It’s a great time for pop music, and two young purveyors of the fine art who’ve finally found some good fortune are uniting to create more. Sky Ferreira, after several delays and disputes with the record label, finally released her fantastic debut album Night Time, My Time last year. Charli XCX faced a similar road, finally seeing her debut album True […]
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Dreams Do Come True – Sky Ferreira And Charli XCX Wrote A Song Together
September 16th, 2014 
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Charli XCX Goes Modern With Latest Cover, Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me”
September 8th, 2014 Tyler Hanan “Boom Clip” singer Charli XCX has released a live cover of Sam Smith’s smash hit “Stay With Me.”
Watch Charli XCX Hijack a School Bus In “Break The Rules” Video
August 25th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Back before “Fancy” and The Fault In Our Stars and millions of YouTube views, Charli XCX was ghostwriting for singers and working on her own set of pop songs. Fastforward to 2014, and she’s putting out a new album called Sucker (out October 21), and singing a little off-key on the radio to “Boom Clap.” This year has seen her […]
Charli XCX Wants To “Break The Rules” And Put Out This New Album, ‘Sucker’
August 18th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Many ages ago, in a time before “Boom Clap” and “Fancy” appeared against the radio horizon, Charli XCX released a candystriped single called “Superlove.” It was, presumably, a precursor to a second album. News of that second album was a long time coming, though. We got a few cool covers, and then, well, Iggy and The Fault […]
Stream Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap” Remixes EP
July 28th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Ever since UK singer-songwriter Charli XCX first hit the radio airwaves as a featured singer on Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” she’s been steadily rising. Her new single “Boom Clap” just peaked at #14 on the Hot 100 chart, making it her biggest hit as a solo artist to date, and she’s releasing […]
Charli XCX Announces North American Tour
July 8th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Oh, Charli. The should-be pop star – for now only a “pop ingenue” or “pop singer” in articles – seems destined to only get tastes of the limelight while featuring on the hits of others. First came “I Love It,” which was fine – that song is fantastic, and Icona Pop is pretty great. The […]
Charli XCX Releases “Boom Clap” Music Video
June 2nd, 2014 James Shotwell Charli XCX has found plenty of success on the pop charts over the last year by collaborating with likes of Ariana Grande and Icona Pop, but for whatever reason US audiences have yet to give her the slew of solo hits we at UTG believe she deserves. That may soon change, however, thanks to the […]
Charli XCX Shares “Boom Clap” Off Newly Revealed ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ Soundtrack
April 13th, 2014 Tyler Hanan In a year dominated by young performers blurring the lines between indie and pop more than ever, Charli XCX and her quality 2013 offering True Romance (which turns 1 in three days) were overshadowed by powerhouses like Lorde, Haim, and Icona Pop. Charli continues on undaunted, though, staying in the news for all the right reasons […]
LISTEN: Iggy Azalea – “Fancy” (Feat. Charli XCX)
February 6th, 2014 Mike Giegerich Iggy Azalea has been a favorite of UTG’s for quite some time now, thus making the wait for her constantly delayed debut record, The New Classic, borderline torturous. With the release of “Fancy,” a reworking of a demo entitled “Leave It,” though, Azalea once again reminds fans why they have been standing by in hopes […]
Charli XCX Returns With Another, Feistier Cover In “Allergic To Love”
January 16th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Charli XCX has been staying in internet headlines with a steady stream of unconventional covers. First she made our ’90s hearts ache with a rousing rendition of “I Want Candy” and a chilly, sensual cover of “I Want It That Way.” Now she’s taken the next logical step: tackling a one-minute rager from an obscure […]
Charli XCX Covers, Absolutely Aces “I Want Candy”
November 4th, 2013 Tyler Hanan There a number of young “alt” pop stars making noise right now, and, as I said in my review of Icona Pop’s new album, hard choices must be made when it comes to picking favorites. Charli XCX is making a hard push to be top dog, and she is nailing it. The 21-year-old British star – […]
Charli XCX can’t get enough, releases video for “SuperLove”
September 26th, 2013 Tyler Hanan In the venn diagram of the music world, the circle labeled “popular” and the one labeled “hip/trendy/cool” are overlapping more than ever, creating an ever-expanding union in which burgeoning pop stars can be loved by both the elite and the general populace. Charli XCX is clearly one of these artists, along with the likes of Lorde and Icona Pop […]