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CHARLI XCX “Stay Away” Live at the Blind Club at Dalston Heights, 2012

This song was, hands down, my favorite single of 2011. Easily. And yet Charli XCX is still something of a spectre to me. I mean, she only has two songs and I’ve never seen her live. Still, watching this almost-acoustic performance of “Stay Away” proves a lot of the things for which I only had hunches for up until now: Like how she really has a tremendous voice. Like how when she’s ready to move out of the ’80s-tinged gothic pop she currently revels in, there will still be a wealth of possibility for her career. Like how if she’s this good at 19, Charli XCX could very well be a total fucking game-changer in even five years time.

I often criticize the Internet for making us more of a NOW! culture, and for obstructing the opportunity for new ideas to develop before they are immediately disclosed, consumed, and discarded. But in this case, it’s felt like a real privilege to be able to watch this young woman, whom I love and barely know anything about, just grow.

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  1. psychicshift reblogged this from pureblog and added:
    I like this better than Lana Del Rey
  2. pureblog reblogged this from eatandgreet
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  4. tinyluckygenius reblogged this from nervousacid and added:
    second coming but...also like her look...top knot no make up...
  5. pointoforigin reblogged this from rookiemag and added:
    “Stay Away” Live at...Blind Club at Dalston Heights, 2012
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  7. thefactoryboy reblogged this from rookiemag and added:
    actually, she has more than just two songs. The remix of her song Emelline was Marc Jacobs S/S 2010 Collection music;...
  8. eatandgreet reblogged this from rookiemag and added:
    seems to me like a great counterbalance to Lana del Ray’s innocent doe-eyed image. She’s darker, sultry, and seems to be...
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  10. rookiemag reblogged this from maura and added:
    The total radness of Charli XCX co-signed by two writers who know what the what is up:
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  14. bmichael reblogged this from maura and added:
    so fucking good at pressing that one button. He makes Kanye playing the MPC look like Vishnu.
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  16. ehayes reblogged this from rawkblog and added:
    Things I wish I had: vocal agility