The best music makes you feel lots of conflicting emotions. Charli XCX said “Boom Clap” is about something beautiful, and yet it still has a sad undercurrent. The singer also revealed what it was like ...

Hopefully, good music finds the right singer. “Boom Clap” by Charli XCX was initially meant for a 2000s pop star. Charli XCX said the star in question turned down the track — but that wasn’t exactly ...

The best movies made expressive use of music. For example, Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap” was perfectly used in The Fault in Our Stars, the film adaptation of John Green’s novel of the same name. This ...

Charli XCX‘s most-played song on Spotify as the sole lead artist isn’t “Von Dutch” or “360.” In fact, it’s not anything from Brat. It’s “Boom Clap,” from 2014’s Sucker (and the The Fault In Our Stars ...

The song began a three-week reign on the list dated Sept. 13, 2014, and marked her first No. 1 on her own and second overall. She first led as featured on Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” for three weeks ...

Many Swifties believe "Actually Romantic" from "The Life of a Showgirl" is about Charli XCX, who was once Swift's opening act ...