Charli XCX - Camera
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Charli XCX - Camera

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 19, 202623 min

Charli XCX is a Grammy-winning artist who has been making music since she was a teenager. In July 2026, she released her eighth album, Music, Fashion, Film. It debuted at number 1 on the UK charts—her 4th album in a row to hit number 1 there. In addition to her music career, for the last few years, she’s been acting in films. And for this episode, we talked about how those experiences inspired her song “Camera," and how she and producer Finn Keane figured out how to translate that into music. For more info, visit songexploder.net/charli-xcx.

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You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. I'm Rishi K. Shiraway. This episode contains explicit language.

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Charli XCX is a Grammy-winning artist who's been making music since she was a teenager. In July 2026, she released her eighth album, Music, Fashion, Film. It debuted at number one on the UK charts, her fourth album in a row to hit number one there.

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to our music career, for the last few years she's been acting in films. And for this episode, we talked about how those experiences inspired her song, Camera, and how she and producer Finn Keene figured out how to translate that into music. All and all is how it makes me feel

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