Champion

## Audio

* Final
* Demo

**Champion** is an unreleased song by English singer-songwriter Charli XCX.

## Leak History

* 2018 - A snippet of a more polished version of the song is posted by leakers on leakth.is.
* August 22nd, 2019 - A full demo of the song was leaked online along with another unreleased song, "Party Party".
* June 8th, 2020 - A second finished version of the song was leaked online.

## Background

The song was produced by King Henry. The two also collaborated on XCX’s 2017 track “Porsche”. It is possible that both were made in the same session, since "Champion" is an outtake from her *Pop 2* mixtape.

## Theme

The song talks about an unfaithful lover, who Charli thought was the one, but was actually just playing with her, and she's better off without him.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gave you my love and my affection all of the time

Thought you were the one

Thought you were the one, but you had to lie

Up in my house, straight to my place

Looking right through my eyes

Thought you were the one

Thought you were the one, but you had to lie, so...

[Chorus]

I'ma walk away, like a champion

Hold my head up high, like I'm on that throne

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

I'ma walk away, like a champion

I'm much better off, now I'm on my own

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

[Post-Chorus]

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

[Verse 2]

Four in the morning

Got a groupie calling your phone

Thought I was the one

Thought I was the one, but I'm not alone

Gave you forgiveness

Gave you one thousand second chances

Thought I was the one

Thought I was the one, now I'm going home

[Chorus]

I'ma walk away, like a champion

Hold my head up high, like I'm on that throne

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

I'ma walk away, like a champion

I'm much better off, now I'm on my own

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

[Post-Chorus]

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

[Bridge]

You were everything, everything to me

I do, anything, anything to be right there

Kissing and touching your body

Laying side by side

My house, watching, watching a movie

You be texting with one of your groupies

Gave you nothing nothing you've ever seen

But you let the love die, so...

[Chorus]

I'ma walk away, like a champion

Hold my head up high, like I'm on that throne

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

I'ma walk away, like a champion

I'm much better off, now I'm on my own

Made a mess of me in front of everyone

I'm done

I'd rather be, rather be lonely, yeah, lonely, yeah

## References

<references>

1. ↑ https://www.pophatesflops.com/topic/19925-music-mafia-songlist/page/5/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/ctvyag/charli\_xcx\_party\_party\_champion/
3. ↑ https://mp3hdd.com/download-mp3-music/charli-xcx-champion-2/