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      Dorian Electra, a Queer Pop Star Who Defies Genres

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      AdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyUp NextDorian Electra, a Queer Pop Star Who Defies GenresThe singer recently released music that tangles together metal, dubstep and hard-core punk, “all these hypermasculine, testosterone-filled genres.”Dorian Electra released an experimental album, “My Agenda,” in October.Credit…Kevin Amato for The New York TimesDec. 11, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETName: Dorian ElectraAge: 28Hometown: HoustonNow Lives: In a spacious Victorian-style house in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, with nine roommates.Claim to Fame: Mx. Electra is a singer and producer known for genre-contorting pop songs and elaborate music videos. Mx. Electra’s 2019 debut album, “Flamboyant,” is a glittery confection of convulsive hyperpop. The video for the title track featured the performer, who is gender-fluid, with neon green hair and a penciled-on mustache, twirling around a candlelit manor.Big Break: In 2017, Mx. Electra met A.G. Cook, a record producer, through mutual friends at a DJ set at Sunnyvale, a nightclub in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Mr. Cook, who founded the electro-pop record label PC Music, was the executive producer behind Charli XCX’s breakout mixtape, “Pop 2, ”and suggested that Mx. Electra appear on the track “Femmebot.” “I was like, I’m working with my favorite artists, how is this even real?” Mx. Electra said.Credit…Kevin Amato for The New York TimesLatest Project: In October, Mx. Electra released a frenetic, experimental full-length album, “My Agenda.” The songs expand on the ideas that animated their first album, with some written from the perspective of incels — so-called involuntary celibates who blame women for their lack of sexual activity — to examine how internet culture fosters toxicity online. “My Agenda” tangles together metal, dubstep and hard-core punk, “all these hypermasculine, testosterone-filled genres,” Mx. Electra said.Next Thing: Mx. Electra plans to release a remixed version of “My Agenda,” inspired by the styles of artists featured on the project, and will work on new music next year. The singer has been livestreaming performances of the record on Twitch and posting them on YouTube. Mx. Electra is also supporting Planned Parenthood in a new campaign, as one of 200 artists pledging solidarity with the organization.Catwalk: Fashion plays a key role in how Mx. Electra conceptualizes songwriting; the singer will plot out what colors to wear in a music video before even finishing a track. Mx. Electra walked in a runway show in London Fashion Week in February for DB Berdan, a Turkish brand, and is eager to do more modeling. “For me, fashion has been a way to be like, this is the body I was born with,” Mx. Electra said. “But what can I do with it? Who can I be?”AdvertisementContinue reading the main story More

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      Dua Lipa and Charli XCX Among Nominees for 2020 Mercury Music Prize

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      The ‘New Rules’ hitmaker is nominated for her latest studio album ‘Future Nostalgia’ while Charli receives recognition for her record ‘How I’m Feeling Now’.
      Jul 24, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Dua Lipa and Charli XCX lead a record breaking number of female nominees for the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Music Prize.
      The shortlist for this year’s award was announced on Thursday (23Jul20), with 12 artists in the running for the prestigious accolade celebrating albums made by British and Irish acts.
      The “New Rules” hitmaker is nominated for her latest collection, “Future Nostalgia”, while Charli gets a nod for her recent lockdown-inspired project, “How I’m Feeling Now”.
      On being nominated, Dua told the BBC, “I never really thought this would ever happen to me.” Said Lipa, “Maybe I just didn’t think I was cool enough.”
      The two pop artists are among seven women or female-fronted groups up for the award, beating the previous record of five.
      “This album was like therapy to me,” Charli told BBC 6 Music. “It was a real emotional release. I decided once quarantine began that I could not really sit still, and I had to create something for my own piece of mind. I feel honoured to have my little corner of experimental pop music be recognised.”
      Stormzy also gets a nod for his latest record, “Heavy Is the Head”, as does fellow grime act Kano who is shortlisted for the critically acclaimed collection “Hoodies All Summer”.
      Indie bands shortlisted include up-and-comers Sports Team, who are nominated for their acclaimed debut “Deep Down Happy”, and Brighton rockers Porridge Radio for “Every Bad”.
      The other acts with albums nominated are Anna Meredith for “FIBS”, Georgia’s “Seeking Thrills”, Lanterns on the Lake’s “Spook the Herd”, Laura Marling for “Song for Our Daughter”, as well as Michael Kiwanuka and Moses Boyd for their records “KIWANUKA” and “Dark Matter”.
      The winner will be chosen by a panel that includes Jorja Smith, ex-Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, jazz crooner Jamie Cullum, Anna Calvi, and industry professionals including DJ Annie Mac. The triumphant act will be announced on 24 September.
      Rapper Dave’s album “Psychodrama” emerged victorious last year, taking home $33,000 (£25,000) in prize money.
      The full list of 2020 Mercury Prize nominees is as follows:

