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Charli XCX’s ‘Cloud Aura’ video is… um… interesting

One time, a while ago, I took mushrooms at a party and, having never done them before, didn’t think about having to take Chicago public transportation all the way back home, at 3am. To say that ‘the experience changed me’ would be a dramatic understatement as I was tripping balls in a heavily lit metal tube underground.

The experience was not entirely unlike this video. Charli XCX and Brooke Candy do a wonderful job of the channel-surfing hypercut visuals that bring to mind my horrorshow night in the Chicago underground. The song itself is impeccably produced – a kind of lackadaisical romp that brings to mind a Prefuse 73 jam with early Princess Superstar freestyling over it. It’s pretty darn good, is what I’m saying.

  1. November 29, 2012 at 6:02 pm, News Bits: Bryan Ferry Disses Alt-J, Skrillex Gets Video Game + More said:

    [...] Tripping balls on public transit is dangerous, so watch this Charli XCX video instead. [Death + Taxes] [...]

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  2. January 11, 2013 at 11:00 am, Charli XCX parties with guns in new video for ‘You (Ha Ha Ha)’ | Death and Taxes said:

    [...] Charli XCX unleashed a delightful new single yesterday called “You (Ha Ha Ha)” and an accompanying video where a bunch of girls partying with guns end up trading bullets for lipstick. [...]

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