Charli XCX

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1. About the name

   Charli XCX chose her stage name from her MSN Messenger screen name. She had no manager at the time and could not come up with any other option.

2. A role that slipped away

   Charli XCX worked with Swedish producer Patrik Berger, who sent her two beats. She wrote "I Love It" for one of them but did not release it herself since it did not fit her sound. In 2012, Swedish duo Icona Pop re-recorded it as a single featuring her vocals.

3. Behind the camera

   Charli XCX set up her own experimental pop label, Vroom Vroom Recordings, in February 2016 and released the Vroom Vroom EP through it.

4. 

   Behind the camera

   Charli XCX made her first film as producer, The Moment, through her production company Studio365; it premiered at Sundance in January 2026.

5. Early training

   Charli XCX left her fine art degree at UCL's Slade School of Fine Art partway through the second year, having gone to London to study there when she was 18.

6. A first

   Charli XCX's Boiler Room set PARTYGIRL in Brooklyn drew about 37,000 RSVPs, the most in the platform's history, though only 400 people were let in.