History YMMV / CharliXCX

* SignatureSong: Among mainstream audiences, "Boom Clap" is her signature tune as it's by far her biggest (and if you're counting solo releases, only) major radio hit. Among her post-hyperpop audience, however, that honor instead goes to "Vroom Vroom".

** The album cover for the Deluxe edition for *CRASH* is....[[BloodierAndGorier quite unsettling]] to say the least.

* NightmareFuel: "pink diamond" amps up the distorted, jarring aspects of her typical hyperpop sound and becomes something genuinely frightening, featuring [[SensoryAbuse dissonant, claustrophobic synths]] and [[MadnessMantra maddening vocal hooks]] that sound like something coming from an actual nightmare. It's the ''first'' track off ''how i'm feeling now'', and given how [[RealitySubtext the album encapsulates her feelings during the]] UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it seems like a recreation of the sheer chaos and paranoid confusion of entering a ''very'' dark time for the world.

-->'''Fan:''' ''([[https://www.reddit.com/r/xcxheads/comments/9mi72s/charli_what_is_your_google_drive_password/ on a Facebook livestream]])'' What's your Google Drive password?
-->'''Charli:''' ''(FlippingTheBird)'' Fuck you.

* SignatureSong: "Boom Clap" by a large margin, consider it's her biggest (and if you're counting solo releases, only) major hit.

** ''CRASH'', while doing well commercially and critically, ended up dividing fans due to [[NewSoundAlbum Charli's shift away]] from the experimental {{hyperpop}} sound she defined herself on into vastly more conventional 80's dance pop. Some were disappointed by the lack of creative risk and felt Charli was watering down the modern-to-futuristic sounds that made her a critical darling, others saw it as a straightforward, but very well-executed take on [[GenreThrowback the nostalgic pop]] Charli wanted to make that highlights her raw songwriting skills. Some of this schism is rooted in a OldGuardVersusNewBlood divide, as detractors of the album tend to be those who began following Charli following ''Vroom Vroom'' and the start of her foray into hyperpop, while fans of the album were also big fans of her earlier, similarly more traditional work such as ''True Romance'' (Charli even admitted before release that ''CRASH'' [[RevisitingTheRoots was made for "the 'True Romance' angels"]]).

** ''CRASH'', while doing well commercially and critically, ended up dividing fans due to [[NewSoundAlbum Charli's shift away]] from the experimental {{hyperpop}} sound she defined herself on into vastly more conventional 80's dance pop. Some were disappointed by the lack of creative risk and felt Charli was watering down the modern-to-futuristic sounds that made her a critical darling, others saw it as a straightforward, but very well-executed take on [[GenreThrowback the nostalgic pop]] Charli wanted to make that highlights her raw songwriting skills. Some of this schism is rooted in a OldGuardVersusNewBlood divide, as detractors of the album tend to have been those who began following Charli following ''Vroom Vroom'' and the start of Charli's foray into hyperpop, while fans of the album were also big fans of her earlier, similarly more traditional work such as ''True Romance''.

* FanNickname: Some fans will extend the "XCX" to [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX Xenoblade Chronicles X.]]

** The hacking of her Google Drive around 2016 resulted in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/search?q=charli+xcx+leak&sort=top&t=all a constant drip feed of leaked music for the next 3 years]] and an equally large number of fandom in-jokes about it. The jokes died down somewhat after Charli revealed how deeply hurt she was by the leaks, but not completely.

** An example of applying to an individual song, "Taxi" has only been played in a handful of live shows since 2016, and aside from [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes a few illegitimate online leaks of high-quality demos]], [[DevelopmentHell there's no official release in sight]]. Due to it being swept up in the ''XCX World'' {{content leak}}s, as well as its very direct connection to its late producer, Creator/{{SOPHIE}}, [[https://uproxx.com/pop/charli-xcx-teared-up-play-song-sophie/ Charli feels very strongly on laying it to rest]], but despite this, the song's been almost deified as one of Charli's best, with Angels remaining hopeful that one day, a legitimate release will see the light of day.

** In a rare example of applying to an individual song, "Taxi" has only been played in a handful of live shows since 2016, and aside from [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes a few illegitimate online leaks of high-quality demos]], [[DevelopmentHell there's no official release in sight]]. Despite this exclusivity, it's considered by many ([[https://twitter.com/charli_xcx/status/1152642015143706624 including Charli herself]]) to be one of her best songs, with Angels clamoring for the day it sees the light.

--> Charli: “(holding a bottle of poppers) Gay rights!”

* MemeticMutation: The hacking of her Google Drive around 2016 resulted in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/search?q=charli+xcx+leak&sort=top&t=all a constant drip feed of leaked music for the next 3 years]] and an equally large number of fandom in-jokes about it. The jokes died down somewhat after Charli revealed how deeply hurt she was by the leaks, but not completely.

* BrokenBase: Given that they're both different arrangements of the same basic song and each released for different projects, fans are split as to which version of "Blame It On Your Love" is superior -- the more experimental, avant-pop "Track 10", or the more bubbly and commercial-oriented "Blame It On Your Love".

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Don't call her "Charli'''e''' XCX".

** "party 4 u" at first appears to be one of Charli's usual celebrations of partying, but it takes a bittersweet, if not outright depressing turn as it becomes clear that the person she's throwing it for not only didn't show up, but doesn't reciprocate her feelings. With the song's official release in the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown-themed]] ''how i'm feeling now'', it takes on an additional bit of depressing subtext.