Charli XCX

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    **Charlotte Emma Aitchison** (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as **Charli XCX**, is an English singer-songwriter born in Cambridge, England. After signing a recording contract with Asylum Records in 2010, Charli became famous for her collaboration with Icona Pop on the song "I Love It," released in 2012. She released her debut studio album *True Romance* in 2013, which was followed by four more studio albums, an extended play and two mixtapes.

In January 2022, Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama released their first collaboration titled "Beg for You", which serves as the third single off Charli's upcoming fifth studio album *Crash*. This is their first collaboration to be released, after a failed attempt in 2019.

## Friendship with Rina Sawayama

Between 2014 and 2015, Rina Sawayama made several tweets showing her fascination with Charli XCX. It wasn't until January 2018 that Charli replied to a reply from Sawayama interested in collaborating with her. In March 2018, Sawayama was mentioned by Charli on her Instagram post mentioning female artists she "fuck w rn". Charli also assisted at Sawayama's show in Los Angeles on 4 May 2018. Sawayama was then featured on the London show of Charli XCX's Pop 2 Tour on 19 June 2018 where they performed "Backseat", originally performed by Charli XCX featuring Carly Rae Jepsen.

On 12 July 2019, Charli XCX revealed she and Sawayama worked on a song together for her album *Charli*, but it was eventually scrapped because she felt her album was too long.

> It was 20 songs. And honestly it felt too long. I decided to make it 15 and these 5 songs were ones that still needed figuring out a little bit. With Rina, she only had a small part in it and even though I LOVE it (and hopefully will work it into something else) it just felt like maybe we could do something more together. I love Rina. I know we'll do stuff together one day.
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Charli talked about the song once again in an interview with *Vogue* magazine, where she described it as a "a shimmering ’80s-inspired emo ballad". She said the song felt a little too downtempo "for our first splash together."

In June 2019, Charli announced Rina Sawayama as the opening act of the four UK dates of her Charli Live Tour. In August 2019, Sawayama was featured as a special guest on the third episode of *The Candy Shop*, a radio show, published by Apple Music via Beats 1. On the episode, the songs "Flicker" and "Cherry (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)" by Sawayama were played. On 17 February 2020, both Sawayama and Charli attended and took photos at the London Fashion Week at Kensington Olympia on February 17, 2020 in London, England.

In April 2021, Charli teased a possible upcoming collab with Sawayama on her Instagram stories. The collab was teased once again on 12 May 2021. Following the announcement of her fifth studio album *Crash* on 4 November 2021, Charli revealed the collaboration with Sawayama will on the album. On 20 January 2022, Charli and Rina made a TikTok post of a photoshoot with a snippet of the song, titled "Beg for You" which was released on 27 January 2022. Its music video was shot on the next day and was released on 11 February 2022. Sawayama was also a special guest on Charli's *Best Song Ever* podcast, released on 31 January 2022.

Charli's fifth studio album *Crash*, featuring "Beg for You", was released on 18 March 2022 to critical acclaim. For the release of the album, Charli threw an album release party where Sawayama attended, and both performed "Beg for You".

## Discography

See more: *Charli XCX § Discography*
* *True Romance* (2013)
* *Sucker* (2014)
* *Charli* (2019)
* *How I'm Feeling Now* (2020)
* *Crash* (2022)

## Images

(19 jun. 2018)(31 oct. 2019)(17 feb. 2020)"Beg for You" (2022)(28 jan. 2022)
## References

1. ↑ Charli (@charli\_xcx) (14 January 2018). "Charli on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved on January 27, 2022. “@rinasawayama Hi hi hello hi”
2. ↑ CHARLI XCX (29 March 2018). "in London. Think I have the flu.…". Retrieved on January 27, 2022.
3. ↑ Rina Sawayama Brasil (@rinasawayamabr) (5 May 2018). "Rina Sawayama Brasil on Twitter" (portuguese). Twitter. Retrieved on January 27, 2022. “Charli XCX assistiu ao show de Rina ontem em LA!”
4. ↑ Charli (@charli\_xcx) (19 June 2018). "Charli on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved on January 27, 2022. “💜POP 2 LONDON 2NIGHT FEATURING @AGCOOK404 @EASYFUNNN @RAYE @RINASAWAYAMA @TOMMYCASHWORLD @HANNAHDIAMOND\_ @DORIANELECTRA & @SOPHIEMSMSMSM. I CANT WAIT 💜”
5. ↑ "Rina Sawayama Brasil on Twitter" (in portuguese). Twitter (12 July 2019). Retrieved on January 25, 2022. “Através do instagram, Charli XCX revela que tinha uma colaboração com Rina para seu álbum.”
6. ↑ Charli XCX (11 February 2022). "Charli XCX Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her “Beg For You” Video With Rina Sawayama". *Vogue*. Retrieved on February 11, 2022.
7. ↑ Charli on Twitter: "v happy to announce that @rinasawayama will be opening for me on all UK dates of my headline tour"
8. ↑ "Rina Sawayama Radio Station". Apple Music (8 August 2019). Retrieved on January 27, 2022.
9. ↑ CHARLI XCX UPDATES (fckyeahcharli) (17 February 2020). "CHARLI XCX UPDATES on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved on January 25, 2022.
10. ↑ "Rina Sawayama Brasil on Twitter" (in portuguese). Twitter (10 April 2021). Retrieved on January 25, 2021. “Durante um Q&A no instagram alguns dias atrás, Charli XCX respondeu a pergunta de um fã sobre uma colaboração com Rina Sawayama postando um print de uma conversa das duas. Apoiam o feat.”
11. ↑ Murray, Robin (4 November 2021). "Charli XCX Announces New Album 'CRASH'". *Clash*. Retrieved on January 25, 2021.
12. ↑ McNeal, Bria (4 November 2021). "Charli XCX's 'Crash': Tracklist, Features, Release Date". *Nylon*. Retrieved on January 25, 2021.
13. ↑ "Charli XCX's Best Song Ever". BBC Radio 1 (31 January 2022). Retrieved on April 5, 2022.

## External links

* Official website
* Charli XCX on Instagram
* Charli XCX on Twitter