r2.0: The Charli XCX Discography Rate 2021-22: Winner Crowned.
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Trying to manifest SuperLove at #6 I see dd (I had to double-check if I hadn't missed an elimination)
Oh oop! I thought that was already out! But yes that should leave next.
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SuperLove
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Highest scorers = 11 x 3 @Ana Raquel @Hurricane Drunk @klow & 10 x 29 @2014 @Aester @Andy French @blissteria @clowezra @Crisp X @ctrclub @Cutlery @digitalkaiser @eatyourself @eddy2375 @fatyoshi @FunkyButChic @GimmeWork @Heartthrob @Jwentz @Laurence @Los Ageless @lovechoerrymotion @MmmDani @ohnostalgia @Phonetics Girl @Rogue @RUNAWAY @sexercise @soratami @tea @tylerc904 @unnameable @Vitor
Lowest scorers = 5.5 x 1 @Elysium 6 x 1 @boombazookajoe
The little extra that could - she gives it to you every time, SuperLove is our winning extra and manages to make the top 10 for a second Charli rate in a row, not everyone has that! An infectious little ditty in her back catalogue, it got my 11 in the previous rate, and to see how far it's sailed here once again, thrilling! This is a perfect sound for our Charli and something she hasn't really done again since, but when you do it so right the first time, there's really no need to bother.
Receiving 3 11s, SuperLove is still favoured amongst Charli fans because it's fresh, it's fun and it's just a full on bop. She sounds amazing on it, the production is irresistibly catchy and it deserved to be a cute little hit for her! It did however become her first ever solo song to chart on the UK top 100 (at #62) after its release way back in 2013. It was intended as the lead single to her 2nd album, but it seems Charli wanted the sound of Sucker to be more punkier and not as good, so it was left as a dreaded orphaned single. It received a very cute video, directed by Ryan Andrews and set in Tokyo. Co-written with Patrik Berger, the lyrics are some of her most recognisable in her whole discography; frankly, SuperLove has always deserved more and literally is one of her best songs, so it's #6 placing seems more than fair.
Charli said of the track; " [it's about] running away and falling in love with someone and it being really dangerous and bad for you but still amazing, romantic and wonderful [...] 'SuperLove' is the best drug and this song is about overdosing on it and falling in real deep." It literally does sound like a drug in song form, and one song that hopefully Charli realises is still a complete gem. The song got featured in Dakota Johnson starring How To Be Single, along with Worth It and Love Myself. A great song always deserves its due, so take a bow SuperLove!!
It makes sense that the only truly 'great' moment from the sucker 'era' would be number 6!
In my mind, its all the justice for Sucker I need. I'm satisfied!
In my mind, its all the justice for Sucker I need. I'm satisfied!
I remember at the sports club someone playing SuperLove for a teammate and he said he thought it was a great track for him. They listened to it and then he agreed. I decided to share my opinion that I love the track and then they joked 'Oh well now I dont much any more". Homophobia at it's finest.
I made sure to play SuperLove a few times every night after, and still do.
They left the club and I win. It's a bop.
I made sure to play SuperLove a few times every night after, and still do.
They left the club and I win. It's a bop.
he/him
Thank GOD.
This is an amazing Top 5. Track 10 should win, but beyond that, any order will be fine by me. Brilliant work, ladies. We had a rough time getting here but at least we rallied behind the right songs in the end.
This is an amazing Top 5. Track 10 should win, but beyond that, any order will be fine by me. Brilliant work, ladies. We had a rough time getting here but at least we rallied behind the right songs in the end.
Guess so.
There you go, now I can post this dd.
This is what I wrote about “Superlove” to our former host when submitting scores way back in March ‘21:
With apologies to "I Got It", this is about as songwriterly as Charli XCX gets, and it's such a delight to hear her in that mode. "Superlove" blurs by in a rush - clouds of guitars are interrupted by the occasional bleep and bloop - which makes the scrupulous, pithy verses all the more breathtaking.
Imagine having a crush on someone, and them suddenly saying to you: "I think your hair looks much better pushed over to one side; how do you feel about me?"? Goodness gracious. I feel as though it would shatter the very fabric of my existence. Then there's bits like "I used to think "The Power of Love" was just a song, but now it's got hold of me", perhaps the best Tweet that never was; and a minute or so later, "when I crash, where will you be?" really accentuating how deep and desperate the desire we're talking about is. On that same theme, that very early 10s trope of party-rocking-til-we die is invoked in a number of ways - "R.I.P.", "bullet", "kill me", "die here in your arms falling in love with you"...yes, employ that Kesha / Demetria Lovato-style decadent ""YOLO"" melodrama!
Charli's releases in recent years indicate that she's more or less abandoned this style of music, but perhaps that makes sense - when you achieve this kind of perfection, where else is there to go?
With apologies to "I Got It", this is about as songwriterly as Charli XCX gets, and it's such a delight to hear her in that mode. "Superlove" blurs by in a rush - clouds of guitars are interrupted by the occasional bleep and bloop - which makes the scrupulous, pithy verses all the more breathtaking.
Imagine having a crush on someone, and them suddenly saying to you: "I think your hair looks much better pushed over to one side; how do you feel about me?"? Goodness gracious. I feel as though it would shatter the very fabric of my existence. Then there's bits like "I used to think "The Power of Love" was just a song, but now it's got hold of me", perhaps the best Tweet that never was; and a minute or so later, "when I crash, where will you be?" really accentuating how deep and desperate the desire we're talking about is. On that same theme, that very early 10s trope of party-rocking-til-we die is invoked in a number of ways - "R.I.P.", "bullet", "kill me", "die here in your arms falling in love with you"...yes, employ that Kesha / Demetria Lovato-style decadent ""YOLO"" melodrama!
Charli's releases in recent years indicate that she's more or less abandoned this style of music, but perhaps that makes sense - when you achieve this kind of perfection, where else is there to go?
Love that this top 5 reads like a story in 8 words of someone getting in the car, turning on the radio and driving away.