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June
Charli XCX ‘works it out’ with Lorde in ‘Girl, so confusing’ remix
Lorde hopped on the remix of Charli XCX’s “Girl, so confusing” track, seemingly putting an end to their years-long feud.
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“Yeah, I don’t know if you like me / Sometimes I think you might hate me,” the British pop star sings in part.
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Looks like Lorde has finally made her way into Charli XCX’s “brat” squad.
The “Royals” singer is featured on the remix of “Girl, so confusing,” a track off the British pop star’s b-b-bumpin’ “brat” album. The surprise release, which dropped on June 21, seemingly confirms speculation that Charli XCX penned the song about her years-long feud with Lorde.
“Yeah, I don’t know if you like me / Sometimes I think you might hate me / Sometimes I think I might hate you / Maybe you just wanna be me,” Charli XCX sings on the original track, later proclaiming, “One day we might make some music / The Internet would go crazy.”
On the remix, Lorde responds by singing, “Well, honestly, I was speechless / When I woke up to your voice note / You told me how you’d been feeling / Let’s work it out on the remix.”
She then sings about how she’d “cancel last minute” whenever Charli XCX asked her to go out – claiming she was “so lost” in her head at the time and “scared” to be in pictures.
“’Cause for the last couple years / I’ve been at war in my body / I tried to starve myself thinner / And then I gained all the weight back,” Lorde continues. “I was trapped in the hatred / And your life seemed so awesome / I never thought for a second / My voice was in your head.”
Ariana Grande recruits Brandy & Monica for ‘the boy is mine’ remix
Brandy, Ariana Grande and Monica have teamed up for a sultry new remix of “the boy is mine.”
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“It is near impossible to say how much this means to me,” Grande gushed via Instagram of working with the singers.
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Ariana Grande recruited powerhouse singers Brandy and Monica for a new remix of “the boy is mine” (off her “eternal sunshine” album) on June 21. The remix dropped just weeks after the ladies appeared in the Christian Breslauer-directed music video for Grande’s OG version.
“[I] cannot believe this is real … my deepest and sincerest thank you to Brandy and Monica, not only for joining me for this moment, but for your generosity, your kindness, and for the countless ways in which you have inspired me,” Grande gushed via Instagram of working with the musical legends.
“It is near impossible to say how much this means to me,” she adds. “This is in celebration of you both and the impact that you have had on every vocalist, vocal producer, musician, artist that is creating today.”
