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Charli XCX and George Daniel hold surprise intimate ‘In Conversation’ fan event and DJ afterparty in London

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Charli XCX and her husband, The 1975‘s George Daniel, held a surprise intimate ‘In Conversation’ fan event and DJ set in London. Find all the details below.

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The event took place last night (May 30) in London’s Exmouth Market, only hours after Charli announced its details on her b.sides Instagram account, describing it as a “live talk about process and making things”.

It comes off the back of a similar event in New York earlier this month, also dubbed ‘In Conversation’, which featured an intimate Q&A session with fans about her creative process and songwriting.

Following the talk, she shared she’d be playing a DJ set with Daniel. “First come, first serve (might hide some new music in the set),” she wrote.

Shortly after the event was announced, a queue began to form outside Coin Laundry – the 200-capacity pub that would hold the afterparty – with many fans later listening to the set from the street.

At the event, which was moderated by journalist Shaad D’Souza, Charli explained why she wanted to host ‘In Conversation’ discussions for her fans.

“George and I often talk about how we feel so lucky that we get to do what we do for a real job; it feels so ridiculous. And, on top of that, we feel so lucky that we have so many friends who are also in some ways creating – whether that be also making music or whether it be, I don’t know, designing chairs, or even just drawing for a hobby.”

She then went on to address her fans directly, saying: “You have a lot of opinions, and you’re also really funny.”

“When I’m stalking you all on Twitter, which you all know I do, I’m like, ‘Oh, this is like talking to my friends’. Like, you guys get it. You have interesting takes and smart takes, so I kind of wanted to bring it IRL.”

Later, when asked if she thinks the ability to make art is an “innate” thing only bestowed on some people, Charli said: “I think anyone can make art, but I think you have to retain a childlike quality to yourself, which I think a lot of people lose out of circumstance.”

She also praised Daniel for his “patience” in the studio, saying, “You can deal with me over your shoulder being like, ‘What if we do this edit’.”

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Afterwards, she headed to the afterparty, where she played snippets of new music, older fan favourites, and some indie rock remixes.

One new song she teased was mixed with Daft Punk‘s ‘Rock’n Roll’, which included the lyrics: “I used to lick cream off strawberries in the summer/Maybe I fucked your dad,” while another, ‘Card Declined’, was played with her earlier Boiler Room remix of ‘Mean Girls’.

Elsewhere, she also teased Daniels by playing The 1975’s breakout hit ‘Chocolate’, which prompted him to hide under the table.

Later, she played cult favourites, ‘Roll With Me’, ‘Pink Diamond’ and ‘Anthems’.

Watch the footage below.

It comes after Charli shared ‘Playboy Bunny‘, the “flip side” to her latest single, the gritty, sassy ‘SS26’. The track is in keeping with her new policy of returning to the traditional pre-streaming system of A-sides and B-sides.

Like the previous single ‘Rock Music’ and its B-side ‘I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day And Night’, the assumption is that ‘SS26’ will end up on Charli’s upcoming new album, but ‘Playboy Bunny’ will not, instead being exclusive to the vinyl 7” single and via her “b.sides” Instagram account.

Explaining the release strategy in a video on that account, Charli said: “The B-sides are sort of like coupled with some of the songs that are coming out ahead of the album. The reason that they’re paired together, these two songs, are because, in ways, they’re totally opposite from each other, and that is find of the main point of them.”

Last month, Charli’s team confirmed that she was finishing work on her new album, and shortly afterwards, in an interview with British Vogue, the lyric “I think the dance floor is dead, so now we’re making rock music” was previewed. It prompted speculation that the album would take a heavier direction, though Charli later clarified, “I never said I was making a rock album.”

‘Rock Music’ then arrived alongside a grungy music video, which saw her enlist collaborators A.G. Cook, Finn Keane (formerly known as Easyfun) and her husband, The 1975‘s George Daniel, as her rock band.

All four new songs have seen Charli depart from the club atmosphere of the 2024 cultural phenomenon that was ‘Brat’, and they follow on from her soundtrack album for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, released in February.

As well as working on that soundtrack, the ‘360’ singer also penned music for the A24 film Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway, starred in her own mockumentary The Moment, took on a role in the new romance Erupcja, and locked in a role in fantasy 100 Nights Of Hero.

She also played a comedic version of herself in the TV show Overcompensating, and was recently cast alongside Supergirl star Milly Alcock in a new horror film directed by Takashi Miike.

As for upcoming live dates, this August, she’ll return to the stage to make her headline debut at Reading & Leeds, topping the festival bill alongside Fontaines D.C., Raye, Florence + The Machine, Dave and Chase & Status. Visit here for tickets and more information.

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