Fans, peers react to Charli XCX and Lorde’s ‘Girl, so confusing’ collaboration: “I cry listening to it now”

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Charli XCX song ‘Girl, so confusing’, which features Lorde.Earlier this month, ‘Girl, so confusing’ was released as part of ‘Brat’, the critically-acclaimed sixth studio album by Charli XCX which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart.

Upon its release, Lorde praised the album on an Instagram story, saying “There is NO ONE like this bitch”.Last week (June 20), Charli began teasing the Lorde collaboration after getting a wall promoting her album repainted to feature Lorde’s name.

She then shared a snippet of the New Zealand singer’s verse on Instagram before releasing the full song, titled ‘The girl, so confusing version with lorde’, the next day.The collaboration came with high anticipation from fans, who have been cognizant about the duo’s relationship through the years – to them, the original ‘Girl, so confusing’ song had seemed to heavily allude to it.Charli previously opened up about her relationship with Lorde, admitting to being “super jealous” of Lorde’s success when she was younger: “She was into my music.

She had big hair; I had big hair. She wore black lipstick; I once wore black lipstick. You create these parallels and think, ‘Well, that could have been me.’ But it couldn’t have because we’re completely different people.”To say the least, the inclusion of Lorde’s feature has added a whole new dimension to the song for fans – many reacted to her confessional verse as a deeply resonant look into the complications of female friendships, while some were moved by the ‘Melodrama’ artist singing openly about living with anorexia.Twitch streamer HTHAZE called it “the best pop song of the year”. “I cried listening to it on stream and I cry listening to it now,” he wrote on X/Twitter. “The vulnerability from Lorde.