ICYMI: The Internet History of Charli XCX

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Candice Lim is joined by Rolling Stone writer CT Jones and Switched on Pop producer Reanna Cruz to hold a retrospective on the internet history of Charli XCX, the founder of brat summer and a decades-long digital icon. They’re going all the way back to 2012, when a girl from Essex named Charlotte Aitchison hit the main stage with “I Love It.” They’ll dissect their first Charli XCX memories, the 2016 song that changed Charli’s entire internet career, and how her pandemic album-documentary led up to this moment, asking: Was it Charli’s Angels or Charli’s destiny? This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim. Want more ICYMI? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the ICYMI show page. Or, visit slate.com/icymiplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 listening to I.C. Why am I.C. Why am I? In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And today, we have two great guests on the pod. First up, I am joined by Rolling Stone writer C.T. Jones. Hello, C.T.
0:57.0	Hi, I'm so excited to be here.
1:00.0	So excited, because who else is joining us?
1:03.0	But a music writer and a producer for Switched-on Pop, it's Rihanna Cruz.
1:06.0	Hello, Rihanna.
1:08.0	Hi, Candace, Happy to be here. Today's episode is going to be a retrospective on the internet history of Charlie X-CX, but first, we need to settle something.
1:16.7	Because am I right?
1:17.8	Neither of you have been on the show before?
1:19.8	That is correct.
1:20.7	I need to ask the question we ask all first time, yes.
1:28.9	But I'm going to put a spin on it.
1:31.2	Rianna, I want to ask, what is your first Charlie XX memory?
1:35.9	How did she enter your consciousness?
1:38.3	Wow.
1:39.0	Is it wrong to say boom clap?
1:41.2	Because I feel like that was a lot of people's first Charlie XX memory.
1:46.5	The first thing that really impacted them.
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