Charli XCX - Boys

"NO BOYS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO 💕” writes Charli XCX, below the YouTube clip for her new single, Boys. A clever attempt to subvert the male gaze, it's more eye-catching for the cast list than the direction - but the song is catchy as all heck.

In case you need help identifying the talent, here's a complete list:

Aminé	Jay Park	Shaun Ross
AG Cook	Jay Prince	Shokichi
Barns Courtney	Joe Jonas	Stormzy
Buddy	Joey Bada$$	The Fat Jew
Cameron Dallas	Kaytranada	The Vamps (Tristan & James)
Carl Barât (The Libertines)	Khalid	THEY
Charlie Puth	Laurie Vincent (Slaves)	Theo Hutchcraft (The Hurts)
Chromeo	Liam Fray (The Courteeners)	Tinie Tempah
Cobra Snake	Mac DeMarco	Tom Daley
Connor Franta	Mark Ronson	Tom Grennan
Dan Smith (Bastille)	Max Hershenow (MS MR)	Tommy Cash
Denzel Curry	Mic Lowry	Ty Dolla $ign
Di Casp (YouTuber)	MNEK	Vance Joy
Diplo	Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon)	Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend)
DRAM	ONE OK ROCK	will.i.am
Fai Khadra	Poet	Wiz Khalifa
Flume	Portugal. The Man	Wstrn
Frank Carter	Prince & Jacob
Fred Macpherson (Spector)	Riz Ahmed & The Swet Shop Boys
G Eazy	Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend)
Jack Antonoff (Bleachers)	Sage The Gemini
Jack Guinness	Shamari Maurice

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