Listen to Charli XCX’s First Quarantine Single ‘Forever’

Everyone’s fave pop angel, Charli XCX has followed through on her promise and we have her first quarantine single! ‘forever’ is the first offering from next month’s album, how i’m feeling now.

Charli XCX promised us behind the scenes updates on her recording and producing process and so far, she’s delivered the goods. She shared the demos of the song on Instagram live with us before asking fans to help choose a photo for the single’s cover art.

 

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which pic for “forever” artwork? 1, 2 or 3? comment below…⁣ pics by @huckkwong

A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx) on Apr 8, 2020 at 9:00am PDT

Charli XCX then revealed to fans that they’d selected the second photo to create the basis of the artwork and that there’d be three different versions.

 

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ok so i’ve decided to select image number 2 as the basis for the artwork for “Forever”. Thanks everyone for helping me decide i am really excited to announce that I will be making 3 official artworks for this song and am honored that @sethbogartofficial @carolineplz and @regards_coupables will each be interpreting this photo in their own way to create 3 unique pieces of “Forever” art. Im such a fangirl of all three artists and to collaborate on artwork like this is a new experience for me. I like the idea that the visual language for this project can be interpreted by however someone feels towards the music. The music and the emotions that are generated guide the creative output and anything is possible my idea is to be able to auction all the pieces of art created through this album process once the album is release and donate the money to a charity who are actively helping people through this current global pandemic

A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx) on Apr 8, 2020 at 3:21pm PDT

 

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FOREVER DROPS AT 7.30PM BST/11:30AM PST PREMIERING AS HOTTEST RECORD ON @ANNIEMAC ON @BBCRADIO1!!!!! ARTWORK BY @SETHBOGARTOFFICIAL!!! 2 MORE OFFICIAL ARTWORKS TO COME LATER IN THE DAY THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME CREATE THE FIRST SONG FROM “HOW I’M FEELING NOW”

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FOREVER IS OUT NOW LINK IN BIO ARTWORK BY @REGARDS_COUPABLES THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE ONE MORE OFFICIAL ARTWORK TO COME

A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx) on Apr 9, 2020 at 11:35am PDT

 

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thank you so much for all the love for Forever here is the 3rd and final official artwork by @carolineplz i am really enjoying opening up my process to all of you and letting you in to the way I work. thank you for all of your kindness i can’t wait for you to help me pick the next song i release…. but for now stream Forever ! link in bio

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Announcing the quarantine album, Charli said, “For me, staying positive goes hand in hand with staying creative, and so that’s why I’ve decided I’m going to use this isolation time to make a brand new album from scratch.

“The nature of this album is going to be very indicative of the times because I’m only going to be able to use the tools I have at my fingertips to create all music, all artwork, all videos… everything.”

how i’m feeling now is due out on Friday, 15th May.

Listen to ‘forever’ below.