DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Charli XCX

I watched Despicable Me 3 last night. You know what the villain's name was? Balthazar BRATT. I cannot escape.

Let me know your favorite Charli XCX album/song/related thing in the comments!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Prologue
02:31 True Romance
03:33 Sucker
06:40 Vroom Vroom
09:31 Number One Angel
11:05 Pop 2
13:26 Charli
15:15 How I'm Feeling Now
17:44 Crash
20:21 brat
24:13 Where Are They Now

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Video by Craig Dennis

[MicTheSnare]

Hey everybody — I'm seeing some mixed feedback about this video in the comments and I wanted to take a second and talk about it.

First off — I've seen some people say this one was rushed. It wasn't! I started my prepwork back in mid-June, which is a usual amount of lead time for me these days. However, I did make it a point to be a bit leaner with the information I delivered I've been worried for a while that the DDDs have become essentially me reciting Wikipedia (I don't do this to be clear, I just worry that's how it comes across). In other words — videos that are more about mentioning every single piece of work, rather than being actually enjoyable to watch.

So with this one, I tried to only speak about an album or song or fact if I truly had something to say or if it impacted the story I was trying to tell. To be clear though, I'm not saying I nailed it! I'm just saying I wanted to course-correct a bit.

To all of you who have shared honest feedback about the video, I do appreciate it. And I don't wish for my approach to be seen as a sign of disrespect to Charli or anyone who is a fan.

I have broader thoughts as well about the DDD and its future as I get older and more things outside of the channel take up my time (good things, mind you!), but I'll share those down the road.

I'm starting prep work on the next DDD this weekend. I've got two non-DDD videos I wanna do before that, so it'll likely be out in earlyish Sept. I'll take all this feedback into account as I work on it. Thanks everyone!!

[alexisxja]

Charli finally getting her flowers after years of hard work and consistent projects not to mention the impact her and Sophie had on hyper pop, she deserves this so much

[flip]

this is SO important to me personally thank you michael the snare.

[caitlynsult]

FINALLY CHARLI HAS A DDD

but fr tho, as someone who has been a fan since 2013 when “i love it” came out, im so happy she is getting so much recognition and attention again. while i do miss her hyperpop days, i think brat and crash are amazing albums.


also you did beg for you dirty mic, that song is a banger

[nataliecherrypit]

2 year gap between sucker and vroom vroom will honestly never stop being fucking wild. WHAT growth

[dancingdyonysis]

I'm a crash apologist. When compared to her other works its not the best but when compared to most other pop music coming out at that time, there wasn't really anything like it - and i'm not talking about the singles. constant repeat, crash, lightening, move me, new shapes, all more unique & exciting than 90% of the pop music coming out at that time. the single choices could've been better, and i'm def biased bc that album helped me through a rough patch but i have a feeling crash will still end up having an influence when we look back

[oh_banana]

Charli's discog is so interesting to me because she's been around since 2010, embodies early 2010s, yet characterizes where pop has gone since. She was virtually indistinguishable from the early 2010s one hit wonders and then casually changed the course of pop with Vroom Vroom. She's spent the past 10 years since catching everyone else up to speed with her vision and brat's reception shows she's irrefutably succeeded.

[RyanGrille]

The timing for this episode couldn’t have been better

[humanreviewsstuff]

Gay ppl stay winning fr, even Michael Thee Snare is talking about Charli

[a.r.rogers]

omg the quiet camila/rosalia moment is peak tea

[ВасильКапшук]

to say that Pop 2 is "just okay" is wild

[jo-alsupan]

Man I was so stoked for this because Charli’s my absolute number one but there’s something about this episode that doesn’t quite carry the same thoughtfulness as your other DDDs in terms of humor and depth given to the artist and their life (and Charli’s memeable history is as storied as her body of work so I’m surprised I didn’t even see a signed douche or a whiff (ha ha) of a poppers reference).

Also man, I gotta advocate for Pop 2 a little bit here. I think it’s more than a transitionary album in her discography. Even with the experimentation and more concept-forward approach, I think it’s a great testament to how Charli so seamlessly keeps emotion at the center of her songs, not getting lost in the glitch, chaos, and auto tune. (Also more self-titled lol)

Anyway, it’s always a pleasure to see a video from you Mic. I think you’re awesome!!!

[bobnapples]

The tough thing with Charli’s discog is there are fantastic singles that never land on an album so they fly under the DDD radar. “No Angel” is as good a pop song as she’s done but it just quietly dropped on its own in 2018.

[rheathecreative]

This is the earliest I’ve been for a DDD episode.

[ehckcecks]

Not caring for both N1A and Pop 2 is I'm sure they will grow on you!

[tylerhackner]

Finally charli’s got a discography dive

[hafsaz]

I will NOT hear any Yuck slander, that song bangs

[lookluke]

23:21 “the dad from Jessie” sir that’s Bertram their butler

[squidsnchips]

you will pay for the yuck slander mr. snare

[Cuix]

I'm surprised you didn't talk more about I Think About It All the Time, because what a song, what a creative decision, honestly pairing that with So I really inserts some powerful gut punches in the album that fit so perfectly with the "tears in the club" vibe of tracks like Sympathy Is a Knife