The 5 Days of Charli XCXmas

Charli XCX has been ramping up to have a very promising year indeed. She’s shown no signs of slowing down since her latest album release Pop 2 in December, promising “i am going to release a lot of music this year. and a lot of videos. You’re gonna be so f***ing sick of me.” and it looks like she’s staying true to her word.

She’s kept her word, most recently featuring in Rita Ora’s new song ‘Girls’ alongside Cardi B and Bebe Rexha, which just got a fantastic new music video featuring the whole squad.

THE NEW ‘GIRLS’ MUSIC VIDEO IS SOMETHING ELSE (SEE: HOLOGRAPHIC CARDI B) – CHECK IT OUT BELOW:

The English singer-songwriter announced that she’s doing 5 releases at 5am each day for 5 days. That’s 5am PST, so for the UK fans you can catch each new release at 1pm, and we’ll be keeping you up to date right here so make sure to check back!

In fact, if we rewind a second, she’s already given us plenty to keep our ears entertained this year - in May she debuted her first solo song since Pop 2 called ‘5 in the morning’. This new track just goes to show how she’s kept working hard since her last release – giving us something totally new in the form of a heavy trap banger, not only in the production but also in her singing which takes on a triplet heavy hip-hop flow. 

And she didn’t stop there – just the other day she made a reappearance in Tove Lo’s new song and accompanying hilarious music video ‘Bitches’, which also features Icona Pop, Elliphant and ALMA.

Now, she’s giving us MORE. Each day we get a new treat, and many fans are hoping that she'll drop her unreleased teased track 'No Angel', which is potentially from her next album, on one of the days. We’ll be updating this with every new release so make sure to come back each day!

Check out each day of (what we’re calling) the 5 Days of Charli XCXmas below:

DAY 1

SURPRISE! Today, she kicked off the 5 days of treats by giving fans a chance to win tickets to either her upcoming London or Paris shows. To win you have to reply to her tweet with your best 5am party story, and some of them already up are WILD. As of yet she hasn’t given all the tickets away so you still have a chance to get one for yourself!

Here’s some of our top picks so far:

Charli XCX spreading the love

This ones a winner already!

https://twitter.com/gouzi_gouzi/status/1006152376011644928

Spicy turnaround tbh.

https://twitter.com/charlieareyno/status/1006311078421295104

"It's meeee I'm Cathyyyyy"

https://twitter.com/frangilana/status/1006179683610910721

3....2....1......

DAY 2 

On the second day of Charli XCXmas our true love gave to us…

Today, Charli posted a download link to the project files for her track '5 in the Morning', asking fans to remix them, cut them up or just generally "MAKE SOMETHING COOL".  It comes as separate drums, synths and vocal tracks which you're free to use as you please. This one is AMAZING for any aspiring artists themselves - and it's so amazing for an artist as big as Charli to do for her fans.

If you wanna give it a go, or maybe just set your alarm sound to the vocal track of the song, you can find the files linked in her tweet above!

Day 3 

Today under the summery tree, Charli has left fans a brand new gift. The 5 AM photo diary. You can check out lots of exclusive new photos of Charli XCX, her friends including Mø, Tove Lo, Dua Lipa, ALMA, Rita and others you might just recognise - PLUS there's pics of crowds and snaps with fans from touring, so you might be able to find yourself in there!

They're all exclusive after-party shots - put together in a sort of virtual scrapbook, and it goes to remind us of the truth behind tracks like '5 in the morning', cause it's clear that she fully is living that lifestyle. Check 'em out from the link in her tweet!

Day 4

Another day, another treat from Charli XCX. Today shes delivered an experimental mini mix created by her frequent past collaborator A. G. Cook. It mixes together a few of her tracks and goes from noise and power to smooth melodic segments, it isn't too long and is really worth checking out below!

https://soundcloud.com/charlixcx/xcx0500-0505

Day 5

??? - Find out at 1PM UK time on the 15th June. We're really hoping for something BIG on this last day.

It's been 4 days of Charli XCXmas so far and she'd really be... no angel.. if she didn't release some new music on the last day! 

Need more Charli XCX in your life while we wait for the other releases? Well you’re in luck because you can check out Tove Lo’s hilarious new music video for ‘Bitches’ featuring Charli XCX, as well as Icona Pop, Elliphant and Alma RIGHT HERE!

Words by Alex Beach