Charli XCX

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 59.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Singer-songwriter Charli XCX feels nervous about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Charli sits down with Conan to discuss starting out in London’s underground rave scene, experiencing pop stardom secondhand before skyrocketing to fame, and highlighting moral complexity in her new mockumentary film The Moment. Later, a listener review prompts Conan, Sona, and Matt imagine what life would be like as siblings to one another. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Charlie XEX and I feel nervous about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:14.0	Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brandy shoes, walking
0:23.6	blues, climb the fence, books and pens, I can tell that we are going to be friends.
0:30.6	I can tell that we are going to be friends.
0:35.6	Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien needs a friend Joined as always by Sona Moufessian. You didn't change your last name when you got married. I didn't change it. Yeah. No, it's a lot of paperwork. Yeah, and a lot of consonants. What? What's taxed last name? Is it Tachshan? No, it's not Tchaisean.
0:55.4	I always think it's his first name plus Azizian. I know, but that's not how Arminian names work. Mofssetian has a lot of consonants in it. Yeah, it's a lot of letters that like really shouldn't be next to each other. Like the V and the S? Oh, I know. It's an explosion at a Campbell Soup factory. Okay, who has an apostrophe in his last name?
1:11.3	How awful is that?
1:12.4	I'm here in my glass house.
1:13.8	I'm firing stones. an explosion at a Campbell Soup factory. Okay, who has an apostrophe in his last name?
1:11.3	You know what?
1:12.4	I'm here in my glass house.
1:13.8	I'm firing stones.
1:15.6	I thought I was safe and apparently I'm not.
1:17.7	And Matt Gurley joining us as well.
1:19.8	There's a fine name.
1:21.3	Matt Goreley.
1:22.2	None of your O apostrophe, Brian or Mazuzzi.
1:27.2	It used to be Mac Gorely long, long ago. What? Mac Gourley. No, I'm told the last name. Oh, you got rid of the Mac? Well, I didn't personally. I've just heard long ago that it was Mac Gourley. Oh. Mac Gourley. You guys are looking at me like I did this somehow. Wait, so your name would be Matt McGorley? If I don't think that's impossible to say. Matt Matt McGorley. Matt McGorley. You know what? You know what? They dropped it. I think they was Matt goarly until you were born and you were born Matt so they knew that they had to lose the Mac. Yeah. He was born with a hi, my name is Matt on his chest.
2:01.9	I was.
2:02.4	You know, it's interesting that we're talking about birth and related matters because you are going to be taking a leave of absence for a while.
2:12.3	And this is big news.
2:14.2	What's going on?
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