Charli XCX may have single-handedly ended homophobia by holding up a bottle of poppers and yelling ‘gay rights’, but now the Queen of Leather Cleaner™ has invented car insurance.
“White Mercedes”, the latest visual from her third studio album, begins with Charli in the driver’s sear of a car dangling mid-air via a crane. The following shots then capture Charli looking admiraby composed amidst a concoction of destruction, fireworks and burning.
Well, kind of composed…
me: i’m fearless, i’m a bad bitch, don’t try me, i’ll fight you. 💅🏻
also me: pic.twitter.com/2KWFDh0bIv
— Charli (@charli_xcx) October 11, 2019
No white Mercedes were actually present in the video – Charlie, a queen of reading the room, knew that the gays would have no idea.
“the fact that [these] cars aren’t even mercedes… we stan a queen who knows her audience. she knew the gays wouldn’t notice,” YouTube user @rodrigo commented.
I’m screaming at how true this is – you could have told me that was a white Mercedes and I would’ve been like, ‘oh, yep, cool, love that’.
The revelation of no white Mercedes being present has evidently given rise to a number of great comments from fellow Charli stans.
“No Mercedes were harmed in the making of this video,” commented user @CaseyFordAlexander.
“Manager : How many white mercedes do you want ? Charli : No” @PascalinneDominique added.
Her pink number paired with those knee-high black stompers surely pays homage to her grungy True Romance days, right?
The final frame – Charli standing in front of a burning SUV while looking unapologetically fierce – is me after crashing my car on the way to get my iced coffee.
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