Charli XCX (AKA Herefordshire born Charli Aitchison) is pleased to unveil the new video for her debut single on Asylum Records – 'You're the One' – set for release on 13 August.
Directed by Dawn Shadforth (Florence + The Machine, Scissor Sisters, Björk), the video takes influences from Charli's stage visuals and her early performances in the East London rave scene.
Charli commented, "It was amazing working on the video for 'You're The One' with Dawn Shadforth, who is such a legend. I'd been looking loads at Pierre et Gille photos and really wanted to create hyper real, super luscious, heavenly moments. I think it's a great pop video that looks cool and means something and that's just what I wanted".
'You're the One' picked up 50k plays on Soundcloud in its first week whilst her recent mixtape, Heartbreaks & Earthquakes was downloaded 7k times in the same period'; both contributing to another top 5 Hype Machine placing.
This summer you can still catch Charli at Lounge on The Farm festival and after supporting Santigold in the US, she's also been confirmed to support Coldplay at a number of dates across North America.
FULL TOUR DATES:
July
6th Canterbury, UK – Lounge on The Farm Festival
19th Tønsberg, Norway – Slottsfjell 2012
21st Sheffield, UK – Tramlines Festival 2012
26th & 27th Montreal, Canada – Bell Centre (With Coldplay)
August
3rd Montreal, Canada – Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts
4th Toronto, Canada – HARD, Fort York, Garrison Common
6th Pontiac, Michigan – The Pike Room
7th Chicago, Illinois - United Center (With Coldplay)
8th Chicago, Illinois - United Center (With Coldplay)
10th St. Paul, Minnesota - Xcel Energy Center (With Coldplay)
11th St. Paul, Minnesota - Xcel Energy Center (With Coldplay)
13th Vancouver, Canada – Media Club
14th Seattle, Washington – Chop Suey
15th Portland, Oregon – Doug Fir Lounge
16th San Francisco, California – Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop
17th Los Angeles, California - Troubadour
September
6th Isle Of Wight, UK - Bestival
29th Brisbane, Australia - Parklife
30th Sydney, Australia - Parklife
October
1st Perth, Australia - Parklife
6th Melbourne, Australia - Parklife
7th Adelaide, Australia - Parklife
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