how im feeling now

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Over the course of her trailblazing career, Charli XCX has earned critical acclaim for her forward-thinking musical output and refreshing entrepreneurial spirit that has seen her carve her own lane on the global pop circuit. A singer, songwriter, video director, documentary maker, radio host and record label boss, Charlis story is one of an artist continuing to succeed without compromise.

Now in 2020, Charli is already breaking boundaries this year has seen her first BRIT nomination for British Female Solo Artist, marking a huge moment of validation from a mainstream audience that Charli has built on her own terms. In reaction to the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, Charli has proven herself to be one of the most adaptable artists working today; initially providing programs of Instagram live sessions that invited various guests to spark conversation, share insight, or simply entertain fans across the world who are currently practicing social distancing. Charlis vision then expanded further, leading her to announce how im feeling now a new album to be written, recorded and released in 39 days, completely in self-isolation. The creative process was also to push her collaborative stream in a unique way; opening up the recording, writing, artwork, music videos and more to fans for feedback and contribution she also further inspired her fans creativity, allowing them access to song stems to create remixes and greenscreen footage to be edited using their own imagination.

how im feeling now has given further spotlight to Charlis status as one of the most adaptable, exciting pop artists working today, and through its uniquely collaborative approach, provided a shared space for those who listen to feel safe enough to express themselves however they wish at a time when they need it most.

The most emotionally direct yet from the singer-songwriter-producer and all-round one-woman sci-fi pop whirlwind. Telegraph / Telegraph –

As perhaps the very first album to be produced under lockdown, it is a plucky, praiseworthy undertaking. Independent / Independent –

[Charli] has carved a space for herself as a mainstream star with an avant garde mindset. The Times / The Times

A wild, wonky-pop record brimming with the uneasy isolation-anxiety thats become Over commonplace over the past few months. NME

A fully formed lockdown love album. Evening Standard / Evening Standard

The ultimate lockdown album. The Guardian / The Observer