My big struggle is deciding whether I'm more interested in being the biggest artist I can be commercially or being critically healthy,” says Charli XCX. “Then sometimes I land in this place without caring about any of those things.”
For most of her career as a singer for other pop stars (Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello, Selena Gomez) and as a beloved solo artist, Charli has managed to strike an enviable balance between the two pop poles she just described. . The 31-year-old British artist has made inevitable hits like her 2014 collaboration with Iggy Azalea, “Fancy,” which spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and more sonically experimental pop — including her famous pairings with SOPHIE. with which Charli pioneered hyperpop — while establishing herself as a tastemaker with a history of working with top artists like Yaeji, Rina Sawayama and Caroline Polachek before the industry fully caught on.
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Image Source: Joelle Grace Taylor
YSL jacket and scarf, Diesel skirt and shoes, David Yurman earrings.
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Image Source: Joelle Grace Taylor
Acne shirt, MM6 bra, Beaufille belt, Abra pants, YSL shoes.
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Image Source: Joelle Grace Taylor
Beaufille jacket and skirt, Abra shoes.
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Image Source: Joelle Grace Taylor
YSL jacket and scarf, David Yurman earrings.
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Image Source: Joelle Grace Taylor
Acne Shirt, Beaufille Belt, Abra Pants.
Styling by Chris Horan. Hair by Fitch Lunar at Opus Beauty. Makeup by Alexandra French at Forward Artists. Set design by Elise Jonke.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/photos/charli-xcx-photos-billboard-women-in-music-shoot-1235616867/
