Famous

## Music video

"**Famous**" is a song by Charli XCX, released as the fourth single and ninth track from her second studio album, *Sucker*. A music video for the single was released on March 23rd, 2015 as a part of the YouTube Video Awards.

## Leak History

* August 23rd, 2019 - A demo of the song leaks online along with other 50+ Charli songs.

## Theme

It’s an upbeat, rocky jam about crashing a party with a female friend and having fun. It may or may not involve drugs. This song is not about going out with a love interest, but with a platonic friend. Troublemaking is more fun (and more punk) with others.

## Critical Reception

Pitchfork named "Famous" the 19th best music video of 2015. FACT named it the 13th best music video of the year. TIME named it the 5th best pop video of the year.

## Music Video

The video was first teased on March 9th, 2015 on Charli's Twitter, saying, "get ur selfie stick ready @ericwareheim" along with a photo of the upcoming video. A teaser video was released on March 20th, 2015 on Charli's YouTube channel.

The music video for "Famous" was released for the 2015 YouTube Music Awards 3 days later, on March 23rd, 2015. A behind-the-scenes was released the same day. It was directed by Eric Wareheim.

Caitlyn Carter of Music Times summarizes the video, saying, "You really need to watch it to understand". Chris DeVille of Stereogum praises the video and says, "Charli XCX’s video for the new wave banger “Famous” is part of the new slew of clips being released today as part of the YouTube Music Awards, and it’s a good one. [...] I definitely want to watch it again. The song’s great, too, but you already know that if you’ve been blasting Sucker for the past three months".

## Lyrics

Bored on Friday night

Spinning 'round just like I'm hypnotised, oh

Need some neon lights

Wanna feel like I'm electrified, so help me out

Get your boyfriend's car

Come and pick me up, oh

Let's take it for a ride

What trouble can we find?

One night, and we're gonna come and crash the party

Weren't invited but we're feeling so outrageous

Just like we're famous

Got one night, and we're gonna come and get it started

Now we're falling down the stairs

We act so shameless

Come on, let's lose control!

One night, and we're gonna come and crash the party

Weren't invited but we're feeling so outrageous

Just like we're famous

Got one night, and we're gonna come and get it started

Now we're falling down the stairs

We act so shameless

Just like we're famous

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Just like we're famous

Blown up like balloons

Purple glitter flying through the air, oh-oh

Sweat drips from the roof

And you know we're Lucy in this sky of diamonds

Music playing loud

Tripping through the crowd, oh

Put your sunglasses on

Don't care if we look dumb

One night, and we're gonna come and crash the party

Weren't invited but we're feeling so outrageous

Just like we're famous

Got one night, and we're gonna come and get it started

Now we're falling down the stairs

We act so shameless

Come on, let's lose control!

One night, and we're gonna come and crash the party

Weren't invited but we're feeling so outrageous

Just like we're famous

Got one night, and we're gonna come and get it started

Now we're falling down the stairs

We act so shameless

Just like we're famous

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Just like we're famous

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Just like we're famous

One night, and we're gonna come and crash the party

Weren't invited but we're feeling so outrageous

Just like we're famous

Got one night, and we're gonna come and get it started

Now we're falling down the stairs

We act so shameless

Just like we're famous

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Uh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Just like we're famous

## Remixes

An EP of remixes for the single was released digitally, with three tracks including the original song:

1. "Famous" — 3:51
2. "Famous" (Brenmar Remix) — 3:34
3. "Famous" (RIVRS Remix) — 4:09

## Live Performances

"Famous" was performed at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, amongst a medley with "Drop That Kitty" joined by Ty Dolla Sign and Tinashe on 12 April 2015. Charli XCX also performed the song on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, as she was featured as the musical guest on May 15th, 2015.

Charli XCX - "Famous" (Red Bull Studios Future Underground)Charli XCX - Famous (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015)Charli XCX, Tinashe & Ty Dolla $ign Perform 'Drop That Kitty' At MTV Movie Awards 2015Charli XCX - Famous @ Live Alan Carr Chatty Man
## Charts

 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] | 176

## Trivia

* The music video was on 3 year-end lists of "best music videos" on TIME, Pitchfork, and FACT.
* In 2015, "Famous" was featured in the rhythm game Guitar Hero Live.
* It was also used in the German comedy Fack Ju Göhte 2 which was released in German movie theatres on September 10, 2015.
* The song has been featured in the television show The Flash.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/99p59e/charli\_xcx\_57\_demos\_and\_unreleased/
2. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9763-the-best-music-videos-of-2015/?page=3
3. ↑ https://time.com/collection-post/4139171/top-10-pop-music-videos/
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/charli\_xcx/status/574844817651462144