Charli XCX has been underrated for years. At first, she was a rowdy party girl, singing about dancing on tables, fast cars, and fucking up hotel rooms over pop-punk instrumentals. But there comes a point where that gets old, and when Charli found the likes of progressive-minded producers such as London's A.G. Cook and SOPHIE, she found a way to move her sound into the future, still sing about partying, but also open up through more vulnerable lyrical topics. Then quarantine happened.