!Franchesckaar!

## Audio

"**!Franchesckaar!**" is Charli XCX's debut single, and the first track from her unofficially released debut album *14*. It was released on August 18th, 2008.

## Background

The song is Charli's debut single, released by the Orgy Music label as an EP with remixes of the track. The single was released on her Myspace, and sold on her website and iTunes. Promotional physical copies of the EP were also sold at the time.

Besides that, the single is not considered part of Charli's official discography since it's no longer available in any digital stores or streaming platforms.

In an interview for Self-Titled Magazine in 2012, Charli says that she doesn't like the song anymore.

"I know songs like '!Franchesckaar!' are not my finest hour. I think that it also works to my advantage–people who knew my earlier stuff were like, wow, that’s rubbish. The expectations were so low that the new stuff will really impress them."

*XCX in interview with Self-Titled Magazine.*

## Theme

The song talks about someone who is envied by all, and calls attention for the way they look, talk, and how they dress. On Charli's Myspace at the time, she commented that the song is sarcatic, written to a 'crap girl' from her school called Hillary Lester.

In an 2008 interview with eqmusicblog she said:

"!Franchesckaar!" is about typical posh girls from Cambridge who slouch about in their Jack Wills with all their clingy friends just being generally boring! I hate people like that, with no life in them! Everyone seems to think it’s a big jealous rant about some girl I went to school with, but thats not really the angle I take on "!Franchesckaar!" It’s more about this girl who has it all and just doesn’t know what to do with it, so instead carries on with her typical posh girl status. Eeeekk!

## Lyrics

!Franchesckaar!

They all love you

!Franchesckaar!

They all want you

!Franchesckaar!

Of course they do

!Franchesckaar!

Oh yes, it's true

!Franchesckaar!

They love your skin

!Franchesckaar!

They want your hair

!Franchesckaar!

They want your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

I tell no lies

Jack Wills, clipped hair, penciled eyes, you get attention

Tight shirt, straight teeth, pinned up smile, all of them mention

How you look nice, tip-top, beautiful, the cat's pajamas

Suntan, golden brown, where you been? To the Bahamas?

Oh, but you can't see it, babe

Oh, you just see through it all

Oh, the girls turn green when they see you

Cause all of the boys start to call

[Chorus]

!Franchesckaar!

They all love you

!Franchesckaar!

They all want you

!Franchesckaar!

Of course they do

!Franchesckaar!

Oh yes, it's true

!Franchesckaar!

They love your skin

!Franchesckaar!

They want your hair

!Franchesckaar!

They want your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

You've got your blue eyes, pink lips, Ugg boots, and lots of passion

Acoustic, iPod, soft sounds, music fashion

Sloan style, neck scarves, clingy friends all around you

You're the icon, shine out, watch what you do

Oh, but you can't feel it, babe

The effect you have on all of them

Oh, everyone stops and stares

And then the boys begin to call

!Franchesckaar!

They all love you

!Franchesckaar!

They all want you

!Franchesckaar!

Of course they do

!Franchesckaar!

Oh yes, it's true

!Franchesckaar!

They love your skin

!Franchesckaar!

They want your hair

!Franchesckaar!

They want your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

I tell no lies

!Franchesckaar!

They all love you

!Franchesckaar!

They all want you

!Franchesckaar!

Of course they do

!Franchesckaar!

Oh yes, it's true

!Franchesckaar!

They love your skin

!Franchesckaar!

They want your hair

!Franchesckaar!

They want your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

I tell no lies

Cause they want you

And they need you

And they love you

And they crave you

Cause they want you

And they need you

And they love you, love you

!Franchesckaar!

They love you, yeah, yeah

They love you

!Franchesckaar!

They want you, yeah, yeah

They want you

!Franchesckaar!

They want your skin, your hair, your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

I don't tell no lies, no

!Franchesckaar!

They all love you

!Franchesckaar!

They all want you

!Franchesckaar!

Of course they do

!Franchesckaar!

Oh yes, it's true

!Franchesckaar!

They love your skin

!Franchesckaar!

They want your hair

!Franchesckaar!

They want your eyes

!Franchesckaar!

I tell no lies

## Trivia

* The song served as soundtracking to numerous catwalk shows from Donatella Versace & Stella McCartney.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.self-titledmag.com/breaking-an-interview-with-charli-xcx/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080915041450/http://www.myspace.com/charlixcx
3. ↑ https://eqmusicblog.com/eq-chat-with-ch/
4. ↑ https://www.bodeganottingham.com/gigs/charli-xcx/