Charli XCX has a new song or mixtape or something

If you only listen to one artist with stuffed toys growing out of her ears today, it should be this one...

Charli XCX has barely been off my iPod since I first wrote about her spine-tingling Only One single back in July. Now she's back with a new song called Cloud Aura.

As the title suggests, it's a hazy pop concoction dusted with floaty cotton candy backing vocals. But XCX is cleverer than your average pop starlet, and rips the whole thing apart with a big rasping organ (you there, stop sniggering at the back - Ed) and a spiky rap from "internet personality" Brooke Candy.

You can download it FOR ZERO PENCE on 7 November by signing up for Charli's forthcoming Super Ultra Mixtape via her official website. I expect it's all a scam to get your credit card details and buy a Lamborghini, though.

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