Charli xcx Reveals Lorde Heard 'Girl, So Confusing' Before She Could Tell Her About the Song

• Charli xcx revealed that she didn’t inform Lorde about her Brat song “girl, so confusing” until the day before it came out
• The pop star spoke to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about how she was ready for Lorde to stop talking to her after the song
• It was Lorde who suggested they “work on a remix”

Charli xcx admitted she didn’t inform Lorde about her Brat the song “girl, so confusing” until the day before the album was released.

In a vulnerable new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the “Good Ones” musician, 32, reflected on the massive success Brat and almost losing contact with the artist “Rebara”, 27.

“I was ready for her to never speak to me again. That could have been the outcome,” Charli said of the “girl, so confusing” track. In the song, he sings about their relationship: “Sometimes I think maybe I hate you / Maybe you just wanna be me” and “People say we look alike / They say we have the same hair / We talk about making music / But I don’t know if it’s true.”

Charli xcx, Lorde.

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The song addresses her conflicted feelings for Lorde, born Ella Yelich-O’Connor, which she opened up about in a May interview with Rolling Stone UK, saying: “I was very jealous of the success which [“Royals”] got, and Ella got that.”

Added Charli, “you put all these things together in your brain, like, ‘She was into my music. She had big hair; I had big hair. She wore black lipstick; I wore black lipstick once.’ You make those parallels and think, ‘Well, that could have been me.'”

Charli xcx for Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

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Realizing that the album would be released that Friday in the States, Charli called Lorde to explain the song to her before she heard it.

“I thought, ‘I have to tell you about this song.’ And she said, ‘Yeah, I heard,'” the “Apple” singer recalled on Apple Music 1. “I said, ‘How did you hear that?'”

But since Lorde lives in New Zealand, she received the album a day early due to the time difference. The “Green Light” singer also knew which song Charli was referring to: “She was like, ‘I can guess what it is.’ And so I said, ‘F—.’ But she was so cool and I was like… We were sending these voice notes back and forth.”

As for what eventually became the remix, Charli said it was all Lorde’s idea. “She said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I answered like this?’ And I said, ‘Oh, my God, I can’t believe this is happening.’ And it was so fast,” the singer told Lowe. “I mean, she said that on Friday, I think, and she sent me the thing, verse by Monday.”

Charli xcx for Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

Chad Griffith/The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1

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Lorde jumped on the remix to explain her side of the story: “Well, honestly, I was speechless / When I woke up to your voice note / You told me how you feel / Let’s get it right on the remix.”

She also explained her struggles with body dysmorphia, singing, “I was so lost in my head / And I was afraid to be in your pictures / ‘Cause the last couple of years / I’ve been at war with my body / I’ve tried to starve myself thinner / And then I gained all the weight back.”

In late September, Lorde joined Charli for her sold-out New York City stop Brat tour to perform the remix.

Charli xcx and Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1.

Chad Griffith/The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1

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Charli is massive Brat remix album, The brother is completely different, but still a bratshould be released this Friday, October 11. After a series of neon green billboards with reverse text of some artists including Bon Iver, Ariana Grande, The 1975 and Tinashe, she “leaked” the tracklist on Monday, October 7.

The full tracklist also includes previously released remixes including “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish, “360” featuring Robyn and Yung Lean, and “Talk Talk” featuring Troye Sivan.

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