On 6th April Charli XCX announced, via Instagram, that she would write and record a new album while quarantined at her home in Los Angeles. “SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT”, the post read, “I AM MAKING A NEW ALBUM. RELEASE DATE MAY 15TH. WORKING TITLE: HOW I’M FEELING NOW”.
Five weeks is a worryingly quick turnaround for a full-length album. But How I’m Feeling Now turns out to be the most accomplished and cohesive collection of songs to date from Charli XCX (born Charlotte Aitchison). Genuinely inventive, its lean eleven tracks are both desperately fun and fervently intense – appropriate for the conditions in which it was made.
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