feeling now, and yesterday she released the record's first single. "forever" is a sugary slice of futuristic pop that, like many of Charli's best songs, crams a seemingly impossible amount of ideas, sounds, and melodies into less than three minutes.
The stems are online for you to get creative
Artists chipped in more quarantine blues this week, with special regards to The Strokes returning to the music scene with their first album in seven years The New Abnormal, which toes the line between experimental and classic guitar rock. Charli XCX ditched the delicate dance by releasing her explosive, AutoTune- and synth-heavy "Forever" track from her new album she's been wrapping up during quarantine.
Charli XCX wants fans to send her videos of themselves self-isolating to create a music video for her new single Forever.
It's the first single from her upcoming album 'how i'm feeling now'.
Just like the rest of us, Charli XCX misses her loved ones while social distancing amid the coronavirus crisis. To reflect that feeling, she dropped "Forever" on Thursday (April 9) off her upcoming album.
Charli XCX has shared the first track from her forthcoming album how i’m feeling now, which she’s making as she self-isolates during the COVID-19 pandemic. This one is “forever.” According to a press release, Charli wrote “forever” within the last two days and she co–executive produced the song with A. G. Cook and BJ Burton. Hear Charli XCX’s “Forever” below.
It includes artwork from Caroline Polachek
Charli XCX is building an album while in quarantine, and “Forever” is the first track from the sessions!
By Jem Aswad
Fans can expect regular updates on the project
Charli XCX has announced details of a new album that she will write, record and release from self-isolation.
Charli XCX has revealed that her next album, titled How I’m Feeling Now, is going to be out in May!
Pop star Charli XCX is giving fans the opportunity to feature on a brand new album she’s creating entirely in isolation.
Charli XCX is releasing a new project very soon.
She says the album will be written, recorded and released while in quarantine
For Charli XCX, "staying positive goes hand in hand with being creative."
Charli XCX has announced a new album. “I’m going to use this isolation time to make a brand new album from scratch,” she said in a video posted online today (April 6). “I’m only going to be able to use the tools I have at my fingertips to create all music, all artwork, all videos... everything—in that sense, it’ll be very DIY” Charli also said that the album is out May 15 and that its working title is how i’m feeling now. Watch Charli XCX’s announcement below.