Charli xcx Enters Her Next Chapter

Charli xcx is emoting more than seems possible for someone whose eyes—in public, at least—are nearly always conveying vacant disdain or covered by sunglasses. I arrived at her Hollywood Hills home, as requested, before 8 a.m.—an inconceivable meeting time for a person who loves to go out so much that she named one song for what she expects to hear when she’s partying (“Club Classics”) and another for the number of days a year she partakes in such activities (“365”). Throughout the conversation in her poolside courtyard, Charli rests on the lounge chair in every possible permutation of repose, from elbows on knees to partial recline to supine, and then supine the other way (another Charli banger: “360”).