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      Charli XCX Debuts Lockdown Music Video for Single 'Forever'

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      The ‘Boom Clap’ singer compiles clips featuring her fans’ coronavirus lockdown experiences for the music video in an effort to promote her newest single.
      Apr 19, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Charli XCX has unveiled her new video, which features clips from fans’ lockdown experiences.
      The 27 year old asked devotees to send her footage of themselves at home and enjoying walks and drives, while social distancing during the coronavirus crisis – and more than 5,000 did just that.
      The result is the promo for “Forever”, which Charli and Dan Streitand created over two days. The singer also appears from her home in the video.
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      Forever is the first track from Charli XCX’s new album, which will be written, recorded, produced and released during self-isolation.

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      Charlie XCX Invites Fans to Collaborate With Her in New Isolation Album

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      Tentatively titled ‘How I’m Feeling Now’, this follow-up to the ‘Boom Clap’ hitmaker’s third studio release is planned to be made available for listening on May 15.
      Apr 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Pop star Charli XCX is giving fans the opportunity to feature on a brand new album she’s creating entirely in isolation.
      The “Boom Clap” hitmaker has been finding new ways to let her creative juices flow during her forced downtime, and now she’s planning to channel that energy into a forthcoming new project, which she plans to release on 15 May.
      “For me, staying positive goes hand-in-hand with being creative, and so that’s why I’ve decided that I’m going to use this isolation time to make a brand new album from scratch,” Charli explained in a video announcement on Monday, April 06.
      “The nature of this album is gonna be very indicative of the times, just because I’m only gonna be able to use the tools that I have at my fingertips to create all music, all artwork, all videos, everything. In that sense, it’ll be very DIY (do it yourself).”
      Calling for input from her social media followers, she continued, “I’ll also be reaching out to people online to collaborate with. And I’m going to keep the entire process super open so that anybody who wants to watch can.”
      “I’ll be posting demos, I’ll be posting a cappellas, text conversations with any collaborators. I’ll be filming myself in the studio, I’ll be doing Zoom (video) conferences to ask fans or anyone watching for opinions or ideas. I’m going to set up an email address so that fans or anyone can send me beats or references.”

      Tentatively titled, “How I’m Feeling Now”, the album will serve as the follow-up to her third studio release, 2019’s “Charli”.
      The British singer has been keeping fans entertained online during the coronavirus lockdown by staging daily Instagram Live events, featuring conversations and performances with fellow artists like Tove Lo, Christine and the Queens, Orville Peck and Zara Larsson, as well as yoga sessions with Ashnikko and even a life drawing class with Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Lucas David.

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      Charli XCX Muses Music Industry Shift Caused by Coronavirus Pandemic in 'Quarantine Diary'

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      Secluding herself at home amid the spread of COVID-19, the ‘Boom Clap’ singer shares tweets about the thoughts she has been having while stuck at home during the crisis.
      Mar 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Charli XCX is penning a “quarantine” or “self-isolation” diary as she secludes herself at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
      With concerts cancelled across the world, the star has been taking advice to avoid social contact with others to avoid spreading the COVID-19 disease that has swept the world since the beginning of the year.
      To make the most of her time alone she has tweeted out what she called her “quarantine diary” of thoughts she has been having while stuck at home during the crisis – beginning day one on Sunday, March 15.
      “Being a workaholic in quarantine is quite stressful,” she explained. “Yes, I’m doing as much as I can at home – creating moodboards, planning out ideas for videos, thinking about lyric changes in new songs,” but admitting she felt, “a bit purposeless.”

      Musing on the way the world has come to a standstill and how it affects her mental health, she added, “As so many things get cancelled and a lot of things come to a halt around me, I start wondering – what if this change is permanent – or at least semi-permanent.”

