CHARLI XCX releases undeniable hit drenched album CRASH

Charli XCX has made a habit of working eons ahead of the rest. Building a reputation of stretching pop to its gleaming extremes, she has always been more than a pop girl – rather, she has completely reinvented what pop means. Charli has set the bar incredibly high – for herself, let alone anyone else – and while every track on this album is laced with sugar-rush addiction, packed with undeniable hits, you can’t help but feel these disco-indebted tracks are lacking in the sense of imagination that placed Charli in a league of her own.

Words by Sophie Walker