Listen: Charli XCX's "Boys"

"I was busy thinkin' 'bout boys, boys, boys/ I was busy dreamin' 'bout boys, boys, boys/ Head is spinnin' thinkin' 'bout boys," sings Charli XCX in her infectious new single Boys over bouncy lounge'ish beats and Super Mario-like bleeps, and then turning those very dreams into reality in a millennial pink-doused video that looks like a parade of hot men she fantasies about. At a time when pop music is crammed with forgettable populist rubbish expressly designed to make it to the top of the charts, Boys is subversive and a welcome respite. Hear it below, and Skrillex & Poo Bear's Would You Ever -

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