      The star, who later clarified she wasn’t officially in quarantine in another tweet, but practicing self-isolation and social distancing, went on to fret about the effects of the coronavirus crisis on her mental health and the music industry as a whole.

      “Quarantine is also making me think about the possibilities of a shift within my industry. I’m talking extremes here – coz maybe this will all be over sooner than we hope – but if it isn’t – what will happen to live shows? Will the idea of gathering together at a concert or a club or a party become more and more distant??”

      The “Boom Clap” hitmaker continued to wonder if live streams will replace gigs and TikTok surpass music videos and marketing, before promising to share more of her thoughts with her fans when she continued her diary.

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      Brit Awards Boss Responds to Charli XCX and Anne-Marie's Criticisms

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      The British music awards is criticized for lack of female nominees but the chief defends the nominations and insists they simply reflected a strong 2019 for male acts.
      Feb 19, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Brit Awards boss Geoff Taylor has hit back at Charli XCX and Anne-Marie’s criticism of the lack of female nominees for this year’s British Album of the Year prize.
      Anne-Marie and Charli have both expressed frustration at the lack of women on a shortlist for Tuesday’s February 18, 2020 ceremony that features Dave, Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, and Michael Kiwanuka.
      However, Geoff, the chief executive at awards organisers the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), points out that three of last year’s five nominees, who included Anne-Marie, were women – although all-male band The 1975 won on the night.
      “There’s been a lot of success for male acts in 2019 – and with grime and hip-hop doing very well, they are more male-dominated genres,” he tells Britain’s Music Week magazine. “That is different to 2019.”
      “We had a really strong showing from female (nominees) last year with the same (gender) balance in the academy. So last year it was all about Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie, Jorja Smith, Florence (Florence and the Machine), and Jess Glynne.”
      The BPI chief went on to say that the nominations simply reflected a strong 2019 for male acts.
      “When you look at the Album of the Year nominees, they all released absolutely fantastic records,” he says. “We have an academy that’s made up equally of men and women, and that academy decided that these were the best releases of this particular year. I think we need to respect that.”
      Anne-Marie told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper the lack of female representation this year “does p**s me off,” while Charli, who could win the British Female Solo Artist prize at the event at the O2 in London, expressed fury about the lack of gender-balance.
      “What the f**k is that about?” she raged. “It’s what everyone has been saying. Women don’t just deserve to be in the female categories, we’re not the subplot, the warm-up act, we’re the main event.”

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      Charli XCX Condemns Reading and Leeds Festivals for Failing to Book More Women

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      As she voices her frustration over the music events’ male-dominated lineup, the ‘Break the Rules’ singer calls for improvement on representation by record companies.
      Feb 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Charli XCX has slammed the organisers of the Reading and Leeds festivals for booking a male-dominated lineup.
      Organisers of the U.K. music event have come under fire for their male-dominated bill, with only 20 female or mixed-gender acts announced as performers on Tuesday, February 12, and no headliners.
      Speaking to U.K. music website NME at their annual awards bash on Wednesday, Charli condemned Reading and Leeds chiefs for failing to respond to past criticism over line-ups that have only featured one female-fronted headliner, Paramore, in 20 years.
      “They just need to book more women, but the thing is that this conversation has been going on for so long,” Charli said. “I feel like this literally happened last year with Reading & Leeds.”
      “The lineup came out and everybody was like, ‘There aren’t enough women on this lineup’. Nothing has changed. Nothing. What can be done? It’s our responsibility to talk about this and be as open as we can.”
      However, she also believes record companies also have to act to improve representation, adding: “The change needs to come from the industry itself and the ground up. Yes, the festival needs to book females but the industry as a whole needs to recognise women working within it: producers, writers, A&Rs, executives, anything.”
      In a separate chat with the Daily Mirror, Charli also hit out at BRIT Awards chiefs for the lack of female representation in their Album of the Year or Best Group categories.
      “What the f**k is that about?” she raged. “It’s what everyone has been saying. Women don’t just deserve to be in the female categories, we’re not the subplot, the warm-up act, we’re the main event.”
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      Her criticism follows a promise by The 1975 frontman Matty Healy that his band, who headlined the event last year, will only play gender-balanced festivals.

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