We did actually ask Charli XCX about clickbait.
We weren’t just being cunts with the title.
It was in the context of doing press tours and unintentionally becoming a headline worldwide over a throwaway remark.
Charli has gone from doing loose gigs at warehouse raves as a teen youth, to being Famous and having to front up to the world’s uber-mainstream and traditional press at the age of 22. Inevitably it has resulted in some outrageous miscommunication.
Like, are old dudes slathered in fake tan and a mildly expensive suit going to ‘get’ the ‘~vibe~’? Or – *foreshadowing for our interview* – is she going to wind up being asked by German men if she hates education? Does she want everyone to Break the Rules? !?
Despite sleep deprivation she honestly was a raging delight to chat to