Charli XCX on Sophie's influence in Rolling Stone interview

    by Ruud Sharon: Charli XCX

    In a recent interview, Charli XCX opened up about how Sophie's passing has influenced her songwriting. She said, "I lost someone who had completely changed my life, and so there's a lot of feelings to work through with that. Especially because they were so attached to my creative life and self, in a positive way, and a" , the full conversation is available at the link below.

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    And do you find that in your songwriting is does death ever come up for you? Like, is that something you think about? Yes. Having had a friend and like close collaborator pass away. Yes. I mean, I have written songs about grief and sort of like regret around uh you know things i could have like said or or done in that specific relationship but then i've also written you know really positive songs about like the memories i have of um that person yeah um so yeah i mean like grief is a funny thing i think for anyone who goes through it right it's like so sort of uh specific to each person i lost someone who was like i don't know like completely changed my life um and so there's a lot of like feelings to work through with that especially because they were so attached to my creative life and my creative self in a really positive way but also sometimes you know in like a difficult way. Being able to sort of express those feelings through my work has been really cathartic for me. Yeah, absolutely.