Charli XCX’s new video for “Famous,” off her sophomore album Sucker, starts out innocently enough: a teenage fan takes selfies, sends some texts, and dances around her room. And then — horror of all horrors — her phone battery dies. Then her tablet dies, and she’s pulled into some laminated purgatory where she must plug her charger into the belly button of a strange, sweaty, man-monster. Ultimately, her adventure ends up on YouTube, which is appropriately meta considering the video was premiered during the YouTube Music Video Awards this morning.
Charli XCX’s new music video is your phone-charging nightmare
It’s not a place you want to be
It’s not a place you want to be
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