The iconic album cover

(10) MOJO: CHARLI XCX –

APPLE (2024)

“I think the apple’s rotten right to the core

From all the things passed down from all the apples coming before”.

Yes – Stark After Dark is brat!

Or at least was brat in 2024.

But seriously, I tend to reserve tenth place in top tens for books or popular culture for my wildcard entry as best entry from the previous or present year…and Apple was the song I liked most in 2024.

Apple seems to sum up – in a tidy play time less than 3 minutes – the album description of Charli XCX returning to her roots in “experimental hyperpop sound” (it’s very catchy) and “much more raw, personal songwriting”, here “featuring some idiomatic expressions with the fruit apple”.

RATING: 4 STARS****

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