Charli XCX: A Day in the Life
Early morning(ish) and it's the first photo shoot of the day for XO magazine. I look totally shattered because I went out last night. . . like an idiot.
By CHARLI XCX
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Tropical Fun
Hair and makeup being done. I look tropical in that shirt. Woo!
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Dressing Up
Rocking some blue eye shadow and a yellow dress, which I would never really do. I feel like I'm playing dress-up in my mum's wardrobe, but I kind of like it.
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Ready to Go
Getting ready to go outside in the heat in New York to shoot.
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Stopping Traffic
Stopping traffic. . . Kind of. . .
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Getting There
Nearly ready to shoot. . . It's so fricking hot right now in New York. Final hair and makeup checks.
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Hot Stuff
Shooting now. All I really want to do is get in that water behind me. It is so tempting. . . ahhhh.
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Changing
Heading back into Atlantic to change outfits.
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Next Look
Next look. . . Shooting in front of this amazing wall of records with all the 'worst' (but actually best) artwork ever.
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Stand Straight!
Hair and makeup again for the third and final look. I need to work on my posture. . . eek!
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Polaroids
Here's me and the photographer, Kimi Selfridge, checking out some of the Polaroids from earlier.
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Last Shot
Last shot. Make it a good one, errr??!
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Manage This
In the car, on the phone to my manager, wearing my Riff Raff sunglasses. Probably either moaning or panicking about something.
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Making a Vine
Making a Vine as we drive over the Brooklyn Bridge. 21st Century romance.
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Hyperactive
At the second shoot of the day for Ladygunn magazine. Everyone's feeling super hectic because I'm late. I'm feeling super crazy because I just drank my third coffee (ever, in my life) and I'm bouncing off the walls like I've just been in a rave.
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So Many Shoes
Checking out some shoes. I only wear platforms and chunky shoes, so these are perfect for me.
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Round Two
Round two of makeup.
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A Girl’s Best Friend
Feeling like a princess lying in diamonds – a girl's best friend, duh.
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Glasslands
Arriving at Glasslands in Brooklyn, where I start my headlining tour. It's sold out and everyone is excited.
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Eyeliner Top Up
Eyeliner top up. Yeaaah.
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Loner Style
Having some downtime and being a loner for a little bit. It feels nice.
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Gorilla vs. Bear
Shooting with Gorilla vs. Bear and we bump into a fan who asks to take a picture.
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Near Miss
Shooting on the rocks with Gorilla vs. Bear. I nearly fall in the water because I feel super tired now and am tripping out on lack of sleep, but it's making me feel dreamy so I quite like it.
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Flip It Good
Looks like you've caught me mid-hair flip here. . . which is like my favorite new hobby/dance move, by the way.
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Farmville
Chilling with my keyboardist and remix partner, Twin Idol, in our van, which smells like a farm now. Oh, the glamour.
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Sound-Checking
Sound-checking for the gig tonight. Here's me and my drummer, Wilkie Wilkinson. He's super LOLs.
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Practicing New Stuff
Practicing some new songs for the show tonight. I've been on a support tour with Ellie Goulding and then with Marina and the Diamonds since April, so I have not had time to practice my full set yet. Here's us running a new song, "Black Roses."
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Toyko at Night
Finally made it onstage. I bought this neon strip microphone stand, which I absolutely love. When I come back and tour in the USA in September, I want to have a neon lead as well. I want to make the stage look like Tokyo at night; that's the aim. But super raw.
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Killer!
Playing my last few songs at Glasslands. 🙁 It's been killer. <3