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Charli XCX - Pop 2
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2017 Ratings: #110 / 933
User Score
2017 Ratings: #28
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Dork
There’s nobody out there making music like this. Nobody with this much vision, dare and confidence.
84
Pitchfork
Charli XCX’s latest mixtape is a vision of what pop music could be, the sound of an eclectic, hyperreal future where romantic love is fun but fucked and partying is an emotional refuge.
83
Consequence of Sound
By inflating pop music to its cartoonish extremes, Charli and her cohorts find something most artists don’t dare to look for: They find space between the boring and the uncomfortable, the pristine and the filthy, the sterile corporate origins of much radio pop, and the vibrant human spaces in which it’s consumed.
80
Tiny Mix Tapes

For better or for worse, Charli XCX is embracing maturity on her fourth mixtape ... And though she may not find what she’s looking for anytime soon, Charli XCX, on Pop 2, is at least looking down a new path.

80
NME
Charli’s second mixtape of the year isn’t just about proving she’s more than your average pop star, but about her settling into her role as innovator, celebrator, and curator supreme.
80
The Guardian

With adventurous ideas, noisy thrills and eclectic guests, Charli XCX shows that cheesy pop can be truly creative.

80
Crack Magazine

Led by Charli XCX on Pop 2, we catch a glimpse of electropop reaching adulthood.

80
Spectrum Culture

In an era where even our best artists run the risk of selling their souls to the Spotify gods, Pop 2 is refreshing for its blasphemy.

80
Q Magazine
While it lacks the polish of a major pop album, it's not dulled by the overthought conservatism that might bring with it.
75
The 405

POP 2 is perplexing throughout. Cuts to silence and haphazard switching of rhythm make it constantly disorientating. With the exception of the chart beckoning 'Out of My head' with Tove Lo, every track here has the structure of subverted pop destined for the decades beyond.

70
Exclaim!
This mixtape has no higher purpose than to let its creators run wild, showcasing their prodigious talents with frequent moments of pop brilliance.
70
The Needle Drop

Pop 2 is another welcome collaboration between Charli XCX and the PC Music camp.

BradTasteMusic
78

Wait “Track 10” is literally just “Blame it on your love” before it got the crazy catchy beat and the Lizzo feature. Idk what to make of that, but it does work well as a sad ending to this mixtape. Strange

So after loving Charli I decided to listen to Pop 2 again, one of the most iconic album covers of the 2010s. I really can’t say much more besides it sounds like the stepping stone to what Charli became. ESPECIALLY with the closer here, and the posse cut with ... read more

BaddieBaphomet
100

After a falling out with her boyfriend and her long delayed third album being leaked, leading to it being entirely scrapped, needless to say Charli XCX was going through some shit. That vibe is in the air during the entire runtime of “Pop 2”, her second mixtape of 2017 that was created in two months, hoping to keep fans happy after an album they’ve waited two years for got completely erased. However, while I’m sure in the moment this was just an attempt to get music out ... read more

Maqtheus
90

talvez um dos discos mais importantes dos últimos 20 anos

WhiteSlimShady
80

DAMN. What else to say

heyjupiter
97

* Backseat : 100
* Out of My Head : 90
* Lucky : 100
* Tears : 100
* I Got It : 100
* Femmebot: 100
* Delicious : 90
* Unlock It (Lock It) : 100
* Porsche : 95
* Track 10 : 100

75

Before going into this I had Track 10 on hard replay, it is an absolute banger. That being said the other songs on this album are mid to very good. Some of the feature also felt very meh (not Carly tho she is always good.)

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Track List

1Backseat
3:58
91
2Out of My Head
3:55
feat. Tove Lo, ALMA
85
3Lucky
3:35
83
4Tears
4:13
89
5I Got It
3:51
87
6Femmebot
3:38
88
7Delicious
4:32
84
8Unlock It
3:52
89
9Porsche
3:26
feat.
83
10Track 10
5:26
94
Total Length: 40 minutes

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Added on: December 6, 2017